A gaggle of music followers named a few of the saddest songs ever on a Reddit thread, and numerous rock and metallic tracks have been instructed.

The consumer who wrote the put up specified that they have been wanting “to extreme ugly cry for one straight hour,” and requested fellow Redditors to recommend the most heart-wrenching songs to assist get the waterworks going. They wished a mixture of genres, and requested customers to clarify what particularly makes the track so unhappy.

The remark that obtained the most upvotes named the track “Puff, the Magic Dragon” by Peter, Paul and Mary as a result of “it’s about a boy who outgrows his best friend.” Lots of customers agreed with the remark, noting that it introduced again childhood reminiscences for them.

While that was undoubtedly a great suggestion, numerous rock and metallic songs have been talked about all through the thread as effectively. This helps the latest research we lined that exposed the high rock and metallic artists discovered on psychological well being playlists, which additional discovered {that a} strong proportion of people hearken to rock and metallic once they’re anxious and depressed.

We went via the Reddit thread and made word of the rock and metallic songs that have been talked about the most, and listed them beneath. Keep studying to see which tracks it is best to hearken to for a great cry, and take a look at the thread linked above for the dialog.

Alice In Chains, ‘Nutshell’

This one comes as no shock. Layne Staley penned the emotional lyrics for the Jar of Flies monitor, nevertheless it was his haunting efficiency of it throughout Alice In Chains’ 1996 MTV Unplugged present that particularly struck a nerve in most followers.

“The MTV Unplugged version is like Layne [the lead singer] singing at his own funeral,” one consumer wrote.

“Nutshell” was beneficial by a number of folks all through the thread, however another Alice In Chains songs have been talked about as effectively, together with “Rotten Apple,” “Down in a Hole,” “Rooster,” “Shame in You” and “Black Gives Way to Blue.”

Alice In Chains, ‘Nutshell’ (Unplugged)

Pink Floyd, ‘Wish You Were Here’

Another monitor that was introduced up a number of occasions throughout the dialogue was Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” from their 1975 album of the identical title. A few the people who talked about it had actually unhappy tales related to it.

“We played ‘Wish You Were Here’ (what else) at my son’s funeral. Haven’t been able to listen to it without shedding a tear since then,” one particular person wrote.

“‘Hurt’ by Johnny Cash and ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Pink Floyd. Both these were played at my brother’s funeral, after he was murdered. I personally chose Pink Floyd, due to our shared love of the band, and that song was our favorite. Both these songs make me cry quite easily. And I’m not much of a crier,” one other defined.

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A Pink Floyd fan selected one other monitor by the band that was sang by Syd Barrett, “Jugband Blues,” from their 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets. The fan theorized that the monitor was Barrett’s “final and haunting goodbye to the band he had named,” as he was struggling severely along with his psychological well being at the time.

“The song makes you understand the true meaning behind many of their songs and album (Wish You Were Here),” they said.

Pink Floyd, ‘Wish You Were Here’

Johnny Cash, ‘Hurt’

Johnny Cash’s cowl of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt” is arguably extra well-known than the unique as a result of it is that emotional. It was instructed a number of occasions in the Reddit thread. Aside from the individual that talked about it together with “Wish You Were Here,” nobody actually gave a reasoning as to why they selected it.

Again, it is simply that unhappy. We’ve even executed a video about it on YouTube referred to as “The Greatest Cover Song of All Time?”.

The Nine Inch Nails model got here out on the band’s 1994 file The Downward Spiral, after which Cash launched his reimagination of it in 2002 on his album American IV: The Man Comes Around.

Johnny Cash, ‘Hurt’

Linkin Park, ‘One More Light’

Not solely does “One More Light” sound unhappy, however the backstory behind it (and what it later turned) is tragic. Mike Shinoda stated in a difficulty of Kerrang! that the monitor was written after a pal of the band died from most cancers, and he argued that “the most important thing to do is to connect with the people you love and remind them you care about them.”

Linkin Park carried out the track on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the evening earlier than the album was launched on May 19, 2017, and devoted the efficiency to Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, who simply died the day earlier than.

Two months later, Chester Bennington died, and the band launched the track as their subsequent single. A handful of people on the Reddit thread selected this track, and one talked about that it is much more painful when you realize the context behind it.

Linkin Park, ‘One More Light’