Top Cry-Inducing Western Songs Ranking [2025]

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Passenger | Let Her Go (Official Video)

It’s a breakup song about her.

It makes you think that you mustn’t take the happiness right in front of you for granted.

You might feel you don’t need the sun when it’s hot, but when it’s cold you realize you do.

I think it’s a song that makes you reflect not only on love, but on life as well.

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Adele – Hello (Official Music Video)

It’s a hit tune that used to play on FM radio all the time, with a deeply reverberant vocal that leaves an impression like it keeps resonating deep in your ears.

When you listen to it at times of extreme fatigue, when your emotions feel drained, it seems to soothe you and revive your spirit.

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Sia – Chandelier (Official Video)

A song written by Sia, a singer-songwriter from Australia.

Included on her 2014 album “1000 Forms of Fear,” the track became a global hit.

The promotional video is famous for featuring a performance by a young American dancer, Maddie.

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Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Official Music Video)

A powerful song swirling with anger and sorrow was created by Adele, a singer from the United Kingdom.

Candidly voicing the pain of heartbreak and a thirst for revenge, this track appears on Adele’s second album, 21, and was released in November 2010.

Characterized by deeply emotive vocals and a striking rhythm, it reached number one on the charts in 12 countries worldwide.

It won three Grammy Awards and is known as one of Adele’s signature songs.

It’s a recommended track for those looking to heal the wounds of a broken heart or to channel intense emotions through music.

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Christina Perri – A Thousand Years [Official Music Video]

It’s a song that sings about loving someone forever, expressing the promise to keep loving you for the next thousand years.

Its moving, beautiful sound and melody leave a strong impression, making it perfect for creating an emotional atmosphere at weddings and similar events.

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Numb (Official Music Video) [4K UPGRADE] – Linkin Park

It’s said to be a song sung to the singer’s own mother.

It can also be taken as a song between lovers, but it repeatedly sings about being tired of living the way the other person wants.

Interpretations vary, but even if you listen to it in middle school without understanding the lyrics, I think by the time you graduate you’ll be able to understand parts of it.

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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)

This is a track that resonates like a grand, roughly six-minute tale, as if you’re watching a single film.

Created by Queen, the song’s structure is breathtaking as it whirls from a beautiful ballad to opera and then into fierce rock.

Yet behind its dramatic sound lies the anguished cry of a protagonist who regrets his sins and struggles against fate, tightening your chest with sorrow.

Released ahead of the landmark album A Night at the Opera in October 1975, it’s also known for its memorable use in the film Wayne’s World.

When you’re crushed by inescapable loneliness or despair, surrendering yourself to this vast sonic world will let emotions well up from the depths of your heart.