The 25 Most Exquisitely Sad Songs in the Whole World: No. 1
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'Chicken Wire'Pernice Brothers (1998)
The Breakdown: Breathy Massachusetts sad sacks offer a lovely ballad about a woman choking to death on exhaust fumes ... and a cloud of minor chords.
The Waterworks: "They found her car/Still running/In the garage."
Casualty Count: One woman, and the drink she was holding.
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funnyfuscoat 7-16-2009
"If You're Reading This" by Tim McGraw
About an American soldier who is writing a will to his wife. He died following in his father's footsteps, he never got to witness the birth of his daughter, and he allows his wife to find some one else so she can be happy.
Ballad singerat 5-04-2010
This list is garbage. I agree "If You're Reading This" is 1 of the sadest songs ever. Sorry folks, if you want "sad", you gotta go country. They are the creators of sad songs. Another good 1 is "Real Life" by Jeff Carson. It really comes down to what affects you at the time. I.E.- if you've just broken up with someone, a break-up song will affect you. If you've lost someone, a death song would affect you. The songs that affect you are usually the ones that you can relate to in 1 way or another.
bmalcolm14539at 7-19-2009
i remember a song from way back ,it was so sad it got banned by he BBC,THE DRUNKEN DRIVER BY FERLIN HUSKEY
Davidat 7-29-2009
what about it's so hard to say goodbye by boys II men
daveat 7-31-2009
really think 'whiskey lullabye'... Brad Paisley & Allison Krauss, should be on here.
meganat 11-17-2009
Agree--the whole time I was reading the list I kept waiting for that song. It makes me cry hysterically every. single. time.
kloeat 2-04-2010
absolutely whiskey lullaby...can't believe it isn't on this list
angieat 8-03-2009
very good list :) i couldn't help but giggle at the comments at the end of "causualty count", not all of them but "Eleanor Rigby" and her socks, oh dear
Desireeat 8-04-2009
Uhh hello!!!!
Pearl Jam "Last Kiss"
Evanescence "My Immortal"
Boyz II Men "End of the Road"
Tim Mc Graw "Don't Take the Girl"
Bette Midler "The Rose"
Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men "One Sweet Day"
Jeez...I could keep going...
Mickat 11-15-2009
Agreed. Some of these just had sad messages, but the tunes weren't very sad.
Alexisat 6-01-2010
Pearl Jam: Black, Nothing Man, Just Breath, Yellow Ledbetter, given to fly; they have plenty...
connorat 8-04-2009
this list wasnt very good. on youtube listen to "my story" by Sean McGee. I love the song. i cry each time i hear it, i havent seen anyone not cry which i made listin to.
Kateat 9-29-2009
Please: just checked out "my story" by Sean McGee on You tube... it is a horrible song... it seriously sucks and should not be on any top anything list!! Just awful not even music!! It is so bad I cen't believe anyone got paid to sing (should say warble) such crap!
Linkat 2-25-2010
Rap cannot and never will be depressing sorry 2 tell you but it is not depressing... it made me want to beat the shit out of somebody...
Jeevesat 8-05-2009
HUH???? WHAT ABOUT TEARS IN HEAVEN?????? that is the only song that i've cried to!
Leighat 10-21-2009
Holes in the Floor of Heaven? That's the only song my fiance has cried to.
Kevinat 12-13-2009
I agree- Tears in Heaven is a really sad song!! I thought that it would have been on here!
caliat 8-06-2009
i have one that most people don't like, but it's..
Eternity by the Jonas Brothers.
I'll list the lyrics.
Looking at a picture
Of you in my hands
Wondering if I'm ever
Gonna see you again
Without you
I don't know how my life will be
But I believe
It's not goodbye
Cause I will remember you
And I will see you again
When I rise
Cause I know and I believe
I will see you in eternity
So close yet so far
But in my heart you're here with me
You did not leave
You just went to live in eternity
Without you
I dont know how my life will be
But I believe
It's not goodbye
Cause I will remember you
And I will see you again
When I rise
Cause I know and I believe
I will see you in eternity
We will live in the light of the sun again
Dancing in the river of life and
Knowing that it'll never end
Forever by your side
We'll never have
To say goodbye
Cause I will remember you
And I will see you again
When I rise
Cause I know and I believe
I will see you in eternity
It's not goodbye
Cause I will remember you
And I will see you again
When I rise
Cause I know and I believe
I will see you in eternity
I will see you in eternity
(they wrote this when their grandma died, they were really close to her)
Krisat 12-20-2009
If the Jonas Brothers make any list besides "Worst Bands of All Time" it will be tragic.
Bat 2-28-2010
on December 22, 2009, 13 year old Dylan Louis Heintzelman got in a car with his family to drive to New Jersey. They were going to visit family. While out on the highway, the car lost control and span out in front of an incoming semi. Dylan was killed, just 3 days before Christmas. He left behind devestated parents, 2 sisters and a brother, and countless friends. Tears havent stopped falling since then. When i read this, I think of him. We love you Dylan. Please come home. We need you around buddy.