List of Songs That Retell A Work of Literature - S

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• "Sahara" by Eddie From Ohio retells Jon Krakauer's nonfiction book Into the Wild.
• "Sailing to Philadelphia" by Mark Knopfler is based upon Thomas Pynchon's nonfiction book Mason & Dixon.
• "The Salesman, Denver Max" by The Blood Brothers is based on the Joyce Carol Oates short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
• "Samson" by Regina Spektor references the biblical story of Samson and Delilah.
• "Scentless Apprentice" by Nirvana retells Perfume by Patrick Süskind.
• "The Sensual World" by Kate Bush is based on the closing paragraphs of James Joyce's Ulysses.
• "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" by Pink Floyd is based on the I Ching.
• "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden is based on Orson Scott Card's book Seventh Son.
• "Sex Crime (1984)" by The Eurythmics based on George Orwell's novel "1984".
• "Shalott" by Emilie Autumn tells the story of "The Lady of Shallott" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
• "Sirens of Titan" by Al Stewart is based on the Kurt Vonnegut novel The Sirens of Titan.
• "Skeletons in the Closet" by Anthrax is about Apt Pupil by Stephen King.
• "Smallcreeps's Day" by Mike Rutherford is based upon the novel of the same name by Peter Currell Brown.
• "The Small Print" by Muse tells the story of Faust from the point of view of the Devil.
• "The Snow Goose" by Camel is an album retelling the same title novel by Paul Gallico.
• "So Said Kay" by The Field Mice is based on Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule.
• "Soma" by The Strokes is loosely based on Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• "Someone Speaks Softly" by Hannah Fury is based on Wicked by Gregory Maguire.
• "Something Wicked That Way Went" by Vernian Process is based on "Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• "Somewhere Far Beyond" by Blind Guardian is based on The Dark Tower by Stephen King.
• "Song For Clay" by Bloc Party is inspired by Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis.
• "The Songs of Distant Earth" by Mike Oldfield about The Songs of Distant Earth
• "Sweet Thursday" by Matt Costa is based on John Steinbeck's novel Sweet Thursday. The song also references Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
• "The Stranger" by Tuxedomoon quotes Albert Camus's novel L'étranger.
• "The Stand" by The Alarm is about The Stand by Stephen King.
• "Stormbringer" by Deep Purple is about Elric of Melniboné.
• "Steppenwolf" by Hawkwind is based on the novel by Herman Hesse.