What Is The Saddest Song? | 03/08/22

[@keithkingery136]

B.J. Thomas ...I'm so Lonesome I could cry.

[@vinceniederman]

“Tears in Heaven” From Eric Clapton is So Moving For Me to On KZbin With The Lyrics Besides “Nothing Compares To You” From Chris Cornell!

[@danielalbert892]

Hurt-Johnny Cash

[@coryjack606]

Yup, first song that came to mind

[@johnbrowntheprophet]

“Dance with My Father” by Luther Vandross. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mikek7050]

Sam Stone and Summer's End by Jon Prine are heart breakers.

[@chijimmy1]

All by myself by Eric Carmen.

[@vinceniederman]

Classic Song and I’m Sure Some People Know That Song If They Have Heard It!

[@ma0630ni]

Randy Vanwarner - just when I needed you most.

[@markwarner9638]

Last Kiss - Pearl Jam

[@RESTER415]

True Love Waits- Radiohead

[@markkeller7291]

I'm with Paulie. The Warren Zevon documentary came out six months after my father died of cancer, and Keep Me In Your Heart always makes me think of him.

[@daryllaumann5132]

Honey by Bobby Goldsboro, back around 1967-68

[@melroze]

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by the Hollies

[@ernesterikm]

Travelin Soldier - Dixie Chicks

[@billybob2372]

Any song Sarah McLoughlin has late at night on TV showing puppies needing rescued

[@sweetrobertos]

Ha! Those commercials kill me. I have to change the channel.

[@WhiteCheddar.]

Remember when by alan jackson is right there with cats in the cradle

[@jerrybuelter4268]

Operator by Jim Croce, To Sire With Love

[@ernesterikm]

Black - Travis Meadows

[@azizmooshoolov2308]

You Were Always on My Mind kills me.

[@guyharris889]

Agree…cats in cradle… kills me

[@jetboy-CA]

The Dance by Garth Brooks

[@knighterica1399]

Name by Goo Goo dolls. 90s era beautiful melancholy..

[@jdparksak]

“You can go your own way”- Fleetwood Mack

[@j.d.6915]

Everything I Own by Bread, Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook.

[@McMasher]

Do people get how crazy it is the Dolly Parton wrote I will always love you and Jolene in the same day? It’s like it da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa and wrote Jolene on the same day

[@donmackay876]

60’s song, “Tell Laura I Love Her”. Racecar driver is in a wreck and as they pull his dying body out of the car, he says, “tell Laura…”. There’s actually even more to it that makes it even sadder as if that’s not enough.

[@bobjersey]

I know at least two Lauras on social, and would never ask them about it... before their time...

[@Zero_Da_Hero]

Iris by goo goo dolls played live is really sad

[@AECaniff]

Your Hand in Mine by Explosions In The Sky. No words, but gets me every time!

[@d7bhw2]

Puff Daddy feat Faith Evans: I'll Be Missing You

[@ernesterikm]

Neon Moon - Brooks & Dunn

[@stevenhill1287]

All by myself, Eric Carmen or Without you, Badginger

[@kayrichardson6040]

Nope. Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" brings me to tears every time.

[@spencerstracke92]

He stopped loving her today.

[@smack789123]

Faith's Song by Celtic Woman (Live at Johnstown Castle) is one that I use when someone is remembering a pet (as our heart is broken but still keeps on beating).

[@shanebarnes4049]

Jason Isbell: If we were Vampires.

[@mz6504]

Seasons in the sun…….come on now…..

[@dennisjump8655]

" Honey " by Bobby Goldsboro.

[@CalvinRomrell]

In Malcom Gladwell's podcast Revisionist History, there is an episode about the saddest song. He makes a convincing case that the saddest song is "He stopped loving her today" by George Jones. That is a pretty sad song.

[@greglamm5986]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot. Also, when Prince died, there were a number of Purple Rain tributes, which in itself, is a pretty good break-up song.

[@bradleyjones650]

My choice also with Gordon Lightfoot

[@Subo23]

Yes

[@jonmcclane7433]

My first choice too! Gordon’s Guitar is so eerie and sad in that song.

[@tonywalker8421]

Dust In The Wind, Kansas

[@melroze]

Holding Back The Years by Simply Red and Old Man by Neil Young

[@amonrodriguez3518]

Right when Stevie Wonder came on I about teared up and the one paulie picked. Damn man

[@robbyburns]

Alphaville "Forever Young"

[@aaronalvarado2481]

Incubus “I Miss You”

[@aaronbrungardt2917]

Alice in Chains "Nutshell" gets me just with the guitars alone. And Chris Cornell sang "Nothing Compares 2 U" better than Sinead O'Connor ever could.

[@kristopherfoster8780]

Without question also don't follow aic

[@vinceniederman]

@Aaron Brungardt The Chris Cornell Version Hits Me Whenever I Hear It!

[@aaronalvarado2481]

Totally aligned with your choices. And Chris Cornell did an acoustic version of “I will always love you” days after Whitney Houston died.

[@howardroark6598]

The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics

[@nc9922]

Sarah McLachlan "Arms of an angel"

[@jimlapointe1496]

Maybe "he stopped loving her today" by George Jones

[@TheDaniloks19]

Amor eterno - Juan Gabriel

[@ajs96350]

As an English speaker I have to agree with you. My Mexican lady friend explained it to me after I told her I liked it.

[@BlueCollar1212]

Wake Up by Mad Season

[@zachtraina2609]

Don’t Take the Girl by Tim McGraw

[@andreabernatowicz2255]

Father and Son by Cat Stevens.

