Top 10 Saddest Songs of All Time | Vocal Coach Reacts

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[@andrewhotchkiss2286]

Monsters by James Blunt will absolutely make you cry, right up there with Cash’s Hurt

[@michaelknies4333]

Have you heard Randy Newman’s Old Man?

[@Matt92Machine]

I never heard Monsters before, but I see everyone mentioning it, so I looked it up. I definitely agree, a tear jerker. Another sad song is So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold. I think Chat GPT is only looking at super popular songs that everyone would know. I can think of a ton of songs that are super sad for me for different reasons, but they aren't popular, or I just find them sad because they make me think about something sad in my past.

[@TheVeenmeister]

First one I thought about. Let's give it an honarable mention.

[@JeffHay]

The first song that popped in my mind when I saw this video title, and one I can’t believe wasn’t on the list, is George Jones “He stopped loving her today”.

[@johndogwater]

Oh god yes.

[@jamiemacdonald436]

In my opinion somewhere in the top 10 would be Nutshell - Alice In Chains

[@LeSpocky]

The whole grunge era is missing from the list.

[@SomeVagrant]

Some personal "favourites": *Pearl Jam - Black* _(That "why can't it be mine" remains soul-shattering to this day)_ *Manchester Orchestra - The Silence* _(There's an element of redemption here, but that somehow only further emphasises the darkness beneath)_ *Thrice - Digging My Own Grave* _(Sad, in the sense of being aware of, but unable to control self-destructive behaviour)_ *Staind - Something To Remind You* _(Don't listen to this if you're depressed, that might actually prove dangerous)_ *Johnny Cash - Hurt* _(Yes, it made the ChatGPT list, but it simply cannot be glossed over)_ *Slipknot - Snuff* _(The tortured mix of sadness and anger hits hard. The Corey Taylor solo live version is quite something)_ *Evanescence - My Immortal* *Damien Rice - 9 Crimes* *Audra Mae - The Fable* *John Moreland - You Don't Care For Me Enough To Cry*

[@NickKolythas]

Also, linkin park crawling live from their last tour always gets me kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZuxXoF9qLeab8ksi=z954CtXTYAX03SxG

[@denisealexander5441]

At Seventeen- Janis Ian My Immortal- Evanescence Alone Again- Gilbert O'Sullivan All By Myself- Eric Carmen Me and Little Andy- Dolly Pardon Operator- Jim Croce If You Could Read My Mind- Gordon Lightfoot Saltwater- Julian Lennon That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be- Carly Simon How Can I Help You Say Goodbye- Patti Loveless

[@kcgunzz3416]

I can't live - Eric Carmen

[@denisealexander5441]

@kcgunzz3416 Except that was Harry Neilson... but definitely a good song.

[@MiguelRamirez-u1b]

Nutshell fron Alice in Chains

[@ChristopherJackson1]

I was fully expecting nutshell, but it's not there.

[@KoaWilson]

In my opinion, any list of top ten saddest songs should include these three: 1) "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams 2) "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones 3) "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride

[@gingergardner4374]

I'm old so I'm gonna say this1 of the most heart wrenching songs1968 Bobby Goldsboro recorded "Honey" The song written by bobby Russell It became the largest selling record in the world For 1968 about the death of a man's young wife.😟 js

[@derekfnord]

For a lot of these, it's the story of the artist, or the story behind the song, that are sad, rather than the song itself. It's tough to pick, though, because it's so individual. The songs I find the saddest are sad to me because of what they mean to me, specifically. For example, the Chicago song, "If You Leave Me Now." Sure, it's a breakup song, so it's a sad song by design, but there's nothing exceptionally sad about it. But for me, that was literally the very first song I heard (on the radio) after my first love told me it was over. That makes it *_incredibly_* sad *_to me_* ...

