I am currently out of town on business, and was listening to some of my favorite discs on the way over here. I was thinking, wow - there sure are a lot of songs that some artists have written "to" someone, that were hits.

Some of them happy, some sad... so it got me thinking.

What are your favorite "Personal" songs? Please list the Artist, the song and who it was for. Thanks.


I'll start:

John Lennon - "Beautiful Boy" (for son Sean Lennon)

Stevie Wonder - "Isn't She Lovely" (for daughter Aisha and wife Londi)

Eric Clapton - "Tears In Heaven" (for his son Conner)

The Commodores - "Night Shift" (for Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson)

Diana Ross (written by Lionel Richie) - "Missing You" (for Marvin Gaye)

Kenny Loggins - "Daniel's Song", "The Real Thing" and "The One That Got Away" (all written for his kids at different times in his life, all wonderful)

Paul McCartney - "Hey Jude" (for Julian Lennon)

I'll think of more later...

Elton John - "Empty Garden" (for John Lennon)

MADONNA ~ "Promise To Try" & "Inside of Me" (about her mother)

MADONNA ~ "Little Star" (for her daughter)

Anastacia ~ "One Day In Your Life" (about the guy that did her wrong)

Tori Amos ---

Spark and Playboy Mommy (for her unborn daughter)

The Beekeeper and Mother (for her mother)

Putting The Damage On and Hey Jupiter (for her ex-boyfriend Eric)

Andre3000/Outkast - "Miss Jackson" (wasn't this written about Erika Badu's Mom, and all that mess with their breakup?)

Better Days (The Grandma Song) by Dianne Reeves...for her grandmother

"Alabama" by John Coltrane (not really personal...) for the 4 little girls who died in the Birmingham church bombing

and co-sign on "Hey Jude"
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Michael Jackson ~ "Liberian Girl" (about that girl in Liberia)

Chico319 said:

You rat bastard!!!

June7 said:

John Lennon - "Woman", "Watching The Wheels" and "(Just Like) Starting Over" (all about Yoko...(well, Watching... is a little deeper - about his very comfortable stance on being a Stay-at-Home Dad) some very personal moments wrapped up in these songs... I just love the Double Fantasy album... well, John's side, anyway!)

Lenny, by Stevie Ray Vaughan for his wife. It's one of my favorite instrumentals and it was incredible when SRV played it live (Austin City Limits TV special). Other than that, Hey Jude by Paul McCartney.
[Edited 3/2/05 21:09pm]

Teena Marie - Cassanova Brown - this song is about her relationship with Rick James


Prince - Bambi - I think this song is about Patrice Rushen, ya'll know Prince had a crush on her at that time.



Biggie Smalls - Who Shot Ya? - Of course all the Hip Hop heads know this one was for Tupac

Madonna: Intervention~ written for her son Rocco

Prince-"Sister" about his sister who was 32,lovely,and loose.


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Christopher said:

jayaredee said:

lol im surprised no one put that yet.

Christopher said:

Good Call

Is that about him or Guy? I always got the impression that it was about her marriage, especially with lyrics like "sometimes it's such a pleasure, sometimes I want to tear it all down". She would NEVER say something like that about her own child.

Sade - Sweetest Gift for her daughter

Sade - Pearls for the Somalian people

melissa etheridge - thuesday morning

for one of the heroes that overpowered the terrorist hijacking their plane on 9.11 , very beautiful and moving song i think. especially when she hits the choris 'you cannot change this, you can't erase this' ...cuts right through you.

Alanis Morrisette: "And You Outta Know" - about one of her exes
Eric Clapton" Layla" - that was written about another man's wife, but I can't recall who right now.
50 Cent" "Wankster" - about Ja Rule

Christopher said:

Taureau said:

Sexy MF by Prince. About someone sexy, who happened to fuck their mother occassionally. Or was it someone who used to fuck sexy mums? Like, M.I.L.F's?

Diallo - Wyclef Jean

Great song!!

Taureau said:

what about face down?

Red Football- Sinead

John I Love You- Sinead

Daddy Im Fine- Sinead

Joni Mitchell's Little Green, which she wrote about the daughter she gave up for adoption. Beautiful introspective lyrics.

Born with the moon in cancer
Choose her a name she will answer to
Call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Call her green for the children who’ve made her
Little green, be a gypsy dancer

He went to california
Hearing that everything’s warmer there
So you write him a letter and say, her eyes are blue.
He sends you a poem and she’s lost to you
Little green, he’s a non-conformer

Ch0rus:

Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There’ll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the northern lights perform
There’ll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there’ll be sorrow

Child with a child pretending
Weary of lies you are sending home
So you sign all the papers in the family name
You’re sad and you’re sorry, but you’re not ashamed
Little green, have a happy ending

Chorus:

Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There’ll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the northern lights perform
There’ll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there’ll be sorrow