[@bruske612]

Sarah McLachlan - I Will Remember You

[@murrayspiffy2815]

*Gilbert O'Sullivan* - _Alone Again, Naturally_

[@dereksnyder2803]

Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday

[@prateshramjohn]

Marv with the black jokes is killing me.

[@deazl666]

You want sad? Try Art Garfunkel’s “Bright Eyes.” 😭😭😭

[@robd1811]

cats in the cradle always gets me emotional and i had a great relationship with my dad it makes no sense 5:27 that was a great joke

[@tjewald32]

“Asleep” by The Smiths.

[@tree3po]

not even close. Tears in heaven

[@yomamenification]

Listen to radioheads songs. Story behind the song doesnt make a song sad.

[@SLOCALBamaFan]

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton is very sad-at the funeral of a guitar-playing friend some of his friends sang this and a lot of people openly cried. However, someone here commented “Strange Fruit” has to be the saddest song. I agree since it deals with lynching African Americans in the Jim Crow South.

[@etec4820]

"Why" by Annie Lennox. Just heart breaking.

[@samualjohnson5450]

I totally misjudged this guy's face, he's always got the most interesting clips...like when he got Scotty going lol that little smirk cracks me up

[@jimhampton5801]

Johnny Cash Hurt You can feel the pain and sorrow

[@Bambino_60]

NIN song

[@corymcminn8495]

Trent's original version is the saddest, mainly for the point where he was at in his life at the time, which was no care and self destruction

[@bobbowie9350]

"Promise to Try" Madonna

[@Bambino_60]

That’s a hard question. Letters from home by JMM is one, Water runs dry by B2M, any Alice In Chains song referring to Lane’s drug addiction

[@murrayspiffy2815]

Bobby Goldsboro - Honey

[@josephhanretty888]

Marvin dropped the ice bath on Dan hahaha

[@lulumediainc]

Cold-blooded.

[@stevenwetmore6249]

Talahatche Bridge

[@stuarcl]

Damn Marvin, that was cold! 5:27

[@EMo-rx7pm]

Maggie's song Chris stapleton.

[@yomamenification]

All Radioheads songs??

[@kelliepastellie8619]

Elton John - "Daniel" (Dedicated to his brother that passed away, hits hard cuz I lost 3 brothers in 5 yrs) Iron & Wine - "Upward over the mountain" (Will be played at my mom's funeral) Iron & Wine - "The Trapeze Swinger" (My funeral song) Iron & Wine - "Naked as We Came" (My funeral song) Honorable mentions U2 - "One" Pearl Jam - "Black" Stained - "Outside" GNR - November Rain/ Don't Cry

[@donaldkochersperger8074]

Dust in the wind - Kansas

[@brennendickerson7100]

Elephant - Jason Isbell

[@entertainus3381]

One More Light by Linkin Park (maybe some recency bias)

[@1747CT]

Hell fuckin yes

[@hawlikd]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald . . . !!!

[@aggiejet]

Whiskey Lullaby- Allison Krause and Brad Paisley Traveling Soldier- Dixie Chicks

[@matthewjohnson9199]

Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, in my opinion. I would also nominate Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton and Boots of Spanish Leather by Bob Dylan.

[@jamescharles8663]

The move with Pauly is referring to I don’t think the sandman is in it . Seth R. was in 50/50 with Joseph Gordon Levitt

[@nicknam8478]

Monsters by James Blunt especially if you watch the official video.

[@christopherroach8764]

My wife made me comment. It's a great song 👍

[@stuarcl]

It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday.

[@bobc.6908]

Bob Dylan - If you see her, say hello

[@CodyLeist]

Stop This Train by John Mayer. Might not feel like a sad song per se, but letting the lyrics sink in and force you to do some retrospective thinking. That can really pack a punch.

[@nc9922]

The Titanic song, My Heart Will Go On.... gets me every damn time

[@Bambino_60]

Yeah that song makes me wanna jump off a bridge it’s so bad

[@bradhartsell5608]

Jim Croce? Jim Croce didn’t even make the list?! He has 4-5 songs sadder than all of these.

[@steveb1ish]

Sam Stone John Prine

[@drexlspivey3047]

Drifting

[@donmackay876]

Also, “Is that all there is” by Peggy Lee. OK, I confess, I’m old. I admit it.

[@sethrabin833]

I'll give some honorable mentions: Fire and Rain by James Brown, Hurt by Johnny Cash, I See Fire by Ed Sheeran and Bother by Stone Sour.

[@alexandercastello2161]

I know it's country, but Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

[@andreabernatowicz2255]

Father and Son, Cat Stevens.

[@johnhchgo]

My Mom by Tony Bennett... good luck not calling your mom afterward

[@Jimkentucky]

Hurt by Johnny Cash

[@vulcandj]

Honey by Bobby Goldsboro is pretty sad song.

[@scottc4471]

Dr. Hook - Sylvia’s Mother

[@mz6504]

No Cure? Come on now…..

[@obibaddad1991]

Good choice Pauly. I have always been a huge Zevon fan.

[@sethkraai9075]

I have at least two in mind: Save Our Last Goodbye by Disturbed I Drive Your Truck by Lee Brice

[@sethkraai9075]

@@teddylovesit that's one of the tracks from their immortalized album. Inside The Fire from their indestructible album is also pretty sad and the music video for it is hard to watch.

[@sethkraai9075]

Go Rest High On Mountain by Vince Gill should be a strong candidate, too.

[@heres_johnny9151]

Man some good songs in here. John Prine's Sam Stone is a good one and also Garth Brooks the Dance. Nothing can really touch Clapton's tears in heaven though, thats tragic.

[@edwardmason119]

Candle in the wind by Elton John.