Sadness
Direct expression of grief, melancholy, or sorrow.
Analysis
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Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
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Songs(51 of 57)
Ask Me Why
Blue, cry, sad
There's a Place
'When I feel low, when I feel blue'
Thank You Girl
Blue
She Loves You
Hurt, hurting
Not a Second Time
'You know you made me cry'
It Won't Be Long
'Tears come down from my eyes'
Don't Bother Me
Grief at her absence
Little Child
'So sad and lonely'
This Boy
Tears, regret, longing tone
I Call Your Name
Sleeplessness as the shape of the sadness
If I Fell
Hurt, pain, sad, cry
Any Time at All
Sad, cry
I'll Cry Instead
Crying as default response to loss
Baby's in Black
'I'm feeling blue'
What You're Doing
Blue, crying
I'm a Loser
'My tears are falling like rain'
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
'Tonight she's made me sad'
Ticket to Ride
'I think I'm gonna be sad'
Yes It Is
Blue
I'm Down
Humiliated and dejected
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
Despondent tone throughout
I Need You
Hurt
The Night Before
Cry
Yesterday
Loss and regret
You Won't See Me
'They're filled with tears'
Wait
Tears
What Goes On
Heartbreak after discovering the affair
Girl
Regret, cry, pain
She Said She Said
Sad
Eleanor Rigby
For No One
Resignation as love ends
Penny Lane
Blue
Good Morning Good Morning
'Feeling low down'
She's Leaving Home
Parents' grief and bewilderment
Hey Jude
Sad, pain
Dear Prudence
Blue
Revolution 9
Broken
Don't Pass Me By
Yer Blues
Self-described "suicidal" state
Long, Long, Long
Tears
Blackbird
Broken
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Weeping guitar as lament
Cry Baby Cry
Cry
It's All Too Much
Blue
Carry That Weight
'I break down'; weight as burden
Golden Slumbers
Cry
Because
Blue, cry
Across the Universe (Wildlife version)
Sorrow, broken
Across the Universe
Sorrow, broken
I Me Mine
Tears
The Long and Winding Road
'Pool of tears, crying for the day'
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