I'm inclined to say Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
The Johnny Cash cover is also sad, but it's a different feel to it. The original (by NIN) in my opinion makes it sound almost like someone saying their last words before offing their self. The loud distortion coming in at the end also represents a gunshot, and the noise at the end is like transitioning to the afterlife, so there's that. It sounds almost like someone who is both angry and absolutely crushed/despairing and given up in life. I feel like the slightly out-of-tune guitars and ambience really give it a unique effect too. It's a super bleak song, but it in no way overdoes the sadness to make it cliche like a lot of "sad" songs. The chord progression makes it almost seem uplifting at times like the narrator is searching for someone, but then it just goes back down to real quiet, like the narrator just gives up on the uplifting thoughts. I dunno-- that's how I interpret it at least.
Gilbert O'Sullivan, Alone Again
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“When you’re gone” by Avril lavigne
“Goodbye” by Spice Girls
“My heart will go on” by Celine dion
hahah, you must be JUST young enough to have missed the two years when you would hear "my heart will go on" literally 3 or 4 times a day... EVERYWHERE. For me, and anyone a little older... that song has lost all meaning and actually makes me cringe. I'm kinda glad there's someone out there to whom that song hasn't been ruined.
And funnily enough "the graduation song" I associate with happiness. It kinda became a running joke for a while when I was in Uni-- It became 'the thing' to break into the chorus when you and your people are leaving the party (to go to some next party usually). So funnily enough, if I hear that song... I remember so many crazy-fun times.
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River by Joni Mitchell?
I'll probably think of lots of others later.
Here's some other more modern ones... Gary Jules: Mad World, Ry X: Berlin, Love Like This, Radiohead: Give Up the Ghost, Max Richter: On Reflection, Ray LaMontagne: Such A Simple Thing, Kate Bush: This Woman's Work, and paradoxically The Flaming Lips: Do You Realize, who wrote a song about death but in an upbeat way musically so that it was more palatable. Ok. I'll stop now.
This one has to be saddest and the most painful to hear. It makes me cry every time I hear it.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/-a5HJ3DFEyQ
Snuff by Slipknot, it's not one of their "fast pace hardcore" or however you wanna describe it songs. It's made me tear up a few times
Based on a horrible incident.
Don’t jump
By Tokio hotel
Seasons in the Sun?
Vincent, starry night?
Forest fire- brighton
"SOS" by ABBA
Freshman by Verve
Unbreak My Heart
Wildwood Flower
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