Top 10 Songs That Will Make You Cry

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  • Sometimes, a song can give us goose bumps, but then it can go one step further! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 songs that will make you cry. Check us out at / watchmojo and / watchmojo
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  • @chadschroeder9936
    @chadschroeder9936 4 роки тому +5943

    What makes me cry is how much she talks during these excellent songs.

    • @anthonykazi543
      @anthonykazi543 4 роки тому +60

      Lolll

    • @Leadeshipcoach
      @Leadeshipcoach 4 роки тому +40

      🤣🤣

    • @sandahlbloom9507
      @sandahlbloom9507 4 роки тому +61

      Agreed!!

    • @missbhavin4philly
      @missbhavin4philly 4 роки тому +31

      Lol

    • @TrllyToys
      @TrllyToys 4 роки тому +90

      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.

  • @christreanor6637
    @christreanor6637 7 років тому +1244

    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!

    • @Jack_Bag
      @Jack_Bag 7 років тому +14

      Chris Treanor my dad died in 2010 right before I turned 6

    • @christreanor6637
      @christreanor6637 7 років тому +23

      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.

    • @RobbyGAMEZ
      @RobbyGAMEZ 7 років тому +11

      Chris Treanor that song destroys me

    • @gh2002gh
      @gh2002gh 7 років тому +6

      Sorry that happened kiddo.

    • @supercoolcowslideshows4112
      @supercoolcowslideshows4112 7 років тому +4

      Chris Treanor that's sad:'(

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Рік тому +209

    You can just feel Eric's deep hurt and pain he feels when he sings "Tears in Heaven". What a meaningful song.

    • @harold3165
      @harold3165 Рік тому

      Yeh but he's a racist piece of shit

    • @datonabikers4107
      @datonabikers4107 10 місяців тому +8

      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. :((

    • @corabernal6432
      @corabernal6432 9 місяців тому +4

      Just hearing it makes me tear up 😞

    • @izzytoons
      @izzytoons 5 місяців тому +2

      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.

    • @kathyclark2829
      @kathyclark2829 Місяць тому

      I know, his poor child falling to his death was so devastating.

  • @johnpoulos-pc2gi
    @johnpoulos-pc2gi 6 місяців тому +43

    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

    • @NERSkate
      @NERSkate 2 місяці тому +1

      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.

  • @draken4133
    @draken4133 2 роки тому +1699

    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 .

    • @DJ7mph
      @DJ7mph 2 роки тому +42

      You nailed it. I think everyone’s top 10 would be different.

    • @flooland16
      @flooland16 2 роки тому +2

      Don't die Draken, Ily

    • @kelvinjacobs8671
      @kelvinjacobs8671 2 роки тому +19

      Right on 👍🏽.... It also takes you back to a special place and time in your past ...

    • @prestonnyoni8168
      @prestonnyoni8168 2 роки тому +2

      Snyder cut and the watchmen

    • @drx5226
      @drx5226 2 роки тому +1

      Nerf miner

  • @linocortes4172
    @linocortes4172 7 років тому +192

    Sarah McLachlin In the Arms of an Angel. Cannot. Listen. Without. Crying.

    • @elfgurl3019
      @elfgurl3019 7 років тому +16

      lino cortes I have to turn off the tv every time that SPCA commercial comes on! Can't do it!

    • @jaderjader7071
      @jaderjader7071 7 років тому +1

      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 😭😭😭😭

    • @craigauclair4026
      @craigauclair4026 3 роки тому

      Yes. Can't even listen to it anymore without wanting to bawl.
      Miss you, my sweet angel, Beatrice. 🐱😭

    • @Ophiane
      @Ophiane 3 роки тому +3

      Also Iris by the goo goo dolls

    • @iwatchtrashtv213
      @iwatchtrashtv213 3 роки тому +1

      Them poor animals 🥲

  • @Scorpion-Gamer82
    @Scorpion-Gamer82 Рік тому +53

    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. 💔

    • @kellyfalletta1949
      @kellyfalletta1949 Рік тому +5

      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.

    • @Scorpion-Gamer82
      @Scorpion-Gamer82 Рік тому +1

      @@kellyfalletta1949 Thank you.

    • @tracieramson9151
      @tracieramson9151 Рік тому +3

      he misses you too and you'll see his spirit energy all around you watching over you...just close your eyes and listen

    • @Scorpion-Gamer82
      @Scorpion-Gamer82 Рік тому +1

      @@tracieramson9151 Thank you.

    • @juneweeks4958
      @juneweeks4958 Рік тому

      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...

  • @ducky1480
    @ducky1480 Рік тому +43

    the living years always makes me break down,because my mom died suddenly when i was 18 and we had never been close so it hit me extra hard. i had to go through therapy just to come to terms with the amount of regret i have about my mother

    • @doreenkaamariza4991
      @doreenkaamariza4991 Рік тому

      Me too 😥. I'm sorry for your loss

    • @robindew9072
      @robindew9072 Рік тому

      This song will definitely bring sad feelings and make you cry

    • @vinny8754
      @vinny8754 Рік тому +1

      damn thats rough! dont let regret beat the life outta you cuz it will if you'll let it, remember NOBODY is perfect, we've all made mistakes and have regrets.....gotta be able to look in the mirror and forgive that person first, and im really REALLY sorry for your loss🙏

    • @St.Linguini_of_Pesto
      @St.Linguini_of_Pesto Рік тому +1

      💖💖💖 big hug to you

    • @tracieramson9151
      @tracieramson9151 Рік тому

      I'm sorry for you ducky..I've lost a few family members in the past 3 yrs

  • @Bobavakian42069
    @Bobavakian42069 9 років тому +8698

    Anaconda made me cry, I was just so disappointed in humanity.

    • @mirariri98
      @mirariri98 9 років тому +105

      Lol, I don't blame you, thts hw I felt...

    • @mirariri98
      @mirariri98 9 років тому +11

      Yeah,,,yass

    • @itsyerb0i
      @itsyerb0i 8 років тому +9

      Serena Suni I feel ya bro

    • @benjierooster
      @benjierooster 8 років тому +9

      Serena Suni couldn't agree more :)

    • @1nfinite3nd
      @1nfinite3nd 8 років тому +5

      Serena Suni lollllllll

  • @blainesteele8973
    @blainesteele8973 8 років тому +5468

    Hurt by Johnny Cash is nearly impossible to listen to without rethinking your life.

    • @nessawawiorko2589
      @nessawawiorko2589 8 років тому +109

      100% agree.

