Sometimes, the need for a sad song trumps the requirement to lose yourself in happiness. Whether it is sticking on REM when faced with a new break-up or looking towards The Smiths when teenage life ...

This is one classic sad song. Eric Clapton is a masterful storyteller and guitarist ... The way To Build a Home ebbs and flows tugs at the heart ever so gently. The piano rhythm is so simple yet so ...

In the 2010s, country music revamped the definition of what a sad country song could be. Sure, there were still quite a few traditional heartbreak ballads about the end of a relationship ...

In May, a dog rescue center in Pasadena, California, posted a video of what one worker described as the saddest pet surrender she had ever seen. Tokyo—a 3-year-old pit bull mix was surrendered ...

Whether you prefer the sad songs of the 2000s or the 2010s is ultimately going to come down to a matter of taste. That was true for song styles, too. In the 2010s, the country genre revamped the ...

It's difficult to imagine the modern Americana ballad without the examples provided time and again by the legendary Townes ...

Some of the saddest but finest songs from the BBC’s music archives, with hits from Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, The Smiths, Randy Crawford, Coldplay, Dolly Parton, Eric Clapton and Eric Carmen.

The beloved indie artist is formally releasing her album Songs, recorded in 2002, for the very first time.

The Band Perry stares it right in the face here. Next up on our list of sad country songs, Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” has stood the test of time. Originally released in 2012, this ballad ...

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie had it all. Fame, fortune and talent by the bucketload. So why was she so sad at the way her ...