Top Cry-Inducing Western Songs Ranking [2025]
Don’t you ever feel like crying?
I do.
I think it’s good to just forget everything and cry once in a while.
I’ve put together a list of Western songs that make you want to bawl your eyes out at times like that.
If you feel like crying, these are a must-listen.
- Most Moving Western Songs Ranking [2025]
- Tear-jerking Western songs: recommended classics and popular tracks
- Ranking of Western farewell songs [2025]
- Classic Western songs to listen to when you want to cry: the world’s tearjerker songs and popular tracks for shedding tears
- Ranking of Tear-Jerking Western Songs [2025]
- Ranking of Melancholic Western Songs [2025]
- Western songs to listen to when you're feeling down—tracks that stay by your side and give you the strength to look forward.
- 2025: Heartbreak songs in Western music — tearjerkers to listen to when love ends
- Saddest Western Songs Ranking [2025]
- Western Music Yami Song Rankings [2025]
- Tear-jerking Western songs: The world's recommended weep-inducing tracks
- Popular Western Ballad Songs Ranking [2025]
- Songs That Make You Cry: Heart-Wrenching Western Music—from Timeless Classics to the Newest Hits
Western Music Tearjerker Songs Ranking [2025] (71–80)
No SurprisesRadiohead71rank/position
It’s a song about death, which you wouldn’t imagine from its gentle sound and vocals.
It’s by the popular British rock band Radiohead, included on their 1997 album OK Computer.
It seems to convey the chilly feeling of autumn.
Bad DayDaniel Powter72rank/position
The piano-led intro is striking—many of you can probably recognize the song right away.
It’s a signature track by Canadian musician Daniel Powter.
Released in 2005 as his debut single, it became a worldwide hit.
How about having a good cry while listening to this song and resetting your mood?
If I Die YoungThe Band Perry73rank/position
A track released in 2010 by The Band Perry, an American country music group composed of siblings.
The song is about making the most of the time you’re given.
It reached No.
1 on the U.
S.
charts.
RedTaylor Swift74rank/position
This is a song by the global songstress Taylor Swift, who is also active as an actress.
It was included as the title track on her fourth album, Red, released in 2012.
The lyrics compare the love-filled moments with a former lover to the red of autumn leaves.
Anyone who has experienced heartbreak will likely relate.
PhotographNickelback75rank/position
When it comes to tear-jerking Western songs I want high school students to listen to, the first one that comes to mind is Nickelback’s “Photograph.” Its warm lyrics feel like they contain everything about youth, and they bring tears to my eyes.
It’s a song I’d love for you to listen to on graduation day.
Stop crying your heartOasis76rank/position
Oasis, from Manchester, England.
As a band representing Britpop and rock, they became popular in the 1990s.
This song, released in 2002, is a ballad included on the album Heathen Chemistry.
BookendsSimon&Garfunkel77rank/position
A duo active in the United States during the 1960s.
They are also famous for being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
This song, released in 1965, reached number one on the Billboard charts, and like their other songs, it features the duo’s captivating harmonies.