Songs that Make You Cry

[EagleLady]

What are some songs that make you cry?

Mine are

Don't Forget to Remember Me- Carrie Underwood

Allison Krauss's version of When You Say Nothing at All

Skin ( Sarabeth) - Rascal Flatts

Independence Day- Martina Mcbride

[Maleah]

Some off the top of my head that I can think of. I'm sure I'll add more later. lol


Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
Go Rest High On That Mountain - Vince Gill
God Hears - Russ Lee
This One's With Me - Newsong
Homesick - MercyMe
I Can Only Imagine - MercyMe
Only A Man - Jonny Lang
Broken - Scott Stapp
Permanent - David Cook
The Baby - Blake Shelton
Believe - Brooks & Dunn
I Miss You A Little - John Michael Montgomery
The Promise - The Martins
It's Your World Now - Eagles
You Are Not Alone - Eagles
Holes In The Floor of Heaven - Steve Wariner
Angels - Sarah McLachlan

[Freypower]

It depends what mood I am in. Some songs that I absolutely love will never make me cry. Sometimes I will be taken by surprise and find myself choking up unexpectedly.

I can say that pretty much every song from Dire Straits' Making Movies album has 'got' to me at some stage, even my least favourite track, Les Boys, because of the lines 'drive in their Mercedes Benz/to a disco bar in old Munchen' (it is very evocative). I can also say that about some of the tracks from Brothers In Arms, particularly the title track and Why Worry. Similarly with solo songs like Sailing To Philadelphia - that gets me where it hurts, every time.

As far as the Eagles are concerned I can be moved to tears by No More Cloudy Days quite often. I would say the same about You Are Not Alone, It's Your World Now and I Love To Watch A Woman Dance. Lyin' Eyes can occasionally make me cry if I get really swept away by it.

Others would include Carry That Weight & The End by the Beatles and occasionally good ol' Stairway To Heaven and possibly Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

[sodascouts]

A lot of religious songs make me cry, but I'll limit this to pop/rock:

Christmas Shoes - Newsong
Baby Blue - George Strait
The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
Think of Laura - Christopher Cross
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
If He's Ever Near - Karla Bornoff
The Last in Love - JD Souther
Cats in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
Touched by an Angel - Stevie Nicks
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You - Stevie Nicks
One - U2
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
Without You - Harry Nilsson
Angel - Sarah McLachlan

Eagles ones:
Song for Emma - Joe Walsh
Part of Me Part of You - Glenn Frey
Heart of the Matter - Don Henley

[ticky]

Joe's Song for Emma gets me every time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUYdGe70hBs
So does Tears in Heaven By Eric Clapton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UB5Fr80SM
and In The Arms Of The Angels by Sarah McLachlan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVbkz_3lO3c

[Koala]

A lot of songs bring me to cry:

Here comes the Flood - Peter Gabriel
Tears in Haeven - Eric Clapton
Living Years - Mike & the Mechanics
Since I Lost You - Genesis
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Philadelphia - Neil Young
Trouble - Cat Stevens

....and still a lot of other songs!

[TimothyBFan]

One of the list in my Music Listography book was the Saddest songs. They don't always make me cry but... Here's what I have.


Boondocks -Little Big Town (yes I know it's a country song-but it reminds me of home when I was a kid)
Grandpa -The Judds (another country tune-played at my Dad's funeral)
Tears In Heaven -Eric Clapton
Wish You Were Here -Pink Floyd
Cat's In The Cradle -Harry Chapin
Eleanor Rigby -The Beatles
A Change Is Gonna Come -Sam Cooke
The Needle And The Damage Done -Neil Young (reminds me of a friend)
Tuesday's Gone -Lynyrd Skynyrd
Simple Man -Lynyrd Skynyrd

I also cry at times when I hear the National Anthem, America or the Marine Corps Hymn.

There are songs that I cry when I hear if I'm in a melancholy mood also.
I cried each time I saw How Long live in concert -not because it's sad but because I was so FRICKIN' happy!!

