# I hate that this song makes me cry

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 27, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044 "2007-08-27T02:41:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044/21 "2007-08-28T05:02:51Z")

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I’ve been racking my brain to remember this song…

_Where Have You Been_ by Kathy Mattea.

Made me want to (figuratively) kill myself whenever I heard it.

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**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044/22 "2007-08-28T05:24:32Z")

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Oh, too many to post, but _Daddy’s Hands_ will usually do it. And they really shouldn’t play them at work. How am I supposed to deal with customers after I’ve listened to _She Was_?

I think Randy Travis must have a deal going with the Kleenex people.

ETA: I know neither of those is his, he just does a lot of them.

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**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044/23 "2007-08-28T08:02:44Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GajurBhEiZY/hqdefault.jpg "Randy Travis - The Box") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GajurBhEiZY)

Another Randy Travis number, _The Box_. Makes me think about my dad (he’s alive tho) and then get all misty.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044/24 "2007-08-30T23:57:31Z")

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Pearl Jam’s version of “Last Kiss”. I keep telling myself “There’s a reason why the original was not a huge hit,” but Eddie Vedder could sing about his garbage disposal being clogged and my heartstrings would be tugged.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044/25 "2007-08-31T00:02:46Z")

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Has nobody else noticed that the link in the OP is broken?

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**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-that-this-song-makes-me-cry/417044/26 "2007-08-31T00:08:24Z")

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[QUOTE=adam yax]  
Has nobody else noticed that the link in the OP is broken?  
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Hint, it’s reversed, just copy + paste if you want sad.

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