[@z0d603]

Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim. With the footage from the film Baraka where the song is used helps

[@politikilter6446]

If we're going down the film soundtrack route... I’ve Seen It All Song by Björk & Thom Yorke ... from Dancer in the Dark (2000)

[@z0d603]

@@politikilter6446 Dancer in the Dark kinda broke me

[@scottbradley6953]

"Breathe" by Paulina Villarreal, Drummer, co- and backing vocalist and pianist of the band The Warning. Beth,please watch the Live version at the Pepsi Center CDMX On their channel Thewarningband,KZbin. It is preceded by "Black Holes" both written and sung Pau (Pow!) And played on piano by her. There's a string section on "Black Holes " accompanying her.Breathe is pure raw beautiful Paulina solo. Just. 🌹 💖🐺

[@craigchapman916]

Hi Beth - must watch is REN’s song Suicide

[@davidr1424]

Seasons in the Sun, Terry Jaks

[@thomasatwood5934]

AI has underwhelming taste in tearjerkers…should be some 70s malaise in there like: All by Myself- Eric Carmen Seventeen- Janis Ian Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton Also classic country is a must: I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones And add these gut wrenching bangers: I Know It’s Over - The Smiths Nutshell and Down in a Hole - Alice In Chains Don’t Leave Me Now - Supertramp Downbound Train - Bruce Springsteen Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday In the Ghetto - Elvis Emma - Sisters of Mercy Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles 🖤 your channel and your charming, informative analysis, Beth!

[@joeuncoolio]

You mentioned Creep on this list. You have reacted to Radiohead's Creep. You have even sung a cover of Creep. For the raw, pure singing of it all, you might want to take a look at Pau from The Warning covering Creep. Out of tune family piano, singing in the living room with terrible acoustics and all, it is so rough, and raw, and beautiful. She recorded it after seeing an internet challenge on Reddit, challenging people to find a song they have never sung before, learn it in an hour or two, then record yourself singing it. She nailed it.

[@andyschnell58]

Pau is a force of nature. Likely to go down in rock history as one of the greatest songwriters and possibly the best singing rock drummer and she is about to turn 23 years old. Not a bad song on The Warning's first 4 albums. A great power trio of sisters whose harmonies complete a full sound.

[@CgGoil]

Sarah Mclaghlan -Angel. Such a beautiful song, and such a sad song if you know what its about.

[@ThiagoSilva-hk1sq]

For me Lara Fabian perfoming je suis malade will be the saddest forever

[@durwardsaar6000]

My list looks more like this... Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald by Gorden Lightfoot, Mr Bojangles by the Nitty gritty dirt band, Scarborough fair by anyone, Green Sleeves by anyone, Simple man by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cranes by anyone, The Highway Man by Lorrena Mckenitt, Vladimir Vysotsky's Ornery Horses as performed by Diana Ankudinova.

[@fbxurumela]

"Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine" (melody, lyrics, voice: the saddest perfection)

[@JeffKokernak]

The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[@alineamorim5212]

“Fix you”? The saddest song by Coldplay is definitely “The Scientist”😢 Also, “When You’re Gone” by Avril Lavigne… that one is hard! and the videoclipe is so sad. I always cry.

[@joachimwallenstein4214]

„Der Weg“ by Herbert Grönemeyer. There’s a great video of a live performance with great English subtitles on YT. Dedicated to the live and death due to cancer of his late wife , he reputedly plays this song at every one of his concerts since. Reduces audiences of all ages to tears, every time.

[@lbd-po7cl]

A couple of songs I’m pretty sure hardly anyone watching this will know, but will definitely make you cry, by folk singer Maggie Holland - A Proper Sort of Gardner (also covered by June Tabor), and All Alone. Both heart wrenching true stories.

[@user-el2nh5uo1w]

Hurt by Johnny Cash. Desperado by Linda Ronstadt Long Long Time will do as well Both Sides Now (2000) by Joni Mitchell The River by Bruce Springsteen The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel Jugband Blues by Pink Floyd. It’s not necessarily a sad song but the context makes it so. It was the last song Syd Barrett recorded with Pink Floyd. It starts out fairly typically for a Floyd song and gets increasingly chaotic as more instruments and sounds are added until the last verse which is Syd and a guitar. I always feel this song mirrored his descent into his drug fueled break from reality with the last verse being his last moments of lucidity.

[@kivo3d541]

Zombie perhaps. So much emotion

[@laurajesso88]

“It makes no difference” by the Band is one of my favorite sad songs!

[@robertvirnig638]

I agree with "Hurt" and "Tears in Heaven," but I wouldn't list any of the others near the top. "Fade to Black" by Metallica, "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride, and "Gloomy Sunday" by Billie Holiday should be considered but ChatGPT seems to strongly favor pop songs.