    • @Grayfoxhound
      @Grayfoxhound 8 років тому +92

      +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.

    • @Martroop
      @Martroop 8 років тому +8

      true story

    • @Martroop
      @Martroop 8 років тому +35

      The lyrics are so fucking sad

    • @glitterdoom
      @glitterdoom 8 років тому +19

      +Blaine Steele YES. holy shit, my thoughts exactly. Like seriously I'm a bit stupidly excited over reading this comment.

  • @russellrobinson4888
    @russellrobinson4888 Рік тому +70

    Living Years was a hit in 1988 when my old man passed away. In 2022, it still has the capacity to reduce me to tears every time I hear it.

    • @TheNormbrad
      @TheNormbrad Рік тому +2

      I know how you feel brother!!!
      But sometimes tears are good.
      Keep well.

  • @aline1416
    @aline1416 Рік тому +52

    Foreigner’s I Wanna Know What Love Is is one of the most emotional and sad song. Always moves me when I hear it

    • @floweryalien001
      @floweryalien001 Рік тому +3

      Yess God people on the comments got good music taste

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy 3 місяці тому

      Pffft 😂

  • @ralphbernhard1757
    @ralphbernhard1757 7 років тому +2618

    I might be crying.....but the sobs keep getting interrupted by the commentary....honestly....

    • @amokachi31
      @amokachi31 7 років тому +32

      that was the same thing I would write in other words. thx your comment was at the top.

    • @merrittolsen
      @merrittolsen 7 років тому +49

      You nailed it. This girl needs to shut up with the commentary..

    • @derekdonahue2435
      @derekdonahue2435 7 років тому +16

      Ralph Bernhard yes the commentator needed to stfu

    • @diamondemerald258
      @diamondemerald258 7 років тому +15

      Unreal KentMurphy well i mean you could watch another channel or just search the songs yourselves

    • @amokachi31
      @amokachi31 7 років тому +5

      DiamondEmerald
      but he is still right.

  • @dmatthews7423
    @dmatthews7423 3 роки тому +852

    The saddest songs are those that get interrupted by commercials ;_;

    • @andycast_com
      @andycast_com 3 роки тому +10

      OR... just sayin'... you get an adblocker and never shed a tear...

    • @dmatthews7423
      @dmatthews7423 3 роки тому +6

      @@andycast_com I don't want to take from the experience. Life is about highs and lows.

    • @jamesleodelacruz
      @jamesleodelacruz 3 роки тому +5

      This is why we have Spotify premium

    • @neptunecat914
      @neptunecat914 3 роки тому +5

      Well the first one IS from a macaroni and cheese commercial

    • @donnalawrence9054
      @donnalawrence9054 3 роки тому +3

      Then ya get it on You tube and cry

  • @AruthaGiannis
    @AruthaGiannis 11 місяців тому +47

    "Does any man know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours" - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" Gordon Lightfoot
    Gives me goosebumps every time

    • @SaintPhoenixx
      @SaintPhoenixx 11 місяців тому +6

      Bit that always makes it real for me is:
      When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin',
      "Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya",
      At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said,
      "Fellas, it's been good to know ya".
      It humanises the victims in a way that just talking about the number of deaths doesn't. It's probably not what they actually said in the real tragedy, but it's a great lyric. The captain going down with his ship and his men, just accepting their fate with one last show of gratitude.

    • @GM-vf7px
      @GM-vf7px 6 місяців тому +3

      Gordon brings this Tragedy and Sadness and the Savagery of Lake Superior(Gitchie Goomy) to life in an almost Religious way in this anthem and Highlight's solemnly the lives lost of these sailors and how important and truly loved they were by their families and friends and the listeners to this poignant tale.

    • @darcyjane8031
      @darcyjane8031 4 місяці тому

      TOTALLY. When He died. The Mariners Church tolled the Bells 30 times. Fitting. That song ..its in a class by itself.

  • @lisamor3
    @lisamor3 Рік тому +28

    The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother always makes me cry. Probably because it was used in an addiction commercial when I was young. I agree with #1, so heartbreakingly tragic.

    • @ginalin7115
      @ginalin7115 11 місяців тому +2

      "He ain't heavy" always brings the tears for me.

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy 3 місяці тому

      Oh yeah

    • @user-dk6sy4cm8i
      @user-dk6sy4cm8i 2 місяці тому

      😢😢😢😢

  • @aculady1
    @aculady1 3 роки тому +337

    When Clapton's son died my ex-husband said, "He's going to write some amazing song because of this". He was definitely right!

    • @Kerrviii
      @Kerrviii 3 роки тому +14

      My dad played this at my moms funeral when I was 9.

    • @drayyoutube5843
      @drayyoutube5843 3 роки тому +13

      Teresa Fontaine OMG you lost your mom that young. So sorry! :(

    • @chrislong3938
      @chrislong3938 3 роки тому +2

      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!!

    • @drayyoutube5843
      @drayyoutube5843 3 роки тому +17

      Chris Long OMG that was rude!

    • @jamesbraun9842
      @jamesbraun9842 3 роки тому +8

      @@chrislong3938 Hurt much?

  • @andreschreiber9974
    @andreschreiber9974 7 років тому +299

    "I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel..." what a opening line!

    • @killerkite333
      @killerkite333 7 років тому +15

      One proof that Trent is a genius songwriter!

    • @aryana2445
      @aryana2445 7 років тому +1

      Johnny Cash..... Really? 😑

    • @Serene80
      @Serene80 7 років тому +2

      And then you watch the video and see all the then and now imagery and... wow.

    • @pami333
      @pami333 7 років тому +8

      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..

    • @duhimonduhnet
      @duhimonduhnet 7 років тому

      PA MI nin were not the originals of hurt....jeez.

  • @lynneanthony168
    @lynneanthony168 Рік тому +17

    "Yesterday, when I was young".....you reach a certain age and this song says it all.

  • @2510katjo
    @2510katjo 2 місяці тому +3

    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.

  • @MrMcClean13
    @MrMcClean13 7 років тому +7505

    #1: Gary Come Home-SpongeBob SquarePants

  • @rsg5850
    @rsg5850 7 років тому +651

    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

  • @mikedennis1023
    @mikedennis1023 Рік тому +7

    BREAD - "Everything I Own"......If you don't cry listening to this masterpiece then you're not human.

  • @lisaparker271
    @lisaparker271 10 місяців тому +6

    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.

