Just watch the fucking music videos then... Why are you even here? This is a list video where the whole point is to compile the songs into a list and explain their significance. If you just wanted to listen to the music the go search for the songs dummy.
my dad died in 1979 when I was just 12 years of age, he was 40. I am now 49. One track destroys me, to the point that I turn it straight off....Luther Vandross "Dance with my father again". love and miss you always!
Derpy Dinosaur I'm so sorry to hear that.my younger sister was 8 and has said she doesn't remember him to much...I don't know how much you would remember at the age of 6. I hope maybe you have some priceless video footage for your family to help you remember him by. I'm afraid for us we didn't have the technology of today back in 79 so we only have photos...how I'd love to hear his voice just one more time. Take care kid and look after your mom,she needs you as much as you need her.
As a father now... "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin ...is probably one of the hardest song for me to listen to without welling up. It sheds light on a new found respect for my father, that I never knew, I should have always had. The song saved my relationship with my father even if he didn't know it.
@@leeeverett8497 it's about a father who never has time for his son, is hardly ever home and unintentionally misses out on having a good relationship with his son. Then as he gets older and his son moves out and becomes his own man, the father wants to see him more but the son is now the one who doesn't have time for him. The song ends with the father realizing that his son has grown up and become just like him.
@@leeeverett8497 CrimsonRush117 pretty much nails it. It's about making time to be with your family despite needed to provide for them. Make the effort to spend time with them because one day they won't be there to spend time with ever again. it doesn't have to be a father son relationship but in this song it is. It's also something to be said about learning from the mistake of your elders and not repeating them.
In the living years always makes me cry. I cried when i heard it after my Dad passed away in 1996. My brother passed away very unexpectedly on Dec 6, 2023. I think of him all the time, especially when i hear this song. I am older, i always feel like i should have been the first to go.
I hate this piece of shit song because he should have kept to himself instead of, "I know mate! The lads dead! I'll write some piece of crap song and make millions!! ...voila! he made his fucking millions!!
I was in a long love affair that when it ended 31 years ago - we planned one last night together. It was beautiful, excruciating, sublime and gut wrenching. I the while making love that time, all through it this song was in my head. Every time I hear it I’m paralyzed and feel the grief again.
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" makes me cry every time. It's too real. It's not just a cover, it's a vocal recollection of his life and the mistakes he's made.
Zori Day Well, you said it's a vocal recollection of his life and mistakes, except that the song is not about him, it's about Trent Reznor who wrote the song. But yeah, the words are relatable so it doesn't matter. Was just wondering if you were aware though
+Ash Hudson Pretty sure it was written about drug addiction (heroin) which could certainly be transposed into Johnie's life as he struggled with addiction his whole career. Either way, it's probably one of the only other covers on the list apart from Buckley's rendition of Hallelujah that the artist pours actual emotion into the song and makes it their own. And probably the only real 'tear' jerker on the list
"Vincent" by Don McLean has me tearing up no matter how many times I hear it. So moving, about a man, an artist, who painted for his sanity and never knowing how much his art became so influential and how so many love his paintings.
Tears In Heaven was played at my son's funeral as was You Raise Me Up. I can't listen to either one without bawling, now. Music touches our souls in unexplainable ways.😌
Simple Man is a song I treasure. My son was murdered in 2022 from the hands of his ex-girlfriend. He had his drums and guitars with amps set up in my garage. He would have my house rocking, oh how I miss his sound! Had planned to sell his Pearl drums and other things, just can't do it yet. The love a mother has for her only son, a bond that will never be broken.
Everybody Hurts is the song saved my life. I was ready to quit life but when I heard that song I realised I am not the only one who hurts.and yes, I cried when I heard it.
One of the songs that has me sobbing like a baby is “Vincent” by Don Maclean. Not only because of the heart wrenching dedication to Van Gogh and his misunderstood beauty, but also because it was one of my dad’s favourite songs. Ugh, so hard to listen to, but it has one of the most hauntingly beautiful melody and lyrics I’ve ever heard.
+Blaine Steele I disagree, Trent Reznors standalone (not with NIN) - Hurt is far more emotional. NIN version of Hurt fucking sucks but if you listen to his unplugged piano cover you will be blown away, look for the charity event.
As a sailor, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” always gets me withe the line - “Does anyone know where the Love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” I spent a lot of time sailing the world with the US Navy, and I can’t think of a lonelier way to die than in the dark among the waves.
@@arthurwright8827 thank you for your service. My husband was aboard the Myles Fox in the 70s. He spent a long time in Brooklyn, NY. He got out in 1980. Strange how tunes such as this evoke such memories. God bless you!
Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” will forever be my #1 make you cry song. It always reminds me of my Papa. I took him to see Walk The Line back when it was in theaters and it was the first and only time he’d ever been to a modern movie theater. His eyes lit up. I will always remember that day and “Hurt” brings back those amazing memories for me. I love you, Papa. 💕
Johnny Cash?? poor guy hit the bottle and became a slave to evangelical charlatans and believing in one of the 2800 manmade gods of history. If only he had studied evolution and sociobiology he could have lived an honest true life, without false indoctrination, sad.
damn your comment got me, my grandma passed away 6 years ago on my birthday it was depressing and for that reason i don’t celebrate my birthday anymore too much pain man
YES! That's what I just posted! Totally agree. More earthy and raw than the NiN version. It just gets me bawling, especially the part where his wife is lovingly looking at him. I dunno, it just does it every time. ;)
NONE of these songs make my cry, but The Living Years and Tears in Heaven are songs that can really make 80% of the people turn really sad. My favorite of ALL these is The Sound of Silence. Beautiful masterpiece!!!
I much prefere the original by NIN.. There's a life performance from Trent online that will pull your heart out of your chest and tear it into pieces. It is almost to hard to bear his suffering there..
John Denver made two songs that have caused me to soak many hankies with my tears. Back Home Again. It was playing in my head when I was bottomed out and came a 1/4 inch of blowing my brains out. Fortunately I didn't . On a happier note, Take Me Home Country Roads. Every time I hear it I just totally lose it. Reminds me of my old home town in rural Pennsylvania. I imagine me and my best friend walking down the unpaved road, when we have crossed over ro to the Afterlife. Barefoot, holding hands, chewing on a piece of grass, singing along, telling him, well Larry, we have arrived.
I grew up in Youngwood and Greensburg PA... I feel you brother... I feel you... I'll probably end up jumping off a bridge or blowing my brains out or both at the same time. Stay Strong!
You're welcome.. 10. Rolling Stones - wild horses 9. Simon & Garfunkel - sound of silence 8. Pink Floyd - wish you were here 7. Mariah carey- one sweet day 6. Mike and mechanics- every living year 5. Elton john- candle in the wind 4. Jeff Buckley - hallelujah 3. Rem- everybody hurts 2. Johnny Cash - Hurt 1. Eric Clapton - tears in heaven
10. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones 9. The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 8. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 7. One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey and Boys II Men 6. The Living Years - Mike + The Mechanics 5. Candle in the Wind - Elton John 4. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley 3. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. 2. Hurt - Johnny Cash Snuff -Slipknot So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold Mockingbird - Eminem I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan Yesterday - The Beatles Dust in the Wind - Kansas 1. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Tears in Heaven is so emotional because Eric wrote because of personal loss of a child and only performed the song a number of times before making an announcement that he can’t even perform it anymore because it was way too emotional for him on stage. So all of that makes ‘Tears in Heaven’ very empathetical, especially when Eric Clapton gets choked up whilst singing it.
