# What makes you cry topic....What is the saddest song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630 "2003-03-23T22:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@Bjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bjork)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/1 "2003-03-23T22:23:56Z")
I was just listening to Tori Amos “me and a gun” and it inspired me to conjure up the question…what is the saddest song you know? Keeping in mind that there are two types here…Theres songs that are sad to you because emotionally they trigger some sort of heartstring in your past…in which case I give it to Mariah Careys “one sweet day” and “Leaving on a jetplane” The other types are songs that are just plain sad and always bring up tears, and for that answer it’s “next to last song” on Dancer in the Dark. The version with the cutoff point and everything…and even this song is only sad due to the circumstance it was in so lastly my vote will go to Placebo - Burger Queen - that song always makes me sad After that big long ramble…whats yours? ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/2 "2003-03-23T22:41:24Z")
“In Dreams” at the end of “Breaking of the Fellowship” Track 17 on LOTR:FOTR soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/3 "2003-03-23T22:59:12Z")
**Nothing Compares to U** by **Sinead O’Connor** is probably a good pick for this category. **By Your Side** by **Sade** **I’ll Stand By You** by **The Pretenders** Not sad, but always hits me… **The Star Spangled Banner** ---
**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:** [March 23, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/4 "2003-03-23T23:08:57Z")
**Sam Stone** - John Prine “There’s a hole in daddy’s arm, where all the money goes…” ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/5 "2003-03-23T23:32:25Z")
“Brick” by Ben Folds Five makes me misty. And the Johnny Cash cover of “Hurt.” ---
**Author:** ![Jude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jude)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/6 "2003-03-23T23:36:11Z")
**Mad World** , the Gary Jules version from Donnie Darko ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/7 "2003-03-24T01:43:03Z")
Unchained Melody. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/8 "2003-03-24T02:16:18Z")
**Wish You Were Here** by Pink Floyd. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/9 "2003-03-24T02:23:46Z")
Elton John’s “Last Song” did me in completely. I am a soggy mess of a girl when it comes to sad/touching/sentimental stuff in general, so a LOT of songs bring a tear to my eye, but that Elton song actually made me sob. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/10 "2003-03-24T02:32:41Z")
“Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlysle. It’s sappy and it ALWAYS causes me to shed a few tears because my real father was never around for those ‘special’ moments in a girl’s life…starring in the school play, choir concerts, birthdays,holidays…you name it. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/11 "2003-03-24T02:33:17Z")
**Descending** by the Black Crowes always brings an imaginary tear to my eye. Also, **Sometimes it Snows in April** by Prince. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/12 "2003-03-24T02:36:03Z")
Well, I hate to be such a sap, but “The Dance” by Garth Brooks makes me really sad. The song itself used to get me, but the video adds a whole new dimension because it shows a lot of people who died too young. Honestly, I swear I don’t listen to much country music, but my other entry is also country. “Love, Me” was big after my grandmother died. The idea of one grandparent waiting for the other one up in heaven–or my grandma, waiting for me even though it may be 60 more years before I’m there to see her-- makes me snuffle. I also find “Diary” by Bread to be a sad song. Having confessed musical tastes like these, I am having no trouble imagining 100 dopers reaching for their pens to write down “Never roadtip in Cranky’s car” on their “lists of things to remember.” ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/13 "2003-03-24T02:40:34Z")
George Strait - Love Without End, Amen. Can’t be sure why. I’m not a George Strait fan, and _definitely_ not a major fan of country. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/14 "2003-03-24T02:43:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*Having confessed musical tastes like these, I am having no trouble imagining 100 dopers reaching for their pens to write down “Never roadtip in Cranky’s car” on their “lists of things to remember.” \*\* SHOTGUN! I’ll go with you, **Cranky**. I’m not ashamed to admit I like country music. (The Dance and Love Me are both weep-inducers here, and did you ever hear Don’t Take The Girl or Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning or… or… \ … somebody pass me a tissue.) ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/15 "2003-03-24T02:43:32Z")
Hey **Cranky** , it appears I’m right there with you when it comes to getting depressed to C&W music. “The Dance” makes me sad too, though not as much as the other song mentioned. I wonder if there are more depressing Country songs than any other kind? ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/16 "2003-03-24T02:46:16Z")
This far, and no **And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda**? Untold cubic meters of sadness compressed into seven minutes’ worth of music, and it never fails to bring my mood down whenever it comes up on my playlist. [the lyrics](http://www.songmeanings.net/lyric.php?lid=76794) ---
**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/17 "2003-03-24T02:58:31Z")
**Cranky** , I’m with you on “Diary.” “Abraham, Martin, and John” by Dion always makes me tear up. ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/18 "2003-03-24T03:22:21Z")
“Ten Years Gone” - Led Zep. “Angie” - The Stones. “Hole In My Soul” - Aerosmith. “Black” - Pearl Jam. “Estranged” - Guns abd Roses. Pass the kleenex. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/19 "2003-03-24T03:37:51Z")
Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin has always gotten to me because, when my father was alive, we never spent too much time together. Hunting and fishing were his most important things in his life. ---
**Author:** ![hobbes730](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hobbes730](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hobbes730)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630/20 "2003-03-24T04:12:06Z")
Just about anything from the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack, if you’ve seen the movie… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-cry-topic-what-is-the-saddest-song/163630.md?page=2)