  • @joannedecurtis3511
    @joannedecurtis3511 5 років тому +321

    My little cousin died 11 months ago of pneumonia. He was 13 months old. Tears in Heaven does it for me. God Bless Lucas.

    • @michellepauling5257
      @michellepauling5257 5 років тому +12

      I'm so so sorry. I really hope there's a heaven. If so, he is there.

    • @Bowser14456
      @Bowser14456 5 років тому +5

      I'm sorry for your loss 😞😭

    • @J00SE
      @J00SE 5 років тому +3

      Praying for you.

    • @jordanturk305
      @jordanturk305 5 років тому +2

      I never met him but I bet he was a great little guy

    • @correlis
      @correlis 5 років тому +3

      Sending love and hugs

  • @bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594
    @bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594 3 роки тому +428

    “I hurt myself today
    To see if I still feel”
    Is all I need to hear before I start tearing up.

    • @Delta-hk3nh
      @Delta-hk3nh 3 роки тому +4

      so true

    • @kroakie4
      @kroakie4 3 роки тому +18

      That song makes me cry when sung by Johnny Cash.

    • @dustanjones5412
      @dustanjones5412 3 роки тому +7

      That song is about being a herion addict and is very sad

    • @colewilson673
      @colewilson673 3 роки тому +6

      The needle tears a hole
      The old familiar pain

    • @sleepytime903
      @sleepytime903 3 роки тому

      same dawg

  • @BellaDJ63
    @BellaDJ63 3 місяці тому +4

    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.😌

    • @Beverly44high
      @Beverly44high 3 місяці тому +1

      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.

  • @jayjanzee9059
    @jayjanzee9059 Рік тому +6

    Tears in Heaven is definitely a tearjerker for sure. I imagine my late sister who died over 41 years ago at only 2 months old from SIDS 09/27/1981-12/0?/1981. The saddest part is I never met her because I was the last born. Only my oldest sister, b. 1980, was able to see her. There's only 4 of us now
    I try to imagine how she would look today, who would she be closest with out of all of us. I ask my mother questions about her physical appearance so I could draw her. "Would you know my name" is so true, because I wonder if she would know me. Gosh, I know I will meet her one day as her baby sister. RIP Jotonel Sharee Shaw 🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @Zoritos64
    @Zoritos64 8 років тому +414

    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.

    • @Ash_Hudson
      @Ash_Hudson 8 років тому +3

      Even though it's a cover

    • @Zoritos64
      @Zoritos64 8 років тому +4

      +Ash Hudson Yeah?

    • @Ash_Hudson
      @Ash_Hudson 8 років тому +4

      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

    • @Zoritos64
      @Zoritos64 8 років тому +22

      Ash Hudson I know, I said it was a cover several times. I'm very aware. Johnny Cash did many covers.

    • @TheGlennslattery
      @TheGlennslattery 8 років тому +9

      +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

  • @thejesteramongfools
    @thejesteramongfools 3 роки тому +212

    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.

    • @devon596
      @devon596 3 роки тому +9

      As a son whose father is no longer in his life, it's the hardest song for me to hear and not cry.

    • @leeeverett8497
      @leeeverett8497 3 роки тому +3

      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.

    • @devon596
      @devon596 3 роки тому +13

      @@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.

    • @JZGreengo
      @JZGreengo 3 роки тому

      @@devon596 fuck our dads bro, never let him back in your life, fuck him

    • @thejesteramongfools
      @thejesteramongfools 3 роки тому +4

      @@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.

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Рік тому +13

    Candle in the wind for sure. Makes you think of who we've lost in our lives

  • @kathycochran544
    @kathycochran544 Рік тому +53

    My favorite is Everybody Hurts ❤ Thanks for list

    • @calikins2004
      @calikins2004 Рік тому

      Remembering the first time I saw REM perform that song, as I was swaying arm & arm with my friend Jennifer as I choked down my tears. Today, it means just as much, if not more, as it applies to me personally.

    • @georgemelvin588
      @georgemelvin588 Рік тому

      @@calikins2004 smiles, hi Calkins

    • @DJK-cq2uy
      @DJK-cq2uy 3 місяці тому

      Wow

  • @wulfmechanic6979
    @wulfmechanic6979 3 роки тому +434

    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.

    • @emmalagocki8181
      @emmalagocki8181 3 роки тому +17

      My grandpa who raised like one of his own passed away at 16 we bonded over Pink Floyd especially this song

    • @maryhoughten9141
      @maryhoughten9141 3 роки тому +13

      Pink Floyd will always have a special spot in my heart

    • @Sacarat
      @Sacarat 3 роки тому +6

      I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine how much harder your life must have been having that happen to you.

    • @mainieri1059
      @mainieri1059 3 роки тому +8

      i also lost my dad this year, he was a pink floyd fan. i'm sorry for your loss

    • @samanthasims7123
      @samanthasims7123 3 роки тому +5

      Pink floyd another brick in the wall will always get me in my feelings it was my father song

  • @TruckerTom309
    @TruckerTom309 4 роки тому +147

    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.

    • @greyerbaby3323
      @greyerbaby3323 4 роки тому +12

      I’m so happy you didn’t quit. You give me hope.

    • @doomslayer163
      @doomslayer163 4 роки тому +5

      That is such a fantastic song. Music can be a very powerful thing, if you allow it to be..

    • @CymInUA
      @CymInUA 4 роки тому +4

      I'm with you, brother.

    • @stoots1000
      @stoots1000 4 роки тому +4

      I'm glad you didnt do it.
      Thank you for being here.

    • @anonymousperson3023
      @anonymousperson3023 4 роки тому +1

      Lol. Nice try to get likes. If a song can stop you from ending your life, you weren't depressed to begin with.

  • @robertlester7246
    @robertlester7246 Рік тому +2

    Has anybody tried get in touch with a loved one, but there is someone who always gets in the way? Sylvia's Mother will bring tears to my eyes.

  • @barbarascatron9687
    @barbarascatron9687 Рік тому +55

    I teared up immediately on hearing the first strands of Tears in Heaven.

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official Рік тому +1

      It feels like I fell into an ocean of emotion when I listened to that.

    • @ericsmith8708
      @ericsmith8708 Рік тому +1

      Yes. So emotional cool. How are you Barbara ?

    • @robindew9072
      @robindew9072 Рік тому +3

      Such a sad song. Such a tear jerker every time I hear it

    • @ch1ckmom217
      @ch1ckmom217 Рік тому

      Tears in Heaven is just such a sad song, even if it doesn't remind you of anyone. Just knowing the reason behind the song is what makes it super sad, even after all these years.