[sodascouts]

This is a special circumstance, but this song made me cry pretty hard when Bette Midler performed it right after 9/11 for a crowd of New Yorkers including rescue workers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NXYNvqp_pM

And speaking of Superbowl performances in another thread, this is the only halftime show that ever made me cry, again after 9/11:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n13CU-NvPMU

[Brooke]

Lots of songs make me cry.

Just a few off the top of my head:

Heart of the Matter-Don
The Rose-Bette Midler
Tears in Heaven-Eric Clapton
Simple Man-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Grandpa-The Judds
In the Arms of Angels-Sarah McLachlan
Go Rest High on That Mountain-Vince Gill
Look At Us-Vince Gill
Without You-Nillson
I Need You-America

and many, many more. I'm a cryer!

[Molly]

Why -Rascall Flatts -this song doesn't just make me cry-it makes me sob

You Can Let Go -Crystal Shawanda
Just a Dream -Carrie Underwood
Tears in Heaven - Clapton
Desperado -Eagles
When I Get to Where I'm Going -Brad Paisley
Stay -Sugarland
The End of the World - Skeeter Davis
Three Wooden Crosses - Randy Travis
Cryin' For Me - Toby Keith
I Don't Believe You - Pink

[Maleah]

You guys have reminded me of a lot of ones that I agree with!

Soda, I completely forgot about Celine Dion! "Because You Loved Me" makes me cry every single time, but the song that REALLY makes me absolutely bawl of hers is "Goodbye's The Saddest Word."

Some other ones that you all mentioned that I had forgotten:

When I Get Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley/Dolly Parton
One - U2
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 (superbowl performance)
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Christmas Shoes - Newsong
Arise My Love - Newsong

And Willie, I was the same way with How Long :thumbsup:

[Brooke]

Thought of a couple more:

Something to Believe In-Poison
Fountain of Sorrow-Jackson Browne
Sky Blue and Black-JB

[Stars]

The first two that spring to mind that make me cry every time are:
1. "Keep Me In Your Heart-Warren Zevon
2. "On and On and On"-Wilco

Warren's song was written for his last album, "The Wind", and it was the last one he wrote before the album was released. Sadly, he passed away not long after that.
Wilco's song was written by lead singer and songwriter Jeff Tweedy. He wrote the song to comfort his dad, shortly after his mother passed away.

I can never listen to either of these songs without tearing up.

[bernie's bender]

I can't make you love me - Bonnie Raitt (I love the version by Mike Reid too)

The Water is Wide - James Taylor

Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne

I'll Never Have the Heart to Leave This Town - Mike Reid

[Mrs Frey]

Reading through your posts, I see "Tears In Heaven" appears on a few lists. It didn't pop immediately to my mind, but it certainly has made me cry too. I haven't listened to it in a while, but it will be hard, because I can relate to it now.

Songs make me cry for different reasons, and like FP, it depends on the mood or frame of mind I'm in. It could be the subject matter of the song, it could be the way the performer is singing it, and it could be about the performer him/herself, regarding the significance the song has to the performer. It could also be the personal significance a song has for me.

A few songs I can think of at the top of my head are as follows:

What Now My Love (Elvis Presley)
An American Trilogy (Elvis Presley)
Love (John Lennon)
Here Today (Paul McCartney)
The Girl From Yesterday (Eagles)
The Heart Of The Matter (Don Henley/Eagles)
Tears In Heaven (Eric Clapton)
Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)
Vincent (Don McLean)
Stardust (Nat 'King' Cole)
Dance With My Father (Luther Vandross)

[sodascouts]

"Keep Me In Your Heart-Warren Zevon


That one makes me cry, too!

[Freypower]

I need to know ..... everybody is moved to tears by Tears In Heaven. I am not. I know very well what it is about, but unfortunately I find the song rather mawkish. How terrible to say that. :worried:

I notice a couple of others that I agree with and I will add a couple more to prove that my heart isn't made of stone:

An American Trilogy - Elvis Presley
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley (this is not a happy song - it tells of deep, dark despair).
Biko - Peter Gabriel
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Love Of My Life - Queen
A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
Rainy Days & Mondays - Carpenters

But I might be more likely to cry at my favourite lines of poetry, or I might get angry, particularly at this part of my favourite poem, Yeats' The Second Coming:

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity

and I could quote the Shakespearean stuff that makes me cry for the rest of the day. :blush:

[EagleLady]

Hmm, I thought Tears in Heaven was incredibly moving. I suppose some songs no matter how tragic the circumstances simply don't move people.

