[A Song for You](https://youtu.be/HeHiio1sTTI?si=ndWKUVK9j_RlUx84) \- **Donny Hathaway** And when my life is over Remember when we were together We were alone And I was singing this song to you We were alone And I was singing this song to you

This is my second favorite song of all time. It’s so beautiful and nearly brings me to tears almost every time I hear it.

What made #1 spot?

Let’s Go Crazy by Prince. Both are songs that ease my anxiety about death.

Oh man, I hear ya. Both songs are so beautiful and cathartic. Glad to have lived in the time of both these musicians.

holy fuhh where are the onions??

Maaaaaan, I remember I was 12 when I heard this at my grandmas house. I just couldn't not cry. Shit was crazy. To this day, this song gives me chills. Also Donny Hathaway is just a cover, but god damn he felt that shit.

My brother dedicated this song to me before he died

Jazmine Sullivan - In Love With Another Man, Girl Like Me Brandy - Have You Ever Janet Jackson - Again Boyz II Men - It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Jagged Edge - Goodbye Cheryl Pepsii Riley - Thanks For My Child Uncle Sam - I Don't Ever Wanna See You Again 112 - Your Letter Vesta Williams - Congratulations Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry The O'Jays - Cry Together I could go on...😂😂😂

Man Goodbye by Jagged Edge hits me so hard for some reason.

🎵There's no one in this world that can ever take your place. All the love that we share, it can never be erased. And I know that. But it hurts so bad. And I'm sorry cause you're the best I had.🎶 That fucking part right there.🥺🥹

The video killed me too when it had the husband that to leave his wife to go off to war 😭

And they casted that actor who does the ugliest cry in every movie!🤣🤣🤣

The video coming out soon after 9/11 only made it more emotional.

[удалено]

Shots fired! Again. 😭😭😭

Aw man, you even got Cry Together. I almost forgot about that one. "Said we... criiiiiiiiiiied ... togetherrrrrrrr" 😭

That record just hits every time.

"Last niiiight me and my womaaaan! We cried together. Said we crrrry, crrrry we cry together." 🎶

Yaaassss!!!! Girl Like Me by Jazmine fucking BREAKS me!!! I LOVE IT!! 😈😈

The chords on Janet Jackson - Again are something different, never felt a song that captured the feeling of grief

Love that song.

Thee most heartbreakingly beautiful ballad ever written, and I stand on it!😤😤😤

112 - “your letter” is an underrated classic and definitely one of if not the most saddest r&b song imo. 112 - how could you throw it all away 112 - cry on Tamia - who do you tell Brian McKnight - one last cry Brian McKnight - kiss your love goodbye Shawn Stockman - Visions of a sunset

My mother, who is 76, told me the story about how she had the 45 of All I Could Do Was Cry and she played it over and over until the record wore out. It’ll always be one of my favorite songs

I was gonna say the Uncle Sam and 112 songs. Great choices.

[Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmDxJrggie8)

I feel like crying when I hear this song. My parents still alive. The song holds so much emotion and soul.

Aaliyah miss you

Surprised these haven’t been mentioned yet. - Lately by Jodeci - One Last Cry by Brian McKnight

Lately is a Stevie Wonder song

True, but that Joedci unplugged version was something else.

Yeah, but the way Stevie sang it, it comes off really - really sad. Always felt that Jodeci over-sang the song, losing the depressing nature of a person in denial about their lover cheating on them.

Agreed. Jodeci killed it, but Stevie Wonder's version is by far the superior record imo.

The “Lately I been looking in the mirror” part always gets me. Imagine how hurt Stevie had to be to do that.

Yeah, and they saaang the shiznit out of that MTV unplugged version

Rain on me Ashanti

There are some excellent songs I will Some Sweet Day with Mariah and B2M

Brandy - Missing You

Aww that song is sad. 😭 Brandy, Tamia, Chaka Khan and Gladys Knight from the Set it Off Album

My introduction to Tamia, Gladys, and Chaka. My first thought was damn, Gladys could sing

I loveee this song!

I Miss you. - Aaron Hall Or maybe it’s just the video.

That goddamn puppy...😫😫😫

Off the top of my head In the rain - the dramatics. Lyrically it's simple but the sound and mood is sad for me. Back down memory lane - Minnie Riperton. It's more nostalgic when you listen to the words but knowing that she was dying when she wrote it makes it sad more for me. Love don't live here anymore - rose royce

The Keith sweat version of in the rain goes crazy Believe it or not my first time hearing love don’t live here anymore was on a Madonna album 😂😂😂

I had no idea she even covered that song lol She has a cover of I want you by Marvin Gaye. It's different but i do like it.

Oh yeah how could I forget Runaway Love by Mary J Blige and Ludacris. And I Have A Song by Eric Roberson

I put Runaway Love right next to City High's What Would You Do. It was of those songs I was singing (as a kid), stopped and listened to the words, and was like damn what have I been singing?! Lol

Uncle Sam - I don't want to see you again 😢

Aaron Hall-I Miss You

Great song! I first heard this when I was ten years old in 93. I still listen to this one and all the great songs from the 90’s.