[@gingergardner4374]

💚 gr8 video reaction Beth. Thnx!

[@santiagocalderon3261]

Steven wilson- routine

[@manfredmar]

Especially the Ninet version Was looking for this comment

[@FelipeRibeiro-dy4sg]

the sound of silence

[@mayaralirapessoadeoliveira4797]

No one who is a parent wouldnt put tears in heaven in first place. To loose a child must be the worst pain in the world

[@Satix77]

Well ChatGPT got a few good ones. It did it's best 😅 Here are a few that are guaranteed to make me emotional: 1. Last Kiss - Pearl Jam 2. She Don't Want the World - 3 Doors Down 3. Hero of War - Rise Against These next 2 are both about Kurt Cobain and his influence on the respective bands 4. Tearjerker - Red Hot Chili Peppers 5. Friend of a Friend - Foo Fighters

[@gabrielacocosh]

Uh, Last Kiss.. it's so, so sad, and Eddie Vedder's voice is just so full of emotion

[@AndrewFifield]

How Could You Leave Us - NF Constance - Spiritbox Wonderful Life - Alter Bridge

[@peppyd]

Monsters by James Blunt and Jealous by Labrinth are two songs that hit me in the "feels"

[@CgGoil]

In random order; DAD- Jacketless in December. Danish rockband. Beautiful song about loneliness. Danny Elfman- Ice dance. From one of the best scenes in movie history. Evanescence- Hello. Aerosmith-What it takes. Peter Cetera- Have you ever been in love? He is a ridiculously good singer. The Smashing Pumpkins- Blankpage. Agnes Obel- Riverside. Alanis Morissette- Simple together. Toto- I wont hold you back. Celine Dion- Fly. Roxette- So far away(Tourism version). This version was actually recorded in a hotelroom, on one of their tours. Which is insane, because they sound so good. Sarah Brightman- He doesnt see me.

[@GreggOcc]

I’ll add to the list Nutshell - Alice In Chains Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife - Drive By Truckers Black - Pearl Jam Elephant - Jason Isbell Wake Up - Mad Season Can’t Cry Hard Enough - Tom Freund Nobody Home - Pink Floyd It’s Only Time - Mark Curry

[@GreggOcc]

Forgot to add, Goodbye Dear Friend - Deer Tick

[@Bootleg666]

If I could add just one title, it would be Ethel Cain's "A House In Nebraska" which is the most recent song to make me weep. The entire PREACHER'S DAUGHTER album is deeply emotionally intense and there are several songs on there that hit hard. Additionally, her voice is such a powerful conveyor of emotions that I sometimes find her music difficult to listen to without getting totally absorbed. Additionally, I'd mention "Elephant" by Jason Isbell, and "Sam Stone" by John Prine, both of which others have mentioned. Each is a very tragic narrative, and both are magnificently performanced by their authors.

[@Greybeard70]

A saddest songs list that doesn't contain "Elephant" by Jason Isbell or "Sam Stone" by John Prine? Never trust AI

[@michaelrichardson5841]

Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton Wish you were here - Pink Floyd Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd Go rest high on that Mountain - Vince GIll

[@andypullin4702]

"My Immortal" - Evanescence. "Breathe" and "Black Holes" by The Warning. "Constance" - Spiritbox. That's just a few relatively recent ones.

[@andypullin4702]

Also Eva Cassidy's "Over the Rainbow"

[@englandcalling9721]

Alison Krauss - Away Down The River. A truly beautiful and heartfelt song.

[@ChannelFin]

"Hyperballad" by Bjork gets me every time. Not a typically sad song, but the chorus will always catch me off guard

[@j.lahtinen7525]

Not a very good list, as it's missing "Monsters" by James Blunt. 🤔

[@davidmueller9342]

It's tooooo sad category.

[@colinwilliams4657]

That or "the girl that never was"

[@michaelknies4333]

Listen to Randy Newman’s Old Man

[@missstorrm]

I was abt to comment the same.

[@tommylundholm9146]

Stings Shape of my heart is both one of the most beautiful songs and also very sad.

[@SimonBurgoyne-l5p]

Routine by Steven Wilson (just watch the associated video with the distraught mother).😢😢

[@mikemaxwell3005]

1916 Sabaton or 1916 Motorhead.

[@gabrielacocosh]

Yes, I can't listen to 1916 without crying!

