(Finished May 14th, 2025) Part 1 of Those Amazing Melancholy Ballad Masterpieces

Hello,

I’ve written blogs like this before, but I decided I wanted to post another similar blog series. These are songs that have a very melancholy feeling to them. These songs are so much better with that extra melancholy feeling. These aren’t lovey dovey songs- that will be a separate blog series.

This is the song that inspired this blog 1) Sufjan Stevens “Casimir Pulaski Day”:

2) Alan Jackson “Wanted”:

3) Little Big Town “Sugar Coat”:

I love, love, love this song and the video is near perfect as well. 4) Lord Huron “The Night We Met”:

5) Michael Jackson “Man In The Mirror”:

Such a powerful song. 6) Halfway To Hazard “Daisy”:

One of the most melancholy lines in all of pop music is “It must have been love, but it’s over now.” 7) Roxette “It Must Have Been Love”:

8) The Counting Crows “A Long December”:

9) Grace featuring G-Eazy “You Don’t Own Me”:

10) Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford “If I Close My Eyes Forever”:

11) The Verve Pipe “The Freshman”:

12) Duran Duran “Come Undone”:

13) Simon and Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence”:

14) Simply Red “Holding Back The Years”:

This particular version is so good and so melancholy, even though the lyrics are so incredibly sweet. 15) “Can’t Step Help Falling In Love”:

16) Bon Jovi “Never Say Goodbye”:

This song takes on an extra melancholy feel with Chris Cornell’s death. 17) Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”:

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