You Lie ~ Reba McEntire

Fo My Broken Heart ~ Reba McEntire

I Hope You Dance ~ Lee Ann Womack

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast ~ Wayne Newton

Stand By Me ~ Mickey Gilley

You Raise Me Up.  I hate that freakin song... it was played at my friends funeral and I go back to that day every time some one plays it. Its been banned in my house and my parents comply (when I visit them) even tho my mom loves that song.

You Raise Me Up.  I hate that freakin song... it was played at my friends funeral and I go back to that day every time some one plays it. Its been banned in my house and my parents comply (when I visit them) even tho my mom loves that song.





Is that the one that bloke sang on America's Got Talent?  I'd never heard it before that show.

Is that the one that bloke sang on America's Got Talent?  I'd never heard it before that show.


yeah but I never saw the performance I muted the tv and walked out for two minutes

Danny Boy

'Come Back' by The Mighty Wah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVWA_nw7oc4

I dunno why it does, but I really find it sad, but I don't know whether it's sad sad or happy sad

In Your Eyes ~ Peter Gabriel

Bring Him Home - from Les Miserables
Con te Partiro (Time To Say Goodbye) - Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary (I had a pet dragon pass away when I was young)

Looking at the Rain-Gordon Lightfoot

Too late for praying~Gordon Lightfoot

The Dance ~ Garth Brooks

If You Leave Me Now ~ Chicago

Memory-from Cats
A Little Fall of Rain-from Les Mis
Empty Chairs & Empty Tables-from Les Mis
The Wedding Song (There is Love)-Paul Stookey
Puff the Magic Dragon-Peter, Paul & Mary
You'll See-Madonna
Used to be my Playground-Madonna
I'll Remember-Madonna
Faithfully-Journey


I'm sure I will think of more later.


Cat

I'll Be Alright Without You ~ Steve Perry


.........It's real easy to think of these songs for myself, since I am going through some heartbreak of my own right now.

I'll Be Alright Without You ~ Steve Perry


.........It's real easy to think of these songs for myself, since I am going through some heartbreak of my own right now.


Sorry to hear that, GypsyRoad.  I hope things look up for you.

Geez, GypsyRoad,

You might want to stop listening to all that country music, it's a regular weep-fest for you. ;D ;D 

Might I suggest some They Might Be Giants or B52's to lighten things up a bit?

Sometimes it's the lyrics but more often it's the sound that just gives off a sad feeling to be (not necesarilly in a bad way, there's some romantic songs that are kinda tear inducing too). Also, there's times where if I really "get into" the song I can be saddened by the emotions, but if I'm just kinda casually listening to it it's still catchy.

Let's see:

Suddenly - Billy Ocean
How am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolton
Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson
MOST Peter Paul and Mary songs (I do like them, but the ballads can be maudlin)
Somewhere Out there - Linda Rondstadt & James Ingram
Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Love of a Lifetime - Firehouse (yeah, they were one of the late hair metal bands from 1990 but this is actually a touching love song you can take kinda seriously) ;)
I Don't Have the Heart - James Ingram
Hero - Enrique Iglaschious
Didn't We Almost Have it all - Whitney Houston

I'll Be Alright Without You ~ Steve Perry


.........It's real easy to think of these songs for myself, since I am going through some heartbreak of my own right now.


LOL hey, that's my favorite Journey song. ;)  My mom bought their Greatest Hits tape in '93 or 94 and that's one of the songs I remember liking the most. I like the easygoing synthpop sound (I guess it's middle tempo and noit quite a ballad), but I guess if you listen to the words and can relate to it, I can see how it would seem depressing. When I was a kid I only liked songs for how they sounded lol.

Hope things get better for you though. I do know how it feels to be able to personally relate to songs in a different way (which I didn't have until I was at least like 14 or 15).

Hands- Jewel

Do Re Mi- Nirvana(Solo Kurt Cobain)

Do Re Mi I couldn't listen for awhile after my grandfather died.

It's real easy to think of these songs for myself, since I am going through some heartbreak of my own right now.


Very sad to hear that...I hope brighter times aren't too far away for you...

In the meantime, do NOT listen to The Shangri-Las 'I Can Never Go Home Anymore'...devastating!

Everybody Hurts ~ R.E.M.


I haven't been listening to these songs only thinking of titles that make me cry.  It would be too hard to listen to any of them right now, so I have been pretty much staying away from music.

