What songs from the 90's would you consider the saddest?

My vote is for "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton.

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Cat

Freshman...by the Verve or Verve Pipe I believe. I guess I say that because I am a freshman...I've been there...but there's a ton, that was just the first to hit me.

I also have to say "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. is also pretty sad, as is "One" by U2.

Now it's sad songs from the '90s. What about the happy ones ?  ;D

Here's all I've got for now...

Adia -- Sarah McLachlan
Stay -- Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Cry for Help -- Rick Astley
Sunny Came Home -- Shawn Colvin
My Favorite Mistake -- Sheryl Crow
Hopeless (Like A Penny With A Hole In It) -- Dionne Farris
Missing -- Everything But the Girl
No More "I Love You's" -- Annie Lennox
Don't Cry -- Seal
Mr. Wendel -- Arrested Development

And one that was already mentioned...
Everybody Hurts -- R.E.M.

Sad songs don't make me sad, they just help me get through.

"Happiness is a sad song" - Charlie Brown

;)

I'm laughing through my tears - Sting & Toby Keith

"Fragile" by Sting
"The Shape of My Heart" by Sting
"All Apologies" by Nirvana
"Kiss From A Rose" by Seal

What songs from the 90's would you consider the saddest?

My vote is for "Tears In Heaven" by Eric Clapton.


Wow, Tears In Heaven was from the 90s? I thought it was older than that...shows how much I know  :-X

Wow, Tears In Heaven was from the 90s? I thought it was older than that...shows how much I know  :-X


It's from 93 or 94.

How about 'The Drugs Don't Work' by The Verve? And stuff by artists like Jeff Buckley, Stone Roses, Smashing Pumpkins, Travis (later on) even Elliott Smith's early work.

Again by Janet Jackson just cause the song has a verey sad sound :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(

Take a bow Madonna 1995

Another Velvet Morning- The Verve

Kingdom of Rain- Matt Johnson & Sinead O'Connor

Most of the Achtung Baby album by U2- sheesh, were they bitter when they wrote that!

Water Pistol Man- Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Wandering Stars- Portishead (contains extracts from Revelations in the Bible)- in fact, most of Portishead's Dummy album

Shelter- Massive Attack

Nothing Compares2you Sinead O'Connor.
Mr. Wendel- Arrested development

If You Go John Secada



Howard

'Saltwater' by Julian Lennon is quite a touching song. Pity he could never top it.

Anything by Celine Dion...

...not in the teary-eyed sad sense though.

Just the, your manager was courting you when you were 14 and he was 40 kind of sad.

Anything by Celine Dion...

...not in the teary-eyed sad sense though.

Just the, your manager was courting you when you were 14 and he was 40 kind of sad.


Nooooo, it's just plain creeeeeeeeeepy!  ;D

I'd say Nirvanas version of The Man who sold the World,the unplugged version of something in the way,dumb,pennyroyal tea,all apologies,actually the whole Unplugged album.
Pearl Jams Nothingman and Alone are REALLY sad,Alice In Chains Nutshell and Hole's Doll Parts

Hello Everyone,
I need help! there is a song in the 90's about which I can only remember the tune and a little bit about the video. The singer is a girl, and the video is shot in black and white. The melodie is mainly formed by an acoustinc guitar, and the girl has a little bit of a deep voice.  This may be the only son that was aired on the radio or TV. Can anybody help me out with this one? If you think which song, or artist I am talking about please shoot me an e-mail to ozblackaller@gmail.com

Hello Everyone,
I need help! there is a song in the 90's about which I can only remember the tune and a little bit about the video. The singer is a girl, and the video is shot in black and white. The melodie is mainly formed by an acoustinc guitar, and the girl has a little bit of a deep voice.  This may be the only son that was aired on the radio or TV. Can anybody help me out with this one? If you think which song, or artist I am talking about please shoot me an e-mail to ozblackaller@gmail.com


I won't send you an e-mail, but i'll answer you here.

It might be "Fade Into You" by Mazzy Star from 1994

I always found "Hobart Paving" by Saint Etienne sort of sad sounding.  Still a cool song.  I love it! 8)

I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
Everybody Hurts - REM
Why - Annie Lennox
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton

Galilio by the Indigo Girls (It makes me sad)  My other choices were already mentioned.