It is neraly impossible to go on with your life if your child dies, its not a phrase when parents call their child "my life" in many languages. The incredible grief Calpton and Lory had is crippleing. Lory also lost his other son
My father(adopted me after his only son died) always listened to this song. His son died right before his 21st birthday in a tragic car accident. He always said he wanted to do better as a parent and took me from a horrible situation. Treated me like his little princess. I always thought he saved me. When he died in 2020, I realized that I was the one who saved him. Rip, my precious Daddy! ❤️🎈
Robin Gibb's amazing, ethereal vibrato voice will make anyone cry, There has never been, nor will there ever be, a voice like his. In "Rings Around the Moon," Robin's voice was at its peak. Also, the Bee Gees sang a cover of Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" that many who have seen the video have commented is better than the original. Their harmonies are unbeatable -- smooth, tear-jerking, and beautiful. Please reconsider.
If Eric Clapton had never picked up his guitar after his son died , i for one would not have blamed him. To me this is and always be his best song ever
I lost my Dad in August. We didn't have the best father/son relationship and The Living Years gets me everytime. The only difference is that I was there when he passed. I miss you Dad. 💔
So sorry for your loss. I’ve lost my Dad 2020 and still miss so bad. You mentioned not great relationship when younger, reminds me of Cats In The Cradle. But sounds like you were better son than lyrics of the song. My sincere condolences.
"Runaway Train" Now that I've seen the video, with pictures of dozens of missing children and teens, I can't hear it without tears. "Runaway train, never coming back/ Going nowhere on a one-way track"
That was my stepdads song Bill. My mom & I loved him. Others that didn't like him never understood him. We did. I still miss him. Bill helped raise me showed me to never give up. The song that stuck with me after he died was from Phil Collins: It gets easier across those tracks. I swear I could feel and hear my stepdads voice through the birds after he passed. In Loving memory of William Leeroy Yates.
Damn! I forgot about that video. Epic sadness there. I remember when it came out when I was a teen. That one hits a nerve hard at that age when you're feeling all kinds of emotions of resentment, anger, sadness etc. The video just hammers it home. Much like Everybody Hurts. The song is sad, then you watch the video and it really hits home.
Yeap! ANGEL by Sarah Mclachlan is one of the most saddest song all over the world. Fallen, Sweet Surrender and I will remember you TOO!!! Also GOODBYE from EmmylouHarris 😭😭😭😭
Oh jeez. I've never really cried at a song but ones that get me emotional: November Rain by Guns N Roses Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen Real Love by the Beatles All My Love by Led Zeppelin All the ads that I have to skip on RUclips
Sound of silence yes but from Disturbed !!! Candle in the wind is wonderful and hit the emotions... Halleluja too but from Bon Jovi ! Hurt hit the heart directly... Snuff is one of my favourite songs 💝💝💝. Dust in the wind was my hymn for years... I am missing Earth Song, Nothing else matters, Halo and many many others ❣️
We played this Song at my Eldest Sons Funeral for his Dad who committed suicide on 28th November 2011 - he was a massive Queen Fan, breaks my Heart listening to it & under the circumstances of Freddie Mercury writing this Track it defo does deserve a mention!
I wholeheartedly agree. For the longest time I couldn't listen to Unchained Melody without crying like a democrat. Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin makes me cry too....
Dreaming of you by Selena First man by Camila Cabello Ironic by Alanis morisette Invisible by hunter Hayes Everytime by Britney spears Somewhere we used to know by keane Wake me up by Avicii Runaway by Aurora When I'm gone(cups) by Anna Kendrick Wear me out by Gamma skies Snap by Rosa linn Yes to heaven by lana del rey A thousand years by christina perri A thousand miles by vanessa carlton See you again by Charlie puth
Agree.. but listen also to Louis Armstrong's Bond movie tune "We have all the time in the world".. Don't care about the movie, cause the song narrative and ideas are much stronger.. Whenever the for instance worklife gets the better of me, I remind myself of this absolute gem that tells us to take it easier. Cause it's simply our OWN time. And it's more precious than gold.
CD After showing and then explaining your comment to my 10-year-old niece she said, in typically precocious fashion, "You know, I have to agree." Maybe there's still hope.
Every time I hear "The Livin" Years" I see my Father's vacant eyes on that table in Emergency and the Nurse telling me "Don't go in there"! I said, "That is my Father! You want to try and stop me?" He meant well but glad I went in. Oh Goddddddddd... I miss him. I also used that song in a play I wrote and produced. Love and miss him. Must go listen to it and have a good cry. That song HURTS!
Dirk Tolenaars How can I try, to explain? Cause when I do, he turns away, again. It's always been the same, same old story. From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen. Now there's a way, and I know, that I have to go away; I know, I have to go.
Jovano Dion Manuel No. I've discorved this beautiful piece thanks to my father about 10 years ago. But the way you discover it isn't important. I simply hope you also dearly enjoy this piece of music. And consider yourself lucky to have discovered this amazing song. Just like me and many others.
Conway Twitty- That’s My Job. Honey- Bobby Goldsboro Alyssa Lies- Jason Michael Carol The Little Girl - John Michael Montgomery These songs will legit make you cry! Don’t laugh at me - Mark Willis Can be a little emotional, too.
I have to agree with you on that. It's beautiful, riveting and haunting. I thought they did a good job with their list but honestly, I've only ever cried during two of them; but Everybody Hurts takes the cake! If you have pent up pain and you can't release it during that song, you need professional help.
@@donnadayle3762 Totally. I can see her working a low paying job in a dying town and barely able to keep herself and her father alive. She believes her father will get better and they can move to the city and have the American Dream when we know it will never happen. I think she knows too but needs a reason and hope to keep her going. Driving is her only escape. It’s an amazing song and Tracy sings with honest emotion.
So many. 1) Pink Floyd-High Hopes. Hit too close to home. 2) Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle. Listening to it made me determined to not be like my father. Now that mine has left home, the part about wishing for more time rings true. 3) Gordon Lightfoot-Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Real tragedy 4) Slipknot-Snuff. Corey Taylor's acoustic version just guts you. 5) Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me. To love someone that doesn't love you in return...
I disagree, I cried of laughter when a friend of mine got Rick Rolled in front of a bunch of people at a local karaoke night. I admit we were a little drunk but it was hilarious, I cried so hard.
10. Wild Horses - conveys no sadness to me at all. Ageless....yes. Stood hair on ends? LOL Not even close. Nice song 9. Sound of Silence - yes. 8. Wish you were here. - Great classic song. Tearjerker? Sorry, not feeling it. Not at all 7. One Sweet Day - No tears or any sadness. Love the song. Lame choice 6. The Living Years - Yes this could do it 5. Candle in the Wind - This is a good selection 4. Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley - Most superb choice 3. Everybody Hurts by REM, - this is one that brings tears to my eyes every time 2. Hurt by Johnny Cash - perfect choice 1. Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton - nice
listening to wish you were here while grieving for a friend or family member it will do it. I play that song at funerals whenever I'm asked to play a song.
