What's the most miserable song ever recorded?

Question

The worst I've come across so far is Chris Isaak's "The End of Everything" -the most self-pitying, indulgent, miserable song I've come across. Or are there worse?

Answer 1

Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks. It is most depressing.

Answer 2

Rhythm Is A Dancer - Snap
Berlin - Lou Reed/Velvet Underground
Anything by Lambchop
The Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

Answer 3

Whoever said Seasons in the Sun, i agree. So bad and miserable that the worst boy band in the world, Westlife, had the opportunity to cover it.

Also anything by Phil Collins, made miserable by the fact its all sang by Phil Collins.

Answer 4

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now...The Smiths
or Its Over....Roy Orbison

Answer 5

Try 'Failure' from an album called 'White Light From The Mouth of Infinity' by Swans.

I have been lonely
And I have been blind
And I have learned nothing
So my hands are firmly tied
To the sinking leadweight of failure
etc.

So miserable it's actually rather entertaining.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

Anything by Michael Bolton

Answer 8

well, supposedly, the one that made the most people commit suicide was Gloomy Sunday - Billie Holiday (the Bjork version is good too).

But i prefer the Maker Makes - Rufus Wainwright.

Answer 9

Old Shep by Elvis

Answer 10

"My Mummy's Dead" by John Lennon. He's singing about the death of his mother. Judging by the pain in his voice, it's surprising that the guy didn't open a vein.