Top 10 Songs that Mention Real Rulers (Kings, Emperors, Presidents, Queens)

The Top Ten
1 Alexander the Great - Iron Maiden

Does it have to be in the title, or can it be in the lyrics too?

Alexander III of Macedon, aka Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

2 Cleopatra - Weezer
3 I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher - British Collective

This song is a cover of the punk band Notsensibles, originally released in 1979. I didn't include the original only because it had no sample on the iTunes.

4 Rasputin - Boney M

Chorus: "Rasputin, lover of the Russian queen"
(the Russian queen is mentioned)

5 We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel

Rulers mentioned in it (it's very possible that I missed somebody):
J.F.K., Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, Princess Grace of Monaco, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ho Chi Minh, Georgy Malenkov, Juan Peron, Syngman Rhee.

6 I'm Henry VIII I Am - Herman's Hermits
7 Genghis Khan - Iron Maiden
8 Grace Kelly - Mika

She was an American film actress who became Princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III in 1956.

9 Genghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan
10 Reagan - Killer Mike
The Contenders
11 Romulus - Ex Deo

Death Metal song about the founder and first king of Rome

12 Warren Harding - Al Stewart
13 Caligula - ADX

A non-extreme metal song, closest to speed metal as a genre, with some thrashy air to it

14 I, Caligvla - Ex Deo
15 I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher - Notsensibles

That's the original punk song of 1979 that British Collective covered.

16 The Lion from the North - Sabaton

About Gustavus Adolfus the Great. Greatest king of Sweden in all time!

17 Abraham, Martin and John - Dion
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