Nothing compares 2U sung by Sinéad O’Connor. I cry every time I hear it. Also, the Enya song heard at the beginning of the video always makes me cry. It was used in a video that came out after the World Trade Center came down. The song is haunting
“He stopped loving her today” by the great George Jones(RIP) considered by many in the industry(CM) as the greatest song of all time . Gets me every time😢💔💔
How is "cat's in the cradle' not make that list? Honestly that song is 2 and presumably 3 times the tear jerker. I remember listening to it as a kid from the kid's perspective and it made me cry. Then listening to it as a father at midlife feeling the same pressures the song references to the middle aged dad. I am not old enough yet, but I suspect it really hits a chord with older men too seeing the world go by without them and move on...
Yeah the Ugly Kid Joe version makes my dad really emotional, and it makes me cry. I'm surprised it didn't make the list, along with Country Roads and Piano Man.
Richard Boyd : E.C. doesn't even play "Tears in Heaven" live anymore. It was therapy for him and now he no longer needs it. Why are you still crying over it?
Cats in the Cradle does it to me every time without fail. I’m tearing up just typing the name of the song for God’s sake. How could this song NOT be on your list.
The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics gets me. It makes me think of my Dad. I could count on one hand how many times he told me he loved me. Growing up, he often called me stupid. I think he told me he was proud of me two times. We had a very strained relationship.
I am sorry that you had to go through that. I know a lot of people, now that I am middle-aged, who are still trying to overcome something negative from their childhood that has affected their entire life.
@@rpierce3336 Well, that is a stupid question, I hope you are not a father or mother, because if you are able to accept that it is okay to call "stupid" to a child, most likely you will do it with your children, I hope you don't have children yet and that you never have them, you will ruin his life if you do it.
The top 10 most tearjerking songs in my opinion: 10. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith) 9. Writing’s on the Wall (Sam Smith) 8. Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone (Cinderella) 7. Everything I Ever Thought I Knew (Zachary Levi) 6. Who Wants to Live Forever (Queen) 5. 4. Nothing Compares to You (Sinead O’Connor) 3. Father and Son (Cat Stevens) 2. Carrie (Europe) 1. I’ll Never Love Again (Lady Gaga)
@@stardustmelody2709 you're confused. Cat Stevens did "Father and Son". "Cats in the cradle" was a song, similar topic, by Harry Chapin. Not too lazy are you?
My wife passed on 12.30.03. In 04 100 Years was played alot as it was a new song. Now when I hear it my subconscious can't deal with it. What a beautiful song it is . She only had 44.74 years.
About 15 years ago, I was working at Tower Records. One day, a label rep got staffers and I into a room with a VCR and produced a promo tape. We were among the first to see the video for "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. I knew Trent Reznor's version, but Johnny owned it and it's his song. Knowing how huge Cash is in his influence and seeing him so frail near death was too much. I lost and broke down crying right there. Everyone had a similar reaction.
Brynden Rivers I don't care what you have a 'PhD in. Letting oneself become a 'junky' is having no self control, disrespect for the body, and total disregard for the consequences.
I came here to gain knowledge about songs that probably would make me cry, but I end up not crying at all, just a few nostalgic memories in some of these songs... :T
@@BobYourHeadMusic that line makes me tear up too, so for me it's a line about two people who are connected, yet distant. Swimming in a fish bowl, close enough to touch, but not touching. Not connecting. Then when taken with the next line "year after year", this loneliness, this emptiness, has been going on for a very long time..
My best friend Larry love this song. Reminds us of our careers at the USPS, Comparing our office to a whole oceanarium full of lost souls swimming in their own personal fish bowls, year after depressing year.
I've thought the same. It also gave a poetic pause to Robin Williams' character in "Good Morning, Vietnam" when he started to see the horrors of the war.
When I think about the brutality, the pain, the humiliation, the indignity, and the oppression that black people have gone through in the past 100 years, and then you hear this song sung by a black man, it just breaks me up every time.
Mad World - Gary Jules. This cover, originally by Tears for Fears, strips the song down to a somber piano accompanied by haunting vocals. Once you've heard it you'll never forget it.
The cover sucks!! Song for millinials who never grew up with the original. I grew up with the original and the 1st time I heard Gary Jules version is said what a shitty cover!
@@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368 lmfao nice attempt at an insult but im GenX. The 80s new wave crap the first one was set to in no way fit the subject. Your opinion here is invalid.
“One More Light” by Linkin Park always makes me cry, listening to Chester singing about caring about people passing away especially given he was struggling so badly with his mental health
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What makes me cry is how much she talks during these excellent songs.
Lolll
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Agreed!!
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Just watch the fucking music videos then... Why are you even here? This is a list video where the whole point is to compile the songs into a list and explain their significance. If you just wanted to listen to the music the go search for the songs dummy.
my dad died in 1979 when I was just 12 years of age, he was 40. I am now 49. One track destroys me, to the point that I turn it straight off....Luther Vandross "Dance with my father again". love and miss you always!
Chris Treanor my dad died in 2010 right before I turned 6
Derpy Dinosaur I'm so sorry to hear that.my younger sister was 8 and has said she doesn't remember him to much...I don't know how much you would remember at the age of 6. I hope maybe you have some priceless video footage for your family to help you remember him by. I'm afraid for us we didn't have the technology of today back in 79 so we only have photos...how I'd love to hear his voice just one more time. Take care kid and look after your mom,she needs you as much as you need her.
Chris Treanor that song destroys me
Sorry that happened kiddo.
Chris Treanor that's sad:'(
As a father now... "Cat's in the Cradle" by Harry Chapin ...is probably one of the hardest song for me to listen to without welling up. It sheds light on a new found respect for my father, that I never knew, I should have always had. The song saved my relationship with my father even if he didn't know it.
As a son whose father is no longer in his life, it's the hardest song for me to hear and not cry.
Can someone tell me what the songs about? I’ve heard it a few times, and it sounds like a son growing distant from his father as he gets older to me.
@@leeeverett8497 it's about a father who never has time for his son, is hardly ever home and unintentionally misses out on having a good relationship with his son. Then as he gets older and his son moves out and becomes his own man, the father wants to see him more but the son is now the one who doesn't have time for him. The song ends with the father realizing that his son has grown up and become just like him.
@@devon596 fuck our dads bro, never let him back in your life, fuck him
@@leeeverett8497 CrimsonRush117 pretty much nails it. It's about making time to be with your family despite needed to provide for them. Make the effort to spend time with them because one day they won't be there to spend time with ever again. it doesn't have to be a father son relationship but in this song it is. It's also something to be said about learning from the mistake of your elders and not repeating them.
In the living years always makes me cry. I cried when i heard it after my Dad passed away in 1996. My brother passed away very unexpectedly on Dec 6, 2023. I think of him all the time, especially when i hear this song. I am older, i always feel like i should have been the first to go.
Sorry for your loss
When Clapton's son died my ex-husband said, "He's going to write some amazing song because of this". He was definitely right!
My dad played this at my moms funeral when I was 9.
Teresa Fontaine OMG you lost your mom that young. So sorry! :(
I hate this piece of shit song because he should have kept to himself instead of,
"I know mate! The lads dead! I'll write some piece of crap song and make millions!!
...voila! he made his fucking millions!!
Chris Long OMG that was rude!
@@chrislong3938 Hurt much?
Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional.. It's the people and things that comes to your mind when you hear it .
You nailed it. I think everyone’s top 10 would be different.
Don't die Draken, Ily
Right on 👍🏽.... It also takes you back to a special place and time in your past ...
Snyder cut and the watchmen
Nerf miner
'Everyone I know, goes away, in the end.'
That's as universal a sentiment as possible.
