with these songs in your ears you’ll
likely need tissues in your hands
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
10 songs that will make you cry for this
list we chosen our entries based on
their success in the charts their
individual context and their resonance
with the listener let me get one wrong
this time of course as with all other
another top 10 lists be sure to check
out the original countdown if you
haven’t already
Oh
number ten what a wonderful world Louie
Armstrong I see trees
we start with an inspiring uplifting
intensely emotional song that’s never
likely to be forgotten Louis Armstrong’s
what a wonderful world is considered by
many to be the soundtrack of the 20th
century
despite the bloody conflicts that
dominated the period the colours of the
rainbow so pretty in the sky a piece of
music that puts everything into
perspective it brings a tear to the eye
because it pits the miracle of life
against the waste of war and not victim
ourselves
what a wonderful the world would be a
better place if we all just listened to
these lyrics and actually put them into
practice sanctum I said
so it is just like you said it would be
number nine the blower’s daughter damien
rice goes easy on me
a sad song in itself there’s more to
damien Rice’s of the blower’s daughter
than acoustic riffs and perfectly pained
vocals inspiration for the largely
ambiguous lyrics came to rise following
an experience of his whilst working in a
call center before he found musical fame
and so it is
while cold-calling he built up a
telephone relationship with an
especially engaging female voice only to
later discover she was a schoolgirl on
summer vacation leading him on
song used on the soundtrack for the
movie closer it has become the
soundtrack for friend-zoned guys
everywhere number 8 the wolves act 1 and
2 bon iver in terms of tear inspiring
voices there are few better than bon
iver
whether it’s justin Vernon’s chilling
falsetto or the realness of the lyrics
this Wisconsin bag will never fail to
bring a tear to your eye Bon Iver lets
the pain of rejection roll out during
the songs 5 minute length and tackles a
terrible breakup the closing refrain of
what might have been lost is especially
spine-tingling in a live setting
these are words we can all relate to but
only Bon Iver could bring them to life
like this
number seven I will follow you into the
dark Death Cab for Cutie love of mine
someday you will die the afterlife is
often a tricky topic to tackle but Death
Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard talks us
through with such brilliant tenderness
it’s all but impossible not to well up
and all follow you to the door I will
follow you as one man one voice one
acoustic guitar and one simple but
splendid ideal that we might meet our
closest loved ones again when our life
on Earth has ended if Heaven and Hell
decide that they both are satisfied
illuminate the nos on their vacancy sign
an outwardly depressing subject matter
is turned into an incredibly hopeful
moment as this song has us all take
stock of ourselves and of the people who
we care for the most I’ll follow you
into the dark
all follow you into the dark
number six someone like you adèle that
you sell them probably the most popular
modern breakup song to make today’s
countdown someone like you is still a
signature tune for Adele despite the
countless hits that the UK singer has
had before and since I hate to turn up
out of the blue uninvited but I couldn’t
stay away I couldn’t fight it I had a
touching almost tribute to an
ex-boyfriend of hers she lays it all on
the lyrical line with this one and
almost every music listener respects her
for that nothing compares no worries or
cares regrets and mistakes they’re
memories made Adele wears her heart
firmly on her sleeve
while we without a doubt wear our tears
clearly on our cheeks
thank you
yes I do have a number five lay me down
Sam Smith right there we might just have
easily have featured Sam Smith stay with
me at five but lay me down we’ll make
you cry just a little bit harder
oh boy
the lead single from Smith’s Grammy
Award winning debut album in the lonely
hour lay me down was built around many
of the same themes that are found on the
album specifically unrequited love
the video alludes to Smith’s ongoing
hope that equal LGBTQ rights will one
day be a worldwide reality while the
singers powerful voice will haunt you
and force you to bawl your eyes at
oh boy
green plastic Borinquen number for fake
plastic trees Radiohead
Radiohead are well known for being a
little brutal with their views on
society but this is surely the band’s
best if not most depressing take on the
world around them
understand
a scathing critique of the inescapable
