Songs About Untimely Deaths
These are the top songs about people losing their lives at a relatively young age.
RANK | SONG TITLE | ARTIST(S) NAME | YEAR |
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1 | American Pie | Don McLean | 1971 |
2 | Candle in the Wind | Elton John | 1974 |
3 | Tears in Heaven | Eric Clapton | 1992 |
4 | Fire and Rain | James Taylor | 1970 |
5 | All Those Years Ago | George Harrison | 1981 |
6 | Shooting Star | Bad Company | 1975 |
7 | Last Kiss | J. Frank Wilson and The Cavaliers | 1964 |
8 | Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) | The Rolling Stones | 1973 |
9 | Back on the Chain Gang | The Pretenders | 1982 |
10 | James Dean | The Eagles | 1974 |
11 | Black Velvet | Alannah Myles | 1989 |
12 | Abraham, Martin and John | Dion | 1968 |
13 | Nightshift | Commodores | 1985 |
14 | Rock and Roll Heaven | The Righteous Brothers | 1974 |
15 | Missing You | Diana Ross | 1984 |
16 | Leader of the Pack | The Shangri-Las | 1964 |
17 | Vincent | Don McLean | 1972 |
18 | Ebony Eyes | The Everly Brothers | 1961 |
19 | People Who Died | The Jim Carroll Band | 1978 |
20 | Jeremy | Pearl Jam | 1992 |
21 | Teen Angel | Mark Dinning | 1959 |
22 | Big Bad John | Jimmy Dean | 1961 |
23 | Billy Don't Be a Hero | Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods | 1974 |
24 | Ode to Billie Joe | Bobbie Gentry | 1967 |
25 | Freddie's Dead | Curtis Mayfield | 1972 |
26 | Running Bear | Johnny Preston | 1959 |