I can’t make you love me by Bonnie Rait. Laying next to your person knowing she does not feel the same way anymore…. still gets me
I was in a long love affair that when it ended 31 years ago - we planned one last night together. It was beautiful, excruciating, sublime and gut wrenching. I the while making love that time, all through it this song was in my head. Every time I hear it I’m paralyzed and feel the grief again.
Was just listening yesterday. Every time I get a new meaning
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Especially that live Grammy performance. The longer, more legato lines there are next level
this is the song that was a running thread through a 10+ year relationship that never became what I wanted
My little cousin died 11 months ago of pneumonia. He was 13 months old. Tears in Heaven does it for me. God Bless Lucas.
I'm so so sorry. I really hope there's a heaven. If so, he is there.
I'm sorry for your loss 😞😭
Praying for you.
I never met him but I bet he was a great little guy
Sending love and hugs
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt" makes me cry every time. It's too real. It's not just a cover, it's a vocal recollection of his life and the mistakes he's made.
Even though it's a cover
+Ash Hudson Yeah?
Zori Day Well, you said it's a vocal recollection of his life and mistakes, except that the song is not about him, it's about Trent Reznor who wrote the song. But yeah, the words are relatable so it doesn't matter. Was just wondering if you were aware though
Ash Hudson I know, I said it was a cover several times. I'm very aware. Johnny Cash did many covers.
+Ash Hudson Pretty sure it was written about drug addiction (heroin) which could certainly be transposed into Johnie's life as he struggled with addiction his whole career. Either way, it's probably one of the only other covers on the list apart from Buckley's rendition of Hallelujah that the artist pours actual emotion into the song and makes it their own. And probably the only real 'tear' jerker on the list
"Vincent" by Don McLean has me tearing up no matter how many times I hear it. So moving, about a man, an artist, who painted for his sanity and never knowing how much his art became so influential and how so many love his paintings.
I too tear up when I hear Vincent. I wish there could be a time warp and this song could be played at the end of Lust for Life.
Totally me
The sad part is Vincent van Gogh takes his own life by shooting himself in the head! Rest easy, Vincent. 🕊️🕊️🕊️
Yes
But I could've told you Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. Hits the heartstrings real good.
Tears In Heaven was played at my son's funeral as was You Raise Me Up. I can't listen to either one without bawling, now. Music touches our souls in unexplainable ways.😌
Simple Man is a song I treasure. My son was murdered in 2022 from the hands of his ex-girlfriend. He had his drums and guitars with amps set up in my garage. He would have my house rocking, oh how I miss his sound! Had planned to sell his Pearl drums and other things, just can't do it yet. The love a mother has for her only son, a bond that will never be broken.
Oh my gosh, I am so sorry to both of you for the loss of your sons.
My sister had "Everything I Own" by Bread at her 12 year old's funeral, which was 5 months after she lost her 18 month old baby. Rough time for us all
Everybody Hurts is the song saved my life. I was ready to quit life but when I heard that song I realised I am not the only one who hurts.and yes, I cried when I heard it.
I’m so happy you didn’t quit. You give me hope.
That is such a fantastic song. Music can be a very powerful thing, if you allow it to be..
I'm with you, brother.
I'm glad you didnt do it.
Thank you for being here.
Lol. Nice try to get likes. If a song can stop you from ending your life, you weren't depressed to begin with.
You can just feel Eric's deep hurt and pain he feels when he sings "Tears in Heaven". What a meaningful song.
Yeh but he's a racist piece of shit
Hat song by Eric was about him losing his son. I'm a older guy and I remember when he lost him. I believe he was a 5 year old boy. :((
Just hearing it makes me tear up 😞
Was my favorite, most played, Clapton song until he went anti-vaxxer. Tought to lose a legend like that. Van Morrison, too. They crushed me.
I know, his poor child falling to his death was so devastating.
One of the songs that has me sobbing like a baby is “Vincent” by Don Maclean. Not only because of the heart wrenching dedication to Van Gogh and his misunderstood beauty, but also because it was one of my dad’s favourite songs. Ugh, so hard to listen to, but it has one of the most hauntingly beautiful melody and lyrics I’ve ever heard.
Me too. Wonderful song, makes me cry but I love it.
"Daniel" by Elton John has always reminded me of my died much too soon older brother.
I agree, McLean should be on any "sad" list, all his songs are so blue.
Yup. Every time. Makes me think of my uncle.
Beautiful
Johnny Cash's Hurt will always make me cry, because of how much it reasonates with myself and everyone that has passed on from me.
Hurt by Johnny Cash is nearly impossible to listen to without rethinking your life.
100% agree.
+Blaine Steele I disagree, Trent Reznors standalone (not with NIN) - Hurt is far more emotional. NIN version of Hurt fucking sucks but if you listen to his unplugged piano cover you will be blown away, look for the charity event.
true story
The lyrics are so fucking sad
+Blaine Steele YES. holy shit, my thoughts exactly. Like seriously I'm a bit stupidly excited over reading this comment.
As a sailor, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” always gets me withe the line - “Does anyone know where the Love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” I spent a lot of time sailing the world with the US Navy, and I can’t think of a lonelier way to die than in the dark among the waves.
I was thinking about that song, too. It is very sad especially since it is a true story.
And that made me think about the song at the end of Titanic, “My Heart Will Go On?”
Arthur Wright..when did you serve?
@@tinamcbride177 1977-1987. 1980 to 85 was at sea aboard The USS Midway CV-41 & USS Ranger CV-61.
@@arthurwright8827 thank you for your service. My husband was aboard the Myles Fox in the 70s. He spent a long time in Brooklyn, NY. He got out in 1980. Strange how tunes such as this evoke such memories. God bless you!
Johnny Cash’s version of “Hurt” will forever be my #1 make you cry song. It always reminds me of my Papa. I took him to see Walk The Line back when it was in theaters and it was the first and only time he’d ever been to a modern movie theater. His eyes lit up. I will always remember that day and “Hurt” brings back those amazing memories for me.
I love you, Papa. 💕
Johnny Cash?? poor guy hit the bottle and became a slave to evangelical charlatans and believing in one of the 2800 manmade gods of history. If only he had studied evolution and sociobiology he could have lived an honest true life, without false indoctrination, sad.
It is so hard growing older because we lose our parents. No one prepares you for that!!
damn your comment got me, my grandma passed away 6 years ago on my birthday it was depressing and for that reason i don’t celebrate my birthday anymore too much pain man
YES! That's what I just posted! Totally agree. More earthy and raw than the NiN version. It just gets me bawling, especially the part where his wife is lovingly looking at him. I dunno, it just does it every time. ;)
@@PaulCaden are you that stupid?
NONE of these songs make my cry, but The Living Years and Tears in Heaven are songs that can really make 80% of the people turn really sad. My favorite of ALL these is The Sound of Silence. Beautiful masterpiece!!!
You CLEARLY DON'T HAVE A HEART. OR NEVER LOVED ANYONE. that is why
You ARE SO HEARTLESS CLEARLY
And you CLEARLY HAVE NEVER LOVED ANYONE
@@nein_the_doberman And you clearly don't know s**t of what you're saying. 🤡
@@nein_the_doberman🤡
"I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel..." what a opening line!
One proof that Trent is a genius songwriter!
Johnny Cash..... Really? 😑
And then you watch the video and see all the then and now imagery and... wow.
I much prefere the original by NIN.. There's a life performance from Trent online that will pull your heart out of your chest and tear it into pieces. It is almost to hard to bear his suffering there..