[@ServioUribe]

I'm bypassed with these: This is what losing someone feels like - JVKE She used to be mine - Sara Bareilles Me cuesta tanto olvidarte - Mecano L'enfer - Stromae

[@BobSiefken]

​​"Darcy Farrow" by John Denver is a story song that breaks my heart every time.

[@davidr1424]

Likewise, The Night they drove Old Dixie down, The Band

[@radone5896]

The song that I learned to fingerpick guitar with as I HAD to be able to sing this song.

[@MuresanBol77]

This was an excellent choice to make a video about!! Loved it! More sad songs you ask? Ren - Su!cide Ren - Tales of Jenny & Screech (three part trilogy, listening to them all through) Rolling Stones - Paint it Black NF - How Could You Leave Us The Beatles - Yesterday Coldplay - The Scientist KISS - Beth (wink wink) John Denver - Poems, Prayers and Promises (sad thinking he's gone now) Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind Harry Nilsson - Without You Eric Carmen - All by Myself

[@JohnCoughlan1]

Worth having a listen to Alison Moyet's stunning "This House". Loss made flesh in a voice.

[@erwinerwinson5941]

Zombie from the Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan) is one of the sadest, imho

[@paulhall9811]

Kate Rusby's "My Young Man" gets me everytime, especially when the brass comes in.

[@lorikislack1504]

Nutshell, Hurt (Cash), He Stopped Loving her today, Monsters, Live version of Black, I will always love you

[@keithhider2170]

Cat Stevens - 'If I Laugh' and 'How Can I Tell You' Neil Young - 'Birds'

[@andychristoph9836]

Steve Earle - 'Lonlier Than This', lesser known but deeply moving

[@Toponemusicchile]

I love you beth Greetings from viña del mar, chile

[@williamclose6978]

The issue with this list is that there are different tones of sadness. This list mostly falls under what I would call "cathartic sadness", that allows you to cry, and release (which monster by James Blunt would definitely fall under). There are also signs that didn't allow this, but are a "hopeless sadness"; like "mad world", "nutshell", and

[@connorjohnnn]

Dixie Chicks - Travelin Soldier Mayday Parade - Terrible Things Evanescence - My Immortal Now that’s sad.

[@jaydead5901]

Mazzy star......into dust

[@gwaptiva]

Just coming from Charismatic Voice's reaction today to James Blunt's "Monsters", and sorry, that just wins. No contest. And then there's Hi Ren and one that always does it for/to me: You're Beautiful by Christina Aquilera

[@mariocastillo8334]

Hi Ren is a masterpiece, you know your stuff.

[@tkordik]

"Whiskey lullaby" Is one of the saddest songs ever

[@rickpasley6961]

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

[@Matt92Machine]

Probably should be on this list, or a list. You could make an endless list of sad songs, there are so many.

[@joncombs8372]

Genesis- Shipwrecked, Alone Tonight Phil Collins- Another Day in Paradise, Long Long Way to Go, That's Just the Way It Is Peter Gabriel- Washing of the Water, I Grieve Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years Had those all on one playlist and had to delete it after family members started asking if I was ok 😛

[@StephaneBergeronPixelyzed]

Funeral and Scott Street by Phoebe Bridgers come to mind. Joni's "Both Sides Now" is a true oversight here (especially when she sings it as an older woman, the live 2000 version just kills me). So is Jim Croce's Time in a Bottle. As someone approaching a change of decade, Death Cab for Cutie's Brothers on a Hotel Bed resonates sadly to me these days. Red House Painters (great 90s band), either Have You Forgotten or All Mixed up both from the Songs for a Blue Guitar album. Melancholy and nostalgia play a part in these last ones for me but still... :) But to me, one of the saddest songs ever is King Crimson's Epitaph from their 1969 debut. There's a version of Greg Lake's isolated vocal of that song if you search it here. That vocal performance is just heart wrenching... and the lyrics still hit too hard today ("the fate of all mankind I see, is in the hands of fools").

[@chri2453]

Creep is not a sad song. It is a different type of feeling.

[@dpacc88]

Wrong. The saddest song ever written is Heart Attack in a Layby by Porcupine Tree. Deals with themes of existential despair and isolation, the emotional turmoil of a person facing a personal crisis. Masterpiece.

