List of Songs That Retell A Work of Literature - R

R

• "Raistlin and the Rose" by Lake of Tears is based on Dragonlance Legends trilogy by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
• "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin mentions characters and places from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including "Mordor" and "Gollum".
• "ReJoyce" by Jefferson Airplane is Grace Slick's psychedelic version of James Joyce's Ulysses.
• "A Revolta dos Dândis" by Engenheiros do Hawaii mirrors the ideas present on "The Dandy's Revolt," a chapter of Albert Camus's The Rebel.
• "Richard Cory" by Paul Simon is about the Edwin Arlington Robinson poem "Richard Cory".
• "Ride a White Swan" by T.Rex refers to the plot of Tolkien's The Hobbit.
• "Riki Tiki Tavi" by Donovan is a spoof on the mongoose character from The Jungle Book.
• "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Iron Maiden is a retelling of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• "The River" by PJ Harvey is based upon the Flannery O'Connor story of the same name.
• "Roderigo" by Seven Mary Three is based on the book One Hundred Years of Solitude.
• "Rivendell" by Rush is about the fictional place of the same name from The Lord of the Rings.
• "Rebecca" by Meg & Dia is based on the Daphne du Maurier book.
• "Robot" by Hawkwind refers to the Three Laws of Robotics, conceived by Asimov.