PA MI nin were not the originals of hurt....jeez.
“I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel”
Is all I need to hear before I start tearing up.
so true
That song makes me cry when sung by Johnny Cash.
That song is about being a herion addict and is very sad
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar pain
same dawg
Anaconda made me cry, I was just so disappointed in humanity.
Lol, I don't blame you, thts hw I felt...
Yeah,,,yass
Serena Suni I feel ya bro
Serena Suni couldn't agree more :)
Serena Suni lollllllll
John Denver made two songs that have caused me to soak many hankies with my tears. Back Home Again. It was playing in my head when I was bottomed out and came a 1/4 inch of blowing my brains out. Fortunately I didn't . On a happier note, Take Me Home Country Roads. Every time I hear it I just totally lose it. Reminds me of my old home town in rural Pennsylvania. I imagine me and my best friend walking down the unpaved road, when we have crossed over ro to the Afterlife. Barefoot, holding hands, chewing on a piece of grass, singing along, telling him, well Larry, we have arrived.
I grew up in Youngwood and Greensburg PA... I feel you brother... I feel you... I'll probably end up jumping off a bridge or blowing my brains out or both at the same time. Stay Strong!
Great choices but for me his beautiful song "sunshine"
You're welcome..
10. Rolling Stones - wild horses
9. Simon & Garfunkel - sound of silence
8. Pink Floyd - wish you were here
7. Mariah carey- one sweet day
6. Mike and mechanics- every living year
5. Elton john- candle in the wind
4. Jeff Buckley - hallelujah
3. Rem- everybody hurts
2. Johnny Cash - Hurt
1. Eric Clapton - tears in heaven
thank you sir
RSG Everybody hurts karaoke
RSG I have to be honest, Hurt made me cry once.
Clanned
Juan Kamperveen clannad
I might be crying.....but the sobs keep getting interrupted by the commentary....honestly....
that was the same thing I would write in other words. thx your comment was at the top.
You nailed it. This girl needs to shut up with the commentary..
Ralph Bernhard yes the commentator needed to stfu
Unreal KentMurphy well i mean you could watch another channel or just search the songs yourselves
DiamondEmerald
but he is still right.
The saddest songs are those that get interrupted by commercials ;_;
OR... just sayin'... you get an adblocker and never shed a tear...
@@andycast_com I don't want to take from the experience. Life is about highs and lows.
This is why we have Spotify premium
Well the first one IS from a macaroni and cheese commercial
Then ya get it on You tube and cry
Sinead O'connor Nothing compares 2 U. Makes me cry every time I hear it. Her voice is full of emotion.
Definitely. It's so poignant. It's hard to believe she didn't write it.
Me too
10. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
9. The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
8. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
7. One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey and Boys II Men
6. The Living Years - Mike + The Mechanics
5. Candle in the Wind - Elton John
4. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
3. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
2. Hurt - Johnny Cash
Snuff -Slipknot
So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold
Mockingbird - Eminem
I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
Yesterday - The Beatles
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
1. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
I honestly thought Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer was more sad than Sound of Silence
I'd go for Bright Eyes from Simon and Garfunkel before anything else from them.
Wasn't that a solo performance by Art Garfunkel?
I alway think of Fiver and Hazel when I hear it and it is killing me.
Amanda BG You are not alone by Michael Jackson.
I'll be missing you by P. Diddy and Faith Eavens.
why do you have to be a spoil alert?
AFI- Endlessly, she said, Bon Jovi -Always
Tears in Heaven is so emotional because Eric wrote because of personal loss of a child and only performed the song a number of times before making an announcement that he can’t even perform it anymore because it was way too emotional for him on stage.
So all of that makes ‘Tears in Heaven’ very empathetical, especially when Eric Clapton gets choked up whilst singing it.
It is neraly impossible to go on with your life if your child dies, its not a phrase when parents call their child "my life" in many languages. The incredible grief Calpton and Lory had is crippleing. Lory also lost his other son
@@Omertahun Yeah, it’s just not supposed to happen that way… children passing before parents. It’s sad.
True...
My father(adopted me after his only son died) always listened to this song. His son died right before his 21st birthday in a tragic car accident. He always said he wanted to do better as a parent and took me from a horrible situation. Treated me like his little princess. I always thought he saved me. When he died in 2020, I realized that I was the one who saved him. Rip, my precious Daddy! ❤️🎈
@@cherokeegypsymama Good for him.
Johnny Cash, Hurt. The only song that will make me cry. Sometimes I just lay on the floor, crying, listening to it over and over again.
The saddest song I ever listened to is soldatino by paola Bennet. It’s about a book character and if you know his back story, you’ll be weeping.
And watching the video.
Nin
Robin Gibb's amazing, ethereal vibrato voice will make anyone cry, There has never been, nor will there ever be, a voice like his. In "Rings Around the Moon," Robin's voice was at its peak. Also, the Bee Gees sang a cover of Carole King's "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" that many who have seen the video have commented is better than the original. Their harmonies are unbeatable -- smooth, tear-jerking, and beautiful. Please reconsider.
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - definitely! Has personal meaning for me. Amy Winehouse also covered it.
Here today and gone tomorrow, and my world keeps getting smaller everyday by Neil sedaka make me cry everytime I've heard it.😢
#1: Gary Come Home-SpongeBob SquarePants
I cry every time
Mr. Mc Clean yes oml
Mr. Mc Clean um crying thinking about it😢😭
I legit used to cry to that song as a kid
Mr. Mc Clean w
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here always makes me think of my late dad, who passed 16 years ago when I was just 10.
My grandpa who raised like one of his own passed away at 16 we bonded over Pink Floyd especially this song
Pink Floyd will always have a special spot in my heart
I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how much harder your life must have been having that happen to you.
i also lost my dad this year, he was a pink floyd fan. i'm sorry for your loss
Pink floyd another brick in the wall will always get me in my feelings it was my father song
These are the days of our lives - Queen
November rain - Guns n´roses
Rocket man - Elton John
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These are sad songs for me.
Yep, November Rain always does it for me.
Laughing - Crosby, Stills and Nash.
what about fade to black
metallica
These are the days is really sad. It's one of my favorite songs.
Guillermo Luis Antonelli same
*You Can Let Go- Crystal Shawanda
*Concrete Angel- Martina McBride
*Time To Say Goodbye- Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
*End Of May- Michael Bublé
Bridge Over Troubled Waters is a close tie with Sound Of Silence...
April come she will kills me
Are u ok? My instagram is: @finny_p if u need to talk, I care, you matter
Totally agree
@@meredithgreenslade1965 Me Three! 3 ❤️💜❤️
It IS. That’s another that’s saved my life.
If Eric Clapton had never picked up his guitar after his son died , i for one would not have blamed him. To me this is and always be his best song ever
This and you look wonderful tonight are his best ever. Unfortunately it’s sad at the same time.
@@Happinessisanillusion and layla
Cocaine too.
@@blur_is_myworld6022
Eric made the song popular, actually written by JJ Cale.
@@judyburton8923 I didn't know it was a cover, but thanks for the info btw.
I lost my Dad in August. We didn't have the best father/son relationship and The Living Years gets me everytime. The only difference is that I was there when he passed. I miss you Dad. 💔
So sorry for your loss. I’ve lost my Dad 2020 and still miss so bad. You mentioned not great relationship when younger, reminds me of Cats In The Cradle. But sounds like you were better son than lyrics of the song. My sincere condolences.