[@jurgenschmidt2759]

Fleetwood Macs "Man of the World" and Jeff Buckley's Dad Tim with "Song to the Siren"

[@johang]

Decent list, fully agree with number 1 and 3 or 4 others. I would add "Sweetest Smile" by Black. Just so pure and honest. And of course the man has a voice made of velvet...

[@aovert]

I can’t resist. The trees they do grow high by Pentangle and definitely, surely, absolutely Honey by Bobby Goldsboro. I could not hear it on the radio ever without being affected by it.

[@levisarmando253]

Janis Ian - Stars... one of the saddest songs i've heard... 🎶Stars, they come and go. They come fast and slow They go like the last light of the sun, all in a blaze. All you see is glory, But it gets lonely there, when there's no one there to share...🎶

[@bertrusmcfly7958]

I don't know what chat GPT uses to establish its ranking but I don't agree at all. Moreover, the feeling is different for each person: the proof, this top 10 makes you cry while for me, apart from Jeff Buckley, the other songs are certainly melancholic but there is nothing to cry about. Personally, the songs that give me chills or make me shed a little tear are: The Eagles - Hotel California Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Elton John - Candle in the wind The Cranberries - No Need to Argue The Cranberries - When you're gone The Cranberries - Cordell The Cranberries - Fee Fi Fo The Cranberries - Dying in the sun Aerosmith - I don't want to miss a thing Michael Jackson - Heal the world Mylène Farmer - Rêver (yes I'm french) And those are just the ones that come to me right away. If I study it I will find others, that's for sure.

[@gabrielacocosh]

"Christmas Truce always brings me to tears, but given the story behind the song, it’s understandable. I’m surprised that Zombie by The Cranberries isn’t on the list."

[@stormbrewer3004]

This Mortal Coil's version of The Byrd's "I come and stand at every door" is soulrending.

[@IAm_Eric_ButYouCanCallMe_Eric]

In no particular order… Goodbye - Alanna Sterling One More Light - Linkin Park Monsters - James Blunt

[@Ecthelion_2nd]

Leonard Cohen the man who wrote Hallelujah, his version should always be on the list. That one always hit deep

[@davidr1424]

Without you, Harry Nillson

[@MJEvermore853]

Yes.

[@silgen]

I can think of a few Kate Bush songs that could be on this list: "A Coral Room" with Kate sitting in her mother's kitchen after her death, and how the everyday objects therein hold her memory. "Moments of Pleasure", a song about everyone she has lost along the way, set to an orchestral score by Michael Kamen. And of course "This Woman's Work". And one Pink Floyd song, "A Great Day For Freedom", the live version from Gdansk with the Polish Orchestra. The song is about the disappointed hopes for peace after the fall of the Berlin Wall, sad lyrics, but the real emotion is in Gilmour's guitar solo, it's like his guitar is crying in anguish.

[@paulinestraker8656]

Totally agree, especially A Coral Room and This Woman's Work. You will cry Beth.

[@pauloneill7212]

James blunt monster all day long 😭

[@petejones3158]

Best I Ever Had by Gary Allan, a cover song he recorded after his wife took her own life. Laying Down to Perish by Allan Doyle, a song about writing a message to your loved ones in the face of certain death, not knowing if they'll ever see the message.

[@williamr9537]

How about Bonnie Raitt singing I Can't Make You Love Me. If that doesn't get to you I don't know what will.

[@stevegibson1147]

Also. Suzanne Vega - Luca and Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children

[@michaelschepers2197]

My top saddest songs would definitely include „Hurt“ in the version sung by Johnny Cash too. Other songs would be „I see Fire“ by Ed Sheeran and „Der Weg“ by Herbert Grönemeyer. And last but not least „Wings for Marie“ and „10000 Days“ by Tool.

[@davidgroat3625]

Brothers in Arms Dire Straits.

[@rhfogel]

It might be a guy thing, but "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin hits hard. Also, Morgan James's cover of "Mad World" is astonishing and full of blues.

[@gingergardner4374]

I'm 64 years old And Creep is 1 of my favorite songs. I play guitar and sing it so my neighbors upstairs probably hate it When I play and sing it. Lol.

