From The Blue Nile to Amigo the Devil, these are little-known songs that are impossible to hear without tearing up ...

Bruce Springsteen has released his fair share of emotionally devastating songs, with The River and Jungleland being among his ...

Are we intentionally making ourselves feel worse by listening to sad music? Studies show that the reason we always go back to ...

I love sad songs. Whether or not I am, in fact, sad in that moment, melancholy music has always struck a chord with me. Most of my all-time favorite records are late night, punch drunk confessionals: ...

Life sometimes calls for that upbeat song when everything else has got you down — but what happens when you don't want to cheat on your favorite depressing rock or metal band? Thankfully, some of the ...

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 ...

There are a lot of songs out there with upbeat melodies but also boast depressing or bittersweet lyrics. But, what about the other way around? This is a little rarer, but here are three songs that fit ...

Sad emotions can only exist because you understand happiness. Roy Orbison attest that his song about loneliness, at its heart ...

Nothing helps Travis Kelce shake off a bad mood like his girlfriend’s music. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end explained to his brother, Jason Kelce, in Wednesday’s “New Heights” podcast episode why he ...