I Hate Myself and Want To Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard is a popular book by Tom Reynolds. It was published in 2005. In this book, Reynolds analyses 52 songs and ranks them in order of what he thinks is the most depressing. The number 1 is "The Christmas Shoes" by Christian rock band NewSong. It received rave reviews by The Sunday Times, NME, Entertainment Weekly and many more. It ranks at #262,686 on the Amazon.com Sales Rank.
The Countdown
52. "Same Old Lang Syne" - Dan Fogelberg
51. "Artificial Flowers" - Bobby Darin
50. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division
49. "Teen Angel" - Mark Dinning
48. "Landslide" - Stevie Nicks
47. "Lucky Man" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
46. "Captain Jack" - Billy Joel
45. "Indiana Wants Me" - R. Dean Taylor
44. "Sylvia's Mother" - Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
43. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
42. "In the Year 2525" - Zager and Evans
41. "Send in the Clowns" - Misc. Artists
40. "Without You" - Mariah Carey
39. "It Must Be Him" - Vikki Carr
38. "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
37. "Let Her Cry" - Hootie & the Blowfish
36. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
35. "Beth" - Kiss
34. "Goodbye to Love" - The Carpenters
33. "Don't Cry Out Loud" - Melissa Manchester
32. "Mandy" - Barry Manilow
31. "Last Kiss" - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
30. "The End" - The Doors
29. "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
28. "Round Here" - Counting Crows
27. "MacArthur Park" - Richard Harris
26. "In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
25. "Sam Stone" - John Prine
24. "My Immortal" - Evanescence
23. "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" - Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand
22. "The River" - Bruce Springsteen
21. "Tell Laura I Love Her" - Ray Peterson
20. "All by Myself" - Celine Dion
19. "Women's Prison" - Loretta Lynn
18. "Prayers for Rain" - The Cure
17. "The Freshmen" - The Verve Pipe
16. "The Rose" - Bette Midler
15. "Maggie's Dream" - Don Williams
14. "Comfortably Numb" - Pink Floyd
13. "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
12. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
11. "One" - Metallica
10. "People Who Died" - The Jim Carroll Band
9. "Sister Morphine" - Marianne Faithfull
8. "Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails
7. "Strange Fruit" - Billie Holiday
6. "D.O.A." - Bloodrock
5. "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
4. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler
3. "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro
2. "The Shortest Story" - Harry Chapin
1. "The Christmas Shoes" - NewSong
(Bonus : "Mad World" - Gary Jules)
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Yet now . . . I’d willingly be puffy, bald,
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“And songs climb out of the flames of the near campfires,
Pale, pastel things exquisite in their frailness
With a note or two to indicate it isn’t lost,
On them at least. The songs decorate our notion of the world
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