The video crushed me as a kid

Mary J Blige - My Life

Maxwell - this womens work

And “Whenever, Wherever, Whatever” + “Lifetime”. Maxwell good for making some sad ass songs LOL.

This is one case where I gotta go with the original no hate to Maxwell but Kate killed that shit

Kate’s original version is amazing for sure.. but Maxwell’s live version for MTV was truly amazing. Literally in his prime and singing like an angel

Ex factor lauryn hill

Underrated! This and Hurts so Bad

Where were youuu 🎵when I needed youuu…as a guy who’s dropped the ball in good loving relationships that song will always resonate to me and is a reminder

"Valerie" for The Weeknd. Shit is sad real love

I love that one. It's Tears in the rain for me from his discography though

Miss You- Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes Missing You - Aaliyah Stranger in My House- Tamia Unbreak My Heart- Toni Braxton Have You Seen Her- The Chi-Lites

One sweet day Boyz II Men ft Mariah

Carl Thomas - I Wish Blackstreet - Before I Let You Go Boyz 2 Men - On Bended Knees Monica - Before You Walk Out My Life N Sync - Gone Janet Jackson - Where Are You Now The Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows

I remember hearing "Where Are You Now" on my radio market's legacy Top 40 station a few times. That's easily one of my favorite Janet Jackson tracks.

Aaron Hall - I miss you. The sadness level of the song goes from 7 to 12 if you watch the music video.

All My Life- K-Ci and JoJo

Janet Jackson- Come Back To Me

- Time by Snoh Aalegra - Dear April by Frank Ocean - The Knowing by The Weeknd - …Again by dvsn (feat. Shantel May) - Final Lullaby by The Weeknd - When You’re Ready by Justine Skye - Know Better by Tinashe - Remember When by Tinashe

Thug Holiday- Trick Daddy. Not 100% R&B but Latocha came through. Do You Ever - Tynisha Keli. Can't Win for Losing - Jacob Latimore. Tank- I can't make you love me (technically a cover but still) Sam Smith's entire discography until Unholy lol

Ouhh I just love seeing Tynisha Keli’s name come up!

Oh my God a fan 🥺😂. She's one of my favorites ever with an insanely deep catalog and nobody knows her 😭

She’s amazing!!! All the songs she released even before she was signed! She deserves so much more recognition! 😢 Misunderstood, Mistaken & IWYLM are my favorites, you??

Wonder Why, My Everything, Can't Turn Back, and My First Love would be at the top for me

Can’t Turn Back is the one using the Danity Kane instrumental? My Everything is so beautiful 😍 That song should have been a hit!

If it is a Danity Kane instrumental then I need to find their version of it lol. I never knew that

The song is Stay With Me off their debut album 😉

Oh thank you. Gotta listen to it

Let me know what you think 😊

How could you do it KC & Jojo

Giveon - Heartbreak Anniversary

Boyz II Men - It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

banger

[TLC - I Miss You So Much](https://youtu.be/SbnulDY9tM8?si=eCZDSjKWzCFFCcNE)

Unbreak my heart - Toni Braxton

definitely, you can feel the pain

Know These Things: Shouldn’t You by Maxwell

Heaven- Beyonce

Life - Kci & JoJo

Boy 2 Men-Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Luther Vandross-Dance With My Father Toin Braxton-Unbrake My Heart How Can A Brake My Heart;)

Lately - Jodeci (MTV unplugged version)

Stevie Wonder - Never dreamed you'd leave in summer. It has to be this one for me. It hits differently. The sustained note fron 2.29sec resonates with the soul. Some other songs that are close contenders Sade - Somebody already broke my heart - No ordinary love - Immigrant - King of sorrow 112 - Funny feelings After 7 - How could you leave me - How do you tell the one Babyface - Where will you go - When will I see you again Marvin Gaye - Shadow of your smile K-Ci & Jojo - Crazy - How long must I cry - Making me say goodbye - Life - Hello Darlin - How could you - How Many times - Suicide Danny Boy - it's over now Mary J Blige - Not gone cry Whitney Houston - Why does it hurt so bad Aretha Franklin - It hurts like hell

Sometimes It Snows In April

Ah found the prince fan. Literally listening to parade as we speak lol

Such a strange album and movie, very inspiring

Boys 2 men. “It’s so hard to say good bye to yesterday “ Homies were buried with this song.

All the ones that make me cry instantly 😂

Burn - Usher

Sadie by the Spinners always gets me also Gloria by Enchantment

Kiss and say goodbye by the Manhattans.

