I prefer Johnny Cash’s dirge-like take on it myself.
This post just reminded me that I haven’t yet mentioned this Bing Crosby version of “Silent Night”, which never fails at making my eyes well up with tears and my lower lip tremble.
I had a hunch that his thread might be in record territory, so I looked for all threads with the word “songs” in their title and here are the top ones, ranked descending on “number of replies.” Another search for the singular “song” produces some with more replies, but this is still a success story.
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Most achingly beautiful songs ever ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Last Page)
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by Boggette 159 3,710 Cafe Society
Songs that must not be played at all. ( 1 2 3 4)
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by Hippy Hollow 154 3,812 Cafe Society
Songs that MUST be played full blast ( 1 2 3 4)
EvilGhandi 11-11-2007 10:12 AM
by DudleyGarrett 153 3,163 Cafe Society
Thank you for the welcome MTCicero!
I have a few more that popped into my head:
Congratulations: Blue October
Let It Go: Blue October
Sad Eyes: Robert John
My Lover’s Gone: Dido
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: Sarah McLachlan
I Will Remember You: Sarah McLachlan
I Will Remember You: Amy Grant
On The Turning Away: Pink Floyd
That’s it for now. 
Love song to a stranger. Joan Baez.
I don’t know what to say.
Peace,
mangeorge
Thanks for keeping this thread alive! I was afraid that list had killed it.
I’d like to put all the songs, in their order on this thread. on CD. Just the songs.
Cool road trip music.
Beth Orton - She Cries your name
Beverley Craven - Promise Me
Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter - the original version
Tim Hardin - Reason to believe - the original version
Gordon Lightfoot – to be honest there’s a lot of stuff I could have picked out
Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor
Lindisfarne - Winter song
Bread - Aubrey
Bread - Diary
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love
Well now!
Somebody didn’t approve of the subject of your link. Oh, well.
Maybe it’s on her website.
Heard a sample on amazon. I’ve heard some of her other stuff too. Good stuff.
One more English Rose, eh. 
Just thought of another. Can’t believe I didn’t think of it before now.
“Silent All These Years” - Tori Amos
The Polyphonic Spree - Light and Day
Just uncovered another one.
Explosions in the Sky - Your Hand in Mine
Best known from the climax of Friday Night Lights, just amazing stuff. Ignore the homemade video and soak in the music.
Sorry about the Beth Orton link, but whatever you do, you need to hear it.
Variations on a theme by Erik Satie
Black Sabbath - Fluff
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue - quite a feat to do this live.
Don Maclean - Castles in the air
Don Maclean - empty chairs
Sting - Desert Rose
Sting - They dance alone
Renaissance - Carpet of the sun - you would do well to look up Annie Haslam
Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy
Try another link
Beth Orton - she cries your name
I don’t think anyone has posted this Van Morrison track - Queen of the Slipstream
I thought of another one too.
Colorblind: Counting Crows
Sorry I’m not putting up links to the songs. Can’t do where I’m am at the moment.
Just one more:
“Happy Trails” Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Maybe not quite “achingly” beautiful, but close.
Frühling in Paris - Rammstein.
High Speed Train - REM.
‘Moonlight Sonata’ - Beethoven.
One Crowded Hour - Augie March.
Afterglow - ‘INXS’.