Top Sad Songs

Almost every individual in this world has faced sadness at some point in life. Life is a well-balanced mixture of positive and negative; some are happy and some are not. For those who are unhappy, the first thing we do is listen to music that relates to our mood. There is just something about sad music and songs that instantly connects with the unhappy heart, the music, the lyrics everything is just written keeping sadness in mind. This article is an impressive collection of sad songs belonging to different genre.

Top Sad Country Songs

Country music artists pour are known to pour their hearts out in their songs. Country songs connect well with the audiences because they signify every emotion that a sad person feels. Their music and songs have a healing touch which portrays the pain felt due to sadness.

• He Stopped Loving Her Today ~ George Jones
• How Can I Help You Say Goodbye ~ Patty Loveless
• Concrete Angel ~ Martina McBride
• I'll Wait for You ~ Joe Nichols
• The Baby ~ Blake Shelton
• Love, Me ~ Collin Raye
• God's Will ~ Martina McBride
• Wish You Were Here ~ Mark Wills
• Paint Me a Birmingham ~ Tracy Lawrence
• Whiskey Lullaby ~ Brad Paisley (with Alison Krauss)
• Just a Dream ~ Carrie Underwood
• A Picture of Me (Without You) ~ George Jones
• Alyssa Lies ~ Jason Michael Carroll
• Where've You Been ~ Kathy Mattea
• If You're Reading This ~ Tim McGraw
• Help Me Make It Through The Night ~ Sammi Smith
• When I Call Your Name ~ Vince Gill
• For My Broken Heart ~ Reba McEntire
• What Hurts the Most ~ Rascal Flatts
• Your Cheatin' Heart ~ Hank Williams
• Go Rest High On That Mountain ~ Vince Gill (Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs)
• Holes in the Floor of Heaven ~ Steve Wariner
• Somewhere in My Broken Heart ~ Billy Dean
• Someone Else's Star ~ Bryan White
• The Best I Ever Had ~ Gary Allan
• Skin (Sarabeth) ~ Rascal Flatts
• If I die Young ~ The Band Perry
• You Were Always on My Mind ~ Willie Nelson
• Back to December ~ Taylor Swift
• I'm Gonna Love You Through It ~ Martina McBride

Top Sad Rock Songs

Music has always been known to give joy to man, but unfortunately people have not been that kind to each other. Rock songs are always criticized for highlighting all the negative aspects of the society but the following songs talk about real emptiness in life.

• The Last Words You Said ~ Sarah Brightman
• I (Who Have Nothing) ~ Shirley Bassey
• Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father) ~ Lindsay Lohan
• Without You ~ X Japan
• Time To Say Goodbye ~ Sarah Brightman
• I (Who Have Nothing) ~ Shirley Bassey
• Free ~ Sarah Brightman
• My Immortal ~ Evanescence
• The Winner Takes It All ~ ABBA
• Tears In Heaven ~ Eric Clapton
• Cry me a River ~ Justin Timberlake
• We Might As Well Be Strangers ~ Keane
• In the End ~ Linkin Park
• Dream on ~ Aerosmith
• You know you're right ~ Nirvana
• Numb Encore ~ Linkin Park (feat Jay-Z)
• How Soon is Now? ~ The Smiths
• How To Disappear Completely ~ Radiohead
• King's Crossing ~ Elliott Smith
• Brothers in Arms ~ Dire Straits
• Hallelujah ~ Jeff Buckley
• Fade to Black ~ Metallica
• Hurt ~ Johnny Cash
• Eleanor Rigby ~ The Beatles
• Leave Me Alone ~ New Order
• Frankie Teardrop ~ Suicide
• Set the Fire to the Third Bar ~ Snow Patrol
• Stairway to Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin
• The First Cut is the Deepest ~ Cat Stevens
• No One's Gonna Love You ~ Band of Horses
• Every Teardrop is a Waterfall ~ Coldplay

Unforgettable Sad Songs

This list of sad songs is special, it contains songs that are not only considered immortal by critics but by music lovers all around the world. Here are some names:

• Smells Like Teen Spirit ~ Nirvana
• When I Come Around ~ Green Day
• Blind ~ Korn
• What's my Name ~ Snoop Dogg
• Aenima ~ Tool
• Self-Esteem ~ The Off Spring
• Never Gonna Get It ~ En Vogue
• Head Like a Hole ~ Nine Inch Holes
• The Beautiful People ~ Marilyn Manson
• Weezer ~ Bloody Holly
• (Everything I Do) I Do It For You ~ Bryan Adams (one of the best top sad love songs of the 90s)
• Truly Madly Deeply ~ Savage Garden
• When Love and Hate Collide ~ Def Leppard
• November Rain, Don't Cry, Paradise City ~ Guns N' Roses
• Don't want to miss a thing ~ Aerosmith
• Lightning Crash ~ Live
• My Heart Will Go On ~ Celine Dion
• Down Poison ~ 3 Doors Down
• Bedtime Story ~ Madonna
• Unforgiven ~ Metallica
• It was a good day ~ Ice Cube
• Please Forgive Me ~ Bryan Adams
• Freshman ~ Verve
• Don't Cry ~ Seal
• Shape of My Heart ~ Sting
• You are Not Alone ~ Michael Jackson
• I'm Laughing from My Tears ~ Toby Keith & Sting
• I will Go Sailing No More ~ Randy Newman

Popular Sad Songs

The best things about sad songs is that they let the listeners express their inner feelings. Sometimes a sad heart needs to feel the pain of another sad heart to release the feelings it is holding inside. Here are some brilliant sad songs,

• I Miss You ~ Blink-182
• How Does it Make You Feel ~ Air
• Mix Tape ~ Brand New
• Inflatable ~ Bush
• The Best Deceptions ~ Dashboard Confessional
• Say Hello, Wave Goodbye ~ David Gray (Soft Cell)
• The Blower's Daughter ~ Damien Rice
• Tiny Vessels ~ Death cab for Cutie
• Company Calls Epilogue ~ Death Cab For Cutie
• Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) ~ Deftones
• Everything Reminds Me of Her ~ Elliot Smith
• Telescope Eyes ~ Eisley
• How to Save a Life ~ The Fray
• Grenade ~ Bruno Mars
• Just Until Sundown ~ Further Seems Forever
• Hide and Seek ~ Imogen Heap
• Drugs or Me ~ Jimmy Eat World
• You Have Killed Me ~ Morrissey
• Blackout ~ Muse
• Knives Out ~ Radiohead
• Last Kiss ~ Pearl Jam (Wayne Cochran)
• I Needed it Most ~ My Morning Jacket
• Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Love Me ~ The Smiths
• Tie Up My Hands ~ Starsailor
• Konstantine ~ Something Corporate
• New American Classic ~ Taking Back Sunday
• Cigarette ~ Yellowcard
• Your Cloud ~ Tori Amos
• Haunt You Every Day ~ Weezer
• Rolling in the Deep ~ Adele
• Strange ~ Tori Amos
• Dance With My Father ~ Luther Vandross
• I Never Told You ~ Colbie Caillat
• All Good Things ~ Nelly Furtado
• Jainy ~ Five for Fighting
• Behind These Hazel Eyes ~ Kelly Clarkson
• So Much for My Happy Ending ~ Avril Lavigne
• Someone Like You ~ Adele
• I Remember Me ~ Jennifer Hudson
• The Story of Us ~ Taylor Swift

So these were the names of some top sad songs that made it to my list. I am pretty sure that I have missed out on some great names, so people keep updating this article with your suggestions.