@@kellyfalletta1949 Thank you.
he misses you too and you'll see his spirit energy all around you watching over you...just close your eyes and listen
@@tracieramson9151 Thank you.
My beloved Dad passed 8 years ago and my song for him is "Man of the Hour" by Pear Jam...was on the soundtrack for movie Big Fish...
Whoever reads this, I pray to the universe to cure all your diseases, and to remove all your pains from your daily life 🙏❤🙏
"Runaway Train" Now that I've seen the video, with pictures of dozens of missing children and teens, I can't hear it without tears. "Runaway train, never coming back/ Going nowhere on a one-way track"
Runaway Train made me cry too!!
Oh, god, the video rips me apart.
That was my stepdads song Bill. My mom & I loved him. Others that didn't like him never understood him. We did. I still miss him. Bill helped raise me showed me to never give up. The song that stuck with me after he died was from Phil Collins: It gets easier across those tracks. I swear I could feel and hear my stepdads voice through the birds after he passed. In Loving memory of William Leeroy Yates.
Damn! I forgot about that video. Epic sadness there. I remember when it came out when I was a teen. That one hits a nerve hard at that age when you're feeling all kinds of emotions of resentment, anger, sadness etc. The video just hammers it home. Much like Everybody Hurts. The song is sad, then you watch the video and it really hits home.
Sarah McLachlin In the Arms of an Angel. Cannot. Listen. Without. Crying.
lino cortes I have to turn off the tv every time that SPCA commercial comes on! Can't do it!
Yeap! ANGEL by Sarah Mclachlan is one of the most saddest song all over the world. Fallen, Sweet Surrender and I will remember you TOO!!! Also GOODBYE from EmmylouHarris 😭😭😭😭
Yes. Can't even listen to it anymore without wanting to bawl.
Miss you, my sweet angel, Beatrice. 🐱😭
Also Iris by the goo goo dolls
Them poor animals 🥲
Oh jeez. I've never really cried at a song but ones that get me emotional:
November Rain by Guns N Roses
Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House
Who Wants To Live Forever by Queen
Real Love by the Beatles
All My Love by Led Zeppelin
All the ads that I have to skip on RUclips
Who Wants to Live Forever is sadder than every song on this countdown.
don’t dream it’s over every time
Benjamin Clark I love Real Love, It also makes me cry😭😭
There should have been at least one song by queen there...
November Rain just hits you really hard. if you don’t tear up the first time you hear that, i don’t think you’re human..
Sound of silence yes but from Disturbed !!!
Candle in the wind is wonderful and hit the emotions...
Halleluja too but from Bon Jovi !
Hurt hit the heart directly...
Snuff is one of my favourite songs 💝💝💝.
Dust in the wind was my hymn for years...
I am missing Earth Song, Nothing else matters, Halo and many many others ❣️
The Show Must Go On by Queen. It’s the only song to ever make me cry. I literally broke down.
We played this Song at my Eldest Sons Funeral for his Dad who committed suicide on 28th November 2011 - he was a massive Queen Fan, breaks my Heart listening to it & under the circumstances of Freddie Mercury writing this Track it defo does deserve a mention!
I’m deeply sorry for your loss, man. May he sit beside God in Heaven. 🙏🏻
dude same 😭
@@TheAwesomeDude101 Thank you, I know he has only left his earthly shell, his Soul often is around us
No problem, man.
”Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers are definitely missing on this list.
So true, along with soooo many others. This list is what made me cry.
Omg this song is soooo deep... Unchained Melody is one of my favourite song
I wholeheartedly agree. For the longest time I couldn't listen to Unchained Melody without crying like a democrat. Cat's in the Cradle by Harry Chapin makes me cry too....
@@residentrump3271 The pan flute version of Unchained Melody is really good as well.
Honestly, I was shocked that it’s not on here. Definitely my favourite sad song, i’d place it at #1.
"The show must go on" by queen, a song about freddie struggling to even write music as he slowly died from aids
SingItSlender743 Who Wants to Live Forever!
True that should've been on there
These are the days of our lives freddies last song
100th like
Agreed, The show must go on and Who wants to live forever are still hard to listen to.
Dreaming of you by Selena
First man by Camila Cabello
Ironic by Alanis morisette
Invisible by hunter Hayes
Everytime by Britney spears
Somewhere we used to know by keane
Wake me up by Avicii
Runaway by Aurora
When I'm gone(cups) by Anna Kendrick
Wear me out by Gamma skies
Snap by Rosa linn
Yes to heaven by lana del rey
A thousand years by christina perri
A thousand miles by vanessa carlton
See you again by Charlie puth
Even though it's not a sad song, What a Wonderful World has a 100% chance to make me cry.
Same man
Agree.. but listen also to Louis Armstrong's Bond movie tune "We have all the time in the world".. Don't care about the movie, cause the song narrative and ideas are much stronger.. Whenever the for instance worklife gets the better of me, I remind myself of this absolute gem that tells us to take it easier. Cause it's simply our OWN time. And it's more precious than gold.
Will be played at my funeral.
Yeah same
Me too especially since it was last song my friend posted before she passed away 💔💔💔
Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" always makes me sad.
+bob loblaw wow thanks for that one. havent known it before.
Definitely, Bob!!
+bob loblaw the pogues have a lot of tear jerking tunes, particularly "waltzing matilda".
Ugh, yes!! I love you for reminding me of this one. I can't get through it without breaking down.
I legit cried when they played it in the horrible Jack Frost movie lol!
Every song released today makes me cry
CD
After showing and then explaining your comment to my 10-year-old niece she said, in typically precocious fashion, "You know, I have to agree." Maybe there's still hope.
@@vicovendale6955 😁 I have a ten year old girl and she feels the same way.
Try to listen to Greta Van Fleet they make me think there is still hope.
CD Snider look up hold the light if wild land fire fighting is ur thing
Yes, I don't even bother looking at new releases (if you can find a music rack). All of the music isles are being replaced by gaming & DVD's anyways.
Good one.
Every time I hear "The Livin" Years" I see my Father's vacant eyes on that table in Emergency and the Nurse telling me "Don't go in there"! I said, "That is my Father! You want to try and stop me?" He meant well but glad I went in. Oh Goddddddddd... I miss him. I also used that song in a play I wrote and produced. Love and miss him. Must go listen to it and have a good cry. That song HURTS!
Father and son by Cat Stevens anyone?? No, just me.
Dirk Tolenaars
How can I try, to explain?
Cause when I do, he turns away, again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk, I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way, and I know, that I have to go away;
I know, I have to go.
That song breaks my heart every time....makes me burst into tears!
Dirk Tolenaars are you here from gotg vol 2
Jovano Dion Manuel No. I've discorved this beautiful piece thanks to my father about 10 years ago. But the way you discover it isn't important. I simply hope you also dearly enjoy this piece of music. And consider yourself lucky to have discovered this amazing song. Just like me and many others.
Dirk Tolenaars whenever i need a lonely cry i play it
I think I might be made of stone.
haha youre just processing this inside!
I lost my soul a good while ago sadly. Probably still on the pretzel loop on tatsu at six flags magic mountain
Didn't shed a tear.
The world does that
Didn't jerk my tears, either.
Who wants to live forever from Queen is the most epic sad song.
the show must go on, by a dying artistic genius.
Queen is love
Conway Twitty- That’s My Job. Honey- Bobby Goldsboro Alyssa Lies- Jason Michael Carol The Little Girl - John Michael Montgomery These songs will legit make you cry!
