What is the saddest song that you know?

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   kallini2010posted 12 years ago

   What is the saddest song that you know?
   
   We are not so good at identifying our own emotions.  It is said that 36% of the people cannot recognize their emotions when they happen.  Of course, the higher the intensity of the emotion, the higher is the recognition rate.  Can you select three sad songs that range sad, sadder, the saddest? In your own opinion, of course.
   
   

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   writingloverposted 12 years ago

   From sad to saddest: "To Where You Are" by Josh Groban (inspirational, yet sad), "Broken Vow" by Josh Groban, and "What Hurts The Most" by Rascal Flatts.

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      kallini2010posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, it really helps to see the different perspective.  I really liked "Broken Vow".  In my own search, I have not come across (yet!) a sadder song than "Caruso" sang by Lara Fabian.

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   Credence2posted 12 years ago

   "Oh Father" Madonna (1989) Great video as well

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      kallini2010posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for your contribution!

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   Edward Williamposted 12 years ago

   It has to be "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" by Deathcab for Cutie. Gets me in floods every single time.

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   Lorenzo27posted 12 years ago

   "Boston" by Augustana. The saddest song I ever heard.

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   EsmeSanBonaposted 12 years ago

   Hallelujah
   
   There was a time when you let me know
   What's really going on below
   But now you never show it to me, do you?
   And remember when I moved in you
   The holy dove was moving too
   And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
   
   Mothers of the Disappeared
   
   Running to Stand Still
   
   and the old Simon and Garfunkel Silent Night/7:00 News

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   Fullerman5000posted 12 years ago

   "Don't Follow" by Alice in Chains. Song gives me chills everytime and takes me to a place of emotions I forget I have sometimes

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   Lady Guinevereposted 12 years ago

   Honey by Bobby Goldsboro   It's old, I know but it is the saddest song I have heard.  Here is the you tube:  http://youtu.be/59BZxgohr9g

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      kallini2010posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, I really liked this song. I did not find it very sad, on the scale of 1 to 20 (the number of sub-emotions that sadness includes), I'd put it on the 4th place - Blue. Even the sad "Heartbroken" only stands on 12th place, Depressed on 20.

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   Gareth Pritchardposted 12 years ago

   Red Army Blues (The Waterboys) sad song based on truth.
   
   Seasons In The Sun (Terry Jacks, adaptation of Le Moribond by Jack Brel) sadder song.
   
   I am a poor little beggar boy
   My mother she is dead
   My farther is a drunkard
   And will not buy me bread
   I peep out through the window
   To hear the trumpet sound
   And there's my poor old mother
   Dead and in the ground
   Father, father, dig my grave
   Dig it broad and narrow
   Put some roses round me
   And let me sleep for ever
   
   I have no idea what it is called or even if it is really a song but my father used to sing it to me when I was a child, why, I don't know but it is the saddest song I have ever heard.

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      Gareth Pritchardposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Red Army Blues The Waterboys with lyrics, very powerful.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMzZCLrlj0k
      
      Seasons In The Sun Terry Jacks with lyrics, not so sad now.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYsrKDSKzWg

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    Violet Flameposted 12 years ago

    I agree with you, Lara Fabian's Caruso is pretty amazing, but I love her Adagio a lot  as well, she is so unbelievably talented. I am almost jealous :-D
    Besides that, Les Miserable has a few amazing sad songs: I dreamed a dream; On my own.
    Suzanne Vega's The Queen and The Soldier is pretty sad and haunting, in a different way.....
    xoxo

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       kallini2010posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Adagio is an amazing song and the gift of Fabian is not only her voice but the emotion she can put in her singing, but I think Caruso is sadder because it conveys grief over irreplaceable loss, Adagio has hope, certainty that s/he exists in the world

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    detroitmareposted 12 years ago

    I get sad and cry every time I hear a Rod Stewart song and realize that some people actually enjoy him.

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       detroitmareposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       On a more serious note...The Beatles had a few: Long and Winding Road, Eleanor Rigby, and Yesterdays.  I'm sure there were more.

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    Music-and-Art-45posted 12 years ago

    That's hard to narrow down the list can go on and on.  Here are some off the top of my head.
    
    Sad Rock Songs
    Ny Batteri by Sigur Ros
    Nude by Radiohead
    Yesterday by The Beatles
    Imagine by John Lennon
    
    Sad Jazz
    Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
    
    Sad Classical
    Tchaikovsky -  Symphony 6
    Mahler  - Symphony 5 (movement 4)
    Barber - Adagio For Strings

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    Twilight Lawnsposted 12 years ago

    Definitely the saddest song ever and there is no doubt about this...
    ' GLOOMY SUNDAY'

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       kallini2010posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I appreciate every contribution.  "Gloomy Sunday" is sad, but still aesthetically sad.