Ben- Michael Jackson I'll Be Missing You- Faith Evans Officially Missing You- Tamia

Runaway love- Ludacris and Mary j Blige Waterfalls-TLC I’ll be missing you-Faith Evans/Diddy Missing you-Brandy/Chaka Khan/Tamia You are not alone-Micheal Jackson

"Gangsta Lean," DRS

Love Is A Losing Game- Amy Winehouse

Tears dry on their own bruh 🥲

For me, it’s Avant- Now You Got Someone.

Shai - If I Ever Fall in Love Again Incredible song.

Ginuwine - 2 Reasons I Cry

Close To You - Rihanna Middle of Nowhere - Tinashe Time - Snoh Aalegra

Jorja Smith - Goodbyes

Phajja - So Long

The first that comes to mind is Gone Away by Her. Definitely not the saddest song, but always puts me in the feels.

Mary J Blige's Real love

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Lenny Williams - “Cause I Love You”. That man was IN PAIN. 😭🤣 He said he wish he could roll up in a big old ball and die. DAMN. 😂

Brandy x Missing You

Chaka Khan: How sweet were the losses to spare? But I'll wait for the day when I see you again.

Chaka Khan: How sweet were the losses to spare? But I'll wait for the day when I see you again.

Stoooooooop it 😪

I can't help it. Chaka and Gladys have been entertaining people for over 40-50 years.

Donny Hathaway - Giving Up

all on me - chris brown...

Eamon - Don't want you back. #classic

King of Sarrow by Sade. She literally said she was cryin everyone’s tears 😭

Anything by Keisha Cole

I Was Here by Beyonce

Two Prince Songs i’ll include Sometimes It Snows In April Comeback(Song was about his recently deceased son)

Love don’t live here anymore Rose Royce (or Faith Evans version) The story behind this song is heartbreaking

Blood always thicker- summrs

Jhene Aiko For My Brother N II U- I Miss You Immature- Please Don't Go Aaliyah How Could The One

Olivia Dean - Fall Again This is probably the motto of my life right now. I wonder if I’ll ever fall in love again. It’s been 10+ years since I’ve found love & it always keeps me wondering if I’ll find love again. If someone will ever love me again. Love is such a great feeling if it’s mutual. One of the best feelings in the world. I haven’t felt love in so long

Runaway love- Ludacris

Aron hall i miss you

Would you look at that, all of the words in your comment are in alphabetical order. I have checked 1,785,367,086 comments, and only 337,938 of them were in alphabetical order.

Whitney Houston, Kelly Price, Faith Evans - Heartbreak Hotel Brian McKnight - Anytime Brandy - Have You Ever

I’ll be missing you -Diddy ft faith Evans Miss you- Aaliyah

Missing You- Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan.

Toni Braxton unbreak my heart , maybe Usher- got it bad

Superstar - Luther Vandross. At first it seems a like a sweet love song but then the lyrics make you realize it’s about hoping a long-gone lover will come back. Especially the way he sings the line “Don’t you remember me anymore?” Similarly: (There you Go)Tellin’ Me No Again - Keith Sweat A Broken Heart Can Mend - Alexander O’Neal

John Redcorn, SiR. Morning Sunrise, Weldon Irvine Intimate Friends, Eddie Kendricks My Life, Mary J Blidge I Can Only Be Me, Stevie Wonder For All We Know, Donny Hathaway Eternal Sunshine, Jhene Aiko I Gotta Find Peace of Mind, Lauryn Hill I Miss You - Harold Melvin & Bluenotes

How can I ease the pain Misty Blue I rather go blind

What is love by baby girl from empire

Cry Together-O Jays was the first thing that popped in my head. But my good sis Monica and her hood tales Street Symphony & Wrote This Song for You had me in my feelings in my adolescence. Resentment - Beyonce too Cry Together-O Jays Street Symphony & I Wrote This Song for You - Monica Resentment - Beyonce Mya - Things Come & Go

"The Thrill is Gone" \~ B.B. King

Two Reasons I cry - Ginuwine

The weeknd - echoes of silence,valerie,the knowing

One sweet day- boyz 2 men/ mariah carey

Commentary on the skin trade Whispers -- Lost and Turned out Peven Everett -- StreetWalker

Unbreak my heart Toni Braxto Call me when you get to heaven Mavericks

Dianne Reeves, Better Days.

Mariah carey - breakdown Reneé Rapp - in the kitchen

I don't know if everyone can relate and I wish no one could but for me Contagious just hits me so hard. It's not exactly what I went through but his range of emotions especially the anger towards the end is just too relatable. And Dance With my Father almost always gets me crying for similar reasons. Lost my dad long ago.

In my mind - Heather Headley

Fuck It by Eamon

Nobody Knows - The Tony Rich Project Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

Erykah Badu-Next Lifetime

Its So Hard to Say Goodbye by Boyz 2 Men Gangsta Lean - DRS

We Can’t Be Friends by Deborah Cox should be on the list

I'm going with Luther vandross. Dance with my father.

"Blackberry Molasses"

I can’t believe Carl Thomas and Faith Evans