Don’t laugh at me - Mark Willis Can be a little emotional, too.
Everybody Hurts WOW! One of the best songs ever written.
Yes!
Michael stipe is a genius
I have to agree with you on that. It's beautiful, riveting and haunting. I thought they did a good job with their list but honestly, I've only ever cried during two of them; but Everybody Hurts takes the cake! If you have pent up pain and you can't release it during that song, you need professional help.
1993-wise, i prefer his ''Find The River''. Criminally underrated.
That song makes me want to jump,
Cause I don't have any friends !
I can’t believe “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman was left out. That song chokes me up every single time. It’s so real and so bleak.
this...i agree!!! you can literally see and feel it as if it's real!
@@donnadayle3762 Totally. I can see her working a low paying job in a dying town and barely able to keep herself and her father alive. She believes her father will get better and they can move to the city and have the American Dream when we know it will never happen. I think she knows too but needs a reason and hope to keep her going. Driving is her only escape. It’s an amazing song and Tracy sings with honest emotion.
It's a cover though
I will break down crying in the grocery store if that song comes on.
@@IluvatarEru doesn't matter. Tracey makes it what it is.
After my wife Died after 30 years of marriage "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi Lites helped me while walking along the Sunset shores of Lake Michigan!
Sorry to hear that ☹️
Rocking Robin, I am so sorry. Lost my husband couple of years ago myself. Also now by lake Michigan
I'm just waiting for a letter... or something...
Sorry to hear that man my she rest in peace
💔❤
So many.
1) Pink Floyd-High Hopes. Hit too close to home.
2) Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle. Listening to it made me determined to not be like my father. Now that mine has left home, the part about wishing for more time rings true.
3) Gordon Lightfoot-Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Real tragedy
4) Slipknot-Snuff. Corey Taylor's acoustic version just guts you.
5) Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me. To love someone that doesn't love you in return...
But not rick astley. He is never gonna make me cry
He's never gonna run around and hurt you! What a guy!
@William Schwartz a
more like wolfish howling
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I disagree, I cried of laughter when a friend of mine got Rick Rolled in front of a bunch of people at a local karaoke night. I admit we were a little drunk but it was hilarious, I cried so hard.
As I've gotten older, shit makes me cry more and more.
Yea wtf is up with that and I’m only 27 but life just decided to start shitting on me now 😢
I'm gonna cry me a river in a river of tears i'm gonna cry cry baby i'm gonna CCRRRYYYYY!
Puberty has made me feel so much more sad
Sees birth certificate cries in shower
That's cause we are touched more by the music and life...
10. Wild Horses - conveys no sadness to me at all. Ageless....yes. Stood hair on ends? LOL Not even close. Nice song
9. Sound of Silence - yes.
8. Wish you were here. - Great classic song. Tearjerker? Sorry, not feeling it. Not at all
7. One Sweet Day - No tears or any sadness. Love the song. Lame choice
6. The Living Years - Yes this could do it
5. Candle in the Wind - This is a good selection
4. Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley - Most superb choice
3. Everybody Hurts by REM, - this is one that brings tears to my eyes every time
2. Hurt by Johnny Cash - perfect choice
1. Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton - nice
+Steven Martinovich
As for REM, IMO it could be "Losing my religion" instead.
listening to wish you were here while grieving for a friend or family member it will do it. I play that song at funerals whenever I'm asked to play a song.
+brian Randall you should be here
Hallelujah, brings tears to my eyes all the time
REM makes me cry even in my job when i am listening to radio.
Nothing compares 2U sung by Sinéad O’Connor. I cry every time I hear it. Also, the Enya song heard at the beginning of the video always makes me cry. It was used in a video that came out after the World Trade Center came down. The song is haunting
Prince wrote Nothing Compares 2U.
Wow, what a beautiful song
“He stopped loving her today” by the great George Jones(RIP) considered by many in the industry(CM) as the greatest song of all time . Gets me every time😢💔💔
Hello Laureen, How are you doing?
I agree. The Greatest song ever written. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gets me too the best
Thought I’d give it a listen. Hits right in the feels. You’re not wrong
Yes!
"Who Wants to Live forever" by Queen, always well up and it will be my funeral song
Stuart Robertson ❤️; don’t be alone....
Same
The show must go on, who wants to live forever and No-one but you pull tears to my eyes
Also Too Much Love Will Kill You and These Are The Days Of Our Lives
@@ethanviktor sameeee
I couldn't wait to hear "tears in heaven" -Eric Clapton. And it was #1. Good job!
I was ready to comment if it wasn't #1
Thanks for the Spoiler
@@derbesteskin3290 you read all the comments and then watch the video?
@@derbesteskin3290 Your fault for reading the comments first.
Eric stole George Harrisons wife,
Had a son, the boy fell out of a window and died. Heartbreaking.
Eric and George made up years later.
Just lost my best friend Mike and my brother in 2019 "How I wish How I wish you were here. love and miss you, Bob and Mike
How is "cat's in the cradle' not make that list? Honestly that song is 2 and presumably 3 times the tear jerker. I remember listening to it as a kid from the kid's perspective and it made me cry. Then listening to it as a father at midlife feeling the same pressures the song references to the middle aged dad. I am not old enough yet, but I suspect it really hits a chord with older men too seeing the world go by without them and move on...
There's a nice interview with Harry Chapin's widow and son on RUclips about that song.
Now I don't have to watch the video. Thank you.
I got a good song it’s called you don’t love me anymore by Eddie rabbitt
Perfect
Yeah the Ugly Kid Joe version makes my dad really emotional, and it makes me cry. I'm surprised it didn't make the list, along with Country Roads and Piano Man.
Gary Jules- Mad World needs to be on here! That song makes me cry everytime.
leonkennedy1259 yes!
leonkennedy1259 that truly is one of the most saddest songs out there.
leonkennedy1259 . I agree..
Definitely cried when it played at the end of Donnie Darko... and when Dom dies in Gears of War 3.
leonkennedy1259 yes!
The Sound Of Silence is really an amazing piece of music and it has beautiful, meaningful lyrics.
Perfect Day by Lou Reed is another amazing song
Geo Marko That would have been my pick.
Geo Marko darude sandstorm means so much to me
Geo Marko
Agree, check Gregorians cover. Really amazing.
In my opinion the sound of silence is the best song ever written
The Skyliners “ Since I don’t have You” makes me cry for the loss of my grandson
"Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton, after his son died.
Richard Boyd that song feel very deep to me still suffering from depression of loveone
Very sorry. I suppose most of us have suffered loss at one time or another. I feel for you. At least we're not alone...
I've will never know how Eric Clapton is able to finish this song.
Richard Boyd : E.C. doesn't even play "Tears in Heaven" live anymore. It was therapy for him and now he no longer needs it. Why are you still crying over it?
Richard Boyd sad
Cats in the Cradle does it to me every time without fail. I’m tearing up just typing the name of the song for God’s sake. How could this song NOT be on your list.
John Tate Several of Harry’s songs... Better Place to Be. Taxi. Etc.
Little brother - All for you. Very cathartic song for sons with problems with their father's.
The Living Years by Mike + The Mechanics gets me. It makes me think of my Dad. I could count on one hand how many times he told me he loved me. Growing up, he often called me stupid. I think he told me he was proud of me two times. We had a very strained relationship.
Were doing something stupid. When he called you stupid?
