What's the saddest song you have ever heard?

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Concrete Angel makes me cry every time. It's by Martina McBride.

what about "the green fields of france" by the furries. much like motorheads track 1916 its about ww1 or bing crosbys track "you are my sunshine" this one in the same vain as pearl jams "black"

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I can think of many sad songs that will fit into "saddest song I ever heard" category, so I will pick one - Superstar by The Carpenters.

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One of the saddest songs I have ever heard is "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks.

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Moonlight In Vermont

Most material from Joy Division’s two full lengths (Ian Curtis would kill himself shortly after the release of “Closer”)

Tomb of.. – The Rotting Break demo

Katatonia – Dance of December Souls (especially “Gateways of Bereavement” and “Without God”)

Most songs off My Dying Bride’s “Turn Loose the Swans” album, especially “Your River” and “Sear Me MXCM III”

My Dying Bride’s “The Angel and the Dark River”, particularly “Two Winters Only”

Sigur Ros – tracks 3 and 4 off of “( )”

All of Mournful Congregation’s “The Monad of Creation” album

Agalloch “A Desolation Song”

Type O Negative “World Coming Down”, particularly “Everything Dies” and “White Slavery”

Type O Negative “Burnt Flowers Fallen” off of the “October Rust” album

Type O Negative “Idkymightyky (Gimme That)” off the “Life Is Killing Me” album

The Sisters of Mercy “Some Kind of Stranger” off of the “First And Last And Always” album

Nevermore “Forever” off of “Dreaming Neon Black”

Nine Inch Nails "Something I Can Never Have" off of "Pretty Hate Machine

All I can think of for now..

There is only one song that can consistently make me cry and it makes no sense whatever. It's Feel Good Inc. by the Gorillaz. It isn't a sad song. I have no clue why it makes me cry. But it does, every single time.

I've heard a lot of sad songs.

"Something I Can Never Have," by Nine Inch Nails, was the theme song for my quest to be normal and fit in as a young adult. Pretty damn sad.

"Could've Been," by Tiffany, and "If You Don't Know Me By Now," by some forgotten artist, were notable "schmultzy love songs" that I couldn't blame my dad for refusing to listen to back in the '80s.

I'd have to split the prize, though, between Kris Kristofferson's rendition of "For The Good Times," George Jones's rendition of "Our Bed of Roses," and this Christmas song I heard once only, where Mary, as a new mother, is watching over Jesus asleep in the manger and talking to God, with full and complete knowledge of what his life is going to be (no, it is NOT "Mary Did You Know?"). My son was an infant at that time; I already had suspicious about his neurotype and I actually had to pull the car over, curl up on the seat, and sob hysterically for half an hour.

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'Can't Take Me Home' is generally considered to be Pink's weakest album, as it was made when the direction, style, and lyrics of her music were mostly under control of the management at LaFace Records. But 'Stop Falling' off that album gets to me:

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