Five songs so sad that you can't listen to them more than once, with entries by The Cure, The Smiths, Eric Clapton, Harry ...

Scrutiny of Billboard’s list of No. 1 songs from 1958 through 2013 reveals the dominant popularity of upbeat, happy music over sad, depressing songs. However, some sad songs topped the chart for their ...

Hip-hop has been cranking out living-it-up bangers for decades, but the average historian is (or should be) aware that dark thoughts aren’t a foreign concept for the genre. After all, Grandmaster ...

Whether you suffer from seasonal depression or the year-round variety (whoop whoop, where my people at?!), sometimes the best thing to do is close your eyes, breathe, and lean into the sad b*tch ...

The surefire way to kill a good party: Play depressing music. Throw Merle Haggard’s “My Favorite Memory” or Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” onto the turntable—or, worse yet, Townes Van Zandt’s “Tecumseh ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Many of Taylor Swift's new songs are about breakups and being brokenhearted. Experts say sad lyrics can actually have some health benefits. Even megastars like Taylor Swift can ...

Yesterday I re-discovered a playlist I made for my iPod last year titled "Lonely Christmas." I imagine not everyone sees the attraction in collecting a bunch of morose songs that reference Christmas ...