Top 50 Best Sad Songs of the 90s

Streets of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen

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This list is based primarily on two criteria. The depth and strength of the despair and of course the quality of the music. It's no secret that sad music happens to be my favorite, so there were a ton of deserving songs to choose from. I wanted to personally thank Russell for his suggestion! As always, let's see if you guys can best the Rock Czar with your own list of sad songs.

No.	Song	Artist	Album	Year
1	Down in a Hole	Alice in Chains	Dirt	1992
2	Streets of Philadelphia	Bruce Springsteen	Soundtrack: Philadelphia	1993
3	Nutshell	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies	1994
4	Runaway Train	Soul Asylum	Grave Dancer's Union	1992
5	Lucky	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997
6	Fade Into You	Mazzy Star	So Tonight That I Might See	1993
7	Fake Plastic Trees	Radiohead	The Bends	1995
8	Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth	Primitive Radio Gods	Rocket	1996
9	Between the Bars	Elliott Smith	Either/Or	1997
10	Nothing Compares 2 U (Cover)	Sinead O'Connor	I Don't Want What I Haven't Got	1990
11	The Man Who Sold The World (Cover)	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York	1994
12	Into Dust	Mazzy Star	So Tonight That I Might See	1993
13	You'll See	Madonna	Something to Remember	1995
14	Run	Collective Soul	Dosage	1999
15	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Californication	1999
16	Divorce Song	Liz Phair	Exile in Guyville	1993
17	Else	Built to Spill	Keep it like a Secret	1999
18	Find The River	REM	Automatic for the People	1992
19	Street Spirit	Radiohead	The Bends	1995
20	Under The Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	1991
21	Iris	Goo Goo Dolls	Dizzy Up the Girl	1998
22	Sober	Tool	Undertow	1993
23	Angel	Jon Secada	Jon Secada	1992
24	This Used to be my Playground	Madonna	Something to Remember	1995
25	No Surprises	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997
26	Must Have Been Love	Roxette	Soundtrack: Pretty Woman	1990
27	Tears From Heaven	Eric Clapton	Unplugged: Eric Clapton	1992
28	What It's Like	Everlast	Whitey Ford Sings the Blues	1998
29	Waltz # 2	Elliott Smith	XO	1998
30	A Long December	Counting Crows	Recovering the Satellites	1996
31	Karma Police	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997
32	Don't Follow	Alice in Chains	Jar of Flies	1994
33	I'll Remember	Madonna	Something to Remember	1995
34	High and Dry	Radiohead	The Bends	1995
35	Carnival	Natalie Merchant	Tigerlily	1995
36	Con Te Partiro	Andrea Bocelli	Bocelli	1995
37	Fuzzy	Grant Lee Buffalo	Fuzzy	1993
38	Fields of Gold	Sting	Ten Summoner's Tale	1993
39	Losing My Religion	REM	Out of Time	1991
40	Valentine	Old 97's	Fight Songs	1999
41	4:00 AM	Our Lady Peace	Clumsy	1997
42	Cure for Pain	Morphine	Cure for Pain	1993
43	Something's Always Wrong	Toad the Wet Sprocket	Dulcinea	1994
44	Hows It Gonna Be	Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind	1997
45	The Power Of Good-Bye	Madonna	Ray of Light	1998
46	All Apologies	Nirvana	In Utero	1993
47	When You're Gone	The Cranberries	To the Faithful Departed	1996
48	The Freshman	Verve Pipe	Villains	1996
49	Colorblind	Counting Crows	This Desert Life	1999
50	Adam's Song	Blink-182	Enema of the State	1999

	New List: 05/28/08

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0 #1 RE: Top 50 Best Sad Songs of the 90s — rearfoot 2012-01-20 20:33

Solid list. Good all around representation, too. Greatest depressing song disguised as a superficial upbeat song is Semi-Charmed Life for those who understand the lyrics and lyrical style. But I can understand why you left that song out.

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