  • @soggypotato4828
    @soggypotato4828 7 років тому +695

    more than 22 million people came here to either satisfy their boredom or to cry let's all admit it

    • @davethepondguy9533
      @davethepondguy9533 7 років тому +1

      Ashley Samimi that's what I thought too. a lot of depressed people out there

    • @chriselhutalla2629
      @chriselhutalla2629 7 років тому

      boredom yeah hahaha

    • @linetterodriguez9264
      @linetterodriguez9264 7 років тому +5

      boredom and curiosity about the songs they chose

    • @user-wy6oq6pi8y
      @user-wy6oq6pi8y 7 років тому +2

      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

    • @maryellenmontague2595
      @maryellenmontague2595 7 років тому

      Ashley Samimi 1-

  • @arthurwright8827
    @arthurwright8827 2 роки тому +366

    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.

    • @kittycat1302
      @kittycat1302 2 роки тому +8

      I was thinking about that song, too. It is very sad especially since it is a true story.

    • @kittycat1302
      @kittycat1302 2 роки тому +4

      And that made me think about the song at the end of Titanic, “My Heart Will Go On?”

    • @tinamcbride177
      @tinamcbride177 2 роки тому

      Arthur Wright..when did you serve?

    • @arthurwright8827
      @arthurwright8827 2 роки тому +6

      @@tinamcbride177 1977-1987. 1980 to 85 was at sea aboard The USS Midway CV-41 & USS Ranger CV-61.

    • @tinamcbride177
      @tinamcbride177 2 роки тому +4

      @@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!

  • @stevielease7952
    @stevielease7952 3 місяці тому +4

    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.

    • @penknight8532
      @penknight8532 2 місяці тому

      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!

  • @tomcortis2624
    @tomcortis2624 8 місяців тому +2

    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

  • @spazzmaticus9086
    @spazzmaticus9086 3 роки тому +664

    Even though it's not a sad song, What a Wonderful World has a 100% chance to make me cry.

    • @VictorGreinvolfe48
      @VictorGreinvolfe48 3 роки тому +9

      Same man

    • @ZoolGatekeeper
      @ZoolGatekeeper 3 роки тому +10

      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.

    • @rodneyjordan6745
      @rodneyjordan6745 3 роки тому +13

      Will be played at my funeral.

    • @C._.a._.m._.
      @C._.a._.m._. 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah same

    • @steveleeart
      @steveleeart 3 роки тому +5

      Me too especially since it was last song my friend posted before she passed away 💔💔💔

  • @mimato
    @mimato 8 років тому +158

    'Hurt' will always be on my top list as a tear-jerking song.

    • @purplehumor22
      @purplehumor22 8 років тому +25

      Johny Cash Version though

    • @mimato
      @mimato 8 років тому +1

      Summer Bllob
      Yes!

    • @evilclownattack
      @evilclownattack 8 років тому +6

      +Summer Bllob I once played the NIN version for someone who was a huge fan of the Johnny Cash cover. He said the original was even sadder

    • @randomguy9580
      @randomguy9580 8 років тому

      Agree!

    • @jasonschuminski1819
      @jasonschuminski1819 8 років тому +5

      +evilclownattack I love both versions, but I do think Cash's was more sorrowful.

  • @JZJ7777
    @JZJ7777 Рік тому +37

    As a big A7X fan, hearing So Far Away made me cry. The expression on Matt’s face really got me, and the lyrics are definitely tear-jerking. Syn did a great job writing that song. I know that what they went through was incredibly difficult, losing their best friend. They honored Jimmy well.

    • @JZJ7777
      @JZJ7777 Рік тому +1

      @@aileen9553 this has nothing to do with Billy Murray. Did you read my comment?

  • @danminutsich7509
    @danminutsich7509 Рік тому +14

    I remember exactly where I was when Eric Clapton's son died. In fact, I was about 6 blocks away and never knew what was happening so close to where I was. Thinking about it still puts a huge pit in my stomach. Being a father myself, I still think about how terrifying that child's final moments must have been. Sure, it is a beautiful song, but I am certain that Clapton would not only give up that song, but his entire career, to have this tragedy never have happened.

    • @DaryMatera
      @DaryMatera 5 місяців тому

      Kid walked out an open unscreened window in a high rise.

    • @danminutsich7509
      @danminutsich7509 5 місяців тому

      @@DaryMatera Yes... As a father, it sent me into a rage of emotions. I was hurt, angry, I cried I even hyperventilated. I was overcome with grief for a child that was not mine. Because, as a parent, I knew the pain of this mother and father. It was just difficult for me to imagine. At the time, I was a young father. My kid was recently born and I was working hard in NY to support my kid. I could not imagine a horrific death like this for an adult, much less a child. It's funny, today, I hear about something like this, and I just go make coffee. Time has a way of hardening us to the tragedies that not only come, but are yet to come. I guess instances like this have made me hard. I still feel horrible, but I feel horrible much differently.

    • @maryloulauren8108
      @maryloulauren8108 4 місяці тому

      @@danminutsich7509 Life can become very difficult to bear. At times we need to armour ourselves so we can cope with the tragedies we’re experiencing. The pain is still there, yet we’re protected from feeling the depth of that pain, sometimes to even preserve our sanity.

    • @danminutsich7509
      @danminutsich7509 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@maryloulauren8108 Sure, but I would ask you....What protects us from the depth of pain? And, how does our sanity become preserved?
      And, as far as armoring ourselves from tragedies. I don't believe that is the right approach. I would say that taking this position can be double-edged.
      You see, I believe that sometimes, and certainly not at first, but pain can eventually become one of the highest expressions of love. An emotional sacrifice that grows with time. I believe that pain becomes a badge of honor that we not only learn to live with, but embrace. I also don't believe that pain is an enemy.
      The thing is, pain is something that we have been conditioned to fear, so we never embrace or accept it immediately. And, although unwelcome at first, I believe that pain eventually becomes a stranger that walks alongside us for the remainder of our days.
      Pain becomes a partner who we get used feeling, and maybe even come to rely on some day. However, mostly, I believe that accepting pain is the only way to truly let go. That's my 2-cents.

  • @laureenpimentel1128
    @laureenpimentel1128 3 роки тому +156

    “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😢💔💔

    • @aidennewell4034
      @aidennewell4034 2 роки тому +1

      Hello Laureen, How are you doing?

