# Most Depressing Love Song of all Time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743 "2003-02-13T03:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/21 "2003-02-13T13:37:35Z")
“Just Like Heaven” by the Cure is kinda depressing in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/22 "2003-02-13T13:40:13Z")
> [@](#): > > George Jones HE STOPPED LOVIN’ HER TODAY Aw, god. Sampiro, I hate you for making me remember that song! It was on the jukebox at the pizza place I worked at in high school and for some reason, some would come in at lunch everyday and play it. EVERYDAY! It’s a wonder the lunch crowd didn’t go throw themselves in traffic. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/23 "2003-02-13T13:43:21Z")
Nick Cave “I Let Love In” “Despair and Deception, loves ugly little twins” ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/24 "2003-02-13T13:55:50Z")
Teen Angel Mark Dinning ``` -Words and Music by Jean Surrey & Red Surrey -peaked at #1 in 1960 ``` Teen angel, teen angel, teen angel, ooh, ooh That fateful night the car was stalled upon the railroad track I pulled you out and we were safe, but you went running back Teen angel, can you hear me? Teen angel, can you see me? Are you somewhere up above And I am still your own true love? What was it you were looking for that took your life that night? They said they found my high school ring clutched in your fingers tight Teen angel, can you hear me? Teen angel, can you see me? Are you somewhere up above And I am still your own true love? Just sweet sixteen, and now you’re gone They’ve taken you away. I’ll never kiss your lips again They buried you today Teen angel, can you hear me? Teen angel, can you see me? Are you somewhere up above And I am still your own true love? Teen angel, teen angel, answer me, please [http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1960/461960b.html](http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics/Lyrics/1960/461960b.html) Blech. ---
**Author:** ![herman\_and\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f1d935/32.png) [@herman\_and\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herman_and_bill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/25 "2003-02-13T13:58:17Z")
There goes my baby with someone new. She sure looks happy I sure am blue. She was my baby till he stopped in. Goodbye to romance that night have been ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/26 "2003-02-13T14:45:02Z")
**Cup of coffee** by Garbage. Hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/27 "2003-02-13T14:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sulamith \* > **Oh God, the worst one for me is “I Can’t Make You Love Me if You Don’t” by Bonnie Raitt.** OMG, you are SO right. I first heard this song when the guy I was dating was getting ready to leave me for another woman. It sill makes me cry every time I hear it, because I remember those feelings. \ Does anyone else ever have songs turn up that perfectly encapsulate something that happens in their lives? Also, I’ve had relationships that I could pretty much sum up in the lyrics of a particular song. \ ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/28 "2003-02-13T15:21:58Z")
Mac Davis claims to have written “Drinkin’ Christmas Dinner Alone Again This Year” which would take the prize for most depressing holiday song, as well. Stand by Your Man is pretty damn depressing, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/29 "2003-02-13T15:26:43Z")
Vincent by Don McLean is just great for composing that final rant and ending it all. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/30 "2003-02-13T15:49:33Z")
And So It Goes, by Billy Joel. ---
**Author:** ![agentfroot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@agentfroot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agentfroot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/31 "2003-02-13T16:13:55Z")
“Painters” by Jewel ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/32 "2003-02-13T16:40:12Z")
The most depressing love song I know is one you probably won’t, but go ahead and check it out. Actually, it’s not really depressing, but really, really sad. It’s **The Way** by German artist Herbert Groenemeyer. He lost his wife to cancer and went into seclusion almost four years mourning for her. Now he resurfaced and published a love song about her and how he’s going to miss her. [Here’s](http://www.smalla.net/infofeed/2002/11/06/der_weg_by_herbert_groenemeyer.shtml) a link with a pretty good English translation of the German lyrics. This song kills me every time I hear it, when I’m driving I have to change the station because I will not see the road anymore. I am even crying while I type this. Hey, I’m just emotional, I guess. But whenever I marry I hope my husband will write a song like this about me if I should die. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/33 "2003-02-13T18:12:39Z")
The new Dixie Chicks song “A Home” off the Home CD… Not a night goes by I don’t dream of wandering Through the home that might have been And I listened to my pride When my heart cried out for you Now every day I wake again In a house that might have been A home ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/34 "2003-02-13T18:34:50Z")
[Fire and Rain](http://polyticks.com/home/Visions/FireRain.htm), by James Taylor Runner-up - Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell - I know it’s not exactly a love song, it’s kind of a ‘I don’t know love’ song which is just as sad. “Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As ev’ry fairy tale comes real I’ve looked at love that way But now it’s just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don’t let them know Don’t give yourself away” The only lyrics I could find are [here](http://www.jonimitchell.com/Clouds69LyricsHome.html), which is a page with the lyrics for the whole album, which is neat because it also has the _happiest_ song I know, Chelsea Morning. ---
**Author:** ![MrMyth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@MrMyth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMyth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/35 "2003-02-13T18:36:56Z")
I Miss You by **Harol Melvin and the Bluenotes** Standard fare R&B begging until the end of the song, when one of the band members talks as if he’s talking to the object of his affections. In a completely realistic, bittersweet, and heartfelt tone, he tells her how he knows he screwed up, how he’s cleaned up his life, how he’ll do better by her. And then he asks about his son, who for the first time asked about him recently. You can hear the regret in his voice, but at the same time you know she shouldn’t take him back. As a child with a deadbeat father, this song ripped out my frickin’ heart and made me see my mother in a new light. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/36 "2003-02-13T18:59:28Z")
**Torn Between Two Lovers** Mary MacGregor. aargh ! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/37 "2003-02-13T19:16:09Z")
**Operator** by Jim Croce ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/38 "2003-02-13T19:25:13Z")
Is anyone else here ready to go throw themselves under a bus? I agree with _El Paso,_ (naturally!), _And So It Goes,_ _I Can’t Make You Love Me,_ and a bunch of others. Well, time to go take another Welbutrin. Or a handful. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/39 "2003-02-13T19:53:11Z")
Okay, this one isn’t exactly depressing in the “love lost” or “what might have been” sense, but I’ve always found it to be really annoying: This is from that old classic, My Funny Valentine _Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart?_ So, what he’s saying is he realizes your dumpy, ugly and dumb. But hey, that’s cool because he goes on to say: _Don’t change a hair for me, Not if you care for me._ Well, that’s just swell. I can’t think of a better romantic sentiment delivered by the man I love.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743/40 "2003-02-13T20:08:01Z")
“Well I Guess I Won’t Be F\*\*\*ing You This Christmas” by Daddy Upright. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-love-song-of-all-time/154743.md?page=3)