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Thursday, 5 May 2011




What do you think is the world's saddest song?

By nwilliams

What do you think is the world's saddest song? We are having a debate in the First News office and can't decide.

What do you think?

 

*Edit* We think it is Tears In Heaven. Do you agree?

 


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  • abbydoris (Age 14) wrote on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 @ 20:23

    i think the sadest song is all time love by will young. makes me cry every time

  • nwilliams wrote on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 @ 21:47

    That's such a sad song abbydoris! It's beautiful too though.

  • Lizziexxx (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 @ 08:19

    i think a sad song- well there is two- slipping through my fingers and dance with my father again + sand and water- (or something like that)

  • Lizziexxx (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 @ 08:20

    btw- i also think that u've got a friend in toy story is sad- (weird!!!) and when somebody loved me- (also in toy story two (the song that Jessie sings))

  • redhorse10 (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 @ 09:21

    I don't know. I guess that this song is kinda sad at first.

  • mustang (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 @ 10:36

    I don't think that it is very sad

  • fun_bun64 (Age 14) wrote on Wednesday, 1 September 2010 @ 12:04

    I think fields of Gold is the sadest song like ever! :(

  • Nintate (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 2 September 2010 @ 16:41

    The Song Candle In The Wind By Elton John Is The Saddest I Think!!! Makes Me Cry Every Time!!!!:(

  • allyt (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 2 September 2010 @ 19:21

    Cry Me A River(by Justin Timberlake)is a really sad song I think :-(

  • allyt (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 2 September 2010 @ 19:23

    Or Man in the Mirror!!

  • hannii (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 11 September 2010 @ 19:27

    I think Memory, from cats, the musical is really sad.Check it out on youtube!

  • rockgirl (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 15 September 2010 @ 18:01

    the world saddest song is Bright eyes it's about some rabbits who are being poached by humans. they also made a film out of the book. The book is called Wartership Down

  • nwilliams wrote on Thursday, 16 September 2010 @ 10:54

    I LOVE that book and film Rockgirl. It makes me cry!

  • Lizziexxx (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 23 September 2010 @ 16:49

    ohh bright eyes... that is sooo sad!!!!! i also think that run by snow patrol and light up by take that are sad coz we sung them at my leavers assembly... i cried A LOT. I really miss my old school

  • gummybear (Age 10) wrote on Friday, 1 October 2010 @ 07:50

    the saddest song i know is everybody hurts

  • roxiechic (Age 10) wrote on Tuesday, 5 October 2010 @ 11:39

    I don't think this is really sad.i think the saddest song i know is probably Athlete Wires. It is also my favourite!

  • Amy-lou (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 11 October 2010 @ 18:35

    I think some of the sadest songs i know r when your gone by avril lavigne and were in heaven (bt i cant remember the artist)

  • Henry2 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 18 October 2010 @ 18:02

    i think leona lewis HAPPY. The music video made my mum cry!!!!!!!!!

  • PurpleGurl (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 23 October 2010 @ 09:42

    I think Goodbye my friend is the saddest song.

  • redpanda55 (Age 13) wrote on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 @ 21:31

    I think My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion in The Titanic is sad

  • Anya2000 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 28 October 2010 @ 08:41

    "To the sky" is so sad, it is about these people who have suffered terrible loses. It is by "The Maps"

  • cocoa123 (Age 10) wrote on Thursday, 28 October 2010 @ 20:10

    SHRUG! NO IDEA EARTH SONG AND HEAL THE WORLD BY MICHAEL JACKSON ARE KINDA SAD

  • hannii (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 @ 19:27

    Oh,Iv'e got a new 1!!! It's called streets of london,and it's about people who are homeless, who served in the army and have been fired from thier job,people who spend all thier days with no one to talk to, that kind of stuff.

  • PeaceLove (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 14 November 2010 @ 18:43

    Probably Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross :)

  • sweetpea (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 16 November 2010 @ 18:06

    the song at the top of the page makes me cringe!!! The most saddest song is that song!!!

  • CrazyGirl (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 22 November 2010 @ 19:20

    fields of Gold

  • Henry2 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 2 December 2010 @ 07:38

    helping haiti everybody hurts

  • KatCandy (Age 12) wrote on Thursday, 2 December 2010 @ 07:50

    Is that Elton John?

  • stupefy (Age 14) wrote on Thursday, 2 December 2010 @ 17:24

    chasing cars by snow patrol makes my cry i don't know why!

  • diver1 (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 10 January 2011 @ 11:10

    The video is sad I started to weep!

