Top Ten Saddest Songs

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1) The Last Words You Said - Sarah Brightman

“This song tugs at the heart.”

tarot_contralto

“For anyone whose soul has been singed by the passions and glories of tragic love-- this One’s for you. Sarah’s voice singing these heart-breaking lyrics will tenderly wound and heal you. She’s without equal in awaking hidden depths of feeling in the listener.”

timhatcher

“when she sings she speaks to your heart.”

2) Time To Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman

“God. This song makes me cry everytime i hear it. This is my fave song of all time. Love you Sarah!”

sarahbfan4eva

“Sarah Brightman the worlds biggest selling soprano.”

debsan

“is the best song, and the voice is spectacular.”

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3) Without You - X Japan

“the music itself is more than enough to make people cry. listen to the lyric, the effect is tenfold.”

kurenai_tenshi

“The song is so sad since it was written for hide who died so tragically and way too young.”

4) Free - Sarah Brightman

“this song is very haunting and at the same time uplifting.”

richt63

“Sarah is the best! Thank you for giving the world your beautiful voice to hear.”

debsan

“as I commented before. this song is both haunting and uplifting. its one of her best. thanks sarah.”

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5) I (Who Have Nothing) - Shirley Bassey

“Very Emotional Top 10 HIT Single from the powerful vocalist, Shirley Bassey, recorded back in 1963! This song deserves to be on this list!”

“Very sad song >> This emotional Top 10 single for Shirley was recorded in 1963 >> She has been faithfully performing this song during LIVE concerts for over four decades.”

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6) Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

“For awhile, I couldn’t listen to this, after my son died.”

RdrTech

“This has got to be the saddest song of all time.It’s about his son that died.”

biscuits

“do i really need to say anything...
”

sixstring37

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7) Old Shep - Elvis Presley

“It’s sad, but mainly because he’s no longer around...”

Music

“I Don’t know how this is the 7th saddest song of all time i haven’t even heard the other 6 well i might have heard them but i just didn’t recognize them I bet that none of those 6 songs are as sad as this”

Coldplay

“You Stupid Idiot This song is sad because he kills a dog not because he’s no longer around you n00b well I suppose it does make it a bit more sad but it is mainly because the dog dies”

Greenday

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8) Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father) - Lindsay Lohan

“so deep...”

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9) Last Song - Gackt

“So damn sad and beautiful song...”

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10) Concrete Angel - Martina McBride

“its so sad”

xxmegxx

“Sad song from the heart”

ryan3883

“i cried.
for the first 10 times.
a little girls dies..
& it’s just soo sad :(”

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11) Careless Whisper - George Michael

12) The Show Must Go On - Queen

“About the death of Freddy Mercury, truly the greatest singer. Sad but beautifull song. I felt sorry for Brian May.”

THEMASTER

“Very sad song. :’(
It was played in a gleaming black Rolls-Royce carrying the coffin in which Mercury’s body lay in, as they drove slowly into the grounds of the West London crematorium in Kensal Rise.
:’(
I still love you, Freddie.”

13) Seize the Day - Avenged Sevenfold

“Very Sad But Powerful Song”

Dglass23

“Just watch the music video; just listen to that guitar solo.. You can almost hear the tears..”

“This song is the best..”

14) My Immortal - Evanescence

“It’s the saddest song I’ve ever heard...”

Lidija

“now if you wanna talk about sad... check this song out for realzz!”

ammawesome

“omg, this song is FATAL to listen to when your upset :S”

emm

15) Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

“i love that song!”

16) Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

17) Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers

“Beautiful”

18) Whisky Lullaby - Brad Paisley

“this song is just not safe for depressed people”

Dania0671

“how can this not be the saddest song of all time, a man kills himself because he’s not with the love of his life, and then she feels so guilty she then kills herself... so sad”

“sad, so very sad :’(”

19) Cancer - My Chemical Romance

“This is the only song to have made me cry within the first three chords. It is beautifully performed and brilliantly thought out. You couldn’t get a sadder song.”

RiffandMagenta

“Makes me shake. It reminds of my uncle”

Lucion

20) Only Friends - The Lettermen

21) Forever Love - X Japan

22) My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms - Bon Jovi

“very sad song with much feelings but a great bon jovi song”

richie4life

23) Because of You - Kelly Clarkson

“~~”

R0CK3R

“very deep perfomance”

Alexandr

“A song about a girl that lives the experience of the problematic marriage of their parents. Such a sad song...”

24) Mama I'm Coming Home - Ozzy Osbourne

“saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!”

25) Missing You - Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight

“This sound helped me through the lost of my mother. The words are perfect for what I was going through. Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan really shine in this song of loss. Thank you!!!”

26) Yesterday - The Beatles

“An absolutely gorgeous song, could bring Castro to tears it’s so beautifuly sad.”

27) Mad World - Gary Jules

“i always struggle not to cry when listening to this song. its just so slow and lilty, and Gary Jules soft, slow, smooth voice just brings the lyrics to life...which sounds kind of ironic really.”

28) Stan - Eminem

“great... shady at his best...”

