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What song makes you cry?

171 replies

LibertyLue · 26/03/2021 18:55

I was driving to work yesterday and Caledonia came on my radio. I arrive at work absolutely bawling! That song gets me every single time, I’ll be ok for the first few bars then I can’t hold back the tears. I also used to find Tears in Heaven a guarantee of tears but haven’t listened to that in a while.
Wondering what other songs people find have the same effect on them.

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lostfrequencies · 26/03/2021 20:37

@MimsyBorogroves

Still fighting it - Ben folds
Yes, this too. Sob.
gallileofigaro · 26/03/2021 20:38

Every breath you take - Puff Daddy version. Had it at my dads funeral as he used to sing and dance with his grandsons to it 💙

Bookworm65 · 26/03/2021 20:40

*MarmaladeToastAndAMarmaladeCat

ABBA slipping through my fingers*

Yes! Every time! Also Cat's in the Cradle and A Winter's Tale by David Essex.

drinkingwineoutofamug · 26/03/2021 20:40

Nutshell - alice in chains . They sang it mtv unplugged if you watch it on YouTube, comments like a man singing at his own funeral.

IsolaPribby · 26/03/2021 20:40

Agree 100% with Abba Slipping through my fingers.

Also, Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks

SingingWaffleDoggy · 26/03/2021 20:41

Dance with my father
Mad world
Baby mine
Supermarket flowers
The scientist
There’ll you’ll be

SingingWaffleDoggy · 26/03/2021 20:41

There!

Anotherweekend · 26/03/2021 20:42

Just played Into My Arms. One of my favourite songs ever.

Martha by Tom Waits stopped me in my tracks and made me cry first time I heard it

Electric dreams

Do you realise by Flaming Lips. Sad

xanthippe8 great song Flowers

lucysmam · 26/03/2021 20:42

Queen: Who Wants to Live Forever & The Show Must Go on, as well

Rosieredapples · 26/03/2021 20:43

The Blowers Daughter by Damian Rice, it was my husbands song for our daughter and I cry within the first few bites when I recognise it on the radio etc.

Rosieredapples · 26/03/2021 20:43

Notes not bites 🤪

MrsMouse03 · 26/03/2021 20:43

The wonder of you, Elvis and the killing of Georgie by Rod Stewart Confused

Rosieredapples · 26/03/2021 20:44

Also Kate Bush this woman's work.

Soozikinzi · 26/03/2021 20:45

Van Morrison's Have I told you lately that I love you xx

ploddingalongwithlife · 26/03/2021 20:45

Cat stevens - father and son
Elvis prestley - bride over troubled water
Eric
Clapton - years in heaven

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ContadoraExplorer · 26/03/2021 20:48

Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
Queen - Who Wants Live Forever / Too Much Love Will Kill You / No-One But You / The Show Must Go On (a lot of their songs get to me!)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colours / I Will Always Love You

Jellykat · 26/03/2021 20:50

INXS - Never tear us apart
Bowie - Wild is the wind
The Jam - English Rose

lmao88 · 26/03/2021 20:50

Let Her Go by Passenger

Re. A breakup, ex cheated on me and came running back regretting everything he had done, but I slammed that bitch down

fizbosshoes · 26/03/2021 20:51

Ordinary world - Duran Duran. I remember listening to it during a really difficult time in my life when struggling with MH.
Chasing cars - snow patrol
Someone you love - lewis capaldi (it always seemed to be on the radio when I drove to see my dad, in his last weeks of life knowing he had not got long)

Fix you- Coldplay. Heard it the day after my mums funeral when I literally felt broken.

JarvisCockerSpanieI · 26/03/2021 20:53

The slow show - ordinary lives

Rolypolyfishheads · 26/03/2021 20:55

Same love by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
Also Small Bump by Ed Sheeran 🥺

Guardup · 26/03/2021 20:56

This is fast becoming my favourite thread ever. Already thrown ‘into my arms’ in the ring.

I also absolutely love bat for lashes ‘laura’

Thanks for keeping me company this evening with your truly beautiful songs

MrsMouse03 · 26/03/2021 20:57

Just remembered Take That, Fly High, as my son told me it's about a baby that didn't make it. 😞

JarvisCockerSpanieI · 26/03/2021 21:02

Ingrid Michaelson - build it up

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