History TearJerker / PopMusic

* "Grandad," as sung by Clive Dunn.

* Chicago has a couple:

** "Secrets", "All We Are" and "Someone to Save You". Special mention goes to Secrets, being used in [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=fdIYwIWfYyo]] scene in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, arguably the best and most tearjerking scene in the entire movie.

** "Secrets", "All We Are" and "Someone to Save You". Special mention goes to Secrets, being used in [[https://https://youtu.be/fdIYwIWfYyo? this]] scene in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, arguably the best and most tearjerking scene in the entire movie.

** "Secrets", "All We Are" and "Someone to Save You". Special mention goes to Secrets, being used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZNRpkZyUG8 this]] scene in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, arguably the best and most tearjerking scene in the entire movie.

* Hootie and the Blowfish has a couple:

** And "Let Her Cry", for sure.

* Musi/AmyWinehouse, "Back to Black", "Love is a Losing Game" and "Some Unholy War" from ''Music/BackToBlack'', particularly for the now extra-tragic line, "B, I woulda died too - I'd like to."

** "All The Right Moves" sounds harmless enough at first. And then you pay attention to the lyrics, and realize what's being said. He's given up any hope of ever being with the girl because, the way he sees it, there's no way that they can be together; the world quite literally will break them up and keep them from being together, no matter what. No one will ever stop this. And then he starts with the "It don't matter what you say, I know I could never face someone that could sound like you".

---> "All my life \\

And [[DespairEventHorizon I just can't go on]]"

---> "I don't believe that you need me, you trust me, you love me, \\

Giving up on love..."

-->You took away my chance to be with you forever
-->To be your love and stay together
-->You gave away the precious love that we had to somebody else

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ypofGDdHpo My Friends]]," by Oh Wonder. Made famous by a much beloved ''[[WebVideo/CriticalRole]]'' music video, about the death of a much beloved character therein, the song speaks about losing one's friends, for one reason or another, and the feeling missing them from afar and wondering if they still think about you.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ypofGDdHpo My Friends]]," by Oh Wonder. Made famous by a much beloved ''[[WebOriginal/CriticalRole]]'' music video, about the death of a much beloved character therein, the song speaks about losing one's friends, for one reason or another, and the feeling missing them from afar and wondering if they still think about you.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ypofGDdHpo My Friends]], by Oh Wonder. Made famous by a much beloved ''[[WebOriginal/CriticalRole]]'' music video, about the death of a much beloved character therein, the song speaks about losing one's friends, for one reason or another, and the feeling missing them from afar and wondering if they still think about you.

** The intro, main riff and pre-chorus of "[[https://youtu.be/2aAKHtPjHxQ Remember Me]]":

* East 17's "Stay Another Day" is an emotional enough song as it is, but it gets even sadder when you find out that it's actually about the songwriter's brother, Ollie, committing suicide.

Don't say it's the final kiss\\