Top 30 Best Sad Songs of the 2000s
2000's Lists
| No. | Song | Artist | Album | Year |
| 1 | Blackout | Muse | Absolution | 2003 |
| 2 | Pretty (Ugly Before) | Elliott Smith | From a Basement on the Hill | 2004 |
| 3 | I Will | Radiohead | Hail to the Thief | 2003 |
| 4 | Something Vague | Bright Eyes | Fevers And Mirrors | 2000 |
| 5 | World On Fire | Sarah McLachlan | Afterglow | 2003 |
| 6 | Overture from Requiem for a Dream | Clint Mansell | Soundtrack: Requiem For A Dream | 2000 |
| 7 | My Immortal | Evanescence | Fallen | 2003 |
| 8 | Videotape | Radiohead | In Rainbows | 2007 |
| 9 | I Miss You | Blink-182 | Blink-182 | 2003 |
| 10 | Smile Like You Mean It | The Killers | Hot Fuss | 2004 |
| 11 | I Summon You | Spoon | Gimme Fiction | 2005 |
| 12 | Maps | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever to Tell | 2003 |
| 13 | The Greatest | Cat Power | The Greatest | 2006 |
| 14 | The Recluse | Cursive | The Ugly Organ | 2003 |
| 15 | Fake Empire | The National | Boxer | 2007 |
| 16 | Mary | Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters | 2004 |
| 17 | Fallen | Sarah McLachlan | Afterglow | 2003 |
| 18 | It Can't Come Quickly Enough | Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters | 2004 |
| 19 | Breathe Me | Sia | Colour The Small One | 2004 |
| 20 | Macy's Day Parade | Green Day | Warning | 2000 |
| 21 | Wires | Athlete | Tourist | 2005 |
| 22 | Silver Lining | Rilo Kiley | Under the Blacklight | 2007 |
| 23 | In My Place | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head | 2002 |
| 24 | Wonderful | Everclear | Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile | 2000 |
| 25 | Where Did It All Go Wrong | Oasis | Standing on the Shoulder of Giants | 2000 |
| 26 | You Only Live Once | The Strokes | First Impressions of Earth | 2005 |
| 27 | Everytime | Britney Spears | In The Zone | 2003 |
| 28 | Dice | Finlay Quaye | Much More Than Much Love | 2004 |
| 29 | The Last Remaining Light | Audioslave | Audioslave | 2002 |
| 30 | What I've Done | Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight | 2007 |
| New List: 06/05/08 |