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       Twilight Lawnsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

       'Strange Fruit'... Sad, and in this climate of man's intolerance to man, frighteningly prophetic.
       Also Roberto Alagna singing 'Source délicieuse' from Polyeucte by Gounod.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3dTJLr8tgE

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    James A Watkinsposted 12 years ago

    "He Stopped Lovin' Her Today"
    "Rubee, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
    "Tears in Heaven"

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       CJ Sledgehammerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       James Watkins rules!!!! :0)

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    rclinton5280posted 12 years ago

    Whiskey Lullaby is an incredibly sad song by Allison Krauss and Brad Paisley. I also think "He stopped loving her Today" ranks up there as well.

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       Electro-Denizenposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I always thought Ghost in this House covered by Alison Krauss was the saddest song ever (written by Hugh Prestwood)

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    Shanti Perezposted 12 years ago

    Sad: "En el muelle de Dan Blas" by Mana
    Sadder: "Goodbye" by Tracy Chapman
    Saddest: "Colby's Song" by Joshua James

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    watergeekposted 12 years ago

    "Jesse" by Roberta Flack. A real heartwrencher.
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go7fpGD7ZOU

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    cerefoposted 12 years ago

    If you know hindi language then I would recommend you the song " tujhe bhula diya" from the movie "anjaana anjaani" This is the most sad songs I have ever heard. Do hear it!

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       kallini2010posted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you for your suggestion.  It's a beautiful song, but without understanding lyrics, I can't hear more than a light sadness.  I am not an expert in Hindu songs, there is one that is clearly sad without words - "Roshni Se" from "Asoka".

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       cerefoposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah That songs Roshni se is also quite sad

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       Twilight Lawnsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

       Talking about Bollywood films and Hindi songs, I have two more really sad songs.
       E Ajnabi from ‘Dil se...’
       and
       Tanhayee from ‘Dil Chahta Hai’
       A challenge. Listen to them without having a frisson of sadness, whether you understand Hindi or not.

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    reymundposted 12 years ago

    Mad World, To Where You Are, Time To Say Goodbye

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    msLarayneposted 12 years ago

    There really are so many but in no particular order there is: Tony Rich - Nobody Knows It But Me, Toni Braxton - Another Sad Love Song and Sugarland - Stay.

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    CMCastroposted 12 years ago

    I think the song that Eric Carmen recorded in the 1970's called "All By Myself" is the saddest song I have ever heard in my life. Barbra Streisand's song " The Way We Were" is sadder. The song by the Righteous Brothers called "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" to me is a sad song.

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       CJ Sledgehammerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yes...that is a sad song and probably my third choice.

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    batman07posted 12 years ago

    tears in heaven by eric clapton. Song based on truth after his baby died

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    Everyday Miraclesposted 12 years ago

    Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPDr56_5l0

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       CJ Sledgehammerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's what I was going to say!!!! :0)

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       OutWestposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That was the one I was going to say.  Moves me to tears every time.

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    cfjotsposted 12 years ago

    The saddest songs are usually found  in the Country music side of the music genres. The two that came to mind immediately were:
    
    The Baby - by Blake Sheldon and The House That Built Me by Miranda Lambert if these songs don't bring a tear to your eye you have no feelings.

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    pgornerposted 12 years ago

    "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead, "She's Leaving Home" by the Beatles, "A Bad Goodbye" by Clint Black and I think Winona Judd, "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Don Henley, and "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young.

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    Sherry Hewinsposted 12 years ago

    I just posted this as my current favourite, but it's also very sad. I'm posting a link because it's not that well-known, yet.
    Janiva Magness singing I Won't Cry
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACQyQlaT … n&NR=1

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    Janellegemsposted 12 years ago

    The saddest song I have heard is 'What hurts the most' by Rascal Flatts.

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       ju vyanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       ohhhhhhh it's good right

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    agusfananiposted 12 years ago

    Hi kallini2010 '
    The song that I think a very sad song is Stairway to Heaven by Erick Clapton.

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    Hunbbel Meerposted 12 years ago

    There are many, but I guess Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On will always be #1 for me.

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    Samith Jhonposted 12 years ago

    "Hurt" by Christina Aguilara and "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap both have really sad meanings

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    Moeskyposted 12 years ago

    Only one comes to mind at this moment:
    Alone Again Naturally - by Gilbert O'Sullivan...
    (last verse especially)
    
    ...Looking back over the years
    And whatever else that appears
    I remember I cried when my father died
    Never wishing to hide the tears
    
    And at sixty-five years old
    My mother, God rest her soul
    Couldn't understand why the only man
    She had ever loved had been taken
    
    Leaving her to start
    With a heart so badly broken
    Despite encouragement from me
    No words were ever spoken
    
    And when she passed away
    I cried and cried all day
    Alone again, naturally

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       Gareth Pritchardposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       This was a song I heard lots when I was young but never really took in the words, very sad the ones you have posted I will have to listen to this song again but listen this time, not just hear, thanks.

