Top Sad Love Songs That Make You Cry
Sad love songs help the unlucky in love cope with our feelings of heartbreak and rejection, however our doomed romance came to an end. This list features top sad love songs that make you cry. Most of the songs on this list are not about bitter lovers, but people who have sorrow and regret about what they've lost. For those who enjoy catharsis, listening to sad melodies and lyrics about losing loved ones through bad luck lets us appreciate the good love we do have.
Whether you are brooding over the darker aspects of forgotten relationships, or just feeling sadness that things didn't turned out the way you wanted them, these sad songs should help you through the days and nights. One word of warning: don't dwell too long on the dark side of love, or else your melancholy moments can turn into full-blown depression.
Sad Pop Rock Songs
This list comprises decades of love songs in the popular music and rock-n-roll genres. Pop songs have often touched on unrequited love and bad breakups. Just from numbers alone, a few have to be great love songs about loss. This list should get you started.
- Crying - Ray Orbison
- Against All Odds - Phil Collins
- One More Night - Phil Collins
- Goodbye - Air Supply
- Sorry Seams to be the Hardest Word - Elton John
- Don't Let It End - Styx
- I'll Be There - Escape Club
- Let It Be - Beatles
- Yesterday - The Beatles
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
- I Am a Rock - Simon and Garfunkle
- Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
- If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
- Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf
- All By Myself - Eric Carmen
- The Flame - Cheap Trick
- How Am I Supposed to Live Without You - Michael Bolten
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Julio Iglesias
- Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
- I Can't Live, If Living Is Without You - Nilsson
- Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis
- My Way - Elvis Presley
- My Way - Frank Sinatra
- Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson
- Think of Laura - Christopher Cross
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand
Sad Rock Love Songs - Metal Romance
 These sad love songs have a few more guitars, and tend to be a little more contemporary than the last list. With the rock genre, these are all over the place. I can't imagine someone would like all these songs, but if you like rock and romance, you should find one or two to console you in your time of lost love.
- The Ides of March - Silverstein
- Alone - Downface
- I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You) - Fallout Boy
- Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
- Love Like Winter - AFI (A Fire Inside)
- Black Rose - Blindside
- The Gift - Seether
- When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down
- Here By Me - 3 Doors Down
- Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
- Perfect - Simple Plan
- Lips of an Angel - Hinder
- Here in Your Arms - Hellogoodbye
- So Far Away - Staind
- Dare You To Move - Switchfoot
- Far Away - Nickelback
- November Rain - Guns N Roses
- Don't Cry - Guns N Roses
- Broken - Seether featuring Amy Lee
- My Immortal - Evanescence
Sad Love Songs Playlist - Female Artist Sad Love Songs
Women get the short end of the stick as much as men when it comes to romance, breaking up and heartache. With that in mind, we have a varied sad love songs playlist sung by women. Everybody has their side of the story, so get the girls' side of the story here.
- Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
- I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
- Don't Speak - No Doubt
- Leader of the Pack - The Shangri-Las
- Un-Break Me Heart - Toni Braxton
- All Cried Out - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
- Angel - Sarah McLachlan
- Another Sad Love Song - Toni Braxton
- I'll Remember - Madonna
- This Used to Be My Playground - Madonna
- Don't Let Me Stop You - Kelly Clarkson
- Stand Where I Stood - Missy Higgins
- I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
- One Moment More - Mindy Smith
- Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
- Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins
- I'm With You - Avril Lavigne
- Don't Tell Me - Avril Lavigne
- My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne
- Breathe - Michelle Branch
- No Need to Argue - The Cranberries
- I Learned That From You - Sarah Evans
- It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friend - Bright Eyes
- Out of Reach - Gabrielle
Sad Contemporary Love Songs - R&B Love Songs
Our sad contemporary loves songs list is a bit of a mash-up of R&B love songs and pop ballads about losing love. If you want a bigger list of sad Rhythm & Blues love songs, check out our page devoted to the subject.
- My Love - Justin Timberlake
- What Goes Around- Justin Timberlake
- Flying Without Wings - Ruben Studdard
- Incomplete - Backstreet Boys
- Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
- Broken Vow - Josh Groban
- It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men
- One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men
- Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys
- Remember Me This Way - Jordan Hill
- So Sick - Neyo
- Angel - Amanda Perez
- Every Time We Touch - Cascada
- It's Gonna Be Love - Mandy Moore
- Say Goodbye - Chris Brown
- Too Little Too Late - Jojo
- Unappreciated - Cherish
- Unfaithful - Rhiana
- Rrreplacable - Beyonce
- Deja Vu - Beyonce
- Crazy In Love - Beyonce
- Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera
- Clumsy - Fergie
Sad Country Love Songs
Besides R&B singers, nobody seems to obsess about lost love as much as country singers. Here's a small list of sad love songs from country artists of today and yesteryear. Once again, if you want a bigger list of sad love tunes from the people in cowboy hats, we have over a hundred songs on our "Country Love Songs" list.
- (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas
- Go Rest High on That Mountain - Vince Gill
- How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
- I Believe - Diamon Rio
- Tell Me I Was Dreaming - Travis Tritt
- You'll Think of Me - Keith Urban
- It Just Comes Natural - George Strait
- You Look So Good in Love - George Strait
- Breathe - Taylor Swift
- You Can't Help the One You Love - Terri Clark
- Wish You Were Here - Mark Wills
- What Hurts the Most - Rascal Flatts
- Crazy - Patsy Cline
Sad Love Songs Lyrics
You'll find on this list some of the saddest love songs among the American music canon, but you'll find plenty of hope for better times. If you've just gotten out of horrible breakup, remember to keep your hopes up, while you deal with the sadness you're going through now. Try to enjoy the sad love songs lyrics you're listening to, then rebound with some hopeful love songs some other day.
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