As I mentioned earlier, some songs celebrate loneliness more overtly than others. Gilbert O'Sullivan's 1972 #1 hit "Alone Again (Naturally)" is pretty straightforward in its meaning, spending six ...

Galligher says there's an upside to sad songs. "When we feel sad, I think there, there is a gravitation sometimes towards solitude, but we don't want to feel alone," Galligher said.

Home Heartbreak 100 Best Sad Songs Of All Time (With The Saddest Lyrics That Will Make You Cry) We all need a good cry every now and then. These sad songs will do the trick.

When you're heartbroken after a breakup, sad songs about lost love can help you through the hardest times — especially when you're feeling alone.

Sad songs can have happy lyrics: Barbara S. of Wheaton nominated “What a Wonderful World,” the Louis Armstrong classic so sweet and soothing that it made my online collection of top lullabies.

This is the paradox of sad music: We generally don’t enjoy being sad in real life, but we do enjoy art that makes us feel that way. Countless scholars since Aristotle have tried to account for it.