    • @cherrycain6425
      @cherrycain6425 2 роки тому +6

      I agree. The Greatest song ever written. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @cynthiataylor8271
      @cynthiataylor8271 2 роки тому +3

      Gets me too the best

    • @shanejones6146
      @shanejones6146 2 роки тому +3

      Thought I’d give it a listen. Hits right in the feels. You’re not wrong

    • @robp9746
      @robp9746 2 роки тому +2

      Yes!

  • @amandabg3782
    @amandabg3782 7 років тому +2120

    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

    • @markmccormick4354
      @markmccormick4354 7 років тому +68

      I honestly thought Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer was more sad than Sound of Silence

    • @peterels2786
      @peterels2786 7 років тому +16

      I'd go for Bright Eyes from Simon and Garfunkel before anything else from them.

    • @Kerbezena
      @Kerbezena 7 років тому +5

      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.

    • @kristinabowden4574
      @kristinabowden4574 7 років тому +7

      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?

    • @55zena
      @55zena 7 років тому +5

      AFI- Endlessly, she said, Bon Jovi -Always

  • @jacksonconley5117
    @jacksonconley5117 14 днів тому +1

    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)

  • @anejz1637
    @anejz1637 Рік тому +74

    One big song that is missing is My immortal by Evanescence

  • @leonkennedy1259
    @leonkennedy1259 7 років тому +192

    Gary Jules- Mad World needs to be on here! That song makes me cry everytime.

    • @nosuchthing8
      @nosuchthing8 7 років тому +5

      leonkennedy1259 yes!

    • @heyyeshyou
      @heyyeshyou 7 років тому +4

      leonkennedy1259 that truly is one of the most saddest songs out there.

    • @joaquimrodrigues3869
      @joaquimrodrigues3869 7 років тому +3

      leonkennedy1259 . I agree..

    • @edgarperez263
      @edgarperez263 7 років тому +1

      Definitely cried when it played at the end of Donnie Darko... and when Dom dies in Gears of War 3.

    • @cattouwu1924
      @cattouwu1924 7 років тому

      leonkennedy1259 yes!

  • @CynthiaKaley
    @CynthiaKaley 3 роки тому +208

    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

    • @runningwildinthecity
      @runningwildinthecity 3 роки тому +6

      This and you look wonderful tonight are his best ever. Unfortunately it’s sad at the same time.

    • @lilianelucas8123
      @lilianelucas8123 3 роки тому +1

      @@runningwildinthecity and layla

    • @blur_is_myworld6022
      @blur_is_myworld6022 3 роки тому +2

      Cocaine too.

    • @judyburton8923
      @judyburton8923 3 роки тому +2

      @@blur_is_myworld6022
      Eric made the song popular, actually written by JJ Cale.

    • @blur_is_myworld6022
      @blur_is_myworld6022 3 роки тому +1

      @@judyburton8923 I didn't know it was a cover, but thanks for the info btw.

  • @JoAnna-cv2yz
    @JoAnna-cv2yz 5 місяців тому +3

    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.

  • @SuperPlanetlove
    @SuperPlanetlove Рік тому +9

    Mad world by Gary Jules, At Last by Etta James, Yesterday When We Were Young by Dust Springfield, You Don’t Know What it’s Like to Love Somebody by Nina Simone or Janis Joplin

  • @urlaubthailand
    @urlaubthailand 3 роки тому +96

    Who wants to live forever from Queen is the most epic sad song.

  • @jessf7317
    @jessf7317 8 років тому +1672

    Gary come home - Spongebob

  • @jack_inconclusive
    @jack_inconclusive Рік тому +6

    I actually wrote my own version of Candle In The Wind for my Gran, who passed away in August 2022. I changed some but not all of the lyrics that relates to her.

  • @Metal_Guy-dy1wx
    @Metal_Guy-dy1wx Рік тому +34

    Linkin Park One More Light, gets me every time

  • @Lexicoley1826
    @Lexicoley1826 3 роки тому +113

    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. 💕

    • @PaulCaden
      @PaulCaden 3 роки тому +1

      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.

    • @ginamiller6754
      @ginamiller6754 3 роки тому +2

      It is so hard growing older because we lose our parents. No one prepares you for that!!

    • @Natalia_santino_antoinette
      @Natalia_santino_antoinette 3 роки тому +2

      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

    • @StevenVerd
      @StevenVerd 3 роки тому

      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. ;)

    • @makeitice40
      @makeitice40 3 роки тому +3

      @@PaulCaden are you that stupid?

  • @lamborger
    @lamborger 8 років тому +266

    Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" always makes me sad.

    • @blumentopf190380
      @blumentopf190380 8 років тому +2

      +bob loblaw wow thanks for that one. havent known it before.

    • @tabithathewholistic
      @tabithathewholistic 8 років тому +2

      Definitely, Bob!!

    • @wangson
      @wangson 8 років тому +1

      +bob loblaw the pogues have a lot of tear jerking tunes, particularly "waltzing matilda".

    •  5 років тому +1

      Ugh, yes!! I love you for reminding me of this one. I can't get through it without breaking down.

    • @stephenmiller2337
      @stephenmiller2337 5 років тому +3

      I legit cried when they played it in the horrible Jack Frost movie lol!

  • @annetterose8948
    @annetterose8948 Рік тому +105

    The sound of silence covered by Disturbed is chilling.

    • @cosmicvixxonalice6795
      @cosmicvixxonalice6795 Рік тому +3

      There's a UA-cam of it on repeat for an hour. Someone commented that they had no idea how much they needed it until they had it.

    • @shelamojo
      @shelamojo Рік тому

      Bobaflex covered it before Disturbed. Their cover is my favorite

    • @krisski6453
      @krisski6453 8 місяців тому

      ​@@cosmicvixxonalice6795Do you know where that hour long one is?

    • @segura2112
      @segura2112 7 місяців тому +1

      @annetterose8948 For me it's not chilling, just powerful.

    • @SharonMcClenaghan
      @SharonMcClenaghan 5 місяців тому

  • @michaelwillis6623
    @michaelwillis6623 Рік тому +10

    George Strait Baby Blue always bring tears to my eyes.

  • @cdsnider9496
    @cdsnider9496 5 років тому +3061

    Every song released today makes me cry

    • @vicovendale6955
      @vicovendale6955 5 років тому +65

      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.

    • @cdsnider9496
      @cdsnider9496 5 років тому +30

      @@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.

