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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Freebie: Songs with Book Characters in the Name
For this week's Top Ten Tuesday, we could pick anything for the freebie. This is one of my favorite posts I have come up with in a while. I got the idea for it while listening to "Queen of Hearts" by Juice Newton at the beginning of the month. Each answer is a song with a book character in the title. At the bottom of the post, I also put the playlist I created with each of these songs.
1. "Queen of Hearts" by Juice Newton- The Queen of Hearts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
~ "Queen of Hearts" was the song that gave me the idea for this post. My mom and I listen to many of Juice's songs and this is definitely one on our music rotation.
"Playing with the queen of hearts
Knowing it ain't really smart
The joker ain't the only fool who'll do anything for you
Layin' out another lie
Thinkin' 'bout a life of crime
'Cause that's what I'd have to do to keep me away from you"
2. "Peter" by Taylor Swift and "Peter Pan" by Kelsea Ballerini- Peter Pan from Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
~ I couldn't pick between these two for Peter Pan because I love them both very much. Taylor's songs with literary references are some of my absolute favorites of hers and "Peter" is definitely one of the best from The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. As I said years ago now when "Peter" first came out, I find it very interesting how many relate a past love to the character of Peter Pan. The boy who would never grow up.
"And I won't confess that I waited, but I let the lamp burn
As the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return
With your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned
'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned
And you said you'd come and get me, but you were 25
And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired
Lost to the Lost Boys chapter of your life
Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried
To hold on (hold on) to the days (to the days)
When you were mine
But the woman who sits by the window has turned out the light"- "Peter" by Taylor Swift
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Get back on my feet again
Is this real? Is it pretend?
I'll take a stand until the end"
4. "Ding, Dong, The Wicked Witch is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz - The Wicked Witch of the East from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
~ I cannot tell you how many times this song just gets into my head. I'm a big fan of anything dealing with Oz and this song is everything to me. Love the original from the 1939 movie and also the Glee version sung by Chris Colfer and Lea Michelle.
"Ding-dong! The Witch is dead
Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding-dong! The Wicked Witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out
Ding-dong, the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!"
5. "Soda's Letter" from The Outsiders- A New Musical- Sodapop Curtis from The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
~ The Outsiders is one of my favorite books from school. I first read it back in eighth grade (2007/2008). Then, I read it again during the summer of 2016 to prepare to teach it when I student taught. I enjoyed it back in middle school but absolutely fell in love with it during that summer all those years later. I hope to see this musical someday because I'm sure it is great. This song is absolutely beautiful.
"Ponyboy, this house ain't a home without you
Me 'n Darrel wish that you and Johnny would just come home
Your brother needs you just as much as you need him
And brother, we ain't doin' too good alone."
6. "The Fate of Ophelia" by Taylor Swift- Ophelia from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
~ I remember when Taylor showed us the track listing for The Life of a Showgirl last year and I heard she was going to have a song with Ophelia in the title. It was definitely the track that stood out the most to me from the list. As a book and music lover, I get excited when I know a song is going to deal with something literary, especially when I love the work it comes from. "The Fate of Ophelia" has become one of Taylor's biggest hits and I enjoy it a lot.
"And if you'd never come for me
I might've drowned in the melancholy
I swore my loyalty to me, myself and I
Right before you lit my sky up
All that time
I sat alone in my tower
You were just honing your powers
Now I can see it all (see it all)
Late one night
You dug me out of my grave and
Saved my heart from the fate of
Ophelia"
7. "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" by Elton John- The Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
~ One of my favorite Elton John songs ever. It is just so stunning!
"Until you've seen this trash can dream come true
You stand at the edge while people run you through
And I thank the Lord
There's people out there like you
I thank the Lord there's people out there like you
While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers
Turn around and say good morning to the night
For unless they see the sky
But they can't and that is why
They know not if it's dark outside or light"
8. "Juliet" by LMNT- Juliet Capulet from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
~ This song was in an episode of Lizzie McGuire called "Lizzie in the Middle." LMNT was a boy band whose music played a lot on Disney Channel back in the early 2000s and I loved them. I still have fond memories of when this would play, along with their many other songs.
9. “Return to Pooh Corner” by Kenny Loggins- Winnie-the-Pooh from Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
~ I have loved Winnie the Pooh ever since I was a little girl and have adored Kenny Loggins songs for that silly old bear for almost as long. The first one I had heard was for The Tigger Movie: "You're Heart will Lead You Home." These just bring back old memories for me from my childhood.
"It's hard to explain how a few precious things
Seem to follow throughout all our lives
After all's said and done, I was watching my son
Sleeping there with my bear by his side
So I tucked him in, I kissed him, and as I was going
I swear that old bear whispered, 'Boy, welcome home'
Believe me, if you can, I've finally come
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
What do you know? There's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky (Chase the clouds away)
Back to the days of Christopher Robin (Back to the days)
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin (Back to the ways)
Back to the days of Pooh"
10. "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" by Leonard Nimoy- Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien
~ This is such a strange song that I had never heard about before making this post and I absolutely love it.
"In the Middle of the Earth, in the land of Shire
Lives a brave little hobbit whom we all admire
With his long, wooden pipe
Fuzzy, wooly toes
He lives in a hobbit-hole and everybody knows him
Bilbo (Bilbo!), Bilbo Baggins
He's only three feet tall
Bilbo (Bilbo!), Bilbo Baggins
The bravest little hobbit of 'em all!"
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