Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Everyone feels that this song is about drugs, but it’s not! The lyrics are based on a poem written by Leonard Lipton, a friend of Peter Yarrow. It focuses on a child playing with an imaginary dragon before getting too old.
Perfect Day by Lou Reed
Perfect Day is used in tons of upbeat, chipper commercials for products, such as AT&T and Sony Playstation 4. It’s quite odd, though, since it’s about heroin. The track is often described as being about love’s power, but it really focuses on the high you get after using narcotics!