What songs just make you swell with emotion?

[SuncreamInTheWinter]

Can share why if you want or just share the song name. Or add a link so we can listen.

Attended an online funeral today and they played Highland Cathedral and realised it is always one that gets me. I was at this Proms in the Park that's seen on the video and I cried then and cried today when I heard it.

Don't give up by peter Gabriel
Simple gifts by the tabernacle choir even though I'm an atheist

Whisky in the Jar

Bring Him Home - from Les Mis
Time To Say Goodbye - Andrea Boccelli
A Piece of Sky - Barbra Streisand
Fix You - Coldplay

I'm a singer and I can't sing any of the above without my voice hitching.

From Now On - The Greatest Showman

Forgot that one!

Something inside so strong by Labi Siffre
Schubert's Ave Maria.

I especially love the line near the beginning "underneath their blankets go all the girls and boys". , Joni Mitchell.

Fast car.
Hello from the other side
Because you loved.
My Grandfather's clock
We'll meet again
Some Where over the rainbow.

Against all odds - Phil Collins
Never Love Again - Lady Gaga

*Because you loved me

Boyce Avenue's version of 'Wanted'
His voice gets me every time

Fascinating. Almost nothing more than 20 years ago.

Guess Elgar's Nimrod from the Enigma Variations would be a no....

And most offerings from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir! Battle Hymn of the Republic, anyone?

intotheunknown89

Yes, 'Oh Holy Night' (I admit the first time I heard it was on Home Alone!)

I also like *Carol of the bells'.

James Morrison - You make it real

First song I heard when I found out I was pregnant after IVF, came on the radio when DH was driving us and our beautiful DD home from hospital 9 months later, and on DD's first birthday we asked Alexa to shuffle... first song she played gives me lots of happy tears

Hymns - Abide with Me and The Day Thou Gavest Lord is Ended. Both remind me of my Grandad who we lost in January of this year

Christmas carols - O Holy Night like others have said - I watch Home Alone and get goosebumps! And Away in a Manger

He ain't heavy, he's my brother

Chariots of fire

I made it through the rain

And yes, O Holy Night!

@Miljea Ah yes! Carol of the bells! I love it when Irish singers perform it ❤️

@pinkrocker I lost my DH in 2017. Your song choices are beautiful. I cried listening to them.

For me it’s Dancing in the Sky by Dani and Lizzy. My sister suggested it to me for my husbands funeral and it was perfect.

Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading. Just floors me every time I hear it

And someones already said Nimrod

Nimrod
I try ( Macy Gray)
Bridge over troubled waters , Simon and Gurfunkel
My way

I didn't know The Cat Carol, and have just googled the lyrics

Ave Maria - Mum loved this and it was played at her funeral. I almost passed out from stifling what was going to be a huge roaring sob

Any classic Dusty Springfield song as they remind me so much of Mum. But If You Go Away in particular.

Walking in the Air. It's only as an adult I cry at The Snowman. Reminds me of lost childhood innocence and the people I've lost. Hurts more at Christmas.

Last Christmas - Wham. Poor George. Was such a shock when he died.

Decades - Joy Division. Beautiful and bleak.

All Cats Are Grey - The Cure. In fact, the entire album Faith.

Live To Tell - Madonna. Reminds me of a tough time in childhood.

Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim. I'm not religious, but this is very moving.

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere. As above.

However, Leonid Kharitinov's version of Song of the Volga Boatmen lifts me right up when I'm feeling bad.

Caledonia Yes I'm a greetin' mess.

No More I Love Yous - Annie Lenox 😭😭😭😭

You'll never walk alone at Celtic Park. They will sing again together when this horror is over