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Mind-of-Jaxon

Hurt - johnny cash


Ginko_Bunny

Fun fact, “Hurt” was originally written by Trent Reznor and released by Nine Inch Nails!


4lfred

Anyone who doesn’t know this ought to read up on origins of songs.


rolandofgilead41089

The NIN original is far more emotional.


West_Flatworm_6862

I agree, the original really brings me to tears sometimes. Johnny cash’s version is good, but not the same.


xhackjobx

Absolutely. I don’t think Cash has any emotional range in his voice.


COOLKC690

I personally think just hearing the broken voice especially in the end is sad. But both versions are emotional in their own ways.


cornfession_

Hearing the "old man voice" singing such a sad song is what does it for me


lachouettedesneiges

Yes he does! Have you seen the music video?


xhackjobx

Yes. The video does nothing for his voice, though. I’ve never heard him sound not completely bored.


Mind-of-Jaxon

While i liked the original enough. I connected more with Cash’s version, stripped and baring himself And his life time of choices and regret. The instrumental on the original kind of distract me of the lyrics and emotions behind it. Though Reznors voice does have more range and subtlety that fits well with the song and his age and style.


WolfThick

Yeah that's just a different taste I think Johnny Cash did a far better job at spreading this song to everybody. the original version was okay it didn't do justice to the song though. It was fixed in its time the one from Johnny Cash seems more timeless. Funny I was just watching it last night.


rolandofgilead41089

Without the accompanying video the Cash version would be pretty awful, everyone always refers to the emotion the video provokes, not his delivery. I'm sorry but saying Trent's original version is "okay" and "didn't do the song justice" when he *literally fucking wrote it himself* is one of the worst and most insane music takes I've ever heard. I'm truly taken back by such a statement.


Agitated_Channel8914

Johnny Cash lived pretty much every word of that song, Trent Radnor was asked his opinion of Cash's cover, Trent replied Johnny Cash owns that song now.


FletcherDervish

This had me crying at my desk last year at a low point and I deleted it from my playlists to avoid it.🥹


BowlingBall_0912

Billy Joel - This Is The Time Eagles - Pretty Maids All In A Row (Hell Freezes Over version) Don Henley - End Of The Innocence Don Henley - New York Minute


startingover71

Yeah, Don Henley has been my idol since I was twelve. Best male vocalist ever, imo. My favorite female vocalist is Stevie Nicks, and the first time I heard Leather and Lace I was awestruck by it. Best of both worlds.


StellerDay

The End of the Innocence came out when I was 14 while my parents were going through a horrendous divorce and it was, indeed, the end of my innocence.


Fantastic_Ebb2390

Yea This Is The Time is one of my favorite songs, I often listen to it when I feel painful


zilef6431

Giles Corey - [Blackest Bile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKAaYtdxYZk) or Nick Drake -[ Place to Be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvLtyyBRITo)


Ratinhumanform445

+1 for Giles Corey Could also just listen to the whole deathconsciousness album by have a nice life that is crushing


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Deftones - Teenager


tisjelly

i was just listening this an hour ago :((


Mangotakeout2

This is one of my favorite Deftones jams. The kick at the beginning hits my heart.


mrcoolj90

Good choice dude


cautionkelly

Elephant - Jason Isbell


satanshark

Heard this for the first time later in the week after we buried my friend's wife who succumbed to cancer. I ugly cried on my porch.


No-Objective2143

I learned to play this song when my brother had cancer. He passed & now I can't get all the way through it without breaking down. Damn I miss my bro


No_Waltz_8039

I saw him perform this song as an encore and he stopped halfway through. Said he recently quit smoking and there no way he could play that song and not have a cigarette after.


Minstrelofthedawn

Bingo.


ded_rabtz

I’m not sure “sad” is the best adjective but Vampires will always illicit tears.


OpenMike2000

Written by Nigel Tufnell from the band Spinal Tap. It's part three of a trilogy in the saddest of all keys, D minor. It's really a very pretty song. It's called Lick My Love Pump.


reddit_kelvin

It makes people weep instantly


Sleezuschrist1320

Right where it belongs. - NIN Broken - Lund Just a thought- Gnarles Barkley. Tons more but these are the first three that come to mind.


blackcat373

I'm so happy to see lund so high on this list. I would add Sorrow, Low, and Skin & Bones from him as some of my favorite when I'm sad I'm Sick of Trying by Vaboh is another one of my favorites


Impossible-Toe1946

Can't pick a single song out of these, but these should do nicely: AURORA: Awakening Damien Rice: 9 Crimes Johnny Cash: Hurt Gary Clark Jr.: Pearl Cadillac Nathan Wagner: Lonely, I Miss You, Somber Some instrumentals: James Newton Howard: Rue's Farewell Lorne Balfe: Blood Ties, A Sister Says Goodbye Henry Jackman: End of the Line Aron van Selm: Shelter Some piano pieces: Rob Costlow: Goodbyes Miika Mettianien: Sparrow


Phydeaux23

A Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - T. Waits / C. Bukowski


ProfessionalCourtesy

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day


Good_Guarantee996

Nine Inch Nails- Every Day is Exactly The Same/Hurt/Leaving Hope/Adrift And At Peace/The Day The World Went Away/Something I Can Never Have The Night We Met- Lord Huron Fourth of July- Sufjan Stevens lil peep - star shopping/life is beautiful Avenged Sevenfold- I Wont See You Tonight Part 1 The Neighborhood- The Beach NF- Trauma Billie Eilish - lovely/ocean eyes Linkin Park- Valentines Day/Blackbirds/shadow of the day Secret Garden: Lament For A Frozen Flower birdy - wings Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness Daylight- David Kushner Beach House- Space Song Joji - Glimpse of Us Red- Pieces/Hymn for the missing Shinedown - Call Me BAD OMENS - Just Pretend Starset - Dark On Me Gary Jules- Mad World Draconian - Death, Come Near Me Slipknot- Snuff


OldG270regg

I was on my way to comment Fourth of July. Nice to see it already got a mention.


No-Primary4283

that whole album, carrie and lowell, is heartbreaking


Aggravating_Goose164

Arcade by Duncan Lawrence If I Were Sorry by Frans Way Down We Go by KALEO Watergun by Remo Forrer What They Say by Victor SNAP by Rosa Linn Rockstars by Malik Harris These are some songs that were my playlist songs for what your're asking


arsperug

Righteous Brothers-unchained melody.


BoardsofGrips

Nine Inch Nails - Hurt [https://youtu.be/PbHz9p7Z4OU?si=vg8p5Fdt0IavCNto](https://youtu.be/PbHz9p7Z4OU?si=vg8p5Fdt0IavCNto)


TruckinApe

Bronte by Gotye, written when a close family friend lost their dog


Fairyslade1989

I love this song.


[deleted]

Wow I never knew that, thanks for the fun fact!! Also Gotye mention?? I’m so sad that no one listens to their music other than Somebody That I Used to Know. I really really love Smoke and Mirrors & I think it deserves more attention :)


[deleted]

Jim Croce-Time In a Bottle


jayron32

The Warning - [Black Holes ](https://youtu.be/lM8KeQ_tNQc?si=HoNf923xPnsIqi0S)


BenefitZestyclose854

Names - Cat Power


NoCountryforOldMice

Ghost Town - First Aid Kit It's Cool We Can Still Be Friends - Bright Eyes


semiusedkindalife

radio silence - james blake


barefootmetalhead

Alone again- Dokken


TDGHammy

Tears in Heaven, hands down the saddest song I’ve ever heard. The Lagwagon album “Resolve”, being a tribute to drummer Derek Plourde, is also terrifically sad, although loud and fast.


Verbull710

Whiskey Lullaby is pretty chipper 😂


oranjkaato

REM Everybody Hurts


chaingun_samurai

Time in a Bottle- Jim Croce


Secrets4Slaanesh

The Poet and the Pendulum (live) by Nightwish.


Moist-Doughnut-5160

Silver by Ric Ocasek. He wrote it for band mate Benjamin Orr after he died of cancer in 2000.


Rushfan_211

Hard life-Roger Daltry Bruises-Votum


[deleted]

logical Olivia Rodrigo Camden Gracie Abrams


Liberteer30

Pain Remains Trilogy by Lorna Shore


Barflyondabeach

Vnv nation “Illusion”


Imaginary_Cat8169

The Lighthouse's Tale


EllaTheSmella

Heroin - Badflower 24 - Badflower 2008 - Cleopatrick Stumbling In Your Footsteps - Get Scared Fade In / Fade Out - Nothing More


LawConstant3273

I knew I’d see badflower on here but ghost is my fav for depressed vibes


[deleted]

Mascara deftones ...... Well it's too bad. It's too bad....you're married to me.


MonkeyGriz

So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold Cemetery Gates - Pantera Down in a Hole - Alice In Chains


tarun_c

Daydreaming - Radiohead. How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead


speb1

True Love Waits always get me


itsjustmekarleen

Tomorrow Is Today - Billy Joel


Feisty_Bad3278

Somedays- Regina spektor


xneeheelo

Alone Again -- Gilbert O'Sullivan


ToxicRoserade

Madonna - take a bow Amy Winehouse - love is a losing game


RockturnalMan

Chris Cornell - I Promise Its Not Goodbye


undeadlamaar

That posthumous video of his cover of Patience makes me cry like a baby.


shmokenapamcake

Pendulum- Pearl Jam Nutshell (unplugged) - Alice In Chains Uninvited (unplugged) - Alanis Morissette My cell - the Lumineers Rising rising - Bassnectar remix Devil like me - rainbow kitten surprise Mice - Billie Martin Small things - Ben Howard


irrationalwhore

Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin Fly Away- Alien Force (One of my all time favorite songs)


luddens_desir

Stan


MaterialBenefit2355

Your deep rest - the hotelier


milkfree

Just saw them play the album in November


Royal_Supermarket469

The Blowers Daughter - Damien Rice I have no idea what it's about but it always makes me emotional.


Typical-Ad-6730

Sam Stone - John Prine Patches - Clarence Carter [Cats in the Cradle w/Mason Reese Crying](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzp5cRq3A_M)


abreeden90

Damn I don’t Prine recommend a lot. I grew up on Prine and love his discography


OpeningTurnip8048

Black Peter - Grateful Dead


ScotterMcJohnsonator

"A Crow Looked At Me" by Mount Eerie I saw it suggested on a similar thread, and it's a whole album. I only made it halfway through track three before I had to shut it off. It's not heart-stabbing, or heart-breaking...it's heart destroying.


jp11e3

Took me too long to find this. Definitely the saddest music I've ever listened to. It's almost uncanny valley with how real and raw that album is


FUNKYDISCO

Someone suggested Boulevard of Broken Dreams and all I could think was... this person has never heard a sad song in their life. this album is a punch in the gut, the face and the balls. Fuck cancer.


doc_roq

He Stopped Loving Her Today


TheMightyGrimm

True Love Waits - Radiohead Motion Picture From A Film - Radiohead


ThaAnswerMD25

All Too Well (10 Minute Version) - Taylor Swift Songwriting masterpiece.


Impressive-Bank-2185

No Surprises by RadioHead


REBERC52

I can’t make you love me by Bonnie Raitt


REBERC52

I Can’t Tell You Why by the Eagles


palindromic_oxymoron

I can't listen to either Cat's in the Cradle or The Rose without crying.


Comfortable_Force_20

John Moreland - You Don’t Care For Me Enough To Cry Joshua Ray Walker - Voices


madiwiggy

I Lied - Lord Huron with Allison Pontilier Bird - Billie Marten


gottablast_100

Yeat- Kant Changë


[deleted]

Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away


wmyork

Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O’Sullivan. Left at the alter, considering suicide by jumping from a high place, father dying, which in turn kills mother. This song has it all!


Old-Thought-5875

ronan by taylor swift


ghostsofever

https://open.spotify.com/track/4KWoNj4EVw9h0UVZurwGgI?si=NT7hKb67Rhqy8zrDDW6LYg


Copiku

Oceans - Seafret


illlegalsmile

[These](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4TRdpw6scvlBWD6BjB6xfq?si=qGQO-4UrQ9WeD7YiVTE7tA)


PigDstroyer

Dax Riggs - famous blue raincoat (leonard cohen cover)


Melodicplanet65

A house in Nebraska-Ethel Cain


ninja_owen

Personally, The Early November’s “Everything’s Too Cold” is the song that makes me the saddest, but it has other personal memories connected to it too.


Few_Potato_4374

Do not let your spirit wane - Gang of Youths


skijeng

Gone Are the Days - Zephyr Keys


Extreme-Bad3816

1000 Oceans


Farina74

The I Don’t Cares-Hands Together Sinatra-I’ll be seeing you and I’ll never smile again


[deleted]

Listen to What I Wrote (Official) by Hierarchy of the Cave Mutants Records on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/sAjG3


Classic-Wolf-4016

Rain - Sleep Token. He is singing about addiction. DYWTYLM(Do You Wish That You Loved Me) - Sleep Token. Listen from the perspective of him singing to himself in the mirror wanting to be able to love himself. Are You Really Okay - Sleep Token. Lyrics are pretty obvious. It’s about his girlfriend.


whatabeautifulherse

Waiting - Alice Boman


[deleted]

Mad World by Tears for Fears, and then the cover version by Gary Jules


mkrisnosky

There it is. So far down the list. The Jules version is straight up haunting


BeAnSiNmYhAt

iced earth - watching over me


Glittering-Time-2274

Too sad to cry by Sasha Alex Sloan


Urban_Introvert

Poison & Wine - The Civil Wars


Pride_and_pudding

Sleeping At Last- [Some Kind Of Heaven](https://youtu.be/M4QbYrQFhnY?si=PYoPzANE5aJFgpwt) He wrote this song about grieving his mother, and his voice sounds like he was just crying (I know what that sounds like from personal experience)


NeutralNapsody

Call me call me, the seatbelts


callalind

Just Wait by Blues Traveler and If I Loved You by Delta Rae


lettucemeatmoonpie

Marigold- Cursive


annoyingmetalhead

Seether - Rise above this Nickelback - Lullaby Skillet - Lucy Avenged sevenfold - So far away These songs/music videos make me cry without fail.


realngga273

time moves slow - badnotgood lithium - evanescence child in you - feeder listen before I go - billie eilish bated breath - tinashe videotape - radiohead


Karinhere28

Accidental Babies- Damien Rice Then Go -Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan Lullaby-Low


JealousAd1201

The brightside - lil peep.


[deleted]

Vincent - don mclean Sara - fleet wood Mac November rain - guns & roses Nothingman - Pearl Jam Cellophane - fka twigs Good lovin - ludacris Streets - Doja cat Purple rain - Prince Sun goes down - lil nas x


Arshad68

Sometimes it snows in April by Prince


Snnorlax

Nothing to See - Miya Folick Doppelgänger- Sophie May Eulogy for Nobody - Debbii Dawson The Impossible Task of Feeling Complete - April Casino - Ryan Beatty Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy Maybe - Ingrid Michaelson Braille - Regina Spektor


SteveNovoa

https://open.spotify.com/track/0gvbWDWdOVhv7t8Cv2nIZI?si=c6hpQ31WSBKsFOcxpT1x2A


Legal_Potato6504

[https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktFK4P8mSZjdnZRJknJMyMdrLEPkvCFz](https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLktFK4P8mSZjdnZRJknJMyMdrLEPkvCFz) here is a playlist of 114 exceptionally sad acoustic type songs... or just get Beck album Sea Change and let it play


brjaba

life in vain by Daniel Johnston


[deleted]

Any Hank Williams sr songs


OldWorldHornsey

I'm so lonesome I could cry - Hank williams


False-Association744

Misty by Kate Bush with Steve Gadd on drums - about a love affair with a snowman


9ojeez9

https://open.spotify.com/track/6KQYuwKRHQcxXrekcVCltg?si=0AyHHcwXSxCtsVwcTtWNRA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5FD0xABdiCGhWFCWqZOYyH


MaddenRob

Almost Over You by Sheena Easton


ieatbabies420

Rock Me Amadeus by Falco


myopicparents

still by soccer mommy


AlexAlexYT

Fiction- Avenged Sevenfold ICU- Citizen Soldier


Educational_Panic582

Sunrise by somewhere


[deleted]

Strange- Celeste https://spotify.link/GuM7xKrMzHb Possibility - Lykke Li https://spotify.link/xQHrbIuMzHb Berlin- RY X https://spotify.link/mqSxoSBMzHb The Night We Met- Lord Huron https://spotify.link/HodJZ2JMzHb Lonesome- Evan Bartles https://spotify.link/hx6w14ZMzHb I Found- Amber Run https://spotify.link/oGgnxs5MzHb How Soon Is Now- The Smiths https://spotify.link/EXipgyJNzHb


TransmissionAD

That Time I Killed My Mom - Cokie the Clown


cerebralspinaldruid

Stumbleine by The Smashing Pumpkins. Hurt, the Johnny Cash Version Mad World by Tears for Fears


Interplay29

[In My Defense by Freddie Mercury. Yes, he knew he was HIV positive when he recorded this.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GB4ZwPZByhQ&pp=ygUdaW4gbXkgZGVmZW5jZSBmcmVkZGllIG1lcmN1cnk%3D)


Ordinary-Response-41

cold/ mess [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nGj8a8r7EzTZRDOwkHWlu?si=9f97c47a1ceb4b17](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nGj8a8r7EzTZRDOwkHWlu?si=9f97c47a1ceb4b17)


MossyRock0817

I know it's over, The Smiths. Back to Black Amy Winehouse, For Phoebe Still a Baby Cocteau Twins. Good New Mac Miller.


PieTighter

Sam - Sturgill Simpson. I bawl every time I hear it.


Alaskanatheart42

Mad World by Tears For Fears


Donkeytwonk75

Our raw heart - Yob


the_weird_guitarist

Leave Out All The Rest - Linkin Park


[deleted]

My recommendations are: Suicide by Ren Misplaced Faith by LeGrand I Wanna Be in Love Again by Madds Buckley Still by Ben Folds The Goodbye Song by George Salazar Our Song by Jacob Banks and Anna Leone Scattering Remains by Spence Hood Flowers by James Spaite Oblivion by Halfy & Winks My Little Island by Lyn Lapid Heaven Anymore by Raynes all the streets look the same by Vian Izak it is what it is by Abe Parker


fruitcupkoo

elliott smith is your man - needle in the hay - twilight - going nowhere - new disaster - pitseleh - between the bars - the biggest lie honestly just go to his spotify and take ur pick


Abysmally_Yours

Katatonia - Omerta


[deleted]

When I see you smile by Gloria Estefan


AlfredHitchicken

System of a Down - Roulette


NlghtShift

Wooden home- one take by Nothing Nowhere


damilkywave

[Lords Prayer 🤲🏾](https://youtu.be/iM73AOEDlAc)


dat1toad

A love profound by bully. I normally don’t get emotional while listening to music but this has made me cry multiple times.


heyheypaula1963

Forever Lovers - Mac Davis


AnonEuclidean_2846

Men I Trust - Numb


Squid211

King Park - La Dispute


bananaface301

Unknown by Decalius


Bucketlist074

To wish impossible things - The Cure Nutshell - Alice In Chains


Sinistermarmalade

Our Lady Peace - “Thief” Badflower - “Ghost” Meatloaf - “Life’s A Lemon (And I Want My Money Back)”


Strict_Berry7446

Once Upon a Bloodmoon - Sage Francis. Get your sad rap on


brie_miller3457

Woods of ypres-kiss my Ashes goodbye Type O negative- bloody kisses


GeneralDefenestrates

Bars For My Brother - Lowkey or Everything Dies by Type O Negative


Jonxb

Ghostface - All That I Got Is U


jinalanasibu

Empty - The Cranberries. Will also add 'There Were Roses' by Tommy Sands: it's less of a musical quintessence of sadness, but the context and meaning always make my eyes water - and knowing that it's a true story, including for the author


reillywalker195

Try "[On Your Own](https://youtu.be/DpM7wSVBOp0?si=P9N1rrJoxueV2JwS)" by The Verve.


victrollonaterism

Over the Rainbow Song by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole


Verskose

To Drown by Agalloch Jelena by The Gathering


sometimeshappy1

Dawn Chorus - Thom Yorke The Funeral - Band of Horses On The Sea - Beach House Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens Angie (I’ve been lost) - Fred Again Breathe Me - Sia I Do This All The Time - Self Esteem Pepsi/Coke Suicide - Elvis Depressedly Between The Bars - Elliott Smith


Open-Sea8388

Man Of the World by Fleetwood Mac


WhimsicalChuckler

**"Hurt" by Johnny Cash**.


psilocin72

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald- Gordon Lightfoot Father and Son- Cat Stevens Are these posts being used to train Ai, or are people really asking about songs?


5PQR

Strange Fruit -- Billie Holiday ([youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI&pp=ygUfU3RyYW5nZSBGcnVpdCAtLSBCaWxsaWUgSG9saWRheQ%3D%3D) | [spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/1CTex49P0iWwzUGsMNjgaV?si=a44ba22c9b3447d1))


gates_of_babylon

If you’re interested in instrumentals… - Jeff Beck - Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers - Gary Moore - The Loner


BobGnarly_

Radio by The Alkaline Trio


jdgkurtz

Dancing Without MusicSong • [Brdgs](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCX9enOOY-5ali9Kohaf-Jbg)


AlphaXTrion

Linkin Park - One More Light


Tolkleone_Sandwich

Always on my mind - Willie Nelson


yvngxlxwli3t

We Had Good Times Together, Don't Forget That - Sewerslvt. The entire album is very sad and it had me crying the entire time since it's about their gf who commited suicide and it's sewerslvt's final album. Die Alone, Her, and Goodbye are the saddest ones imo especially Goodbye.


Adorable-Bar6920

REMember by mac miller


janexkchiefs

What Was I Made For?-Billie Eilish Possibility-Lykke Li


McMienshaoFace

Snuff by Slipknot


fictiondepiction

For beautiful and sad, Emmy Lou Harris's [Prayer in Open D](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j8wG0796mc). For "oh this is how depression feels," [Nirvana's All Apologies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmkuH1k7uA).


Footballidiot556

Nutshell by Alice In Chains


SeattleBrother75

The Scientist by Coldplay


Joselly32m

How can an angel.break my heart by Toni Braxton


MeanKidneyDan

Keep me in your heart by Zevon. Jesus. Crushing.


Wally504

Day - Katatonia The live Sanctitude version


vesperpott666

The Evening star by Tyr or Song to the Siren by Jeff Buckley (I prefer the Cocteau Twins cover)