"I Hate Myself And Want To Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard"

[MiamiHeat]

WITHOUT YOU is a cover by mariah carey of harry nilson back in the 60s or 70s

[cherylsteele]

He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones

[chreph]

"Tears in Heaven" usually depresses me when I hear it.

I know they're only counting mainstream songs so that eliminates a couple of songs on Stabbing Westward's darkest days album. "One More Time" from Flaw also depresses me greatly

[duncan228]

"Tears in Heaven"

I knew ST would have a better list than the original, this would be #1 for me so far.

[mrsmaalox]

I knew ST would have a better list than the original, this would be #1 for me so far.

Yep that's a good one. But I think for me it would be The Pretender, Jackson Browne.

[ATRAIN]

NIN hurt is far superior to the Cash version...I like Cash, but Reznor's is the tops. Also, NIN's "all that could have been" is even better than Hurt.

+1

[ATRAIN]

I always thought "Are you Sad" by Our Lady Peace was a pretty depressing song. Plus it reminds me of my ex that broke my heart almost 8 years ago.

[desflood]

In The Arms Of an Angel (Sarah McLaughlin) is the only song I've never been able to sing all the way through without tearing up. That song is depressing as sh*t.

[ATRAIN]

The Stabbing Westward library lol. Every song is about either stalking or a bad breakup.

[ATRAIN]

im suprised Boyz to Men isnt on there. Dont they use its so hard to say goodbye every year when they show us who we lost in the past year?

[Spurminator]

In The Arms Of an Angel (Sarah McLaughlin) is the only song I've never been able to sing all the way through without tearing up. That song is depressing as sh*t.

Another good pick. Especially if you've seen the Animal Abuse TV ad that uses it as its theme.

[desflood]

Another good pick. Especially if you've seen the Animal Abuse TV ad that uses it as its theme.

I'm also a softie for animals. Every time that damn commercial came on I had to turn it off

[Skele-Jester]

Please come to Boston
Dave Loggins.

[duncan228]

The Allman Brothers/Gregg Allman "Please Call Home" (either version)
Derek And The Dominos "Layla"

[leemajors]

i'm partial to Why Must I Cry by Peter Tosh. No Sympathy is also depressing, and i prefer Tosh's version to others.

[Jekka]

Yep that's a good one. But I think for me it would be The Pretender, Jackson Browne.

I never thought of that song as being particularly depressing. Cynical, sure, but not really sad.

"And then we'll put our dark glasses on,
and we'll make love until our strength is gone
and when the morning light comes streaming in,
we'll get up and do it again
Amen
Get it up again."

A more depressing Jackson Browne song would be Fountain of Sorrow or Song for Adam.

[mrsmaalox]

I never thought of that song as being particularly depressing. Cynical, sure, but not really sad.

"And then we'll put our dark glasses on,
and we'll make love until our strength is gone
and when the morning light comes streaming in,
we'll get up and do it again
Amen
Get it up again."

A more depressing Jackson Browne song would be Fountain of Sorrow or Song for Adam.

I don't know, he wrote it after his wife committed suicide. I think it's about losing your grip on reality. And those lyrics above are in the context of "someday when I meet someone" not to an actual person he loves. Great song.

[female sports fan]

I'm surprised this one hasn't been mentioned

[JMarkJohns]

"Washing Of The Water" by Peter Gabriel is an amazing, but depressing song...

River, river carry me on
Living river carry me on
River, river carry me on
To the place where I come from

So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride
If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside

River, show me how to float
I feel like Im sinking down
Thought that I could get along
But here in this water
My feet wont touch the ground
I need something to turn myself around

Going away, away towards the sea
River deep, can you lift up and carry me
Oh roll on though the heartland
til the sun has left the sky
River, river carry me high
til the washing of the water make it all alright
Let your waters reach me like she reached me tonight

Letting go, its so hard
The way its hurting now
To get this love untied
So tough to stay with thing
cause if I follow through
I face what I denied
I get those hooks out of me
And I take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side
Kill that fear of emptiness, loneliness I hide

River, oh river, river running deep
Bring me something that will let me get to sleep
In the washing of the water will you take it all away
Bring me something to take this pain away

[2centsworth]

by a million miles "All by myself" by Eric Carmen. I think the dude offed himself.

[ChumpDumper]

Carmen is quite alive, and apparently quite drunk much of the time.

[duncan228]

Isn't it Celine Dion's version of Carmen's song that's on the list?

[v2freak]

Is there any story more depressing than about a guy who had a rough childhood (ameliorated only by his hard-working mother) and joins a gang; one day he and his gang members decide to rape and brutally beat a woman and the woman turns out to be his own mom?

[JMarkJohns]

NIN hurt is far superior to the Cash version...I like Cash, but Reznor's is the tops. Also, NIN's "all that could have been" is even better than Hurt.

To each his own. I really like Nine Inch Nails, and liked the original, but I don't think it's one of their best tracks. Not even close... I think Cash took all this song's potential and maximized it.

Before it was whiney - at worst - melancholy - at best. After Cash, it had actual meaning.

NIN's version is solid, and I always loved the off notes betwixt the verses, but Cash embodies the song in a way that Reznor never could, which is why his version resonates, which is why it has much more of an impact.

[MrChug]

FTW: "Somebody Kill Me Please"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTnq268y2ms

-Robby Hart