TLC Turntable


it stands as a memorial to Lisa Lopes (Left-Eye) and sort of a goodbye anthem for TLC

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother ~ The Hollies

Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast ~ Wayne Newton


Me too!


.........It's real easy to think of these songs for myself, since I am going through some heartbreak of my own right now.


Very sorry to hear of your troubles, GypsyRoad.  You're in my prayers.

Unchained Melody ~ The Riteous Brothers

Across the Universe~Beatles
Makes me cry because it reminds me of the day Lennon was murdered.
"Nothings gonna change my world", still gives me goosebumps and makes me tear up. :\'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbirjVeI_Pk

^Speaking of the Beatles, "The Long And Winding Road" always tears me up.

^Speaking of the Beatles, "The Long And Winding Road" always tears me up.


Me too, I love the song but it's kinda sad and emotional. I think "She's Leaving Home" is even more heartbreaking (I used to think it was about a mom running away from her family, but it could be a daughter too).

Me too, I love the song but it's kinda sad and emotional. I think "She's Leaving Home" is even more heartbreaking (I used to think it was about a mom running away from her family, but it could be a daughter too).



"She's Leaving Home" was me when I was 18-19 years old.



Cat

Here are some of mine:

Non-pop--

Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade (text: Goethe)
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings (arrangement from String Quartet Movement 2)
Gustav Mahler: Adagietto (from Fifth Symphony, Movement 4)
Beethoven: Piano Sonata 14 "Moonlight Sonata" (Adagio sustenuto--Movement 1)
Henry Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary*
W. A. Mozart: Requiem -- III. Sequentia: Lacrimosa
Chopin: Nocturne in C# Major
Harold Budd/Daniel Lentz/Ruben Garcia: Somos Tres
Philip Glass: Facades
Krzysztof Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Arie Shapira: Gideon Klein's Marterstrasse (The Martyrdom of Gideon Klein)
*this one makes me feel more chilled and spooked than tearful

Pop--

The Smiths: Asleep
Soft Cell: Torch
Ultravox: Visions in Blue
The Legendary Pink Dots: Belladonna
Tears For Fears: Watch Me Bleed
OMD: Joan of Arc (Maid of Orleans)
The Cure: Charlotte Sometimes
David Bowie: Five Years
Simon & Garfunkel: The Boxer
Joy Division: The Eternal
The Lightning Seeds: Pure*
Sinead O'Connor: Troy
Peter Gabriel: Red Rain
The Rolling Stones: Paint It, Black
The Beatles: Golden Slumber/Carry that Weight
The Cars: Drive
The Sisters of Mercy: Some Kind of Stranger
*Sad for me because it was a song I had with a girlfriend who later committed suicide

"She's Leaving Home" was me when I was 18-19 years old.



Cat

I picked "Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight" for my own list, but "She's Leaving Home" qualifies as well.  I kept my list to one selection per artist for brevity's sake.

"She's Leaving Home" is interesting for the time (1960s) because it takes the parent's point of view; when the boomer kids were rebelling and running off, the parents often wondered "What did we do that was wrong?" and "We sacrificed all of our lives..." etc.

Traces ~ Classics IV

"She's Leaving Home" is interesting for the time (1960s) because it takes the parent's point of view; when the boomer kids were rebelling and running off, the parents often wondered "What did we do that was wrong?" and "We sacrificed all of our lives..." etc.

Paul McCartney says the song was inspired by reading an article in the Daily Mirror of a girl who left home.

Paul McCartney says the song was inspired by reading an article in the Daily Mirror of a girl who left home.

Yes, I've heard that.  There's some interesting notes on it in the Wiki article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She's_Leaving_Home

My Love ~ Paul McCartney

"She's Leaving Home" is interesting for the time (1960s) because it takes the parent's point of view; when the boomer kids were rebelling and running off, the parents often wondered "What did we do that was wrong?" and "We sacrificed all of our lives..." etc.

Wow I never thought of it that way, but I think you're right. It's even more unusual since in 1967 rock music was still too new to be the "parents' music" at all (it only started a little over ten years ago then), so it was on an album that basically just kids and younger people would've heard, but from the parents' perspective.

Leaving On A Jet Plane ~ Peter, Paul & Mary

"Cry" -Godley & Creme
"We Belong Together" -Mariah Carey
"This I Swear" -The Skyliners
"Going Outta My Head" -Little Anthony & the Imperials
"Home", "Only When I Lose Myself", and "Precious" -Depeche Mode
"Poor Boy" -Split Enz
"Paint It Black" -The Rolling Stones
"A Change Is Gonna Come" -Sam Cooke
"My Immortal" -Evanescence
"In the Rain" -The Dramatics

Ergh, I'll think of more later.