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       Moeskyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       It's even sadder when it is sung.

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       CJ Sledgehammerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Yep...this would be my second pick along with "Cat's in the Cradle".

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    Dr Nancy Kenyonposted 12 years ago

    When I Finally Fall     & ...I'm Not Who I Was                                 (tis situational,I suppose).....mabe ck in hourly... ...no?
                                                                                   He Stopped Loving Her Today  (2 mins. later)                   I Need A Miracle

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       Dr Nancy Kenyonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       All Things Possible...Mercies In Disguise...The Hurt And The Hero"s Collide...I Can Only Imagine...Be Still There Is A Healer...Jesus Bring The Rain...Somewhere Over The Rainbow...Cause' Your Daddy's Little Girl...Jesus, Friend of Sinners...All Thing

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    Little two twoposted 12 years ago

    I remember my parents listening to a song about a little crippled boy and truckers. The song was called Teddy Bear by Red Sovine. It was a gut puncher, kick you while you are down sad song.

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    Amaryllisposted 12 years ago

    As it's getting near Burns night, I'd mention 'Ae fond kiss' as a sad song -
    'Ae fond kiss and then we sever - ae fond kiss and then forever'
    
    In Scotland one song in particular is associated with funerals, so much so it has been adopted by the military of other countries, so 'The Flowers of the Forest' would be another suggestion.
    
    The song that always makes me cry is 'We Have All the Time in the World.'  I don't know if it is meant to be a sad song, but it plays an important  part in the James Bond film 'On Her Majesties Secret Service.'  It always reminds me that life is short, and of all the things I didn't say or do, and now can't.

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    Faith A Mullenposted 12 years ago

    Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss) is one of my favorite sad songs.

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    ShutStarryEyesposted 12 years ago

    "Skinny love" is pretty depressing.
    As well as "Alone" by Heart.
    And probably few more I can' t think of right now.

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    sasanquaposted 12 years ago

    The only song that actually makes me cry when I listen to it is Breathe Me by Sia.

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    digestingdrewposted 12 years ago

    Saddest - Jeff Buckley "Hallelujah"
    Sadder - Joni Mitchelle "The Last Time I Saw Richard"
    Sad - The Kills "Last Goodbye"

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    dannybobposted 12 years ago

    I am writing the first six lines of the songs which I think the saddest song that I know.
    
    I am a poor little beggar boy
    My mother she is dead
    My farther is a drunkard
    And will not buy me bread
    I peep out through the window
    To hear the trumpet sound

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    abbyw1989posted 12 years ago

    Dust In the Wind by Kansas. My goodness you don't want to listen after just losing someone!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

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    kiranferozposted 12 years ago

    The way I loved you by Taylor Swift is the most saddest song I have heard also White Horse is good.

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    Shaurya Gungunposted 12 years ago

    numb by linkin park
    may be  enrique
    
    rabba form salame ishk movie

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    Lybrahposted 12 years ago

    Coldplay's "In My Place" is pretty depressing.  So is "Princess of China" and Linda Ronstadt's "Long Long Time."

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    poetflyfisherposted 12 years ago

    Sad and somber.
    "Into Dust" by Mazzy Star

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    Que Scoutposted 12 years ago

    Funeral For a Friend - Elton John
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAhpIjazFN0

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    James-wolveposted 12 years ago

    There are many sad songs but this list below  reflects only what comes to my mind at this moment:
    My Immortal by evanescence
    Frozen,Fire And Ice by within temptation
    Snuff by slipknot
    Shards of Love by Woods of YPrES
    dear agony, breaking benjamin

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    cjpooja26posted 12 years ago

    Breathe me by Sia, seriously make me cry lot of times.

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    Diana Grantposted 12 years ago

    The ones which make me feel unutterably sad are:
    "Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town"
    
    Then Dolly Parton singing Jolene......"Please don't take him just because you can" (but then my b.f. at the time said he thought she was being totally wet and wimpy, and didn't see it as sad at all)
    
    And finally Dionne Warwick singing "Walk on By" - I was a bit sad and lonely myself when it was popular so it reflected a period in my life

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    Anne Semelposted 12 years ago

    "Christmas Shoes" by Newsong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS4_b2LbLW4

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    Jennifer Lynchposted 12 years ago

    I don't like hearing, All by myself or worse than that Solitaire.  ... The only game in town!

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