Really sad songs in Chinese.
Because I'm cruel and I like to make Jill cry.
Listed by artist with a bunch of older classics at the end. The requirement: it has to have supersad and beautiful lyrics, as well as a beautiful and devastating melody/arrangement. There are plenty of songs with sad lyrics I didn't list here because the song overall isn't sad enough!
If there are translations in the MVs I linked.. great. If not... sorry. If you want a good translation... ask me. Most of these suck. I don't know why people don't pay more attention to subtext when translating song lyrics when subtext is everything.
These are the saddest Chinese songs on my iPod.
天黑黑 - 孫燕姿 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzQFAvBAgBM)
The Moment - 孫燕姿 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGaZiB5BZM)
Stephanie Sun is really good at those really sad loss of innocence songs. "天黑黑" has lyrics that speak to me so clearly I wept the first time I heard it.
人質 - 張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exDa5q_EcVE)
記得 - 張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALMJWLLFqI)
真實 - 張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APCTAjYb9zg)
我恨我愛你 -張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1LOBFkFyjA)
Actually that whole album "真實" is freaking heartbreaking. There are a lot of others but if I listed every sad Amei song ever we'd be here for a year.
安靜 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zFTNdAJSZg)
晴天 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i471y-XSS4)
說好的幸福呢 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZa_NQPkRg)
千里之外 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3JSifpGlhg)
Likewise with Jay chou. If I listed every sad song by him ever we'd be here a really really long time.
落葉歸根 - 王力宏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvnH20L0u4) (Note that this MV's translation sucks in the linked video. Don't pay it any attention)
星期六的深夜 - 王力宏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Zy8_ERpqQ)
Forever Love - 王力宏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B9niKoErhQ)
You'd think that Wang Leehom would have more sad songs but actually, no, these are pretty much the ones that make me weep. Honorable mention though: 愛錯. Also "Forever Love" has saddest MV of all time kthx.
第九夜 - 李玟 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtnntcDrR6E)
Pretty much the only redeeming factor in her comeback album a while back. I didn't really feel how sad this song really was until I sang it at karaoke one day when really down over a boy...
離歌 - 信樂團 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4kwPKZREKs)
I don't actually have this song on my iPod but I think Freddy would kill me if I didn't list it. It's really sad. Every time he sings it at karaoke I'm like :(
Classics/Older:
紅豆 - 王菲 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0cVTTOq2RY)
Hello, how can you get away with a sad song list without Faye Wong? This is the classic of classics. Also bonus: it was the B-side on the Final Fantasy 8 theme single "Eyes On Me"
意難忘 - 蔡琴 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQdDFN4aLY)
I learned to sing this song when I was 2. I don't think I realized how sad it was then. Cai Qing is perfection.
我只在乎你 - 鄧麗君 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N72dsXD2GdM)
I still get a little weepy over this song. This song was totally how I said goodbye to Teresa Teng when she died.
吻別 - 張學友 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRgCUGVpbU)
Classic. Duh. This song needs no introduction.
我期待 - 張雨生 *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XyEAZJ56ic)
Also another one of those "and this artist died way too early..." songs. Like the Teresa Teng one. Legend.
童話 - 光良 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABenWi0DlIU)
I don't actually like this song unlike every other Chinese-American EVER. But hey.... apparently this song makes everyone else cry their eyes out.
Listed by artist with a bunch of older classics at the end. The requirement: it has to have supersad and beautiful lyrics, as well as a beautiful and devastating melody/arrangement. There are plenty of songs with sad lyrics I didn't list here because the song overall isn't sad enough!
If there are translations in the MVs I linked.. great. If not... sorry. If you want a good translation... ask me. Most of these suck. I don't know why people don't pay more attention to subtext when translating song lyrics when subtext is everything.
These are the saddest Chinese songs on my iPod.
天黑黑 - 孫燕姿 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzQFAvBAgBM)
The Moment - 孫燕姿 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGaZiB5BZM)
Stephanie Sun is really good at those really sad loss of innocence songs. "天黑黑" has lyrics that speak to me so clearly I wept the first time I heard it.
人質 - 張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exDa5q_EcVE)
記得 - 張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALMJWLLFqI)
真實 - 張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APCTAjYb9zg)
我恨我愛你 -張惠妹 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1LOBFkFyjA)
Actually that whole album "真實" is freaking heartbreaking. There are a lot of others but if I listed every sad Amei song ever we'd be here for a year.
安靜 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zFTNdAJSZg)
晴天 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i471y-XSS4)
說好的幸福呢 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZa_NQPkRg)
千里之外 - 周杰倫 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3JSifpGlhg)
Likewise with Jay chou. If I listed every sad song by him ever we'd be here a really really long time.
落葉歸根 - 王力宏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvnH20L0u4) (Note that this MV's translation sucks in the linked video. Don't pay it any attention)
星期六的深夜 - 王力宏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Zy8_ERpqQ)
Forever Love - 王力宏 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B9niKoErhQ)
You'd think that Wang Leehom would have more sad songs but actually, no, these are pretty much the ones that make me weep. Honorable mention though: 愛錯. Also "Forever Love" has saddest MV of all time kthx.
第九夜 - 李玟 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtnntcDrR6E)
Pretty much the only redeeming factor in her comeback album a while back. I didn't really feel how sad this song really was until I sang it at karaoke one day when really down over a boy...
離歌 - 信樂團 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4kwPKZREKs)
I don't actually have this song on my iPod but I think Freddy would kill me if I didn't list it. It's really sad. Every time he sings it at karaoke I'm like :(
Classics/Older:
紅豆 - 王菲 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0cVTTOq2RY)
Hello, how can you get away with a sad song list without Faye Wong? This is the classic of classics. Also bonus: it was the B-side on the Final Fantasy 8 theme single "Eyes On Me"
意難忘 - 蔡琴 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQdDFN4aLY)
I learned to sing this song when I was 2. I don't think I realized how sad it was then. Cai Qing is perfection.
我只在乎你 - 鄧麗君 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N72dsXD2GdM)
I still get a little weepy over this song. This song was totally how I said goodbye to Teresa Teng when she died.
吻別 - 張學友 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRgCUGVpbU)
Classic. Duh. This song needs no introduction.
我期待 - 張雨生 *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XyEAZJ56ic)
Also another one of those "and this artist died way too early..." songs. Like the Teresa Teng one. Legend.
童話 - 光良 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABenWi0DlIU)
I don't actually like this song unlike every other Chinese-American EVER. But hey.... apparently this song makes everyone else cry their eyes out.