Profound sadness is not for the faint of heart. And sometimes the best place to be is right in the middle of it.
Because that's just the kind of mood we're in. Honest. We're not one of those toothy, gleaming motivational speakers. We're not here to sell you a bill of goods about positive thinking and self-esteem and controlling your destiny by visualizing your chakras.
Instead, we offer 150 of the saddest songs in the world, subjectively selected and specially arranged for maximum depressive potential. And please, feel free to wallow in more anti-romance with our buddy Jason Gelt's “Valentine's Day songs for haters" list or recommend your own teary tunes in the comments.
1. “One More Chance" -- Fairport Convention
2. “Laser Beam" -- Low (or anything by Low)
3. “Drowned in My Own Tears" -- Mitty Collier
4. “I See a Darkness" -- Bonnie “Prince" Billy
5. “The White Lady" -- Elliott Smith
6. “Down From Dover" -- Dolly Parton (alternates: “Me and Little Andy" or “Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark")
7. “Not Gon' Cry" -- Mary J. Blige
8. “Don't Take the Girl" -- Tim McGraw
9. “Total Eclipse of the Heart" -- Bonnie Tyler
10. “Casimir Pulaski Day" -- Sufjan Stevens
11. “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" -- Frank Sinatra
12. “Lost Cause" -- Beck (or anything off “Sea Change")
13. “Through My Sails" -- Neil Young (alternates: “After the Gold Rush," “Needle and the Damage Done")
(Editors Note: My eyes are filling up, I can't see anymore to write the HTML for this list, you'll just have to continue for the 150 saddest tunes)