artificial nature of life in the 1990s
it grows more and more relevant by the
day although exit music for a film is
awfully melancholy in its own right
there’s just nothing else as bleak or as
brilliant as fake plastic trees
listen to it look at the world around
you and we defy you not to be moved
number three nothing compares to you
Sinead O’Connor
one of the most instantly recognizable
songs and music videos ever created
very little compares to this when it
comes to tempting tears
nothing compares to you is easily sinead
o’connor’s greatest commercial success
not that the controversial performer
enjoyed the fame that it generated at
all originally written by Prince this
song is love lost and lots of
emotionally effective close-up camera
work
O’Connor’s famous tear towards the songs
and wasn’t planned but Wow
does it work nothing can stop her lonely
tears from falling or ours of course
number two angel Sarah McLachlan
a song originally written in a relation
to drug addiction and the spiraling
psychology of those that suffer from it
this especially touching Sarah
McLaughlin number has subsequently been
linked with teary-eyed topics of all
kinds the ambiguous eponymous angel is
an almost unknowable thing designed to
give hope or relief when times are hard
as McLaughlin’s piano plays softly in
the background her listener is invited
to interpret her lyrics for themselves
and project the pain of her voice onto
their own past experiences a good cry
that comes naturally
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
to pay that
good
just had such bad
Jesus Christ let’s go celebrate with
some
and as we say
when you try your best but you don’t
succeed number one
fix you Coldplay when you get what you
want but not watching me by now even the
toughest amongst you must have at least
a little something in your eyes and if
not our winner will definitely set you
sobbing no doubt
chu
tackling love and lost like so many on
our countdown before them Coldplay turns
the saddest subject matter into a tear
filled rollercoaster of a record with
this song
the first half has us depressive ly
subdued the second half has us defiantly
singing along
and if that doesn’t have your eyes
watering just watch them perform it live
so do you agree with our list which
tearjerker did we skip
for more bleary-eyed top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
the
likely need tissues in your hands
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
10 songs that will make you cry for this
list we chosen our entries based on
their success in the charts their
individual context and their resonance
with the listener let me get one wrong
this time of course as with all other
another top 10 lists be sure to check
out the original countdown if you
haven’t already
Oh
number ten what a wonderful world Louie
Armstrong I see trees
we start with an inspiring uplifting
intensely emotional song that’s never
likely to be forgotten Louis Armstrong’s
what a wonderful world is considered by
many to be the soundtrack of the 20th
century
despite the bloody conflicts that
dominated the period the colours of the
rainbow so pretty in the sky a piece of
music that puts everything into
perspective it brings a tear to the eye
because it pits the miracle of life
against the waste of war and not victim
ourselves
what a wonderful the world would be a
better place if we all just listened to
these lyrics and actually put them into
practice sanctum I said
so it is just like you said it would be
number nine the blower’s daughter damien
rice goes easy on me
a sad song in itself there’s more to
damien Rice’s of the blower’s daughter
than acoustic riffs and perfectly pained
vocals inspiration for the largely
ambiguous lyrics came to rise following
an experience of his whilst working in a
call center before he found musical fame
and so it is
while cold-calling he built up a
telephone relationship with an
especially engaging female voice only to
later discover she was a schoolgirl on
summer vacation leading him on
song used on the soundtrack for the
movie closer it has become the
soundtrack for friend-zoned guys
everywhere number 8 the wolves act 1 and
2 bon iver in terms of tear inspiring
voices there are few better than bon
iver
whether it’s justin Vernon’s chilling
falsetto or the realness of the lyrics
this Wisconsin bag will never fail to
bring a tear to your eye Bon Iver lets
the pain of rejection roll out during
the songs 5 minute length and tackles a
terrible breakup the closing refrain of
what might have been lost is especially
spine-tingling in a live setting
these are words we can all relate to but
only Bon Iver could bring them to life
like this
number seven I will follow you into the
dark Death Cab for Cutie love of mine