  • cattimad (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 12 January 2011 @ 21:03

    everybody hurts and the help for heroes on the x factor and i dont know why but chiquitika by abba makes me cry

  • Evland (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 16 January 2011 @ 19:26

    Fields Of Gold sung by Eva Cassidy

  • aquadog26 (Age 11) wrote on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 @ 20:17

    everybody hurts, the flood (cheryl cole), a moment like this, the silence, man in the mirror, you are not alone, for good (from wicked)

  • cocoa123 (Age 10) wrote on Tuesday, 1 February 2011 @ 18:42

    I can't stand all this Sadness! I'm gonna cry any minute now! (Kidding!)

  • sneha (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 1 February 2011 @ 22:06

    I have o idea!

  • sneha (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 1 February 2011 @ 22:06

    I have no idea!

  • aquadog26 (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 3 February 2011 @ 16:32

    dance with my father again, i cry whenever i hear it and it makes me think about my grandad

  • rhianna9 (Age 10) wrote on Thursday, 17 February 2011 @ 18:23

    I agree with rock girl . Bright eyes is the saddest song. It was in our dance show a few years back and it spoilt the whole dance! :(

  • honeybun00 (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 27 February 2011 @ 16:11

    Candle in the wind (Princess Diana version) By Elton John :(

  • Ellsybub (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 27 February 2011 @ 18:00

    tHAT SONG IS NOT SAD AT ALL. THE SADDEST SONG IS: The flood by cheryl cole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • daisyalan (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 9 March 2011 @ 15:29

    what is the blue box

  • chocaholic (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 13 March 2011 @ 18:53

    just a dream by nelly makes me emotional dont know why

  • minxymoo (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 @ 17:17

    hallelujah sung by either alexandra burke/ jeff buckley or mad world when its sung slowly cos hes going mad :'(

  • cookie360 (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 16 March 2011 @ 19:15

    Tears in Heaven is sooooooooooooooooooooo sad.

  • HelloWorld (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 23 March 2011 @ 20:29

    grenade or tears in heaven

  • Mop (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 25 March 2011 @ 20:53

    I dont know

  • twihard (Age 14) wrote on Saturday, 26 March 2011 @ 19:38

    When your gone by Avril Lavinge is sad and dance with my father again is sad,everybody hurts,its to late to apolligise and man on the corner of your street by script is sad

  • Twilight13 (Age 11) wrote on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 @ 17:51

    i agree about Candle in the wind!

  • CandyEllz (Age 11) wrote on Thursday, 31 March 2011 @ 19:55

    For me its called 'I'll follow you into the dark' It is soooooooooooo sad :'-(

  • Millz8 (Age 11) wrote on Saturday, 2 April 2011 @ 15:17

    Watership down is AMAZING both the book and the film. I think the sad song is: Someone like you by Adele

  • amberlily (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 3 April 2011 @ 14:29

    im not sure. probably angels by robbie williams :S

  • anderson (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 11 April 2011 @ 12:17

    I sang a song called "There's a fine, fine, line" (from a musical called Avenue Q)at my school talent show, I came second and loads of people came up to me after and said I made them cry, Incuding my English teacher and my old primary teacher!

  • poshspice (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 @ 11:40

    Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross is definitely one,my mum ALWAYS crys when she hears it and me and my friends did this singing thing for Voice In A Million(which is a charity for adopted and fostered children)and some of our friends started laughing at the song Tears In Heaven and me and two of my mates went up to them and shouted at them telling them to stop laughing.Then we asked them if they knew what the song was even about.When we told them the story behind the song Tears In Heaven they stopped laughing when they saw the tears in our eyes and they felt really bad and sorry. I love the song Tears In Heaven(but it makes me cry!) I always cry when people sing Rule The World because there was a boy I know who died of cancer at a very young age and they sang that song at his funeral because we knew it was his favourite song.Once the boy who sat next to me started singing it(he

  • pixie2605 (Age 11) wrote on Sunday, 17 April 2011 @ 16:33

    lost love note by t dot flirtz

  • peace111 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 @ 22:20

    pray by justin bieber still like ot though

  • HIGHSTED (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 27 April 2011 @ 17:19

    These songs make me really sad: Angel wintersong, both by Sarah Mclachlan!

  • 09AhmedA (Age 13) wrote on Sunday, 1 May 2011 @ 16:49

    I find Grunade by Bruno Mars really sad....

  • Amy-lou (Age 14) wrote on Friday, 6 May 2011 @ 18:15

    poshspice - sorry about the boy you knew x i find pray by justin bieber sad and this song called... urgh i've forgotten but it goes , baby your all that i want and i found you here in my arms(or heart i've 4gotten) i'm finding it hard to believe we're in heaven

  • jellyslug (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 7 May 2011 @ 09:54

    That song is sad, Nic

  • cagirl (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 14 May 2011 @ 18:59

    Probably Temporary Home by Carrie Underwood. It's okay at the beginning but the bridge is so sad!