The End Of The World ~ Skeeter Davis

These are songs that remind me of my mom - she passed away almost 4 years ago.

Hurt - Christina Aguilera
Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own - U2
Everything I Own - Bread
Incomplete - Backstreet Boys (I know, I know, Backstreet Boys...but it's a really good song.)

U2: One
Genesis: No Son of Mine

Both songs are remarkably similar to circumstances between my father and me which ended in permanent estrangement.

Baby Mine-from Dumbo.



Cat

If by Bread

I'm not really a song crier, but I have a few.  :(

Gone Too Soon--Michael Jackson. I skip this track all the time because it makes me think of my mother, and how much I miss her.  :(

Purple Rain--Prince. Only if the song is performed live at a concert will I mist up. The version in the movie doesn't move me at all. LOL.

And don't laugh, okay,

Word Up--Cameo. It's not a sad song, I know that, but it was my mom's favorite dance tune and I mist up everytime I hear it.  :)

I'm not really a song crier, but I have a few.  :(

Gone Too Soon--Michael Jackson. I skip this track all the time because it makes me think of my mother, and how much I miss her.  :(

Purple Rain--Prince. Only if the song is performed live at a concert will I mist up. The version in the movie doesn't move me at all. LOL.

And don't laugh, okay,

Word Up--Cameo. It's not a sad song, I know that, but it was my mom's favorite dance tune and I mist up everytime I hear it.  :)

No laughs at all about the Cameo thing; I think it's a nice way to remember your Mom having fun.  :)  There are certain songs by Prince and Lisa Lisa that really remind me of my friend Gerard who was killed.  I laugh and cry at the same time listening to those....

Thank you LadyBug!  ;D I'm glad that you understand where I'm coming from!

"On the Outside Looking In" Little Anthony and the Imperials
"Sad Eyes" Robert John
"No Son of Mine" Genesis

'Sweet Mizery' by Teaze

I forgot how sad it is, despite it's upbeat soft rock tempo

Depeche Mode: Somebody

(when I was 15)

Misery ~ Soul Asylum

(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song ~ BJ Thomas

(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song ~ BJ Thomas

Trivia: "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" is the longest-titled #1 song to date!

Trivia: "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" is the longest-titled #1 song to date!


In the US

In the UK

22 Apr 1950 (If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake  Eve Young & The Homesteaders also has ten words in the title but is beaten by

1 Jan 1960  What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For  Emile Ford & The Checkmates

What about

9 Aug 1967  San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)  Scott McKenzie.  Was that ever number one in the US?

Depeche Mode: Somebody

(when I was 15)


Oh yeah, that one was a junior high sobfest for me too. 

"Kissing You (love theme from Romeo + Juliet)" -Des'ree

Say what you will about Baz Luhrmann's take on this Shakespeare story (personally, I loved it), but that movie had a damned fine soundtrack.  This song makes me sob.

Okay, I made a list on my iTunes of sad songs, and the one playing right now is "I Will Always Love You".  And no, it is not that schittacular remake by Whitney "I'm a crackhead" Houston.  Dolly Parton's version is far far superior, and I really feel like weeping right now. :\'(

I can Only Imagine-Lashell Griffin
He's My Son - Mark Schultz
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
Slipped Away - Avril Lavigne
Ava Maria(Schubert) ..because it was my mothers favorite,and it's beautiful
Danny Boy-Michael Londra  ( any version makes me cry)
O Shenandoah-I like the version by Sissel on YouTube.

Just a few more to add
My Immortal  - Evanescene is a song that I listened to everyday last Aug-Oct when my son went off to college for the first time,I cried everytime I heard it.it was the chorus that always got to me.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx. I sang this to Timmy one day when he was a baby,my husband laughs because 19 years later I still get misty eyed when I hear it.

In the US

In the UK

22 Apr 1950 (If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake  Eve Young & The Homesteaders also has ten words in the title but is beaten by

1 Jan 1960  What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For  Emile Ford & The Checkmates

What about

9 Aug 1967  San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)   Scott McKenzie.  Was that ever number one in the US?


I did a little digging on Wikipedia:

"San Francisco" was #1 in the UK and #4 in the US in 1967. 

In 1950 "(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake" was #1 in the US for best sellers in stores, which is the chart pop historians prefer (above radio and jukebox play) prior to the coming of the Hot 100 in 1958. 

