Best biography songs

Every songwriter approaches his or her craft differently, and there are, ostensibly, as many ways to write a song as there are songs in existence.

But one word you'll often hear songwriters use is "story," which implies a plot, characters, a conflict and perhaps a resolution.

Just as one can write a novel with these literary tools, one can also condense it down into a song.

Sometimes, it's based on real-life events, with real people and real outcomes. Other times it's entirely imaginary, culled from the minds of some exceptionally creative people.

But in either case, it can be fun to follow the narrator as they recount a tale, like in the below 50 Short Story Songs.

1. Bob Dylan, "Hurricane"
From: Desire (1976)

"Here comes the story of the Hurricane," Bob Dylan sings near the top of this 1976 track co-written with Jacques Levy.

The eight-plus minute song is about the real-life impri