Jesus Jones, Right Here, Right Now

Once upon a time, "watching the world wake up from history" was something worth waiting for.

Black by Pearl Jam and In the Arms of the Angel by Sarah McLaughlin.

I find the re-issue of Elton John's Candle In The Wind for Lady Diana very moving.

Dubstar- "Stars"
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony- "Tha Crossroads"

Jesus Jones, Right Here, Right Now

Once upon a time, "watching the world wake up from history" was something worth waiting for.


How's that a sad song? I always thought it was a very happy, optimistic song, celebrating the end of the Cold War. Or do you mean it's a sad song in hindsight, considering what's happened in the world in the fifteen years since it was released?

[Sinaide (sp.) O'conner?? Isn't that the one where it is her in black and white and it's just her face for most for most of the video  umm.. i can't remember the title.... she was under alot of fire in the 90's so her video was probably on alot.
 
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[Sinaide (sp.) O'conner?? Isn't that the one where it is her in black and white and it's just her face for most for most of the video  umm.. i can't remember the title.... she was under alot of fire in the 90's so her video was probably on alot.
 
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i shouldn't reply if i'm not really sure lol sorry.. its just a suggestion
You are thinking of the Prince cover she did of Nothing Compares 2 U. Sinead was very haunting in that.

[Sinaide (sp.) O'conner?? Isn't that the one where it is her in black and white and it's just her face for most for most of the video  umm.. i can't remember the title.... she was under alot of fire in the 90's so her video was probably on alot.
 
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i shouldn't reply if i'm not really sure lol sorry.. its just a suggestion



Oh, you mean "Nothing Compares 2 U".  Yeah, that's a good choice.  :)

[Sinaide (sp.) O'conner?? Isn't that the one where it is her in black and white and it's just her face for most for most of the video  umm.. i can't remember the title.... she was under alot of fire in the 90's so her video was probably on alot.
 
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i shouldn't reply if i'm not really sure lol sorry.. its just a suggestion

Nothing Compares 2 U was the name of the song. I think that might have come out around 1989.  Very sad indeed.. It reminds me of breaking up with my ex boyfriend back then.

I think that might have come out around 1989

"Nothing Compares 2 U" was a #1 Hit for 4 consecutive weeks from April 21st, 1990 until May 12th, 1990

"Nothing Compares 2 U" was a #1 Hit for 4 consecutive weeks from April 21st, 1990 until May 12th, 1990
Did Prince ever release his song as a single?

Did Prince ever release his song as a single?

He did. It's on one of his greatest hits or live albums.  If you google the discography, it will tell you which one.

I just found it, It was released on Prince -The Hits/The B Sides  (1993)

Was the music video for Fast Car by Tracy Champan in black and white? Because if it was, that would be my first guess, although it was 1988.

tears from heaven is the saddest song of the 1990's and it was about his son death

I agree with the person who said Nirvana's version of 'The Man Who Sold the World' off their Unplugged album - there's just some really dejected overtone to that song, and it's almost like you can feel Kurt Cobain's sadness when he sings it. Pearl Jam's 'Black' is also a downer if you listen to the lyrics. I always thought Alice in Chains made some of the most depressing music of the decade - their most depressing, in my opinion, being 'Rain When I Die' and 'Dirt'  :-\\. Also, Megadeth's 'A Tout Le Monde' is pretty gloomy.

This topic just got me in a gloomy mood  >:(

My vote is for "Mambo Number 5."  Sad, hell... that song is friggin' PATHETIC!

Thank you, thank you... I'm here all week!  Tip your waitress!

But seriously, folks...

Might have to go with "Brick," by Ben Folds Five.  I heard a radio DJ say once it was about a young (presumably teenage) couple who have to visit an abortion clinic to...erase a mistake... around Christmas time.

But I'd also agree with the posters from before who also suggest "Tears In Heaven," by Eric Clapton.  I can't even imagine what Clapton went through, losing his little boy like that.

My vote is for "Mambo Number 5."  Sad, hell... that song is friggin' PATHETIC!
Bearing in mind that "Mambo No. 5" is a jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Pérez Prado in 1949.

Might have to go with "Brick," by Ben Folds Five.



I was just thinking about that one. Very sad song. :(