Statistics for Songs inspired by real life tragedy, injustice, violence, and misery

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Hint	Artist	Answer	% Correct
Excessive wealth and extravagance	Eagles	Hotel California	100%
Vietnam War	Bruce Springsteen	Born in the USA	93%
Marilyn Monroe's tragic life	Elton John	Candle in the wind	71%
Student who shot himself in front of class	Pearl Jam	Jeremy	71%
Lake Geneva hotel fire	Deep Purple	Smoke on the water	71%
Northern Ireland Troubles	U2	Sunday bloody sunday	71%
Life crisis	REM	Losing my religion	64%
Murdered South African activist	Peter Gabriel	Biko	57%
Lost love	Blondie	Heart of glass	50%
Lake Superior marine disaster	Gordon Lightfoot	The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	43%
Forced relocation of aborigines	Midnight Oil	Beds are burning	36%
Abuse of authority	Public Enemy	Fight the power	36%
Wrongful murder conviction of a boxer	Bob Dylan	Hurricane	36%
Brenda Ann Spencer's murder rampage	Boomtown Rats	I don't like Mondays	36%
North American Indian Wars	Iron Maiden	Run to the hills	36%
Syd Barret's mental health problems	Pink Floyd	Shine on you crazy diamond	36%
The narcisist's [futile] search for fulfilment	Rolling Stones	Satisfaction	29%
Prostitution	Lou Reed	Take a walk on the wild side	29%
Caribbean Slavery	Bob Marley	Redemption song	21%
Lynching of American Blacks	Billie Holiday	Strange fruit	21%