[@glestoncastro2495]

You must hear anything from Maria Betania or Milton Nascimento from Brasil!!!

[@TonyBailey-xf5tn]

Memphis, Tennessee by Chuck Berry. Heartbreaking story of a father trying to call his estranged daughter. You'll be in floods.

[@MoCsomeone]

This is easily the saddest song ive ever heard without any question. Once you hear it you will agree no other song is sadder Eyedea - Bottle Dreams

[@Lisdodde]

Lots of songs by @Renmakesmusic are more sad, chinchilla’s <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="65">1:5</a> as well, certain songs by Sam Tompkins, little blue mahogany session by Jacob Collier. That said, I think it’s pretty personal what will hit you in the feels. I know I’ve cried at a lot of songs in the Dutch show ‘beste zangers’ when they’re sung to a person to whom the song means a lot, right in front of them, by a fellow singer who has become a friend during the recordings. Songs about loss, songs related to important people in their lives. It’s the lived empathy that makes the sadness come through. For example, a song written about the lasting detrimental effects having an alcoholic dad or a narcissistic boyfriend has had on you, sung by a person they’ve just learned has that experience in common with them (the writer of the song). That’ll make everyone cry. Or Mel’s version of the blowers daughter sung for Duncan Lawrence, as an example..

[@giamo645]

I agree with many that 70’s produced the saddest songs. Fire and rain by J. Taylor, Time in a bottle by J. Croce…not counting at least 10 songs by Joni Mitchell which can all be n. 1

[@kentthompson3836]

James Blunt 'The girl that never was'

[@eltigre_01]

Brooks and Dunn “Believe” needs to be here.

[@nathanthomson1931]

I'd like to see this list include: - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother", by the Hollies - "Blown Wide Open", by Big Wreck - "The Bird and the Snake", by Wolves at the Gate

[@arleenm7367]

How about Taxi (Harry Chapin), Eleanor Rigby (Beatles), The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel), Long Long Time (Linda Ronstadt).

[@neoplan6116]

I agree with most of the songs but for me there are three songs which would be very far up in MY list: "Flying Arrow" by Mason Proffit, "The Fisherman's Lament" by Great Big Sea and "Der Weg" by Herbert Grönemeyer! I invite everybody to some tears with this songs....

[@johnhoslett6732]

Wow. You almost never hear people mention Mason Proffit. Saw them a bunch of times in the early 70s. 😎

[@neoplan6116]

@@johnhoslett6732 Very nice to hear that - if I remember correctly it was a complete coincidence. I think I heard the song one or two times here in Germany in the radio. Because of what kind of music I knew at this time from my parents it somehow hooked me. So I looked out for it and found the (ofc vinyl)single in a record shop and so its a song that I heard maybe hundreds of times in my youth, forgot it later for a lot of years an rediscovered it a lot of years ago.

[@paule6752]

One that often makes me tear up is The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics

[@Gorthol_X]

You can't possibly decide which 10 Songs are the saddest, there are so many good sad songs. And we as people are so different, have experienced other things and are sad in different ways. Even of we could objectively rank them, there are so many sad songs only a few people have ever heard that could possibly be saddest. Here some songs I find quite sad and that aren't that famous: Earthshine - Summoning Loneliness - Wintersun Autre temps - Alcest Heart like a Grave - Insomnium Book of the Fallen - Caladan Brood

[@Matt92Machine]

Yep. Music hits everyone different. Some of the songs here don't effect me at all, and I only really see two songs on this list that I'd actually consider sad songs.

[@LuisVargas-or6pc]

Who wants to live forever by Queen

[@tammygreen4275]

The Show Must Go On is also a contender.

[@dianesparrow1592]

I wonder how chatbot came up with this list? I agreed with Hurt and Tears in Heaven. But where is Lara Fabian Je Suis Malade, Martina McBride Concrete Angel, Lara Fabian Adagio, Eva Cassidy Over the Rainbow, Juan Gabriel( or Rocio Durcal) Amor Eterno, Gilbert O Sullivan Alone Again, Naturally, Koji Tamaki or Dimash Qudaibergen Ikanaide, Michael Jackson One Day In Your Life, Carpenters Solitaire, Carpenters Now(I think I find this song to be sad as it was Karen's last recording), and Joyce DiDonato Lascia Ch'io Pianga.