    • @brianna5381
      @brianna5381 5 років тому

      CD Snider look up hold the light if wild land fire fighting is ur thing

    • @676bun
      @676bun 5 років тому +7

      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.

    • @ZPD-doo-DAH
      @ZPD-doo-DAH 5 років тому +7

      Good one.

  • @eldong5250
    @eldong5250 8 років тому +118

    I recommend that everybody listen to the recording of Wild Horses. No idea why they chose that live version of all things.

    • @timothylee1771
      @timothylee1771 8 років тому +8

      +James Bond Really, whatever that live version is, it is completely devoid of the emotion of the studio version.

    • @lilniggabrom388
      @lilniggabrom388 8 років тому

      falling in reverse profile pic?

    • @eldong5250
      @eldong5250 8 років тому +1

      Jonatan Aasen Well this is awkward.... it's the Rolling Stones. Unless you were kidding

    • @corybob7915
      @corybob7915 8 років тому +1

      +James Bond i am a huge stones fan but i think seeing him all old just having a good time on stage is much more of a experience than just listing to it from the studio

    • @MiTmite9
      @MiTmite9 8 років тому +3

      +James Bond Completely agree. Sorry Mick, but singing this live was not your finest performance------by far.

  • @vancewesterberg4509
    @vancewesterberg4509 Рік тому +3

    The Baby by Blake Shelton gets me every time especially since I just recently lost my Mom. But there are so many songs that can start the tears flowing. All 10 of these songs are definitely going to affect your emotions.

  • @vivchawda
    @vivchawda Рік тому +2

    Wild Horses
    Sound of silence
    Wish you were here
    One sweet day
    The living years
    Candle in the wind
    Hallelujah
    Everybody hurts
    Hurt
    Tears in heaven

  • @PaddyMcMe
    @PaddyMcMe 6 років тому +145

    'Everyone I know, goes away, in the end.'
    That's as universal a sentiment as possible.

  • @vergil666dante8
    @vergil666dante8 6 років тому +224

    Father and son by Cat Stevens anyone?? No, just me.

    • @SpiralSine6
      @SpiralSine6 6 років тому +8

      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.

    • @catavillam
      @catavillam 6 років тому +6

      That song breaks my heart every time....makes me burst into tears!

    • @jovanodion2892
      @jovanodion2892 6 років тому +1

      Dirk Tolenaars are you here from gotg vol 2

    • @vergil666dante8
      @vergil666dante8 6 років тому

      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.

    • @VeroTunisiano
      @VeroTunisiano 6 років тому

      Dirk Tolenaars whenever i need a lonely cry i play it

  • @kynyockscleiyn
    @kynyockscleiyn 8 місяців тому +3

    I will always love you Whitney Houston....❤

  • @Delphy35z
    @Delphy35z Місяць тому

    Tears in heaven wins for me too. I lost my dad just a weeks ago and our oldest cat last week. So currently in that very emotional spot again but only that song actually made me cry.
    Hallelujah is a song by anyone that always brings tears to my eyes and I refused to let it be played at my mom's funeral because I was already so emotional over it.

  • @84tms
    @84tms 6 років тому +172

    You can hear the pain in the song Tears in Heaven. I couldn't imagine the pain he went through.

    • @shawnsenn2581
      @shawnsenn2581 6 років тому +3

      If you want to hear pain in someones heart. Listen to Alyssa Lies

    • @patriciahammett9294
      @patriciahammett9294 6 років тому +2

      Elvis presley gospel

    • @patriciahammett9294
      @patriciahammett9294 6 років тому +2

      Elvis presley gospels

    • @raffaellacolomo7669
      @raffaellacolomo7669 6 років тому +1

      OMG it's heartbreaking

    • @toddlyon7501
      @toddlyon7501 6 років тому +1

      Alyssa Lies was about a little girl he knew and very touching, But Tears in Heaven is about his own son.

  • @ericaglas3199
    @ericaglas3199 3 роки тому +241

    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.

    • @MoniMoniDeMonika
      @MoniMoniDeMonika 2 роки тому +7

      Me too. Wonderful song, makes me cry but I love it.

    • @climberbob1
      @climberbob1 2 роки тому +7

      "Daniel" by Elton John has always reminded me of my died much too soon older brother.

    • @scamp1527
      @scamp1527 2 роки тому +4

      I agree, McLean should be on any "sad" list, all his songs are so blue.

    • @alyzu4755
      @alyzu4755 2 роки тому

      Yup. Every time. Makes me think of my uncle.

    • @dawnemerson3604
      @dawnemerson3604 2 роки тому

      Beautiful

  • @slaprakshas
    @slaprakshas Рік тому +19

    These are the songs that always make me cry...
    1. Wilco - A Shot in the Arm
    2. Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
    3. Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
    4. Nick Drake - Parasite
    5. Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine
    6. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
    7. Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere and It's Now
    8. The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
    9. Flaming Lips - Do You Realize
    10. Bon Iver - Blindsided

    • @AnahataMaryjane
      @AnahataMaryjane Рік тому +1

      5. "Casimir pulaski day" makes me cry just for the storytelling. i made people listen to it and would sit there like a panting dog waiting for them to start crying. my mom thought i was so weird!! she didn't cry at the end of six feet under either, cold biatch!
      9. "Do you realize", the first day of my first exstistential crisis. thanks flaming lips.

    • @sydbarrettpsychedelicforever
      @sydbarrettpsychedelicforever Рік тому +1

      Jeff buckley is goat lilac wine is not his but still so great

    • @slaprakshas
      @slaprakshas Рік тому

      @@AnahataMaryjane haha.. maybe it's just a generation gap thing.. glad you love Sufjan!

    • @slaprakshas
      @slaprakshas Рік тому

      @pazuzu I'm glad to introduce them bud! I love each of them

    • @slaprakshas
      @slaprakshas Рік тому +1

      @@sydbarrettpsychedelicforever Totally! It's just his ver and his voice that personally hit me..

  • @terriz7791
    @terriz7791 7 місяців тому +11

    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

    • @DaryMatera
      @DaryMatera 5 місяців тому +2

      Prince wrote Nothing Compares 2U.

    • @firstbornjordan
      @firstbornjordan 5 місяців тому +1

      Wow, what a beautiful song

  • @emjaiz
    @emjaiz 4 роки тому +340

    As I've gotten older, shit makes me cry more and more.

