# Name One, ONE Song That Just Chokes You Up From Within The Last 20 Years: No "Cat's Cradle" Covers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 13, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570 "2021-08-13T05:42:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/1 "2021-08-13T05:42:26Z")
I will go with this unbelievable version at the Grand Old Opry with Marcus King’s “Goodbye Carolina”. If ya’ll like blues, and you’ve never heard this, you’re doing yourself a disservice. This cat is legit. This song makes me weep for no good reason. It’s such an utterance of loss and goodbyes. I love it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt3EqSg4ZM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSt3EqSg4ZM) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/2 "2021-08-13T05:59:59Z")
Gonna have to bust out some Tay-Tay here; [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9-rKvhsjwKU/maxresdefault.jpg "Taylor Swift - White Horse (Taylor's Version) (Lyric Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-rKvhsjwKU) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/3 "2021-08-13T08:06:12Z")
Volverás, by Ricky Martin ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/4 "2021-08-13T09:18:51Z")
A sad song about a sick little boy and his dog [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r6MTTkGsz3E/hqdefault.jpg "Red Peters- Ballad Of A Dog Named Stains") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6MTTkGsz3E) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/5 "2021-08-13T10:35:14Z")
Oops, that’s 25 years old. Okay, then: “It’s Quiet Uptown,” from the musical _Hamilton._ ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/6 "2021-08-13T12:33:07Z")
Blues? Sounds rather Ryan Adams-derived, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/7 "2021-08-13T12:47:38Z")
This one. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-2U0Ivkn2Ds/maxresdefault.jpg "A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera - Say Something") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/8 "2021-08-13T12:52:20Z")
Jason Isbell - “Songs That She Sang In The Shower” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W8qNgGh-x9M/maxresdefault.jpg "Songs That She Sang in the Shower") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qNgGh-x9M) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/9 "2021-08-13T12:54:17Z")
The OP specified no “Cat’s Cradle” COVERS: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUNZMiYo_4s) ETA: oops, I missed the “last 20 years” part. But hey, it’s a nice live version, cut it some slack. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a capo so high up on a guitar neck before. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/10 "2021-08-13T13:52:10Z")
[Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI) Trent Reznor, who composed the song originally for his band ‘Nine Inch Nails’ said about Cash’s cover version “I pop the video in, and wow… Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… Wow. [I felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn’t mine anymore… It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. [Somehow] that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning – different, but every bit as pure.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/11 "2021-08-13T13:56:53Z")
_Whistle in the sweet pine trees_ _The imaginary airport breeze_ _It flickers and flows_ _Fans fires in the road and_ _All we want to do is go home_ _Someone’s gonna break your heart_ _One cold gray morning_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-4Vg-ywDNzw/maxresdefault.jpg "Fountains of Wayne - Someone's Gonna Break Your Heart") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Vg-ywDNzw) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/12 "2021-08-13T14:50:04Z")
White Winos from Loudon Wainwright. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MJRERIEbg3c/maxresdefault.jpg "White Winos, Loudon Wainwright III") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJRERIEbg3c) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/13 "2021-08-13T15:33:34Z")
Let it go! from Frozen. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/14 "2021-08-13T15:37:29Z")
So many songs can choke me up; I’m really a wuss that way. That Louden Wainwright one almost had me blubbing. Since I can only pick one, I’ll just randomly offer [Falling Slowly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4) by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. (Btw, can someone offer a guide to imbedding the vid directly into a post? I are not so smart) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/15 "2021-08-13T15:48:40Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > _Whistle in the sweet pine trees_ > _The imaginary airport breeze_ > _It flickers and flows_ > _Fans fires in the road and_ > _All we want to do is go home_ > > _Someone’s gonna break your heart_ > _One cold gray morning_ I thought of a FOW song too… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xfsjiMsRMtI/maxresdefault.jpg "Fountains Of Wayne - Hackensack (Live - Jersey 4 Jersey) ft. Sharon Van Etten") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfsjiMsRMtI) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/16 "2021-08-13T15:49:10Z")
Kesha, “Spaceship” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6NzwuJgUGeg/maxresdefault.jpg "Kesha - Spaceship (Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NzwuJgUGeg) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/17 "2021-08-13T15:58:45Z")
The Fray, “How to Save a Life”. Not so much because of the song itself, but because I always associate that song with one of the most emotional scenes from _Scrubs_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZTVXWIA3Q4s/hqdefault.jpg "Scrubs "My Lunch" - How to Save a Life") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTVXWIA3Q4s) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/18 "2021-08-13T16:01:34Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Music Video) - YouTube This is my entry, as well. The video, on top of the song, is just wrenching. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/19 "2021-08-13T16:08:54Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QuMqDF0PFZA/hqdefault.jpg "Dead Can Dance - 'Opium'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuMqDF0PFZA) _Sometimes_ _I feel the ocean in my blood_ _See rain from the sky above_ _Her salt brined tears_ _And now_ _Those tears leave a taste on my tongue_ _Like the warm rush you get from_ _Black opium_ _Black opium_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570/20 "2021-08-13T16:14:27Z")
NM. Not in the last 20. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-one-one-song-that-just-chokes-you-up-from-within-the-last-20-years-no-cats-cradle-covers/948570.md?page=2)