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

We can love a song despite it making us feel sad — and scientists don’t agree on why. Researchers have previously found that sad music might cause us to feel moved in an emotionally positive way, ...

We’re starting our list of country songs strong with Tim McGraw’s heart wrenching story of a long lasting love story, “Don’t Take the Girl.” The chorus centers around that line but it changes in ...

The 2020s have proven to be a heyday for country music. This genre has experienced a boom like never before. With that boom comes an onslaught of country songs, running the gamut from joyous to ...

The holiday season is supposed to be a time of joy, unity and general well wishes. But let's face it: for most people it's impossible to be merry and bright 100 percent of the time. For as happy of a ...

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

Every genre of music has its sad songs, but no genre does sad songs like country music. There are songs about breakups, of course, but there are also heartbreakers about the devastation of coal mining ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

The official start of the summer season is just around the corner, and nothing goes together quite as well as country music and summer songs. Country has plenty of fun, upbeat summer songs that ...

I was surprised that my favorite music streaming service has a playlist called Sad Songs. I wondered: Why would anyone want to listen to a bunch of sad songs? I assumed that sad songs make you sad, ...

Scrutiny of Billboard’s list of No. 1 songs from 1958 through 2013 reveals the dominant popularity of upbeat, happy music over sad, depressing songs. However, some sad songs topped the chart for their ...