100 Sad Love Songs

Sometimes love isn't always a happy emotion, which creates the need for sad love songs from time to time. Listening to sad depressing love songs for some can be therapeutic way of coping with a bad break up, losing a loved one, or expressing emotion. It also says a lot about the emotion behind a song when it can make you cry just by thinking of it or hearing it.

Some of these sad love songs are perfect as break up songs, unrequited love songs, or even anti-love songs. I've included new songs and old songs to give you a wide selection of sad love songs, sure to meet any mood or sad depressing music occasion. If you'd like to listen to any of these songs, you can hear them all on my sad love songs playlist.

Here are 100 Sad Love Songs (In No Particular Order):

The Scientist -- Cold Play
Trouble -- Coldplay
Cannonball -- Damien Rice
Your Ghost -- Kristin Hersh
Breathe -- Anna Nalick
Sleep Alone -- Moby
Warning Sign -- Coldplay
Miserable At Best -- Mayday Parade
Machines -- Biffy Clyro
Fade Into You -- Mazzy Star
Bedshaped -- Keane
Everything I Own -- Bread
Hold On -- Sarah Mclachlan
Fallen -- Sarah McLachlan
All by Myself -- Celine Dion
Killing Me Softly (original) -- Roberta Flack
The Winner Takes It All -- Abba
Fake Plastic Trees -- Radiohead
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? -- Moby
Bette Midler--The Rose -- Bette Midler
Thunder -- Boys Like Girls
How To Save a Life -- The Fray
Tears In Heaven -- Eric Clapton
No Poetry -- Gary Jules
Mayonaise -- Smashing Pumpkins
Landslide -- Stevie Nicks
Fix You -- Coldplay
Your Sweet Voice -- The Reindeer Section
I'm Not In Love -- Tori Amos
Inside Of Love -- Nada Surf
Collide -- Howie Day
Lost Cause -- Beck
Missing -- Evanescence
Understanding -- Evanescence
I'm Not Crying -- Flight of the Conchords
Delicate -- Damien Rice
Needs -- Collective Soul
White Flag -- Dido
Bell Book and Candle -- Eddi Reader
Bright Lights -- Matchbox 20
Courage -- Sarah Polley
Gloomy Sunday-- Many versions, but Sarah McLachlan's is the weepiest
Send In The Clowns -- Judy Collins
Nothing Compares 2 U -- Sinead O'Connor
Back To Black -- Amy Winehouse
Listen To Your Heart -- DHT
I'll be there for you -- Bon Jovi
Separate Lives -- Phil Collins
So Low -- Self
Screaming Infidelities -- Dashboard Confessional
Closer -- Joshua Radin
I'll Catch You -- The Get Up Kids
Clumsy -- Our Lady Peace
Fade -- Staind
Cry -- James Blunt
I'm Lost Without You -- Blink 182
I Know It's Over -- Smiths
Elevator Love Letter -- Stars
Heart -- Stars
Already Lost -- Rainer Maria
Pictures Of You -- Cure
The Things You Said -- Depeche Mode
In Your Room -- Depeche Mode
Home -- Michael Buble
Circle -- Edie Brickell
Don't Forget Me -- Red Hot Chili Peppers
One -- U2
What Sarah Said -- Death Cab for Cutie
Famous Blue Raincoat -- Leonard Cohen (Tori Amos also has a very good version of this sad love song)
Comfortable -- John Mayer
Fast Car -- Tracy Chapman
The Dangling Conversation -- Simon & Garfunkel
Brick -- Ben Folds Five
November Rain -- Guns N' Roses
Some Things Last A Long Time -- Daniel Johnston
Nightswimming -- Rem
Why -- Annie Lennox
Falling Out Of Love -- Aqualung
Good Woman -- Cat Power
All The Same -- Sick Puppies
I Cant Make You love Me -- Bonnie Raitt
Iris -- Goo Goo Dolls
I Know -- Jude
I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You -- Colin Hay
Stay -- Lisa Loeb
Rain-- Cunninglynguists
Everything You Want -- Vertical Horizon
Heartbeats -- Jose Gonzalez
Slipped Away -- Avril Lavigne
I Wish You Love -- Natalie Cole
Breathe Me -- Sia
Rewrite -- Sia
Like You'll Never See Me Again -- Alicia Keys
This Is The Last Time -- Keane
This Years Love -- David Gray
Wicked Game -- Chris Isaak
Fire And Rain -- James Taylor
My Immortal -- Evanescence
What Happens When The Heart Just Stops -- The Frames
Everything Reminds Me of Her -- Elliot Smith

You can listen to all of these sad love songs by clicking here for my playlist of songs that make you cry. But before you do that, make sure you have some tissues nearby. Have a favorite sad love song I might have missed? Share your favorite sad love song in the comments below.