5 Songs Inspired by Fictional Characters or Fictional Men

Music and literature have often found interesting coincidences with each other, as hundreds of songs were drawn from fictional characters. These songs are an interesting study of the personas, emotions, and journeys of characters from books, movies, or simply the imagination of the musicians.

Here are five songs and their creators celebrating their favorite fictional characters, particularly fictional men, with newer songs such as Peggy's Fictional Men and Khloe Rose's Fictional.

1.“Fictional Men" by Peggy

Fictional Men' from Peggy is a cheeky and bright anthem for anyone who was tricked in love with a man created by a pen, from the pages of a book, from the silver screen, or even from video games. It is a great catchy song where Peggy celebrates the charm of the utopian and impossible fictional men, starting from classic literary heroes to new fantasy heartthrobs. With tongue-in-cheek lyrics, she reminds us sometimes these fictional characters can seem more reliable than their real world counterparts. It's a funny way of summarizing how many times we fantasize about perfect partners created in someone else's imagination.

 2. "Fictional" by Khloe Rose

Khloe Rose's Fictional is another pop gem that highlights the idealization of fictional characters. The song is essentially a voice of frustration and pain over the idea that real-life relationships never meet the ideals one surmises of fictional characters. Rose is singing about the characters she would like to be in her life, mourning the fact that no man in her life seems to ever measure up to the guys from her favorite stories. This song resonates with any person who, at one point in life, felt closer to a character than they do to anyone in real life.

 3. "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits

Mark Knopfler's lyrical storytelling in Romeo and Juliet makes portraits of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers. The song restates the tragic romance of today with Romeo crying over his unsuccessful relationship with Juliet. The song, full of melancholy, emotional guitar riffs, and a tone of eternal appeal that the fictional man vests through Shakespeare's work, Romeo, gets symbolic of passionate love and inevitable heartbreak.

4.  "Sherlock Holmes" by Sparks

The quirky and offbeat tribute of Sparks to Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes will always be a favorite among the fans of riddle-inspired characters. The song duo identifies Sherlock's intellect, crime-solving abilities, and places him as the ultimate icon of mystery and intrigue. By bringing this sharp-witted, eccentric persona into a song, the detective is no longer just the name in literature but an icon in the world of music as well.

 5. "Boys in Books" by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Carrie Hope Fletcher's Boys in Books is a tribute to the dashing, charming, often complicated men of fiction who populate the pages of her favorite novels. It is an ode to the bittersweet experience of fictional love—how readers often fall in love with fictional men who never lived. Fletcher's words breathe a sigh of pain for anyone who has dreamed of some literary gentleman or rogue.

These songs show that fictional characters can make their way into our lives in deep ways and even into the melody of the songs we hear and the songs we write. Tragedy, villain, idealistic-sail-way-dreamboat or whatever, these stories are not so easy to forget once they've been seen in the imagination of the person reading. The next time you get lost in a world of a fictional man, just remember-you are certainly not alone. Many artists have felt the same way and put it into music.

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