  • PinkBoden (Age 13) wrote on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 @ 19:41

    Poshspice, sorry to hear about the boy you knew - Rule the World is one of my favourite songs too! I think Somewhere over the Rainbow is sad as well as Hallelujah because it was sung at my Gt. Nana's funeral and I can never bear to hear it anymore. :'(

  • VampFanx (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 19 May 2011 @ 19:15

    Hmm... I agree with Rule the World, but also Dustland Fairytale by The Killer and DEFFINITELY Skinny Love by Birdy :( Makes me cry LOADS

  • LionLover (Age 11) wrote on Friday, 20 May 2011 @ 17:08

    Whitethorn by The Unthanks.

  • hollykind (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 21 May 2011 @ 12:37

    it a sad song alright but not that sad heartless it so sad

  • youtube (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 30 May 2011 @ 20:38

    titanic is a sad movie ...

  • HollyMae (Age 14) wrote on Thursday, 16 June 2011 @ 16:53

    mad world-coldplay

  • PinkBoden (Age 13) wrote on Saturday, 18 June 2011 @ 19:02

    I think that if something has a sad story behind it anything can be sad....:'(

  • Dewey (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 17 July 2011 @ 16:11

    Definetly Grenade by Bruno Mars it is sad or Talking to the moon ...also by Bruno Mars. if you wanna know more about that song check out his album...now it's so lolage with yr fave tracks on it.

  • Dewey (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 @ 15:54

    ...Well MY fave tracks anyway... Lol!!!

  • Johnboy (Age 9) wrote on Friday, 29 July 2011 @ 19:40

    The saddest song, but also an important one, is Earth Song by Michael Jackson. The first time I heard it/ saw the video, I was stunned. I was 7 I think, but I still think it's a fantastic song.

  • roxiechic (Age 10) wrote on Wednesday, 10 August 2011 @ 16:05

    now i know what its about definitely tears of heaven

  • fjw2011 (Age 9) wrote on Saturday, 13 August 2011 @ 10:11

    Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson..

  • Mirri04 (Age 12) wrote on Saturday, 20 August 2011 @ 13:02

    Probably 'As if we never said goodbye' by Andrew Lloyd Webber.It is quite sad and teary.:(

  • eva11 (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 @ 16:52

    I would say the saddest song in the world is Someone Like You by Adele.

  • tigger1098 (Age 10) wrote on Sunday, 4 September 2011 @ 17:48

    I think someone like you is sad by adele:-)

  • Tissue (Age 14) wrote on Saturday, 10 September 2011 @ 13:42

    Gotta be: Worlds apart Piano Remix (by Twenty Twenty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC0tuweG5KE Or The Curtain (by Twenty Twenty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ImvyVHLow For me. I like Twenty Twenty;-)

  • sambarose2 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 12 September 2011 @ 11:44

    I think the saddedst song is Dance with my father again, by Luther van dross... I cry every time I hear it...

  • millieboo (Age 9) wrote on Wednesday, 5 October 2011 @ 16:55

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  • redhorse10 (Age 13) wrote on Thursday, 6 October 2011 @ 18:41

    I don't think Dance With My Father is sad at all... hmmm... I don't think any songs are sad really! :) x

  • charan (Age 12) wrote on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 @ 19:52

    I think "My Heart will go On" by Celine Dion. It's in the Titanic movie!

  • frules (Age 13) wrote on Friday, 28 October 2011 @ 18:58

    I think A team by Ed Sheeran - I listened carefully to the words and it really upsets me when I hear it.

  • superdog7 (Age 12) wrote on Sunday, 20 November 2011 @ 10:57

    i don't know

  • Alohomora (Age 14) wrote on Sunday, 20 November 2011 @ 18:44

    i love a-team but i dont think its that sad i think all the ones twi-hard said are sad because that was my old profile until my computer woudn't let me use my profile ( i dont know why) even my dad coudn't fix it

  • fjw2011 (Age 9) wrote on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 @ 16:26

    Because Of You by Kelly Clarkson it makes me half cry ;( Btw how put videos on articles?

  • Prunnie (Age 10) wrote on Saturday, 3 December 2011 @ 13:16

    I think that's sad, but Titanic's sadder!! :(

  • pipapip (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 12 December 2011 @ 17:30

    yes the Titanic is sad, is Tears in Heaven by Fleetwood Mac.??????

  • AquaPuppy (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 19 December 2011 @ 09:07

    Also, Rule the World and Jar of Hearts! Dewey, My little bro has Talking to the Moon on his MP3 and I love it!!

  • coolkids (Age 8) wrote on Friday, 23 December 2011 @ 14:47

    i think my heart will go on by celine dion and what about now by westlife