However, character for character, neither title is longer than "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."

Oh yeah, that one was a junior high sobfest for me too. 

Yeah, you know it!

The Assembly: Never Never (1983)
:\'(

(The Assembly was Vince Clarke with the vocal by Feargal Sharkey.  This turned out to be the only Assembly single.  After leaving Depeche Mode and the break-up of Yazoo, the Assembly was Clarke's grand vision for a studio hit machine with a different vocalist; however, this kind of project is a crazy amount of work makes record labels nervous, so he hired Andy Bell, called the project Erasure, and I'm sure you know the rest!)

However, character for character, neither title is longer than "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."


Pah !  8-P

Is that the BEST you can do ?  ???   I thought EVERY thing was supposed to be 'bigger and better' ... in the USA ?    ::)


Now just take a look at THIS offering:














Longest Title (UK) :


The Face's / Rod Stewart's 1974 no. 12 hit

"You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)"


has 115 letters (punctuation marks don't count!).






"Eat yer heart out"   >:(    ... and 'Rule Britannia' !     :P    8)   8)

























:D    ;D

Yeah, you know it!

The Assembly: Never Never (1983)
:\'(

(The Assembly was Vince Clarke with the vocal by Feargal Sharkey.  This turned out to be the only Assembly single.  After leaving Depeche Mode and the break-up of Yazoo, the Assembly was Clarke's grand vision for a studio hit machine with a different vocalist; however, this kind of project is a crazy amount of work makes record labels nervous, so he hired Andy Bell, called the project Erasure, and I'm sure you know the rest!)


I love that song.  Shame it never took off in the States.  It was a smash in the UK and a almost Top 40 in Canada.  I proudly own the 12" single of it 8)

In his native UK, 'Never Never' was a bigger success than anything Feargal had done with The Undertones.  And just behind 'A Good Heart' remains his second highest charting UK single

I love that song.  Shame it never took off in the States.  It was a smash in the UK and a almost Top 40 in Canada.  I proudly own the 12" single of it 8)

It did among New Wave kidz.  I have "Never Never/Stop Start" on a mix CD somewhere.  I used to have the 12," but did away with all my vinyl in the early '00s.


In his native UK, 'Never Never' was a bigger success than anything Feargal had done with The Undertones.  And just behind 'A Good Heart' remains his second highest charting UK single

Oh, I love the Undertones!

"A Good Heart" was a sentimental song I loved in my youth.  I still like it today, though some of its magic has evaporated over the years.  It was written by Maria McKee of the pop-country group "Lone Justice," which was great, surprising they didn't have more staying power.

Pah !  8-P

Is that the BEST you can do ?  ???   I thought EVERY thing was supposed to be 'bigger and better' ... in the USA ?    ::)


Now just take a look at THIS offering:

Longest Title (UK) :


The Face's / Rod Stewart's 1974 no. 12 hit

"You Can Make Me Dance Sing Or Anything (Even Take The Dog For A Walk, Mend A Fuse, Fold Away The Ironing Board, Or Any Other Domestic Shortcomings)"


has 115 letters (punctuation marks don't count!).

"Eat yer heart out"   >:(    ... and 'Rule Britannia' !     :P    8)   8)

:D    ;D


I was referring strictly to #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the song's entry on Wikipedia....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Hey_Won%27t_You_Play)_Another_Somebody_Done_Somebody_Wrong_Song

I was referring strictly to #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, according to the song's entry on Wikipedia....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Hey_Won%27t_You_Play)_Another_Somebody_Done_Somebody_Wrong_Song


Fair enough (you're only talking #1's)  ... but ... what IS the longest title on the Billboard 100 to ever chart ? Wanna tell us ? DOES it beat the UK entry ^^ ? 

(I don't actually know).

My Love ~ Paul McCartney



That is a beautiful song.

One song that makes me cry or at least makes me teary is Rough Diamond by End of fashion.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=1W7terb0gP0

Im like baby, where are you, those so much I need to say, when I get home.
Like I love you, I miss you, honestly I cant resist you.......Im coming home.

Empty Garden( Hey Hey Johnny) the song Elton John wrote in tribute of John Lennon.

Empty Garden( Hey Hey Johnny) the song Elton John wrote in tribute of John Lennon.


