10 Famous Songs About Real People (That Nobody Can Identify)

10. Lovely Rita - The Beatles

"Lovely Rita" is one of the few incredible lowlights from the Beatles' Sgt. Peppers album. With just the right amount of details, Paul McCartney tells a jaunty little tale of a man trying to win the love of the titular Rita only to go on a boring date with her and fantasizing about her later.

Though McCartney made up most of the song like a short story, the actual inspiration for the song is a bit closer to reality. After shopping around England one day, McCartney saw he had been ticketed at the meter by a female traffic cop. Amid his frustration, he found the woman's name, Meta, very interesting. Once McCartney started composing later in the day, the Meta of a few hours earlier quickly changed to Rita, after which the song practically wrote itself.

Even with years of hindsight, McCartney still cannot recall the actual full moniker of the person who he was singing about. While a few cops working on the police force at the time came forward claiming to be the inspiration for McCartney, nothing has been proven as of late. Whether or not the real Rita (or Meta?) is a Beatles fan, her story has been etched in pop history.