(ONTD Original) Dancing On My Own: 12 Emotional Songs to Cry and Dance
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The ICONIC Robyn song "Dancing On My Own" was a hit in 2010 and is renowned as one of pop's finest moments. Rich in melody, rich in emotion... it's that song that picks you up after a good cry and keeps you moving while your tears ain't even dried up yet.
#Crying #in #the #club, if you will.
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Most of the following 2010's songs have those synths (I don't know how to describe it, very 80's maybe), and are about break-ups, being left out, or just being vulnerable. They will range from uptempo, midtempo, and on the ballad side (I really wanted to avoid ballads to make the post danceable but I guess you might consider some of these to be), but you can still find a way to groove along to like with DOMO.
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OP's note: Yes I know I could add a million Drake songs. This list is not in any particular rank, just numbered, and is not an end all be all list because we like to #KeepTheConversationGoing and I cannot feel #CasualAboutCasualties that is the offense ya'll take on these lists)
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So cozy on up, and click play: now!
▷ 12. Body Talk by Foxes (2015)
Notes: If we had to choose a successor to DOMO this'd be it. I mean "Body Talk" v Body Talk the album... shamltzy 'in my feelings' choreo... Epitome of what this list is about.
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I don't want you back
Now I feel free
Gonna to keep it that like that yeah
▷ 11. Make It Up by Shura (2016)
One girl on the last train
Small change in the universe, and she
Speaks to herself out loud
Nobody ever looks up at her
▷ 10. Fever by Carly Rae Jepsen (2016)
Notes: Originally I was going to add "When I Needed You" bc lyrically it fits, but the key of the song is a little too sunny. The fact that the demo for WINY was more angsty is fascinating.
You wanna break my heart, alright
I caught your fever, I'll be feeling it forever
You want a brand new start, alright
I caught your fever, I'll be feeling it forever
▷ 9. Never Enough by Allie X (2015)
Love, you can chase it
But it always leaves you behind
Try to escape it
But it's all that keeps you alive, oh
▷ 8. Final Song by MØ (2016)
But when you're gone the music goes
I lose my rhythm, lose my soul
So hear me out before you say the night is over
I want you to know that we gotta, gotta carry on
So don't let this be our final song
▷ 7. Somebody Else by The 1975 (2016)
Notes: A modern day classic, a staple for this generation.
I don't want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You're intertwining your soul with somebody else
▷ 6. The Breakup by LANY (2017)
Notes: They actually have a lot of songs that's very same-y. Not 2 b hipster but I literally liked them since their first EP.
You think you wanna be, you wanna be alone
Just wait until you're crying on the shower floor
It hits you in the chest, 'bout every day you're done
'Cause once you let it go, you better know it's gone
Ooh ooh
It's never the same, uh, yeah, after the breakup
▷ 5. Marry the Night by Lady Gaga (2011)
I'm gonna marry the dark
Gonna make love to the stark
I'm a soldier to my
Own emptiness, I'm a winner
▷ 4. Kiss It Better by Rihanna (2016)
Notes: Legend stewie est. the pairing between this song and this gif.
Oh what are you willing to do?
Oh, tell me what you’re willing to do?
Kiss it, kiss it better, baby
▷ 3. Deep End by Lykke Li (2018)
Notes: This was the song that highkey made me want to make this list. Emotional and a surprising trap beat. I'm loving Contemporarre Li
Wait up, don't wanna wait up for you, baby
Still I wait up, lonely in the canyon
No love, there's no love, reflecting in the glow of
Million dollar man
▷ 2. On My Way by PRETTYMUCH (2018)
Notes: Like Robyn's song, this is a 'I'm going to the club cause I know my girl is out there with someone else' bop.
All I can think about is
All I can think about is
Some guy trying to pull you close
Thinking he might take you home
All I can think about is
All I can think about is
You
▷ 1. Could U Love Me by LIZ (2018)
Notes: Who can forget the SOTY, a vulnerable open love letter. *bankhead bounces while crying*
Could you love the me that no one sees?
Would you hear me humming on the track, or try to drown it out
Sometimes, my silence screams so loud
Sick and tired of always running, always looking back
Something tells me you could be the one to slow me down
'Cause I got a guarded heart, a wall up
Hard to tell what I am thinking
Moody, arrogant, so sue me
Could you, could you love me?
Have you added these to your 'so sad, so sexy' playlist?
Sources: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / me