Best Emo Songs

Emo is a type of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship, with expressive and confessional lyrics. It originated in mid 80's as hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C. to describe "emotional hardcore" bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace. However, in early 90's, these bands broke up and the emo belt was passed over to slightly less hardcore, and more indie rock bands like Texas is the Reason, Jawbreaker, Christie Front Drive, and Sunny Day Real Estate. The sound of 90's emo was a bit different from the 80's emo with music softer and less rooted in hardcore.

Emo music entered the mainstream culture in the early 2000's, and became popular all across the world with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and the emergence of the sub-genre "screamo". Some of these bands have a classic emo sound, some are more punk while others are hardcore, having both singing and screaming.

Best Emo Songs Ever

• Feel Good Drag ~ Anberlin
• Undead ~ Hollywood Undead
• Dead Memories ~ Slipknot
• Emo ~ Blink 182
• Teenagers ~ My Chemical Romance
• No. 5 ~ Hollywood Undead
• Helena ~ My Chemical Romance
• Over My Head - Days to Remember
• Crank That ~ Screamo Version
• Welcome to the Black Parade ~ My Chemical Romance
• Helena ~ Mcr
• Emo Kid ~ Adam and Andrew
• The Gangster Song ~ Hollywood Undead
• For Want Of, End on End Senses Fail-One Eight Seven, From The Depths of Dreams(ep) ~ Rites of Spring
• Demolition Lovers, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love ~ My Chemical Romance
• You're So Last Summer ~ Taking Back Sunday
• There is a Light That Never Goes Out ~ The Smiths
• The District Sleeps Alone Tonight ~ The Postal Service
• Someone's Standing on my Chest ~ Atreyu
• How Long is the Night? ~ Thursday
• See You ~ Saves The Day
• Dressed to Kill ~ New Found Glory
• The Pros and Cons of Breathing ~ Fall Out Boy
• The Great Salt Lake/Into the Lavender Crevices of the Evening the Otters Have Been Pushed ~ Juno
• Some Natures Catch No Plagues ~ Saetia

Best Emo Rock Songs

• In Love and Death ~ The Used
• Dookie ~ Green Day
• Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge ~ My Chemical Romance
• Maybe Memories ~ The Used
• I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love ~ My Chemical Romance
• Deja Entendu ~ Brand New
• The Used ~ The Used
• Dead Letters ~ Rasmus
• American Idiot ~ Green Day
• Europop ~ Eiffel 65
• Blink 182 ~ Blink 182
• Your Favorite Weapon ~ Brand New
• Contraband ~ Velvet Revolver
• Greatest Hits ~ Guns N' Roses
• Smile Empty Soul ~ Smile Empty Soul
• No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls ~ Simple Plan
• Lest We Forget: The Best Of ~ Marilyn Manson
• Getting Away with Murder ~ Papa Roach
• Page Avenue ~ Story Of The Year
• Hot Fuss ~ The Killers
• Let It Enfold You ~ Senses Fail
• 14:59 ~ Sugar Ray
• The Better Life ~ 3 Doors Down
• Infest ~ Papa Roach

Best Emo Love Songs

• Not Another Love Song ~ Missy Higgins?
• Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word ~ Elton John
• Broke ~ Modest Mouse
• That Girl Was Me ~ Lindsay Lohan
• Silly Love Songs ~ Paul Macartney
• Crazy Possessive ~ Kaci Battaglia
• Tomorrow Is Al Ong Time ~ Bob Dylan
• Tonight I Wanna Cry ~ Keith Urban
• Tears ~ Rush
• I Don't Wan't to Get Over You ~ Magnetic Fields
• Crazy ~ Patsy Cline
• Sad Eyes ~ Crystal Gayel
• Bad Day ~ Daniel Powter
• Don't Play That Song ~ The Four Tops
• Nothing Compares to You ~ Sinead Oconnor
• Broken ~ Lifehouse
• You're Not Alone ~ Saosin
• I'm Not Ok ~ My Chemical Romance
• Lover I Don't Have to Love ~ Bright Eyes
• Call Me When You're Sober ~ Evanescence
• Teenagers ~ My Chemical Romance
• I Wish Every Day Was Just Like Christmas ~ Elvis
• Goodbye My Lover ~ James Blunt
• Teardrops On My Guitar ~ Taylor Swift
• Love Story ~ Taylor Swift
• Don't Stop Believing ~ Journey
• Untouchable Face ~ Ani Difranco
• Where Do We Go From Here ~ Peter Skellern
• The Perfect Place ~ Hello Kelly
• Good Night Quiet City ~ Dead and Divine

Out of these love songs, the first ten songs are some of my personal favorites. Apart from its foot tapping, rocking music, emo also signifies a special relationship between the fans and the artists, related to different aspects like fashion, culture and behavior which are depicted through multi-platinum acts and groups with disparate styles and sounds.