There’s nothing like a sad, slow song to aid in a post-breakup cry or to be the soundtrack to a bad day. It’s a well-known fact that music is made to bring out emotions in all of us, but what may come as a surprise is that sad music can have the opposite effect from what you would expect. https://unrequitedlover.com/unrequitedlove/the-20-best-sad-songs-ever-written/

1. Most Depressive
Songs Ever

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There’s nothing like a sad, slow
song to aid in a post-breakup
cry or to be the soundtrack to a
bad day.

3. But what may come as a surprise is that sad
music can have the opposite effect from what you
would expect.
It’s a well-known fact that
music is made to bring out
emotions in all of us

4. Most Depressive
Songs Ever
Wallowing in sad songs can actually elicit
positive feelings of “transcendence,
peacefulness, and nostalgia,”

5. The original version of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” tossed off
by Prince in the mid-’80s and released by the purple one’s
protégés The Family
1. “Nothing Compares 2 U”
by Sinéad O’Connor

6. 2. “Hurt” by
Johnny Cash
On paper the idea of a country music
legend covering Nine Inch Nails sounds
absolutely ghastly – even Trent Reznor
thought so.

7. 3. “Only Love Can
Break Your Heart’
by Neil Young
Yes, dance-pop troupe Saint Etienne made a
jauntier version in 1991, and yes, it kind of
overshadowed the enigmatic Canadian
songwriter’s 1970 original. But it shouldn’t have.

8. 4. “Teardrop” by
Massive Attack
Trip-hop provided the tasteful music fan’s weepy
soundtrack of choice for much of the ’90s, with
tracks like Portishead’s “Roads”
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9. Morrissey hates being pigeonholed as
miserable, but he really did bring it upon
himself sometimes.
5. “I Know It’s
Over” by The
Smiths

10. Thank You
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