Yes and "The Last Song" by Elton John, which was written for Ryan White, the Indiana teenage boy that died from AIDS

Let The Heartaches Begin ~ Long John Baldry

I feel emotional when I hear "Baby Mine" from "Dumbo" and the "So Long" song from "Here's Come Garfield"

Without You, especially by Nilsson

John Cale: Dying on the Vine

Ok, I'm sure this is going to make a few people laugh but I always get kind of choked up whenever I hear "There's Always Tomorrow" from Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. 



Cat

The Rose~Bette Middler

Could I Have This Dance by Anne Murray

The Waterboys: The Stolen Child
text: W.B Yeats
reciter: Tomas McKeowon

Wind Beneath My Wings, which is messed up since I've heard it at weddings AND funerals...wait, is there really a difference there?? :-\\

Ok, I'm sure this is going to make a few people laugh but I always get kind of choked up whenever I hear "There's Always Tomorrow" from Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. 



Cat


I start the water works when I hear The Little Drummer Boy. :-[

The Pogues: Drunken Boat

The End Of The World ~ Skeeter Davis


Oh my...this always makes me cry too.  Especially after watching Girl Interrupted.

i never cry because i'm a boy, but if i did i'd have to say angie, by the rolling stones and exit music for a film by radiohead.

A few more:

What If You - Joshua Radin
Colorblind - Counting Crows

Just heard on on my way home.  "Where Have You Been" by Kathy Mattea.  Gets me every time.

oh, can't find my way home by blind faith.

Oh my...this always makes me cry too.  Especially after watching Girl Interrupted.


There's another song on that movie that does it to me.  It's in the begining.

Sisters of Mercy: Some Kind of Stranger

Songs don't typically move me to tears...

...but I will say that the music in a few of Sir Elton John's songs does kinda stir my emotions at times... :)

Dixie Chicks - Traveling Soldier.

Not a huge fan of the Chicks, but the song's contents makes me unbearably sad.  hope no one else said it already, i looked through the thread but you never know I may have missed it....

"Hamster Dance", Hampton The Hampster.

The Beatles: Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight

Julee Cruise: The Nightingale

(Angelo Badalamenti)

The long and winding road

Wish You Were Here - a song by Andy Gibb .....which the Bee Gees re-recorded in his honour........

Wish You Were Here - a song by Andy Gibb .....which the Bee Gees re-recorded in his honour........


Off topic, I know, but GIBBO! I remembered someone on this site had that Monty Python picture. I just saw that sketch today! It was hilarious. Karamel to you!

Uhmm, back to songs that make you cry and stuff...

Walk Away From Love ~ David Ruffin

Letting go - Straight lines
Careless Whisper - Wham

Empty Garden( Hey Hey Johnny) the song Elton John wrote in tribute of John Lennon.



WOW!  What are the odds of that!?  I can't listen to that song if anyone is around! I love,love,love that song.  I can't believe anyone else would say that one! Another one of Elton's is Sorry Seems To be The Hardest Word.  I can't even get through that song without having to turn it off!

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One ~ U2  That song gets me every time too.  It's just so emotional and the songwriting there is brilliant.  Probably in my top 5 favorites songs ever.  l LOVE U2!


Let It Be ~ John, Paul, George and Ringo    I remember seeing the documentary and feeling so sorry for them, because their friendship was gone, but they still had so much to say and didn't know how to say it, so they lashed out at each other. It was sad to see something so good turn so bad before your eyes.  When I hear the song I can always see how sad George was as he was playing it. He seemed like he was almost in tears.

Lots of Beatles songs do that to me, really.  The last part of Abbey Road:  Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, the End

The White Album's  While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Julia, Goodnight

The Christmas song that always makes me cry is John's Happy Xmas, War Is Over (even with Yoko's warbling!) It's just not Christmas to me if I haven't used a box of kleenex hearing that one at least once.

http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/bawling.gif

I Dont Want To Talk About It ~ Everything But The Girl (or Rod Stewart)

Tough to seriously say, but I've teared up to 'Nothing Compares 2 U', the Sinead O'Conner version.

Pearl Jam's cover of the Who's 'Love Reign O'er Me' gets me sometimes.

'Starry Starry Night (Vincent)' also gets me, I forget who makes it, but I think it's Bob Dylan. Idk though.

'I'll be Missin you', that tribute song to Notorious B.I.G. is by Faith Evans and P. Diddy, I think, and I cried once at that, just because of the sadness of it, and I wasn't even really a huge B.I.G. fan, either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8en_0oRv8w8

i'm the cheesiest dude you know. although this was actually nominated for the best theme song oscar in 1974.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8en_0oRv8w8

i'm the cheesiest dude you know.


