Theres "RP McMurphy" and "Patrick Bateman" by the Manics, but they're pretty s**te.

weird al yankovic's "The saga begins", the story of phantom menace to the tune of american pie is quite good, and i know its not a character but "ingrid bergman" by billy bragg/woody guthrie is quite good

Again not a character, but Clark Gable by the Postal Service is a really good tune.

The Cops 'n' Robbers mix of Stem by DJ Shadow contains loads of dialogue from the film heat. There's an old big beat tune by Ceasefire called trickshot that sampled Carlito's way. And of course there's the sample from Animal House at the start of Primal Scream's Loaded.

People people people...songs about characters! Maybe there's less than I thought!

The Lemonhead's song 6ix features the refrain "Here comes Gwyneth's head in a box". Which is odd because he's singing about a character but calling her by the actress's name. Postmodern or what?

"Bela Lugosi's Dead" - Bauhaus

hurricane by bob dylan is one of the ultimate story-telling songs.... okay, so he was real... but then he was a character in a movie... does that count? no? hmmmm better put my thinking cap on - there are a few on the tip of my tongue

Again actor not character (though some might say hes just the same character slotted into different movies) - "Robert De Neros waiting" - Bananarama

alrite here goes: fitzcarraldo - the frames, supermans song - crash test dummies, becoming more like alfie - divine comedy, bring me the rest of alfredo garcia- the flaming stars and if i'm being cheeky dirty harry - gorillaz, paranoid android - radiohead, i lost my heart to a starship trooper - sarah brightman, even tho the last two were written before the films..... also charlton heston put his vest on - by stump, its about the ten commandments film more than heston

'Batman & Robin' by Dave Couse. 'Goldfinger' by Shirley Bassey

"Kowalski" by Primal Scream from the Album that was named after and inspired by the movie Vanishing Point. It's like a bit like Easy Rider in that its a trippy road movie, except with a kick ass Dodge Challenger Muscle car driven under the influence of amphetamines (speed!) ripping up the road instead of two hippies on LSD tootling along on slightly daft looking harleys. Actually as cool as it sounds, the movie is dated and not all that watchable when the Challenger isn't on screen Gotta love the quote "the last American hero, to whom speed means freedom of the soul. .." - careful while listening to this in the car, it fills you with a healthy disregard for the penalty points system

Isn't there a song about Superman on that Sufjan Stevens album? Also, "Mildred Pierce" by Sonic Youth. (Although you could hardly call it a song!)

"Whatever happened to Corey Haim" er I think that's what its called by the Thrills. He being from the movie "The Lost Boys". Great cover of the Doors "People are Strange" by the Bunnymen from same movie.

Dr Jones by Aqua???? Indiana? I apologise for anyone who just got the song in their heads!!!

"Waiting For Superman" by Flaming Lips and "Superman" by REM.

This should cover just about everybody......a few musos thrown in for good measure as well. www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/showdown#start