Katy Perry – Firework (2010)

Katy Perry revealed the song’s unusual inspiration to Billboard magazine: “I have this very morbid idea… when I pass, I want to be put into a firework and shot across the sky over the Santa Barbara Ocean as my last hurrah”. This morbid thought transformed into a smash hit, as the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and has achieved “Platinum” status twelve times over.