Wait, you're a dude?

'Starry Starry Night (Vincent)' also gets me, I forget who makes it, but I think it's Bob Dylan. Idk though.



That would be Don McLean... (from American Pie fame).....Yes, a great song and very well sung..

Wait, you're a dude?
yes. it's a long story.

Wait, you're a dude?


yep...he just acts like a girl sometimes!  ;D

yep...he just acts like a girl sometimes!  ;D
hey now, you don't wanna get in a fight with me. i scratch.  :D

When I was 15 in 1995, both "Let Her Cry" by Hootie and the Blowfish and "Blue" by the Jayhawks made me cry.

Also, when I was 11, I cried when I heard them sing "Time in a Bottle" on "The Muppet Show."

And when I was 13, I remember that "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young made me cry.

(Boy, that's really embarrassing. I don't think there's any place I could admit that, other than on the web  ;D)

Just watched Barry Gibb perform "To Love Somebody" on American Idol Season 6 (youtube clip)...and it brought tears to my eyes..

And when I was 13, I remember that "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young made me cry.

4 + 20 makes me blubber helplessly.

Some of mine have already been mentioned, here's a couple I recently thought of:

The "Goodbye Girl" theme

Butterfly Kisses

Here's another one for me- a newer one- Taylor Swift's White Horse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7TLTjqUyog

Here is one which I don't think has been mentioned; "The World I Know" by Collective Soul. I very rarely cry over listening to songs, but this song in particular really hits me hard, because I can relate to it so much and I have felt that way in the past. It's such a powerful song.

I can't make you love me by Bonnie Raitt. :\'(





"Let Her Cry" by Hootie and the Blowfish


This song always makes me feel emotional.

Pearl Jam - Even Flow. It'll always remind me of Liz, my next door neighbor, who used to play Sonic while blaring the song. She died of a stroke in 2003.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg

This is an absolutely fantastic pop ballad, easily one of the best in history, but it's also such a tearjerker to me that it's sort of overwhelming to listen to. It exploits every possible existential insecurity you're likely to have and plays it on such an enormous scale. It's on a far grander level than just a basic armageddon track like so many that exist today because of how vulnerable its tone is. There's both a feeling of intense regret as well as a defeated acceptance. There is probably no other song in the world that makes life seem so precious and not to be taken for granted. It deserves to make far more people's saddest songs lists than it does. The Laura Branigan version is arguably even more poignant because she had such an untimely death, but it's the original that most people know about, even though most people nowadays associate it with the Jay-Z song that samples it.

Another one that reminds me of Liz is Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun." The first time I heard it, it was at her place and she was teaching me "the basics" to Sonic 3 (I'd apparently wanted to play on my own.) The lead singer of Soundgarden passed recently, too.
And yet again from Pearl Jam, "Jeremy." The subject matter itself's sad, but combined with the fact that this was another song Liz used to play makes me bawl like a baby every time. Still a damn good song, though.
Come to think of it, most of the songs Liz would play give me a sad feeling now. Yes, even stuff like "It's the Music" by Meat Beat Manifesto.

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I don't know why, but these songs just make me feel sad but like in a good way. I don't know how to explain it.

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I was listening to this song today and it's honestly very catchy but at the same time the lyrics are sad and that was what made me cry. Something about the instruments in this song makes it have a sad feel to it as well which also kind of made me cry.

Most people are saying this song is about a 17-year-old boy named Bobby James who is constantly getting bullied in school, so he asks his friend for cash to resort to drugs. I have a good friend who is somewhat like this, so this song kind of connected to me in a way.

The very ending of the song is my absolute favorite part. It's just like one-minute instruments playing and it's very catchy and calming. Also, the part right before it is when the female vocals come in and I honestly love it.

Besides all the ones that I have already mentioned on this thread, the one that really gets me now is "You & Me Against the World" by Helen Reddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJAKmWAIKcY

That was mine & my mother's song. The line that really gets me is "When one of us is gone and one is left to carry on..." Now, my mother is gone and I am left to carry on. I can't even get through the intro without bawling my eyes out-which I am doing as I post this song here. And yes, I'm thinking about my mother.


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This one definitely, and I don't care if people considered it as "overrated". You still get the message out of it and it was emotional hearing this in the Fast & Furious 7 movie in honor of Paul Walker's life (after he got killed).

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Elton John's "Your Song" made me cry this morning, but I am not going to explain why here.