Melancholy Music

Melancholy music hits a specific emotional register. This collection spans 150 songs with complete sensory profiles — so you can find the feeling you want without a sudden sensory ambush.

Most intense (150)

Martha
Tom Waits
intense
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams
intense
Skeleton Tree
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
intense
The Overload
Talking Heads
intense
Waiting Around to Die
Townes Van Zandt
intense
Human After All
Daft Punk
intense
Borderline
Ed Sheeran
intense
Needle in the Hay
Elliott Smith
intense
Brain Stew
Green Day
intense
Working Class Hero
John Lennon
intense
Every Day Is Exactly the Same
Nine Inch Nails
intense
Mysterons
Portishead
intense
The Hanging Garden
The Cure
intense
Cold
The Cure
intense
Never Had No One Ever
The Smiths
intense
You're Gonna Miss Me
13th Floor Elevators
intense
Ghostin'
Ariana Grande
intense
Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers
intense
Bury a Friend
Billie Eilish
intense
Allentown
Billy Joel
intense

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