Songs About Someone Dying

In the united kingdom the number of fatalities on uk roads rose to a peace time peak of 7 985 in 1966 before then falling to a new low of 2 222 in 2009.

Songs about someone dying. Take out your party playlist and count the number of love songs on there. Someone worth dying for. Examples of the style are also known as tear jerkers death discs or splatter platters among other colorful sobriquets coined by djs that then passed into vernacular as the songs became popular often lamenting teenage death scenarios in melodramatic fashion these. Maybe it s not that surprising.

This list has all the best pop songs about death and even includes each song s music video. For a group of people obsessed with immortality pop stars sure do sing a lot of songs about death. Society and pop culture have an aversion to serious considerations of death and for good reason but let s never forget the incredible music it s inspired. Let s do an exercise.

These are 25 flawless songs about death. Though death and dying are sad subjects they are part of life and these pop songs may even help you through a tough time. Now count how many of those songs are about catching feelings for someone else. As a believer in jesus we have the guarantee that we are exactly the someone that jesus bled and died for.

It s a deliciously rich topic ripe for all kinds of songs. This list of pop songs about death is ranked from the best to the worst by music fans and pop music aficionados. 11 when i m gone joey rory this soulful 2012 ballad written by a friend about her dying mother has taken on an even more poignant meaning since joey feek passed away in 2016. The first time i heard this song by the popular contemporary group mikeschair i tried to remember what it was like to live in the world that offers no hope.

This heartbreaking song speaks to the regret we often feel when someone we love dies too soon or unexpectedly. Famously written about the death of clapton s young son in 1987 this won a slew of grammys upon release in 1993 including song of the year and is arguably one of the most memorably moving. A teenage tragedy song is a style of ballad in popular music that peaked in popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s.