“Its powerful”

“Haunting, should be in top 10”

29) He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones

30) Send In the Clowns - Judy Collins

31) Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin

“And the sliver spoon.”

biscuits

“my dad used to sing this song to me every night to make me fall asleep... and as I got older I realized that he has missed a lot of my life because of his job!”

“it’s a good song but at the right times it can be the saddest”

32) Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer - Stevie Wonder

“I simply adored this song, until I realized how very depressing it is. Its still very beautiful though”

33) The End of the World - Skeeter Davis

34) Down In a Hole - Alice In Chains

35) Last Kiss - Pearl Jam

“Though I’m not a big fan of love songs, I was shocked not to see this one here!”

sumit

36) I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan

“so sad.
played at my cousins funeral.
”

37) Creep - Radiohead

38) Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day

39) Back for Good - Take That

40) Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five for Fighting

41) What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts

“So sad. I love this song.”

42) Alyssa Lies - Jason Michael Carroll

43) As Tears Go By - The Rolling Stones

44) Sara - Fleetwood Mac

45) Breathe Me - Sia

“so sad, the piano piece and her voice, it’s all so good. LISTEN TO IT!”

timone150

46) Something in the Way - Nirvana

47) This Used To Be My Playground - Madonna

48) Teen Angel - Mark Dinning

49) Nobody Home - Pink Floyd

“Great, and sad, song. One of the greatest bands”

50) Everytime - Britney Spears

“I really love that song by her and only that song. It reminds me of a lullaby”

51) Jeremy - Pearl Jam

“THis song is so great, and sad that a kid thought this was the only move he had left. The chorus, "Jeremy spoke in class today" is so chilling" I think by far, it’s Pearl Jam’s best vocals”

52) Dance With The Devil - Immortal Technique

“One of the most tragic stories ever recorded by an artist. The ending will give you goosebumps.”

53) Hurt - Nine Inch Nails

54) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

“Beautiful and moving. I have cried to this one before...”

55) I'll Be There - Escape Club

“ccccrazzy song”

Tito

56) Layla - Derek and the Dominos

57) Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen

58) Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks

“Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.Goodbye Michelle it’s hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there
”

59) Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross

“You can’t listen to it without crying.”

60) Epiphany - Staind

61) One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey

62) My December - Linkin Park

“Very sad song. I feel sad every time I hear it :(”

63) Empty Tears, Empty Hearts - Hale

“it’s a song from their 2nd album "twilight"
this song really made my eyes pour down tears from what i’ve experienced before... it the lyrics and the tune shows the real emotion of it’s theme”

jully

64) It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men

65) Doesn’t Remind Me - Audioslave

66) If Everyone Cared - Nickelback

67) Broken - Amy Lee & Seether

68) Njosnavelin - Sigur Ros

“This is an extremely pretty song.. The way the guitarist uses a cello bow is just amazing in this song..”

69) In This River - Black Label Society/Zakk Wylde

“Song for dime, saddest thing i’ve ever heard”

purelegend1

“this brings tears to my eyes, man.”

70) Lithium - Evanescence

“this song is so depressing.”

xrrrockstar

71) How to Save a Life - The Fray

“How To Save A Life is one of the saddest songs that I’ve ever heard. I just heard it today, and I totally fell in love with it. Especially when your watching a really sad episode of a comedy-drama TV show. Not just drama alone -- comedy has to be there with it, because it makes it all the more sad. In my opinion, that is. ^^;;”

darkvineyard

72) Bad Day - Daniel Powter

73) Apologize - One Republic

74) A Tout le Monde - Megadeth

75) Adam's Song - Blink 182

“if you listen to the lyrics of this song you will realise it is about a kid called adam who commited suicide and his mum asked blink 182 to write a song about him, best version of this song is live on mark tom and travis show”

76) Porcelain - Red Hot Chili Peppers

77) Good Enough - Evanescence

78) At Seventeen - Janis Ian

79) Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning) - Vertical Horizon

80) I Remember You - Skid Row

“i shall gladly kill anyone who will disagree that this song is the saddest love song ever...
this song is all in one set...
think about it, a metal band playing slow but still a metal song which talks about the person which has already left...”

81) Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

82) Your Letter - 112

“just wait for the ending”

83) The Funeral - Band of Horses

84) Ohne dich - Rammstein

“Its German for "without you". Very sad song.

"Without you I cannot be
With you Iâ€™m alone too
Without you I count the seconds
They aren’t worth it without you"”

85) Sarabeth (Skin) - Rascal Flatts

“its makes you cry.”

86) Blue October - Black Orchid

“so unbelievably sad...”

87) Desperado - The Eagles

“Sad, but beautiful song by a great band”

THEMASTER

88) Bye - Elliott Smith

“This one will probably not climb the ladder, since far from everyone have heard it. Although, the two minute long instrumental could be one of the saddest pieces of music written in modern time.”

89) Hello - Evanescence

“This song makes me cry.”

90) You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker

91) Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John

92) Autumn Leaves - Eva Cassidy

“So beautiful and touching song that everybody should hear it.”

93) Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton

94) Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional

95) Holes in the Floor of Heaven - Steve Wariner

“"I cry everytime I hear this song"”

96) This Woman's Work - Kate Bush

97) Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd