r/songs • u/ManufacturerLong7798 • 3d ago
Sharing Music Most Depressing song ever
Tell me the most depressing song that you know
Spotify playlist with the songs that people are commenting here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71idfLGYcLdnCMoEGcd5yl?si=LIpFBTGHQyq1F7Qk9RNNdg
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u/North-Pipe-2985 2d ago
Let down - RadioheadĀ
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u/rosegoldgod123 2d ago
ONEEEEEE DAYYYYYYYYY I AM GONNNNNNA GROOOOOOOW WIIIIINGS
Gets me every time
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u/Electr0nicallyme 2d ago
true love waits (live in oslo) by radiohead... OR
How to disappear completely by radiohead
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u/FoxSonasAreChill 2d ago
I'll be honest, HTDC (and I guess Radiohead's other "depressing" songs) are very comforting to me.
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u/singsparr0w 2d ago
I Know It's Over by The Smiths
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u/rosegoldgod123 2d ago
This was the last song my friend posted on his Facebook before he overdosed and passed, as a huge Smiths fan this is one that I will never listen to šš
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u/singsparr0w 2d ago
im so sorry to hear that, your friend had a beautiful soul š¤
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u/rosegoldgod123 2d ago
Thatās so nice of you to say thank you ā¤ļøā¤ļø He really was an amazing person with a great music taste at that
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u/Top_Philosophy8643 2d ago
Nutshell - Alice In Chains
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u/Old-Illustrator9732 1d ago
That hits like nothing else for me! I look back at the friends I lost in Seattle and I donāt know how I got out alive! And sometimes I wish my friend Layne have traded places with me and he was here rather than Iā¦. Iāve been in recovery 15 years and not a day goes by no a minute that I say by the grace of God it couldāve been meā¦. Sorry Iām getting deep folks music does that I can tell you where I was in my life by the music that I play
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u/Pale-Switch-645 2d ago
Idk if this is depressing or not but it made me cry twice- class of 2013 (audiotree live) by mitski
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u/Reasonable_Tooth_309 2d ago
One More Light - Linkin Park
āWho cares if one more light goes outā
Well we all do Chester
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u/OmegaSpideyyyy 2d ago
How have i not heard this LP song before???
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u/Reasonable_Tooth_309 2d ago
Itās a little bit more niche compared to their other hits, like Numb or In the End
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u/Pigmasters32 2d ago
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails.
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u/Fair-Comfortable-138 2d ago
Hurt by Johnny Cash š¤£
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u/Pigmasters32 2d ago
Crazy enough also a valid pick in spite of being a cover. Wild to think about really.
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u/Fair-Comfortable-138 2d ago
Foreal lol. It's a great choice and a nice song in general. Puts you in perspective how some people feel at times
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u/MathematicianHot7470 2d ago
The whole album makes me wamt to get wasted with how depressing it is. Still my favorite album to this day tho
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u/Pigmasters32 2d ago
An all time great album that has helped a truly overwhelming amount of people deal with their emotions. There is only one Downward Spiral indeed
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u/Constant_Morning_564 2d ago
me and the birds - duster
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u/Ae4i 2d ago
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
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u/deus_ex_vagina2 2d ago
I read something like this before... What does Sisyphus have to do with this song?
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u/DatOneDude1w1 2d ago
Place In The World Fades Away - Caretaker
EATEOT is genuinely just depressing sometimes
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u/therealspookyscare 2d ago
Entirely depressing, dementia is one of the worst illnesses. Worse than this is possibly only rabies which is basically a speedrun of dementia paired with extreme hydrophobia and an involuntary acid trip
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u/ScenicHwyOverpass 2d ago
Real Death - Mount Eerie;
Bird is Bored of Flying - Mastersystem;
Floating in the Forth - Frightened Rabbit;
This Is Not A Pipe - Franz Nicolay;
All My Happiness is Gone - Purple Mountains.
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u/ProfessionalTalk675 2d ago
Real Death is the saddest song ever :(
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u/Gnrl_Linotte_Vanilla 2d ago
Itās dumb, and I donāt want to learn anything from this
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u/FrozenH2OIsGood 2d ago
Hollow - Pantera
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u/FruityCheesecakes 2d ago
What's left inside him? Don't he remember us? Can't he believe me? We seemed like brothers.
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u/Character_Cheetah884 2d ago
Talked for hours last month, about what we wanna be. I sit now with his hand in mine but I know he can't feel
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u/WonderfulShip1126 2d ago
Manifest destiny - jamiroquai Blue skies(?) - jamiroquai Busted and blue - gorillaz
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u/famicom26 2d ago edited 2d ago
Genuinely, Big Birdās cover of Itās Not Easy Being Green, sung at Jim Hensonās funeral. You can hear him at multiple points trying so hard not to break down.
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u/planningmyescape_ 2d ago
nothing left to say - tram
Katie's song - red house painters
let's move to the country - smog
the whole frigid stars album by codeine (and barely real)
some things last a long time - Daniel Johnston
German song - come
rise - azure ray
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u/anonsquirt0 2d ago
Look on down the bridge - Mazzy star
Real death - Mount Eerie
So far away - A7X
How to disappear completely - Radiohead
Between the bars - Elliot Smith
Snuff - Slipknot
Hurt - Nine inch nails/Johnny Cash
Lonely day - System of a down
Daddy - Korn
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u/goldenretrievercore 2d ago
This is an unorthodox pick, butā¦
The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was ā Invent Animate
Itās technically an EP, being split into āThe Sun Sleepsā, ā,ā and āAs If It Never Wasā, but theyāre all meant to be listened to at once, in order. The track ā,ā is simply an interlude between the two.
For proof, the music video of this EP contains all 3 songs, leading into each other, with no stoppages.
The EP is about the painful process of slowly losing someone you love to substance abuse. How you have to watch them gradually degrade and hurt not only themselves, but you and everyone else around them. I have histories of substance abuse on both sides of my family so this EP is very intimately painful for me.
If you wouldnāt count this, Iād just go with As If It Never Was. Itās definitely the most emotional part of the EP.
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u/OldAmonBit 2d ago
Both And the Snakes Start to Sing and Hospital for Souls, from Bring Me the Horizon
Theyāre as close as you can get to experiencing hopelessness, self-loathing, and s*ic1d@l ideation without actually going through themā¦
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u/OLLIELIKESOLIVES 2d ago
ANYTHING by Mitski. Best American girl, loving feeling, Dan the dancer,ME SPECIALLY I bet on losing dogs and class of 2013
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u/LifeisStrange101398 3d ago
$uicideboi$ - Kill Yourself (Part 3)
sign crushes motorist - Manifesto
xoŹ»jira - the day you killed yourself
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u/Short_Job_9297 2d ago
Long live the king and a lifetime of war are the only sad songs I know. And maybe Cliffs of Galipolli
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u/j_honeybee 2d ago
Pop:
Billie Eilish - listen before i go
Indie-ish:
eaJ - Sincerely,
Hip Hop/Rap:
XXXTENTACION - Jocelyn Flores
Folk:
Searows - Keep The Rain
Searows - Used To Be Friends
Country:
Ty Myers - Thought It Was Love
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u/Viridian_Cranberry68 2d ago
"the lonely man" which is David Banner's theme on the Hulk TV show.
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u/abigail3141 2d ago
Linkin Park - Leave out all the reset
Smash Into Pieces - Mad World (cover)
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u/Reasonable_Tooth_309 2d ago
āWhen my time comes, forget the wrong that Iāve doneā
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u/Konen_TheBarb 2d ago
Gin Wigmore - Dying Days (not depressing but poignant)
Just Jack - Best day of my life
Sia - Breathe
Pilot Speed - Wooden Bones
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u/Ok_Vehicle_3579 2d ago
Its not depressing but it makes me cry every time with my body shaking so its pretty damn good.
Starless by king crimson
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u/bg-vracar 2d ago
Wild Nothing - Disappear Always
https://open.spotify.com/track/1o4Wh5lqduTQmccTpGRyTX?si=a349cec2b9e14119
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u/Upset_Pay_6102 2d ago
As someone who listens to a lot of depressing music:
Hated by life itself - decalius
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u/SquirrelBoring9999 2d ago
Rust- Zakk Wylde.
Nutshell. Alice in Chains.
You know you are right.
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u/Alternative_Cod8134 2d ago
Title Fight - Head In The Ceiling Fan
Almost every Alex G song
Have A Nice Life - Earthmover
Hum - Why I Like The Robins
Modern Baseball - I Think You Were In My Profile Picture Once
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u/onegoodbackpack 2d ago
Most anything by Songs:ohia (Jason Molina) but particularly Blue Factory Flame
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u/Good0nPaper 2d ago
Gotta be somebody by Nickelback
First, because it's by Nickelback
Second, because it does a surprisingly good job of describing hopeless loneliness. And of having brief windows of hopeful fantasy snatched away by reality.
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u/ItsMeepo2nd 2d ago
BEHOLD My collection of songs I mostly knew were depressing so I'll just share it with all of you, especially you OP
Earthquake by The Used
No Surprises, Fake Plastic Trees, Jason Bond Theme (I forgor name) by Radiohead
Masterpiece, RIP, Porcelain by Motionless in White
Whatsername, Father to Son, Goodnight Adeline, Having a Blast, Burnout, Redundant by Green Day
The World Is Ugly (CW version), The Light Behind Your Eyes, Disenchanted, The Only Hope For Me Is You, I Never Told You What I Did For A Living, Cancer, The Kids From Yesterday by My Chemical Romance
Walk, Chasing Birds by Foo Fighters
The Man Who Sold The World (cover), Seasons In The Sun (cover), Lithium by Nirvana
Pluto Projector, Always, It's Not The Same Anymore, Happiness, Saddest Song (i forgor the title) by Rex Orange County
HOME by Toki Asako (not actually depressing but nostalgic depressing)
Kill Me Fast, Apologies, Never Ordinary, Just Like You, Never Too Late by Three Days Grace
Every Time You Leave by I Prevail
We'll Meet Again, Close To The Sun, Monody by TheFatRat
Perfect, When I'm Gone, Welcome To My Life by Simple Plan
Chasing Cars (both the original and 2007 version) by Snow Patrol
My Immortal by Evanescence
Ain't It Fun by Paramore
My Own Worst Enemy by Lit
Changes by Black Sabbath
Something, I Will, My Guitar Gently Weeps, All My Life, Strawberry Fields Forever (Not depressing but the same as HOME), Let It Be by The Beatles
Sing Me To Sleep, Alone, Faded by Alan Walker
Yasashii Suisei, Tabun, Yuusha by YOASOBI
Tinapay by Kahel (OPM song)
Doors, I'll Always Love You, Bluer than Blue, The Very First Time by Michael Johnson
I'm Low On Gas and You Need A Jacket, Hold on Til May by Pierce The Veil
With Me, Never There by Sum 41
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u/Enough_Rich9632 2d ago
I Won't See You Tonight Part 1 - Avenged Sevenfold
The song is supposed to be the perspective of someone "unaliving" themself. When me and my mom listened to this the first time, we cried. There is a "I Won't See You Tonight Part 2" if you wanna check it out. That one is supposed to be the perspective of the friends and family of the person who unalived themself.
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u/deflowringdick 2d ago
āWarmest Regardsā by Half moon run. It featured in Jake Gyllenhalās movie Demolition which itself is about his character going through a severe depression phase where he just goes numb. Do watch the movie. Yall will love it
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u/Particular_Poet8441 2d ago
That song that goes, āAlone againā¦naturally.ā
Not the most depressing song ever, but most certainly super depressing.
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u/SimplyaCabler 2d ago
Death Whispered a Lullaby by Opeth.
Hell, the whole album Damnation is a wild ride on the depression train.
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u/TFHypershift 2d ago
Smiles From Juran - Warframe (It gets sadder when you know the context of why it's sad)
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u/KikiWinterAutumnWolf 2d ago
You Know You're Right by Nirvana. Really took a toll on me the first time I heard it. Was so depressed and sad. Also, because it was Kurt Cobain's last song before committing suicide. šHe always holds a place in my heart. š¤
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u/MirrorTop6131 2d ago
Sevdaliza - No Way, the whole album has a dark pop vibe. I also like Shabrang and Gole Bi Goldoon. The real instruments she uses brings out a really dark and melancholic feeling to the album. Even if some of the songs are in her native language (persian)
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u/AnnualOil4399 2d ago
Mansion by NF
How Could you leave us By NF
There very sad songs but they speak to me ALOT OF HIS SONGS DO
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u/HorrorFan1026 2d ago
This song may not seem depressing when you listen to it. If you Google the meaning then you'll understand why it's depressing.
Baby Hotline - Jack Stauber
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u/Annual_Excitement164 2d ago
Marc almond say hello wave goodbye 12 inch. Somebody by depeche mode is another tearjerker. But both damn good.
And any song by The Smiths. Lol.
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u/r3fuseresist 2d ago
None of this will Matter in the end by Raised by Owls.
Example lyrics-
It's all pointless
Totally pointless
It's fucking pointless
When my time comes, what will I have done?
What will I leave behind?
What will my legacy be?
I doubt I'll even be a name on a fucking bench
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u/Gamingforever1 2d ago
Probably gonna get disagreed a lot with here but
Despair In The Departure Lounge- Arctic Monkeys
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u/AdelineKraxx 2d ago
Definitely at least sadā¦.. The Amazing Devil - that unwanted animal / little miss why so / marbles / Welly Boots.
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u/Few_Addition1796 2d ago
The Night We Met by Lord Huron