# What song is most likely to make you cry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706 "2007-05-19T08:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/21 "2007-05-19T18:14:30Z")
Another song that makes me cry, but that’s because I listened to it for hours and hours over the weeks following my first husband’s sudden death: “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”, sung by Billie Holiday. > [@](#): > > The snow is snowing, the wind is blowing > But I can weather the storm! > What do I care how much it may storm? > I’ve got my love to keep me warm. > I can’t remember a worse December > Just watch those icicles form! > What do I care if icicles form? > I’ve got my love to keep me warm. > > Off with my overcoat, off with my glove > I need no overcoat, I’m burning with love! > My heart’s on fire, the flame grows higher > So I will weather the storm! > What do I care how much it may storm? > I’ve got my love to keep me warm. > > (Instrumental) > > Off with my overcoat, off with my glove > I need no overcoat, I’m burning with love! > My heart’s on fire, the flame grows higher > I will weather the storm! > What do I care how much it may storm? > I’ve got my love, I’ve got my love, > I’ve got my love to keep me warm. He died in January. It was bitter cold outside that month. I think this song helped me cry-- whereas I hadn’t been able to cry when the events occurred, nor at the funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Edison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@Ensign\_Edison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Edison)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/22 "2007-05-19T18:20:20Z")
“Watch TV” – Rasputina “Run” – Snow Patrol “Innocent When You Dream” – Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/23 "2007-05-19T18:29:32Z")
I thought of a couple more. The reason for Brown Eyed Girl is that it reminds me of my grandmother, who passed away when I was in high school. We listened to it when I was little, and when she passed away, I went to the nursing home. I left my car running, door open, and ran inside. My mom got there a few minutes after me and shut off the car and everything, but she hit a button on the radio. When I left a while later, I had to pull over, because I started the car, got about 50 yards down the road, and Brown Eyed Girl came on. Ever since then I’ve cried when I heard it. Chain of Love - I’m not sure who it’s by, but it reminds me of an old friend who I don’t get to see anymore, basically just makes me think about the way things used to be. What About Everything by Carbonleaf - I went and saw this band at a really happy time, and it just reminds me of the way things were then. It was the summer after my senior year. I’m happy with now, I just miss a lot of people from before (full disclosure - I haven’t talked to more than 4-5 people - excluding relatives - from my hometown in a while. I just think about the people I grew up with a lot) Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/24 "2007-05-19T18:43:25Z")
Cherry Tree - 10,000 Maniacs Prison Trilogy - Joan Baez Jesse - Janis Ian Christmas Dinner - Peter, Paul and Mary ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/25 "2007-05-19T19:05:09Z")
**Fix You** - Coldplay - Especially the part when he sings > [@](#): > > Tears stream > Down your face > When you lose something you cannot replace… > Tears stream > Down your face > I promise you I will learn from my mistakes **Dare You to Move** - Switchfoot **God’s Trying to Tell You Somethin’** - From _The Color Purple_ **Dig** - Incubus - It’s such a gorgeous song, gives me chills listening to it and then the chorus is so perfect I cry every time > [@](#): > > If I Turn Into Another > Dig me up from under what is covering > The Better part of me > Sing this song > Remind me that we’ll always have each other > When everything else is gone ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/26 "2007-05-19T19:33:08Z")
“Sorry Grateful” from Stephen Sondheim’s **Company** always did it for me. Not so much anymore, but for a few years after John Lennon’s murder, “In My Life” got me a little misty. “Shannon” by **Henry Groce**. Now, before the :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: begin, let me explain. In 1982 I found a 3-week-old stray kitten and took her in. She was with me for 15 1/2 years in 4 different cities. In 1998 she had a stroke and I had to have her put down. Up until that happened, I too thought “Shannon” was just another dumb sappy song. I challenge anyone who’s lost a beloved pet to listen to it again with fresh ears and see if it doesn’t get to you just a little. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/27 "2007-05-19T19:55:40Z")
[teddybears-punkrocker feat iggy pop](http://www.requestlyrics.com/read.php?1,719695,729563) > [@](#): > > See me die on bleaker street, > I’m bored with being god, > See me sneering in my car, > I’m driving to my star. > > I’m listening to the music with no fear, > You can hear it too if your sincere… > Coz I’m a punk rocker yes I am. > Well I’m a punk rocker yes I am. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/28 "2007-05-19T21:57:27Z")
[QUOTE=brendon\_small] Chain of Love - I’m not sure who it’s by, but it reminds me of an old friend who I don’t get to see anymore, basically just makes me think about the way things used to be. [/QUOTE] I think you’re referring to “Danny’s Song” by Loggins and Messina (“Even though we ain’t got money, I’m so in love with you honey/Everything will bring a chain of lo-o-ove”). ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/29 "2007-05-19T22:54:00Z")
[Held](http://www.onlylyrics.com/song.php?id=28754) by Natalie Grant. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/30 "2007-05-19T23:18:48Z")
Not a song but - The Langley Schools Project album. Any bit of it Mim ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/31 "2007-05-19T23:29:19Z")
_Comfortably Numb_ by Pink Floyd ``` A strange choice, I'm sure some of you are thinking. It was the song I was singing to myself while in labour with my son. It was a horrible and wonderful time. I wanted so badly to have a natural birth (no drugs, no med intervention, etc) and instead I ended up with a caesarian section which had to be performed under *general anesthesia*. The least natural birthing process you can come by. When I woke up, I was indeed feeling comfortably numb, but I also had no memory at all of why I was even in the hospital, let alone of having given birth. ``` It is a bittersweet song for me now, reminding me of the failures and joys of that awful, wonderful night. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/32 "2007-05-20T00:42:26Z")
**My Weakness** - Moby **Daniel** - Elton John (Daniel is my older brother’s name) **Head Over Feet** - Alanis Morissette **Save Me** - Aimee Mann **The Show Must Go On** - Queen (but especially the Moulin Rouge version) ---
**Author:** ![pherorama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@pherorama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pherorama)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/33 "2007-05-20T00:52:25Z")
Down Came a Blackbird. Butterfly Kisses. Cat’s in the Cradle. Jacob’s Ladder. That’s all I can think of off the top of my head. There’s bound to be tons more, but I don’t remember song titles much. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/34 "2007-05-20T01:08:35Z")
Starting Over Again by Natalie Cole used to get to me…reminded me of a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/35 "2007-05-20T01:32:13Z")
**Taps -** played at a graveside ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/36 "2007-05-20T02:55:33Z")
It’ll be lonely this Christmas Without you to hold It’ll be lonely this Christmas Lonely and cold It’ll be cold, so cold Without you to hold This Christmas Gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/37 "2007-05-20T03:30:25Z")
Damn…I’m a sap… Blackbird…(Beatles…ratdog version) Gentle on my mind (by John Hartford) Looks like rain…(grateful dead) Easy to slip…(little feat) Aiko Aiko…(varios…sentamental reasons…lost a GREAT dog named Aiko) Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World…(Israel Kamakawiwo Ole’ ) tsfr ---
**Author:** ![Frosted\_Glass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frosted_glass/32/3926_2.png) [@Frosted\_Glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosted_Glass)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/38 "2007-05-20T04:18:26Z")
_Wish you were here_ came on in the car when I was driving back from a friends funeral three years ago. Everyone in the car went silent and I had to pull over. ---
**Author:** ![HighFructose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@HighFructose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HighFructose)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/39 "2007-05-20T04:24:51Z")
Everything I own - Bread Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg The Luckiest - Ben Folds ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Holck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Matt\_Holck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt_Holck)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-most-likely-to-make-you-cry/404706/40 "2007-05-20T04:26:27Z")
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