# Saddest song of all time?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 23, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756 "2003-11-23T00:32:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Mini-Thud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Mini-Thud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mini-Thud)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/121 "2003-12-07T17:31:51Z")

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Oh, forgot to add a VERY important one.

Must - Freechild

Oh wow I love that song… odd because it makes me depressed whenever I hear it.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/122 "2003-12-07T18:49:45Z")

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**Hello In There** - _John Prine_

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/123 "2003-12-08T03:47:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Swoop \*  
> **Good call on Kid Rock there, Horseflesh.**

Thanks, that song has been especially poignant for me lately.

**dutchboy208** has another good one in “Pictures of You” by The Cure.

And while most of Morrisey’s songs are somewhat depressing and sad, I’ll single out “Every Day Is Like Sunday” for one that always brings down my mood.

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**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/124 "2003-12-08T05:11:32Z")

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**Bob Mould** - “Thumbtack” is one I often turn to. Then again, Bob seems to know how to wrench the heart several times over. Like “Hardly Getting Over It” by **Husker Du**.

**Nick Cave** - “Far From Me”  
**The The** - “This Is The Day”  
**Elvis Costello** - “I Want You” and “Tramp The Dirt Down”

also do it for me. Then again, I guess I listen to a lot of depressing music.

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**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/125 "2003-12-08T05:20:25Z")

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I Remember Me - **The Silver Jew**

Admittedly, I haven’t heard a lot of the suggestions here, but this one beats the ones I HAVE heard, hands down.

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**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/126 "2003-12-08T05:21:36Z")

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Err, that should be “The Silver Jew **s** ”

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**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saddest-song-of-all-time/214756/127 "2003-12-08T05:24:51Z")

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**Tim Buckley** Song to the Siren

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