Top 5 Songs About Fairy Tales

When I first think of a song list, I start with a wide net.  Then as I realize how many songs fit into that category, the net shrinks and shrinks until it's ridiculously small.  I don't like to choose "obvious" songs or huge pop hits.  Mostly because everyone knows these songs and including them on a themed list doesn't come as a surprise.  For example, this list is about fairy tales.  Therefore, "Cinderella Man" by Eminem and "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (you know, that song that gets drilled into your head at Halloween) are not on this list.  This is not to say they are not good songs, but if I went up to a random person and asked them for a song about a fairy tale and gave them ten minutes, they could probably come up with one of these two songs.  Instead, I prefer to make lists that are a little bit more esoteric, lists that may make you take a listen to a song you have never heard before. 

*Note* it is a complete coincidence that 3/5 of these songs are based on Hans Christian Andersen stories

Therefore, here are my rules for "Top 5 Songs About Fairy Tales":
1) No nursery rhymes (ex. Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Mother Goose)
2) Must heavily feature a fairy tale/fairy tale character
3) This fairy tale must be "classic" and part of the old fairy tale canon (nothing too modern)


5) "The Little Tin Soldier" by Donovan
Based on: "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy tale-iest lyric:

The little tin soldier was thrown away and into the gutter he rolled.

The water carried him to the sea and may far-off lands

Yaas queen

4) "Emperor's New Clothes" by Panic! At the Disco
Based on: "The Emperor's New Clothes" (duh) by Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy tale-iest lyric:

I'm taking back the crown

I'm all dressed up and naked

I see what's mine and take it

This preview image is creep-juice

3) "The Red Shoes" by Kate Bush
Based on: "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen

Oh the minute I put them on

I knew I had done something wrong

All her gifts for the dance had gone

It's the red shoes, they can't stop dancing

Kate Bush looks exactly like Mary Steenburgen

2) "Cinderella Stay Awhile" by Michael Jackson
Based on: "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault

Cinderella, I just know that the magic slipper's gonna fit

Cinderella, do not go

You're my princess, I'm sure of it

Disney/Michael Jackson mash-up

1) "You Got to Suffer A Lot to Be Happy" by Sunny and Share Love You
Based on: "Cinderella"/"Rapunzel"/"Little Red Riding Hood"/"Sleeping Beauty"/"Snow White"

Rapunzel killed ten thousand hours up atop that locked-up tower

It's not fair

That's a lot of solitaire

A lot of braiding her hair

It gets lonely up there

Admittedly, the inspiration for this list