someday you will die the afterlife is
often a tricky topic to tackle but Death
Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard talks us
through with such brilliant tenderness
it’s all but impossible not to well up
and all follow you to the door I will
follow you as one man one voice one
acoustic guitar and one simple but
splendid ideal that we might meet our
closest loved ones again when our life
on Earth has ended if Heaven and Hell
decide that they both are satisfied
illuminate the nos on their vacancy sign
an outwardly depressing subject matter
is turned into an incredibly hopeful
moment as this song has us all take
stock of ourselves and of the people who
we care for the most I’ll follow you
into the dark
all follow you into the dark
number six someone like you adèle that
you sell them probably the most popular
modern breakup song to make today’s
countdown someone like you is still a
signature tune for Adele despite the
countless hits that the UK singer has
had before and since I hate to turn up
out of the blue uninvited but I couldn’t
stay away I couldn’t fight it I had a
touching almost tribute to an
ex-boyfriend of hers she lays it all on
the lyrical line with this one and
almost every music listener respects her
for that nothing compares no worries or
cares regrets and mistakes they’re
memories made Adele wears her heart
firmly on her sleeve
while we without a doubt wear our tears
clearly on our cheeks
thank you
yes I do have a number five lay me down
Sam Smith right there we might just have
easily have featured Sam Smith stay with
me at five but lay me down we’ll make
you cry just a little bit harder
oh boy
the lead single from Smith’s Grammy
Award winning debut album in the lonely
hour lay me down was built around many
of the same themes that are found on the
album specifically unrequited love
the video alludes to Smith’s ongoing
hope that equal LGBTQ rights will one
day be a worldwide reality while the
singers powerful voice will haunt you
and force you to bawl your eyes at
oh boy
green plastic Borinquen number for fake
plastic trees Radiohead
Radiohead are well known for being a
little brutal with their views on
society but this is surely the band’s
best if not most depressing take on the
world around them
understand
a scathing critique of the inescapable
artificial nature of life in the 1990s
it grows more and more relevant by the
day although exit music for a film is
awfully melancholy in its own right
there’s just nothing else as bleak or as
brilliant as fake plastic trees
listen to it look at the world around
you and we defy you not to be moved
number three nothing compares to you
Sinead O’Connor
one of the most instantly recognizable
songs and music videos ever created
very little compares to this when it
comes to tempting tears
nothing compares to you is easily sinead
o’connor’s greatest commercial success
not that the controversial performer
enjoyed the fame that it generated at
all originally written by Prince this
song is love lost and lots of
emotionally effective close-up camera
work
O’Connor’s famous tear towards the songs
and wasn’t planned but Wow
does it work nothing can stop her lonely
tears from falling or ours of course
number two angel Sarah McLachlan
a song originally written in a relation
to drug addiction and the spiraling
psychology of those that suffer from it
this especially touching Sarah
McLaughlin number has subsequently been
linked with teary-eyed topics of all
kinds the ambiguous eponymous angel is
an almost unknowable thing designed to
give hope or relief when times are hard
as McLaughlin’s piano plays softly in
the background her listener is invited
to interpret her lyrics for themselves
and project the pain of her voice onto
their own past experiences a good cry
that comes naturally
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
to pay that
good
just had such bad
Jesus Christ let’s go celebrate with
some
and as we say
when you try your best but you don’t
succeed number one
fix you Coldplay when you get what you
want but not watching me by now even the
toughest amongst you must have at least
a little something in your eyes and if
not our winner will definitely set you
sobbing no doubt
chu
tackling love and lost like so many on
our countdown before them Coldplay turns
the saddest subject matter into a tear
filled rollercoaster of a record with
this song
the first half has us depressive ly
subdued the second half has us defiantly
singing along
and if that doesn’t have your eyes
watering just watch them perform it live
so do you agree with our list which
tearjerker did we skip
for more bleary-eyed top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
the
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