Songs of true stories that happened to the songwriter(s)

All Of My Love - Led Zeppelin

Written in remembrance of Robert Plant's son Karac who died while the band was on tour in 1977.

A new day has come, Celine Dion

Written about the birth of her first born

son after struggling with infertility for

years

"Every Breath You Take" - Sting - Police

Sting said he had a mental breakdown after the breakup of his first marriage. Said it sounds like a love song, but it is really a nasty little stalking song.

"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce (was a great songwriter )

Written when his wife told him she was pregnant. 

To me is makes me want to cry. Will put it under sad songs also.

Our House - CSN

Our House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCFb1-MRw5I 

Described by Graham Nash as "An ode to countercultural domestic bliss" he wrote it while he was living with Joni Mitchell. Inspired by the events of an ordinary day. Walking to their car after breakfast at Art's Deli, a vase in an antique store window caught Joni's eye and they bought it. The weather was chilly and rainy so when they got home Graham said, "I'll light a fire. Why don't you put some flowers in that vase that you just bought?"

After the track was recorded Nash said he became bored with the song, but kept playing it because audiences liked it so much...Must confess to the opposite response...thought it sounded kinda cheesy at first, but like it a little more at each listening.

This one could probably also go in the Cross Generational thread.

Sara, Fleetwood Mac

I read about two versions of the origin

for this song. Version 1 has Stevie claiming

it was written partially about her good friend

Sara, who married Mick Fleetwood, who she

had an affair with. Version 2 has Don Henley

claiming the song was about their unborn

child. Stevie has disputed this story and there

is no mention of what became of the child,

leaving us to draw our own conclusions

Dancing With The Moonlight - Scorpions 

It’s about the night their plane got caught in a turbulent thunderstorm, getting tossed about, and at one point started to go down. The pilot managed an emergency landing, and after checking everything out, they were on their way again. 

You’re so vain, Carly Simon

Lots of speculation over the years as to

who this song is about. Carly has maintained

that one verse is about Warren Beatty but the

rest of the song is about two other men. She

has only divulged that and some initials. I 

think she will take it to her grave 🎼💜

Alice's Restaurant Massacree: Arlo Guthrie (need anything more be said?)

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles (Harrison)

George had gotten fed up with Apple Records and one April day decided to take a drive to the country and visit Eric Clapton, "it seems as if winter in England goes on forever, by the time spring comes you really deserve it. The relief of not having to go see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the garden with one of Eric’s acoustic guitars and wrote ‘Here Comes The Sun.’”.

This song and Something (in the way she moves) were Harrison's contributions to the Abbey Road album and turned out to be something of a bellwether for his musical career.