    • @darkbluemt
      @darkbluemt 4 роки тому +8

      Yea wtf is up with that and I’m only 27 but life just decided to start shitting on me now 😢

    • @Itsyrm8
      @Itsyrm8 4 роки тому +2

      I'm gonna cry me a river in a river of tears i'm gonna cry cry baby i'm gonna CCRRRYYYYY!

    • @conorobrien351
      @conorobrien351 4 роки тому +2

      Puberty has made me feel so much more sad

    • @roguescape
      @roguescape 4 роки тому +1

      Sees birth certificate cries in shower

    • @111Cardsfan1
      @111Cardsfan1 4 роки тому +2

      That's cause we are touched more by the music and life...

  • @guillermoluisantonelli5409
    @guillermoluisantonelli5409 4 роки тому +170

    These are the days of our lives - Queen
    November rain - Guns n´roses
    Rocket man - Elton John
    -
    These are sad songs for me.

  • @erinburton4346
    @erinburton4346 Рік тому +6

    Walk on by sung by Dionna Warwick always brings tears to my eyes since I was a little girl. And Luka by Suzanne Vega, it hits way too close to home

  • @kathrynjames6151
    @kathrynjames6151 9 місяців тому

    I was fine up until that last song. I lost my great grandmother two months ago, and when the song started playing it reminded me of her.

  • @Mittnamnarupptaget
    @Mittnamnarupptaget 3 роки тому +143

    ”Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers are definitely missing on this list.

    • @DrJohnPollard
      @DrJohnPollard 3 роки тому +2

      So true, along with soooo many others. This list is what made me cry.

    • @musictime6717
      @musictime6717 3 роки тому +1

      Omg this song is soooo deep... Unchained Melody is one of my favourite song

    • @residentrump3271
      @residentrump3271 3 роки тому +1

      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....

    • @DrJohnPollard
      @DrJohnPollard 3 роки тому

      @@residentrump3271 The pan flute version of Unchained Melody is really good as well.

    • @phoenixraiderz8669
      @phoenixraiderz8669 3 роки тому +1

      Honestly, I was shocked that it’s not on here. Definitely my favourite sad song, i’d place it at #1.

  • @RorRiiZzLE
    @RorRiiZzLE 2 роки тому +121

    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.

    • @Omertahun
      @Omertahun 2 роки тому +3

      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

    • @RorRiiZzLE
      @RorRiiZzLE 2 роки тому +3

      @@Omertahun Yeah, it’s just not supposed to happen that way… children passing before parents. It’s sad.

    • @MarkWilliams-hj6hn
      @MarkWilliams-hj6hn Рік тому +1

      True...

    • @cherokeegypsymama
      @cherokeegypsymama Рік тому +13

      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! ❤️🎈

    • @RorRiiZzLE
      @RorRiiZzLE Рік тому +2

      @@cherokeegypsymama Good for him.

  • @michaelvicente308
    @michaelvicente308 Рік тому +10

    Most of these songs are already in my "Sad Songs" playlist. Yeah, I have a Sad Songs playlist, I think listening to sad songs can be therapeutic and relaxing. However, my personal pick for saddest song would definitely be Samson by Regina Spektor. Not only is the song beautiful on its own but the song's topic of losing a loved one to cancer is such a universal theme.

    • @kellyfalletta1949
      @kellyfalletta1949 Рік тому +1

      Agree about sad songs begging therapeutic.

    • @bdworth56
      @bdworth56 11 місяців тому

      I have a sad songs Playlist myself. I don't think, as a parent, and as a father in particular, that anything can touch "the ballad of Hollis Brown" by Bob Dylan

  • @leeojascastro711
    @leeojascastro711 Рік тому +24

    Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt makes me cry!

    • @kellyfalletta1949
      @kellyfalletta1949 Рік тому +1

      Omg. I haven’t heard before. Had a listen and total boohoo. Thanks Lee for sharing this one.

    • @megandoktor9911
      @megandoktor9911 Рік тому +2

      I ball like a baby every time I hear that song

    • @Abison07
      @Abison07 Рік тому +2

      Michael Scott also cried listening to Goodbye My Lover

    • @markoneil2055
      @markoneil2055 Рік тому

      James Blunt Monsters is the saddest song ever written. IMHO

  • @aileenhampton6911
    @aileenhampton6911 3 роки тому +61

    "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"

    • @kittiapaqui452
      @kittiapaqui452 3 роки тому +1

      Runaway Train made me cry too!!

    • @laxtobuttgroyn1193
      @laxtobuttgroyn1193 3 роки тому

      Oh, god, the video rips me apart.

    • @isaacburns3546
      @isaacburns3546 3 роки тому +2

      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.

    • @B1GDaddyFatStax
      @B1GDaddyFatStax 2 роки тому

      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.

  • @sergiorb7717
    @sergiorb7717 6 років тому +63

    Imagine by John Lennon?
    Knock on Heaven's door?
    You are not alone?
    Last David's Bowie's song?

    • @Zefo_No
      @Zefo_No 6 років тому

      video came out in 2014 bro.

    • @datchiman0952
      @datchiman0952 6 років тому

      A change is gonna come Sam Cooke

  • @sue2058
    @sue2058 Рік тому +13

    I can't hear Tears in Heaven, or The Living Years without crying. Both songs mean so much to me

  • @thetoastghost342
    @thetoastghost342 6 місяців тому +1

    Ill be right behind you, Josephine - Josh Woodward. Makes me cry every time

  • @stevemartinovich
    @stevemartinovich 8 років тому +57

    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

    • @raidkoast
      @raidkoast 8 років тому

      +Steven Martinovich
      As for REM, IMO it could be "Losing my religion" instead.

    • @randall4904
      @randall4904 8 років тому +1

      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.

    • @CloroxBleach-mc8qy
      @CloroxBleach-mc8qy 8 років тому

      +brian Randall you should be here

    • @cathystone504
      @cathystone504 8 років тому +1

      Hallelujah, brings tears to my eyes all the time

    • @Ziomel1
      @Ziomel1 8 років тому +2

      REM makes me cry even in my job when i am listening to radio.

  • @edalder2000
    @edalder2000 6 років тому +52

    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.

    • @tammyhendricksonfleitz8446
      @tammyhendricksonfleitz8446 6 років тому +1

      edalder2000
      I'm a huge cash fan and he done the song Justice... but NIN owns it and no one can come close

    • @firehawk6008
      @firehawk6008 6 років тому +3

      its not cash's song, its 9 inch nails song, cash covered it

    • @joshuapeterson6072
      @joshuapeterson6072 6 років тому

      Brynden Rivers junky pride?

