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HIT SONGS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS
Given the year of release and a synopsis of the true story behind it, name the song.
1. | 1980: Titled after a bomb, and the fact that pilot named the aircraft that dropped it after his mother. |
2. | 1969. The song writer tells of the events of his marriage and their publicly held honeymoon activities. |
3. | 1972. The band travel to Switzerland to record, but a fire means the place is burnt down the night before. |
4. | 1983. Song titled after a woman who claims that the narrator is the father of her newborn son, which he denies. |
5. | 1979. Following a shooting in a San Diego school, the 16 year old shooter was asked "why". |
6. | 1991. Song written following the death of the artist's son aged 4. |
7. | 1989. More than 100 headline events between 1949 and 1989 |
8. | 1971. Describes the emotions of a 13 year old boy when he hears of the death of his musical icon. |
9. | 1983. Lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer in Northern Ireland after witnessing a major incident in Derry |
10. | 1885. Anti Vietnam war song, where the singer draws attention the young average age of the US troops. |