[Freypower]

Yes, the circumstances were tragic. Yes, the song is moving.

However, it is not compulsory for me to feel exactly the same way others feel about it. I decided to offer a dissenting opinion. That is all, EL, OK?

And I DID say 'how terrible to say that' because I was well aware how it could be perceived.

[bernie's bender]

I need to know ..... everybody is moved to tears by Tears In Heaven. I am not. I know very well what it is about, but unfortunately I find the song rather mawkish. How terrible to say that.

I think it is fair. Nothing terrible in sharing what you feel and think.

Some folks hate the song "danny boy"... but, in the right context (oh say 2 am at Lefty's in SF after a Giant game when the bar is full of fans about to go home and the singer/pianist begins singing it... and the bar joins in... it is pretty overwhelming and not corny.

At yankee stadium after a close win, the stands are electric and Sinatra starts in with NY NY... oh man!

or at the end of Giants games when Tony Bennett wafts along the water... it is as though you might float away!

not everything moves every one. i think that is beautiful, not shameful.

I remember in my youth I had a record and when I would put it on, my best friend would come into the living room and say, "oh boy, rp, where are you heading to." I always played it when I'd had enough and was ready to leave... the song? Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell. Tons of people think it is the corniest song of all time... for me, it is my soul....

I've found that you like what you like and while it is good to examine the why's and wherefore's... it is cool to like what you like.

[Mrs Frey]

I've found that you like what you like and while it is good to examine the why's and wherefore's... it is cool to like what you like.

I couldn't agree more, BB.

[Freypower]

I think it is fair. Nothing terrible in sharing what you feel and think.

Some folks hate the song "danny boy"... but, in the right context (oh say 2 am at Lefty's in SF after a Giant game when the bar is full of fans about to go home and the singer/pianist begins singing it... and the bar joins in... it is pretty overwhelming and not corny.

At yankee stadium after a close win, the stands are electric and Sinatra starts in with NY NY... oh man!

or at the end of Giants games when Tony Bennett wafts along the water... it is as though you might float away!

not everything moves every one. i think that is beautiful, not shameful.

I remember in my youth I had a record and when I would put it on, my best friend would come into the living room and say, "oh boy, rp, where are you heading to." I always played it when I'd had enough and was ready to leave... the song? Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell. Tons of people think it is the corniest song of all time... for me, it is my soul....

I've found that you like what you like and while it is good to examine the why's and wherefore's... it is cool to like what you like.


BB, three strikes for you with which I could not agree more if I tried - Danny Boy for all of us with Irish ancestry, New York New York for those of us who love that city, and Wichita Lineman because it's one of the greatest songs of all time (though my favourite Glen Campbell song is Galveston, which I cannot believe I didn't include in my list).

And as you mentioned New York New York at Yankee Stadium (what a thought)! I suppose I should say that even watching on TV, You'll Never Walk Alone, when sung by the Liverpool faithful at Anfield, is one of the most mesmeric sounds of all time, and I cry at it every time I hear it.

[bernie's bender]

"Galveston" was really the first anti-war song on Country Radio back in the day... I did that song with a little tiny (physically, she was about 4'9") girl at a talent show in college... a couple of years after the withdrawl and you could have heard a pin drop.

She didn't win (our regular band won with an original about a specifically interesting character on campus... we called it the 'suc' song) but, I may still have a recording of it... I have a recording of another guy I backed... it was (at the time) a really great song... I can still sing it (even with some pretty awkward lyrics) so, it must have made an impression... the same girl used to sing "Silver Dagger" and "Circle Game" and just kill me, I couldn't speak when she was done... Andy was a cutie!