    • @Melinda8162
      @Melinda8162 6 років тому

      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.

    • @MsMst12
      @MsMst12 5 років тому

      Worked there too...

  • @jokerswildio
    @jokerswildio Рік тому +7

    For some reason, tears classic song from the 60s, "Born Free" always has me tearing up.

    • @cosmicvixxonalice6795
      @cosmicvixxonalice6795 Рік тому +1

      OMGosh, I sang that a lot as a kid!

    • @melissaweintraub5854
      @melissaweintraub5854 Рік тому +1

      I can't even listen to it.

    • @latelierdecassandra9890
      @latelierdecassandra9890 Рік тому +2

      So true and in my music class we'r singing it together it's so wonderfull

    • @stevielease7952
      @stevielease7952 3 місяці тому +1

      Born Free wants me want. to hop into a Time Machine and go back to pre Ice Age Pleistocene, primeval unspoiled Africa and see all the abundant wildlife before Ice Age climate change and the onslaught of early humans wiped out moat of It.

    • @stevielease7952
      @stevielease7952 2 місяці тому

      In high school I read the book Born Free and its sequel "Living Free". At broke down and cried at the end of Living Free, when Elsa died, from a parasite similar to malaria.

  • @bevanmudge867
    @bevanmudge867 Рік тому +8

    Wish you were here by Pink Floyd can be interpreted into so many meanings it is one of my favourite Pink Floyd songs .

    • @kevingavigan7883
      @kevingavigan7883 11 місяців тому

      Shine On You Crazy Diamond makes me cry even more than does Wish You Were Here. Like A Rock by Bob Seger and It Makes No Difference by The Band also make me cry.

  • @TheAwesomeDude101
    @TheAwesomeDude101 3 роки тому +161

    The Show Must Go On by Queen. It’s the only song to ever make me cry. I literally broke down.

    • @loulou4148
      @loulou4148 3 роки тому +11

      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!

    • @TheAwesomeDude101
      @TheAwesomeDude101 3 роки тому +5

      I’m deeply sorry for your loss, man. May he sit beside God in Heaven. 🙏🏻

    • @Pyjama_Shark
      @Pyjama_Shark 3 роки тому +2

      dude same 😭

    • @loulou4148
      @loulou4148 3 роки тому +5

      @@TheAwesomeDude101 Thank you, I know he has only left his earthly shell, his Soul often is around us

    • @TheAwesomeDude101
      @TheAwesomeDude101 3 роки тому +1

      No problem, man.

  • @marie-christinelafontaine6043
    @marie-christinelafontaine6043 3 роки тому +346

    My son died almost 10 years ago. Tears in Heaven is the one for me. :(

    • @christineapicella1422
      @christineapicella1422 3 роки тому +17

      I'm so sorry. Losing a child is the worst thing. What music did he like?

    • @Jessica-go6cy
      @Jessica-go6cy 3 роки тому +10

      I’m so sorry for you loss.

    • @AL-wl1ut
      @AL-wl1ut 3 роки тому +7

      Sorry for your loss. My father was a huge Eric Clapton fan. So am I. I feel your pain.

    • @user-qy4fo9is4v
      @user-qy4fo9is4v 3 роки тому +1

      @@AL-wl1ut .

    • @luv2fly352
      @luv2fly352 3 роки тому +6

      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!

  • @EvilRUs-nh5kx
    @EvilRUs-nh5kx Місяць тому +5

    Whoever reads this, I pray to the universe to cure all your diseases, and to remove all your pains from your daily life 🙏❤🙏

  • @Wildtocagirl444
    @Wildtocagirl444 Рік тому +2

    Christmas wrapping makes me cry sm

  • @ericBloxharper
    @ericBloxharper 8 років тому +3389

    Mr Krabs - worlds smallest violin

  • @a016202
    @a016202 3 роки тому +162

    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.

    • @donnadayle3762
      @donnadayle3762 3 роки тому +2

      this...i agree!!! you can literally see and feel it as if it's real!

    • @a016202
      @a016202 3 роки тому +3

      @@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.

    • @IluvatarEru
      @IluvatarEru 3 роки тому

      It's a cover though

    • @saramunozmunoz
      @saramunozmunoz 3 роки тому +1

      I will break down crying in the grocery store if that song comes on.

    • @saramunozmunoz
      @saramunozmunoz 3 роки тому +2

      @@IluvatarEru doesn't matter. Tracey makes it what it is.

  • @angshumankalita7975
    @angshumankalita7975 Рік тому +5

    Can't believe Queen is not in the List !!!
    1) These are the days of our lives
    2) Love of My Life
    3) The show must go on
    4) A winter's tale
    These songs of Queen always makes everyone cry

  • @vladislavchurilov3433
    @vladislavchurilov3433 7 місяців тому +1

    this i love - guns n' roses
    dont let ms down - paolo nutuni
    when the crowds are gone - savatage
    face it alone - queen
    torna a casa - maneskin
    angie - rolling stones
    dont go - doro
    for your precious love - redding
    janine - kingdome come
    love hurts - nazareth
    i know more and more...

  • @Yourlibrarian
    @Yourlibrarian 3 роки тому +195

    “Little soldier boy
    Come marching home
    Brave soldier boy
    Comes marching home”

  • @rockinrobin5789
    @rockinrobin5789 4 роки тому +166

    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!

    • @philippamorck9325
      @philippamorck9325 4 роки тому +7

      Sorry to hear that ☹️

    • @ellief8524
      @ellief8524 4 роки тому +4

      Rocking Robin, I am so sorry. Lost my husband couple of years ago myself. Also now by lake Michigan

    • @LeftysLefty
      @LeftysLefty 4 роки тому +3

      I'm just waiting for a letter... or something...

    • @dshongreen7720
      @dshongreen7720 4 роки тому +2

      Sorry to hear that man my she rest in peace

    • @reneeterry4385
      @reneeterry4385 4 роки тому +3

      💔❤

  • @ProjectCreativityGuy96
    @ProjectCreativityGuy96 10 місяців тому +3

    Billy Joel - Lullaby (Goodnight My Angel)
    Randy Newman - Dexter's Tune
    White Lion - When The Children Cry
    Dokken - Slipping Away
    Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
    Johnny Cash - Hurt
    For now, these are what I call sad songs! I'll add more to the list later when they come to My mind!

  • @shellyharry8189
    @shellyharry8189 Рік тому +10

    Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon and Garfunkel always gets me. Beautifully hauntibg