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What's the saddest music video ever ?

101 replies

Floogal · 09/05/2026 18:41

I've always thought the song Happier by Marshmallo and Bastille was quite upbeat and fun when hearing it on the radio. The other day when watching music videos on YouTube it came up. So heartbreaking. A lonely isolated girl is given a puppy by her dad. The girl and the dog become close. Gradually the dog ages and becomes sick until it is put down. The most upsetting thing in the video is the girl sobbing at the vets while the dog puts the paw in her hand to cheer her up.
Thankfully the video has a happy ending, which I won't spoil. But check it out.
What music videos do you find sad?

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Pieceofpurplesky · 10/05/2026 11:42

Smashing Pumpkins Try Try Try about a pregnant drug addict

Oldraver · 10/05/2026 11:45
Chiefangel · 10/05/2026 11:49

Anthem for a lost cause by Manic Street Preachers.

Pigeonatthewheel · 10/05/2026 11:51

Get Better by alt-j is a pretty sad video, but if you want to go real sad listen to the album A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie

SqueakyFromme · 10/05/2026 11:58

Crikeyalmighty · 10/05/2026 11:28

Yep

The child In the video is Jason Cerbone who played Jackie Aprile Jr in The Sopranos

What's the saddest music video ever ?
MayIDestroyYou · 10/05/2026 12:00

I generally prefer songs without having to watch a video - but I find myself thinking about the rejection on this, even when I’m not listening to it:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6PrWw3GD4okPDenOPFv7YP?si=zHa4JMbdSf-gvh3BCeUVMw

Casual

Chappell Roan · Casual · Song · 2023

https://open.spotify.com/track/6PrWw3GD4okPDenOPFv7YP?si=zHa4JMbdSf-gvh3BCeUVMw

honeylulu · 10/05/2026 12:05

SisterMaryLuke · 10/05/2026 11:29

I'm Not The Only One by Sam Smith. I find the song beautiful and Diana Agron is impossibly sad in the video.

I agree with this one. It came out just after one of my closest friend's marriages broke down when she found out her husband had been having an affair with a mutual friend. She was devastated. I remember her playing me the song/video on her phone sitting in my kitchen and both of us crying.

maddiemookins16mum · 10/05/2026 12:12

Small-town Boy gets me every time I see it.

honeylulu · 10/05/2026 12:17

Don't think this is "saddest ever" but Everytime by Britney Spears is very sad, including that it foreshadowed the escalating troubles in her life - hounding by paparazzi, treated badly by partners, mental health and drug issues, hospitalisation.

ratherfarther · 10/05/2026 12:23

Drive by the Cars

Staffygirl · 10/05/2026 12:58

'The Funeral' by Band of horses....The song is so moving and the video very sad.

catspyjamas1 · 10/05/2026 13:24

Another vote for Cash's cover of Hurt.

Savvysix1984 · 10/05/2026 14:04

Sinead O’Connor- nothing compares

BorgQueen · 10/05/2026 14:32

The Ghost of you by My Chemical Romance, it’s utterly brilliant, the way the wartime dance floor morphs into Omaha Beach.
Also, Everybody Hurts by REM.

Namethatbauble · 10/05/2026 14:33

flowerfairyy · 10/05/2026 10:51

Nothing Compares To You by Sinead OConnor

@flowerfairyy agreed and Sam Fender Remember My Name. Both make me instantly tear up.

shellyleppard · 10/05/2026 14:37

Queen days of our lives. Freddie Mercury looks so ill. The last line where he says "i still love you" has me in tears every time

HighlandCauliflower · 10/05/2026 14:41

honeylulu · 10/05/2026 12:17

Don't think this is "saddest ever" but Everytime by Britney Spears is very sad, including that it foreshadowed the escalating troubles in her life - hounding by paparazzi, treated badly by partners, mental health and drug issues, hospitalisation.

This is the one that came to mind for me

wantmorenow · 10/05/2026 14:44

flowerfairyy · 10/05/2026 10:51

Nothing Compares To You by Sinead OConnor

Agree. Shot in one take and she wasn't even aware she was crying. It's about her mum's death I think. So powerful.

Theresalittlebitofwitchinyou · 10/05/2026 14:44

franksmama · 10/05/2026 10:56

Wrong Side of Heaven by FFDP always gets me.

I also shed a little tear whenever I see the Pipes of Peace video.

Wrong Side of Heaven always gets me too

Greenfingers37 · 10/05/2026 14:45

Eric Clapton ‘Tears in heaven’ 😢

PassTheCranberrySauce · 10/05/2026 14:48

wantmorenow · 10/05/2026 14:44

Agree. Shot in one take and she wasn't even aware she was crying. It's about her mum's death I think. So powerful.

The song isn’t about her mum’s death, it’s a Prince song. I think she was thinking of her mum when she shot the video, though.

Bewareofstepfords · 10/05/2026 15:00

flowerfairyy · 10/05/2026 10:51

Nothing Compares To You by Sinead OConnor

That's my immediate pick.
Her voice tears me up. It's an incredible expression of totally gutwrenching heartbreak and loss.
And then I think of the untimely deaths of her young son and herself.
Waaaah!

Womblingmerrily · 10/05/2026 15:30

Dead boys, Sam Fender

Belfast child, Simple Minds

SpottedTailQuoll · 10/05/2026 15:39

Fields of Barley, Eva Cassidy.

murasaki · 10/05/2026 15:50

SpottedTailQuoll · 10/05/2026 15:39

Fields of Barley, Eva Cassidy.

Isn't it Fields of Gold, a cover of a Sting song?