Sad songs?

Question

What are the saddest songs you ever heard and by whom?

Answer 1

"Hurt" -Johnny Cash

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU

Answer 2

These are some of my favorite "old school" R&B & Soul sad songs
Ain't No Way - Aretha Franklin
Angel - Aretha Franklin
Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
Anyone Who Had A Heart - Dionne Warwick
Ask The Lonely - Four Tops
Cry Cry Cry - Bobby Bland
Dark End Of The Street James Carr
Doggin' Around - Jackie Wilson
Drown In My Own Tears Ray Charles
Every Little Bit Hurts Brenda Hollowy
Going Out Of My Head -LIttle Anthony & The Imperials
Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
Hurt - Timi Yuro
I Count The Tears - Drifters
I Cried A Tear - Lavern Baker
I Don't Want To Cry - Chuck Jackson
I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James
If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
It's A Shame - Spinners
Just My Imagination(Running Away With Me) Temptations
Kiss And Say Goodbye - Manhattans
Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage - Miracles
Love TKO - Teddy Pendergrass
Maybe - Chantels
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
My True Story - Jive Five
My Whole World Ended - David Ruffin
Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John
Neither One Of Us - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Never Give You Up - Jerry Butler
Oh Girl - Chi-LItes
One More Heartache - Marvin Gaye
Pain In My Heart - Otis Redding
Part Time Love- Ann Peeble or Little Johnny Taylor
Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - James Carr
Pretend You're Mine - Shepards
Rainy Night In Georgia - Brook Benton
Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond or UB 40
She's Gone - Tavares
She's Out Of My Life - Michael Jackson
Sideshow - Blue Magic
Since I Lost My Baby - Temptations
So Far Away - Pastels
Teardrops - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Tears On My Pillow - Little Anthony & The Imperials
There Goes My Baby - Drifters
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
Tracks Of My Tears - Miracles
Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
Use Ta Be My Girl - O'Jays
Walk Away Rene - Four Tops
Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
What's So Good About Goodbye - Miracles
When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway
Why Do Lovers Beak Each Other's Heart - Bobb B. Sox & The Blue Jeans
Wish Someone Would Care - Irma Thomas
Without Love(There's Nothing) Clyde McPhatter or Ray Charles
You Are Everything - Stylistics
You Don't Miss Your Water - William Bell
You Left The Water Running - Maurice & Mac
Your Promise To Be Mine - Drifters

There all worth checking out, especially if you like classic R&B and soul music.

Answer 3

These will DEFINETLY touch your heart. please look them up.


the little girl- john michael montgomery
if nobody believed in you- joe nichols
teddy bear- red sovine
holes in the floor of heaven- steve wariner (sad in a good way)
christmas shoes- bob carlisle
walk a little straighter daddy- billy currington
confessions of a broken heart- lindsey lohan
i love you this much- jimmy wayne
they dont understand- sawyer brown
concrete angel & gods will - martina mcbride
stay- sugarland
because of you- kelly clarkson
whiskey lullaby- brad paisley & allison krauss
help poor out the rain- buddy jewels
god only cries for the living- diamond rio
hurt- christina aguilera
shadow- ashlee simpson
beautiful disaster- jon mclaughlin
i cant unlove you- kenny rogers
stay gone- jimmy wayne
here without you- three doors down
more than a memory- garth brooks
perfect- simple plan
lullaby- lit
winner at a losing game- rascal flats
far away- nickelback
break down here- julie roberts
my heart- paramore
tonight- fm static
for you to notice- dashboard confessional
total eclipse of the heart- dan band (or other singers too)
ps im still not over you- rihanna
forget december- something corporate
sorry- papa roach
the last something that meant anything- mayday parade
heartstrings come undone & tide began to rise- demon hunter
the impossible- joe nichols (inspirational)
hold on- good charlotte




i know that's so many songs but i can assure you that they will make you think about shedding a tear if not crying a river. each is sad in its own way. hope you like them.

Answer 4

Fix You - Coldplay
Oh Mandy - The Spinto Band
Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park
Your Guardian Angel - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Cancer - My Chemical Romance
Stolen - Dashboard Confessional

Answer 5

Though I don't listen to country, Rascal Flatt's song "Sara Beth" is a pretty sad song, but its beautiful at the same time.

"Soulmate" Natasha Bedingfield is a good song. Could be sad i guess. Depends on your perspective.

Answer 6

You've lost that lovin feeling-Righteous Brothers
Yesterday-Paul McCartney
alot of songs by New Order
What's goin on-Marvin Gaye
I wish it would rain-Temptations
Free as a bird-John Lennon

Answer 7

"Dying Song" by John Frusciante
"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton
"A Passing Feeling" by Elliott Smith

Edit: Nikolai has the best answer.

Answer 8

"Lately" by Stevie Wonder brings tears to my eyes
"Why Must I Plead" by Richard Thompson
"La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf
"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" and
"Love Has No Pride" sung by Bonnie Raitt
"The First Cut is the Deepest" (Rod Stewart version preferred, but I'd also take the original Cat Stevens over Sheryl Crow's)

Answer 9

Concrete Angel by Martina McBride


Don't Laugh at Me by Mark Willis

Answer 10

Don't take the girl - Tim McGraw
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Who You Would Be Today - Kenny Chesney
Runaway Love - Ludacris & Mary J. Blige

Answer 11

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
and
Beyond Angels and Adjectives by Poem (only found on his myspace)