I am sorry that you had to go through that. I know a lot of people, now that I am middle-aged, who are still trying to overcome something negative from their childhood that has affected their entire life.
@@rpierce3336 Well, that is a stupid question, I hope you are not a father or mother, because if you are able to accept that it is okay to call "stupid" to a child, most likely you will do it with your children, I hope you don't have children yet and that you never have them, you will ruin his life if you do it.
he was a jerk...you learned a valuable lesson...you can & will do better...just TRY!
@@rpierce3336 It was usually when he was helping me with math homework.
The top 10 most tearjerking songs in my opinion:
10. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
9. Writing’s on the Wall (Sam Smith)
8. Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone (Cinderella)
7. Everything I Ever Thought I Knew (Zachary Levi)
6. Who Wants to Live Forever (Queen)
5.
4. Nothing Compares to You (Sinead O’Connor)
3. Father and Son (Cat Stevens)
2. Carrie (Europe)
1. I’ll Never Love Again (Lady Gaga)
In reality, there are thousands of songs that could make this list.
The list would pretty much never end.
Because we are mostly powered by sadness
@@xgreenapplex Maulinda, that's a depressing thought. Probably true, but still depressing.
True that!
It's always different, for different people
Mr Krabs - worlds smallest violin
you got me with this jokexD
+eric “Blox” harper funny :)
Ha
hahaha yeah!
ja true smallerst violin
“Father and Son” by Cat Stevens gets me every time. It’s just such a beautiful song
It’s sad that it’s such an old song and nothing has changed
Should be here.
I thought it was called “Cat and the Cradle” all these years!
@@stardustmelody2709 me too
@@stardustmelody2709 you're confused. Cat Stevens did "Father and Son". "Cats in the cradle" was a song, similar topic, by Harry Chapin. Not too lazy are you?
My wife passed on 12.30.03. In 04 100 Years was played alot as it was a new song. Now when I hear it my subconscious can't deal with it. What a beautiful song it is . She only had 44.74 years.
About 15 years ago, I was working at Tower Records. One day, a label rep got staffers and I into a room with a VCR and produced a promo tape.
We were among the first to see the video for "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. I knew Trent Reznor's version, but Johnny owned it and it's his song.
Knowing how huge Cash is in his influence and seeing him so frail near death was too much. I lost and broke down crying right there. Everyone had a similar reaction.
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I'm a huge cash fan and he done the song Justice... but NIN owns it and no one can come close
its not cash's song, its 9 inch nails song, cash covered it
Brynden Rivers junky pride?
Brynden Rivers I don't care what you have a 'PhD in. Letting oneself become a 'junky' is having no self control, disrespect for the body, and total disregard for the consequences.
Worked there too...
Gary come home - Spongebob
Yes.
SI!
+Lane Girl Ja!
Same though
I cried for a solid 39.48 hours when I heard that song.
You can hear the pain in the song Tears in Heaven. I couldn't imagine the pain he went through.
If you want to hear pain in someones heart. Listen to Alyssa Lies
Elvis presley gospel
Elvis presley gospels
OMG it's heartbreaking
Alyssa Lies was about a little girl he knew and very touching, But Tears in Heaven is about his own son.
One of my all-time favorites would be" He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" by The Hollies.
more than 22 million people came here to either satisfy their boredom or to cry let's all admit it
Ashley Samimi that's what I thought too. a lot of depressed people out there
boredom yeah hahaha
boredom and curiosity about the songs they chose
I came here to gain knowledge about songs that probably would make me cry, but I end up not crying at all, just a few nostalgic memories in some of these songs... :T
Ashley Samimi 1-
"Sound of Silence" is greatly emotional, but I think "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" is more so.
That was my thought exactly when I heard this list.
The boxer makes me allways cry
Bright eyes even more so
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl"- I cry everytime I hear this line.
Luv this song!!😭💞
Why?
@@BobYourHeadMusic that line makes me tear up too, so for me it's a line about two people who are connected, yet distant. Swimming in a fish bowl, close enough to touch, but not touching. Not connecting. Then when taken with the next line "year after year", this loneliness, this emptiness, has been going on for a very long time..
My best friend Larry love this song. Reminds us of our careers at the USPS, Comparing our office to a whole oceanarium full of lost souls swimming in their own personal fish bowls, year after depressing year.
My buddy Larry and I can relate to this line. Enough lost souls out there, swimming in their fishbowls, to fill up an Oceanarium.
"The Show Must Go On" by Queen is a powerful sad song too
At least half of Queen's songs are tear bait.
I love that song
Don't Try So Hard is sadder.
Love of my life better
"These Are The Days Of Our Lives" is the one that gets me. Freddie was dying but he wasn't sad.
“Go rest high on that mountain” by Vince Gill, makes me cry
My son died almost 10 years ago. Tears in Heaven is the one for me. :(
I'm so sorry. Losing a child is the worst thing. What music did he like?
Sorry for your loss. My father was a huge Eric Clapton fan. So am I. I feel your pain.
@@AL-wl1ut .
I can say in all veracity,humility,and sincerity before God; I wish it had been me instead of your beloved son.God bless you!
I would like your comment but it’s at 69 likes
Ill be right behind you, Josephine - Josh Woodward. Makes me cry every time
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
It makes me feel hella nostalgic not that sad tho
I've thought the same. It also gave a poetic pause to Robin Williams' character in "Good Morning, Vietnam" when he started to see the horrors of the war.
I find it uplifting not sad.
That would be bittersweet.
When I think about the brutality, the pain, the humiliation, the indignity, and the oppression that black people have gone through in the past 100 years, and then you hear this song sung by a black man, it just breaks me up every time.
>List of sad songs
>Ranks/picks them partially based off chart success
That’s...not how these lists normally work
Ikr! So many great songs are there which don't make the charts because of unpopularity. It's simply biased in favour of flourished bands.
Tears in Heaven always makes me cry. The context of the song is so sad. I just cry all the time when I hear it. His poor son.
Mad World - Gary Jules. This cover, originally by Tears for Fears, strips the song down to a somber piano accompanied by haunting vocals. Once you've heard it you'll never forget it.
John Roll all around me are familiar faces
Just listening to that, and decided to look up other sad songs. I expected Whitey Ford sings the blues, you know Everlast Walk a mile in his shoes
This is on here right
The cover sucks!! Song for millinials who never grew up with the original. I grew up with the original and the 1st time I heard Gary Jules version is said what a shitty cover!
@@omgwtflmaololrotfl2368 lmfao nice attempt at an insult but im GenX. The 80s new wave crap the first one was set to in no way fit the subject. Your opinion here is invalid.
Another song that should've been on this video is "These Are The Days of Our Lives" by Queen. Makes me cry just thinking about it.
Freddie mercury, “These are the days of our lives, “ is a top for me
Agreed and mother love.
Its the last song he made before his passing in 1991
and Who Wants To Live Forever
That's what I was thinking too. And the song Bijou.
Or who "wants to live forever"
My nomination ( that is missing from this list 🙄 ) is Tony Baxton's "Un-Break My Heart"
“One More Light” by Linkin Park always makes me cry, listening to Chester singing about caring about people passing away especially given he was struggling so badly with his mental health
You said it!👏👏👏👏👏
He eventually dedicated to Chris Cornell😥😥
Every Linkin Park song ever
I prefer waiting for the end
That was specifically for chris
Tears in Heaven never fails to make me cry. It was played in my friend’s funeral. She was too young :((
Sorry to hear that.
Sorry for your loss :(