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Which songs make you cry?

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Sashacolby · 30/11/2023 21:12

I just listened to Cosmic Love by Florence and the Machine, and I remember they played it in Coronation Street when Aidan Connor took his own life. I know it's just a soap but it was heartbreaking and a 23 year old girl from my local area took her own life earlier this year, it just made me think of her.
There are other songs which have the same effect, interested to hear about any other songs that have this effect on people!

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Kpo58 · 30/11/2023 21:13

You are my sunshine. It's definitely not a happy song.

Sashacolby · 30/11/2023 21:14

Aww, absolutely

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Alexandra2001 · 30/11/2023 21:14

Seasons in the Sun, not the West Life rubbish - there is a line in there that brings up so very tragic times.... never a dry eye!

FrankTurnersCat · 30/11/2023 21:16

Send me a Bird by Beans on Toast reduces me to a snotty wreck every time. My mum died very suddenly nearly 2 years ago and this song just hits

lljkk · 30/11/2023 21:17

Wires, Athlete
Little Green, Joni Mitchell
No son of mine, P Collins
The music heavily featured in Lorenzo's Oil used to set me off, too

There are more, I tear up pretty easily!!

Trinity69 · 30/11/2023 21:19

Everybody hurts by REM
Bright eyes by Simon & Garfunkel

Roadtomandalay · 30/11/2023 21:19

I can't stop loving you - Ray Charles

Elzibells · 30/11/2023 21:22

Wires Athelete, god yes.
The Scientist by Coldplay.

But the worst is This Womans Work by Kate Bush. The line - All the things I should have said that were never said - instant tears every single time.

StateFlowerOfVirginia · 30/11/2023 21:22

I don't know the name of it but the piano tune that's played in the background in This Is England when Kelly enters Lol and Woody's wedding in slow motion 💔

OneWildNightWithJBJ · 30/11/2023 21:24

Everybody Hurts, played at my friend’s funeral as a teenager.

sadeyedladyofthelowlandsea · 30/11/2023 21:26

'Somewhere only we know' by Keane. My dad & I had the exact same reaction to it with a shared memory and it makes me cry every single time now because he's not here anymore for us to have the same conversation we always had when we heard it.

mintich · 30/11/2023 21:27

The Girl That Never Was - James Blunt
Stay - Sugarland

Onlyhumanafter2teas · 30/11/2023 21:28

Supermarket flowers by Ed Sheeran. Absolute mess within seconds every time. Heard a busker singing it while out shopping a few weeks ago and was ugly crying in a shop doorway for ages

corlan · 30/11/2023 21:29

Danny Boy - gets me every time. The words are so beautiful
Arrivals by Declan O'Rourke gets me very maudlin too!

Errolwasahero · 30/11/2023 21:31

Blackbird by Alter Bridge. Always end up yelling out the chorus with tears streaming down my face 😢

PanettonePuff · 30/11/2023 21:33

Found myself howling to Doris Day ‘I’ll be home for Christmas’ the other day… My DDad used to sing it to me when I was little, as he worked away all week.

Errolwasahero · 30/11/2023 21:33

Oh and 10,000 miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Sashacolby · 30/11/2023 21:33

So sorry about you losing your friend young :(

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CeriB82 · 30/11/2023 21:33

Nella fantasia. Played at my mums funeral

LunaMay · 30/11/2023 21:36

mintich · 30/11/2023 21:27

The Girl That Never Was - James Blunt
Stay - Sugarland

Both of these, yes.

Rut by The Killers

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 30/11/2023 21:40

Old shep, every single time

mrsconradfisher · 30/11/2023 21:41

Ronan-Taylor Swift

I very rarely cry at music but I cannot listen to it without sobbing at the words.

Darklane · 30/11/2023 21:41

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

And yes, Danny Boy, especially when played by a brass band. The scene in Brassed Off outside the hospital always.

BreakfastAtMilliways · 30/11/2023 21:42

Can’t listen to the last verses of Puff the Magic Dragon wthout crying. Also Prettiest Eyes by the Beautiful South.

darkmorningslighydays · 30/11/2023 21:42

Tears in heaven - Eric Clapton
He ain't heavy he's my brother.

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