[Stars]

I thought of another song that makes me cry, "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce. I had just seen Jim in concert about a month before his tragic plane crash. Every time I hear that song I think about how much I enjoyed that concert, and what a terrible loss that was. His beautiful songs will live on forever...

[bernie's bender]

Stars,

Have you heard "Stars" by Dan Fogelberg... that one and "Be on your way" by him just kill me! To the Morning is usually the one people go with or the dreaded "old lang syne" but the first two are ones to make your heart swell...

as they say in the old Tom Waits song "emotional weather report"... 'rain is expected.'

[Prettymaid]

Stars, it sounds to me as if you got to see the exact same people in concert that I would have liked to - first John Denver, now Jim Croce.
You lucky girl!

[Stars]

BB, I have not heard "Stars" and "Be on your way" by Dan Fogelberg-I'll have to check them out! Thank you. I have heard "Longer", and that is another one that makes me cry. That song just cropped up the other day in a movie I was watching, "About Schmidt".
PM, I feel so blessed to have seen both John Denver and Jim Croce in concert. They were both so wonderful, and I still enjoy their music so much. There is an Eagles connection with Jim Croce-he was opening for Poco!! I remember feeling so lucky to see two wonderful performances that night. I don't recall if Timothy was with Poco that night though. This was 1973. Do any of the Tim fans know if he was still with the band in August or September 1973?:?:

[bernie's bender]

Yep. Tim was in Poco in 73.

[TimothyBFan]

There is an Eagles connection with Jim Croce-he was opening for Poco!! I remember feeling so lucky to see two wonderful performances that night. I don't recall if Timothy was with Poco that night though. This was 1973. Do any of the Tim fans know if he was still with the band in August or September 1973?:?:

Carla-you mean you saw that beautiful face and long mane in 1973 and didn't just go :shock: :drool: :inlove: :faint:? Because if I had seen him prior to the day I opened up the gatefold of Long Run-I know I would have! :hilarious:

[Troubadour]

Birds - Neil Young

[EagleLady]

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues by Sir Elton

[Stars]

TBF, sadly, I can't remember what any of the individual members of Poco looked like,when I saw them in 1973!:-( However, I do remember loving the concert-thought Poco and also Jim Croce were awesome! I remember going with the man who had just become my hubby! He enjoyed the concert a lot too.:thumbsup:

[ticky]

Here's one that Mrs. Frey posted but there was no video for it. It gets me every time.
Vincent by Don McLean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM

I love Vincent Van Gogh's work and just some of it and bring me to tears.. but this song combined with his works, well.. Im sniffly

Here's another that gets to me...
Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBH_O1-7ZiU

[sodascouts]

Oh, "Leader of the Band" gets to me, too!

[Prettymaid]

I must have a heart made of stone. No song alone (that I can think of) makes me cry. It takes other things being thrown into the mix. For example, I don't cry when I hear Sarah McLaughlin's Angel, but I cry when it's played during the movie City of Angels with Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage.

[Freypower]

Days - either the Kinks' original or Kirsty MacColl's beautiful cover. It reminds me of my late father.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOKWqtocXWs

[EagleLady]

Drive by The Cars. That Haunting melody and those lyrics. I start bawling everytime I hear it

[EagleLady]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbTjzZzfR7w

[TimothyBFan]

OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EL-you don't even want to get me started about this song (tho It's never made me cry), this group or most especially the lead singer!!! This was the Cars biggest hit and for good reason. Along with Tim and Pagey, this is the only other man, other than my husband, I have truly lusted over! I know you've all heard me go on about him before. This man's voice just sends me into euphoria!! Truly was a very talented man who died way way way to young. Love & miss you Benjamin Orr!!!! RIP!

Thanks for posting that--I really haven't watched it for quite awhile and it was really good seeing it again.

BTW--just a couple little facts about this video--The woman in it is Paulina Porizkova. This was the first time she had ever met Ric Ocasek of The Cars. They have been married since 1989. Pretty cool! The video was directed by Timothy Hutton, the actor.

[Stars]

The Wings that Fly Us Home-John Denver
Not one of his best known songs, but certainly one of his most beautiful and touching ones.:heart: