Top 20 Songs That Will Make You Cry

We all need a good cry once and awhile. For this list, we’re looking at the best and most beloved emotional songs that rarely fail to get the waterworks flowing. Our countdown includes Louis Armstrong, Adele, Coldplay, Elton John, Eric Clapton, and more! What is your favorite song to cry to? Let us know in the comments below!

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​What song makes you cry? Let us know in the comments below.

[andrewjodon]

Johnny cash's version of hurt is one of the most painful songs to listen to. When his daughter heard it it's said that she said to him it sounded like he was saying goodbye and he replied that he was. Trent Reznor even was quoted saying "It's not my song anymore" after he heard the song.

[antoinemouthon]

"Who Wants to Live Forever" is not just one of Queen's most moving songs, it's also one of the most underrated, along with "Heaven for Everyone", which always brings me to tears.

[maxwellgarner]

I was half-expecting "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens to be number one. That song is one of the most beautiful and haunting songs and it makes me tear up every time

[gingersnapps]

Louie Armstrongs voice is so unique and beautiful!!

[CortexNewsService]

Me: Why didn't Hurt get number one?
"Number 1: Tears In Heaven"
Me: Ah.

[leannehallas]

Tears in Heaven definitely in the right place at number one. I remember when it was released how sad I was for Eric Clapton. Since then I've played it at my darling Mum's funeral.

[courtneyguerrero]

"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd was the first song I heard right after my father died. We were estranged nearly 20 years and just started to get to know each other when he was diagnosed with cancer and died three months later. It's like fate decided we just simply weren't meant to know each other.

[ryanperez]

Michael Jackson's "Will You Be There, Man in the Mirror and You Are Not Alone" are deeply moving and will get anyone crying. And Sia's Rainbow. Very beautiful.

[romangagne]

Songs that always get me choked up that were not listed:
Something in the Way- Nirvana
Suicide Note Pt. 1- Pantera
Hate Me- Blue October
Drown- Smashing Pumpkins
Rotten Apple - Alice in Chains
Bad Day- Fuel
The Day I Tried to Live- Soundgarden
High & Dry- Radiohead
Slow Dancing in the Dark- Joji
Shame & 3 AM -Matchbox 20
4 AM- Our Lady Peace
Etc.

[akifarm]

Elvis's Unchained Melody live recording is an immediate tear burst for me. The voice, the passion, the musical perfection, and his tragedy lurking in the shadows... An incredible moment in music history.

[mattthomas]

Personally the only song that makes me cry is Bryan Adams "Everything I do I do it for you", reason being is that was the main theme for Robin Hood and my Dad took me to see it in the theaters. The next day my Dad died, so my last memory of him was that movie and song so I always tear up anytime I hear it.

[kingaguero]

20 - What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong ( 1967)
19 - I will follow you into the dark - Death Cab for Cutie ( 2006)
18 - Someone like you - Adele ( 2011)
17 - Lay me down - Sam Smith ( 2013 )
16 - Fake plastic trees - Radiohead ( 1995 )
15 - Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O' Connor ( 1990)
14 - Angel - Sarah McLachlan - ( 1997 )
13 - Fix you - Coldplay - ( 2005 )
12 - Wild horses - Rolling Stones - ( 1997 )
11 - Wake me up when September ends - Green day - (2005)
10 - The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkle -( 1965 )
9 - Wish you were here - Pink Floyd - ( 1975 )
8 - Mad World - Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules - (2003)
7 - Fast Car - Tracy Chapman - ( 1988)
6 - The living years - Mike + The Mechanics - ( 1988 )
5 - Candle in the wind - Elton John - ( 1974)
4 - Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - ( 1994 )
3 - Everybody Hurts - R.E.M - ( 1993 )
2 - Hurt - Johnny Cash - ( 2003 )
1 - Tears in Heaven - eric clapton - ( 1992 )

Honarable Mentions:

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls- ( 1988 )
Adams Song - Blink-182 - (2000)
My immortal - Evanescence - (2003)
So far Away - Avengened Seventold - ( 2011)
Who wants to live forever - Queen - ( 1986 )

[xmanNo]

Music may be our greatest art form. Music can save you, it can bring back memories, it can heal you. It can do so many things.

[yobrwbz]

What makes these songs so sad is our own story. Our suffering

[jackelder]

As a Highlander fan, I submit "Who Wants to Live Forever?" by Queen. That song playing as an old Heather dies in immortal Connor MacLeods arms always stirs me to tears. "In the years to come, will you light a candle for me on my birthday? Aye love, I will" Gets me every time.

[supaflyguy]

Here are a few more
Numb - Linkin Park
Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls
So Far Away - Staind
One More Light - Linkin Park
Father and son - Cat Stevens
Philadelphia - Neil Young
Days of Our Lives - Queen

[renegadechamp]

Nutshell by Alice In Chains always gets me in tears

[darkcarnival]

I know this isn’t really a “hit” but adam sandler’s tribute to chris farley makes me tear up everytime.

[troyedge]

Concrete Angel by Martina McBride. It’s about a little girl whose abused by her parent and who dies by the abuse and no one cares or even notices