Pop songs about loneliness

[Euphoria]

Anyone have any to share? I tend to loveee slightly melancholy pop songs about being lonely, and I'd like to make a playlist with them. These songs don't have to have 'lonely' in the title, but they should deal with being alone & therefore, any and all emotions associated with that. Thank you so much.

[PantoponRose]

"My loneliness, is killing me"....

Also, Lonely by Akon. Remember that? Dreadful song.

I was listening to a LCD Soundsystem song called Someone Great today. Loneliness isn't the chief feeling, but it's there, along with various other feelings associated with the grieving process, all wrapped up in a shimmering, dance bow. It's a brilliant song.

Also, I hope you're not planning to kill yourself to this playlist or anything. Because that wouldn't be cool.

[Euphoria]

Noooooo! "Never thoughts of suicide, I'm too alive..."

I just actually really enjoy sad songs. Especially ones about being lonely. I am feeling a bit lonely considering I'm alone in my apartment, but loneliness isn't always synonymous with depressed, I think.

I'm going to check out that LCD Soundsystem song! I like a few songs by them/him already, haven't heard all of them, though. Definitely skipping out on Akon, and while I love Britney, Baby One More Time, is not going anywhere near my playlist, haha.

A few songs I've gathered already:

Janet Jackson - I Get Lonely, Empty
Britney Spears - Lonely, Unusual You
Amy Winehouse - Wake Up Alone
Robyn - Dancing On My Own

[Charley]

I'll try and think of less obvious ones, but Backstreet Boys' Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely comes to mind.

Oh, and even though parts of the song aren't in English, you can't deny 2NE1's Lonely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n4V3lGEyG4

[Mvnl]

Beyoncé's Scared Of Lonely comes to mind.
This thread depresses me.

[letuinmybackdoor]

'Wonderful life' by Black is THE ultimate 'lonely' song. 'I need a friend...oh I need a friend...to make me happy...not so alooooone', God it's heartbreaking.

[marie_05]

Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate
Eric Carmen/Celine Dion - All By Myself

[DanielS94]

Girls Aloud - Singapore *cries*

[Aester]

"All My Friends" is another LCD Soundsystem song that works, although you might know it unless you really pay attention to the lyrics.

"Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan is my favorite song for when I'm feeling lonely and want to wallow.

[bichard]

Belinda Carlise - Loneliness Game
Abba - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!, Super Trouper, One of Us
Saint Etienne - Lonesome, Like A Motorway
Garbage - Milk
Dubstar - Ghost
Britney - Lucky
Sarah Cracknell - Home

I'll try to think of some more...

[Baby Clyde]

Jesus Loves You - I Specialise In Loneliness


'If you were a diamond I wouldn't want you now,
If you were a pearl I'd throw you back somehow'

AMAZING!!!

[Goodjorb]

"Empty Room" - Arcade Fire
"Die Alone" - Ingrid Michaelson
"Under the Weather" - KT Tunstall
"Adventures in Solitude" - The New Pornographers

[KamikazeHeart]

Nicola Roberts - Sticks + Stones
Clare Maguire - Hope There's Someone
Sia - Breathe Me
Lily Allen - 22

[miklc]

Sistar "Alone"

[Little L]

Rob Thomas - Lonely No More
Christina Aguilera & Ricky Martin - Nobody Wants To Be Lonely
Beck - Lonesome Tears

[playboy69]

Janet Jackson has lots.. Empty, I Get Lonely, Velvet Rope, Lonely, God's Stepchild, Better Days, her version of Tonight's The Night (depending on which interpretation of the song suits you), Take Care.. just to name a few.

Mariah Carey - One and Lonely / So Lonely, Hero

[Wishlight]

Amanda Jenssen - Greetings From Space, So Far Away, Autopilot and more. Basically most of her songs in one way or another.

[little ern]

Bee Gees-Lonely Days/How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
Beach Boys-In My Room
REM-Everybody Hurts

[BML]

Ke$ha - The Harold Song, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Miley - Two More Lonely People
Cassie - Miss Your Touch

[bichard]

Don McLean - Empty Chairs

[mi|kshake]

Ayumi Hamasaki's A Song for XX instantly came to mind when I saw thist thread though it is sung in Japanese. Here's a translation of the lyrics anyway:

Why am I crying?
Why am I lost?
Why did I stop?
Please tell me
When will I grow up?
How long can I stay a child?
Where have I come running from?
Where am I running to?

I had no place to live. I couldn't find one.
I don't know if I could have any hope for the future.

They always said I was a strong child.
They praised me, saying "you must be strong to not cry."
I didn't want those words at all.
So I pretended not to understand.

Why are you laughing?
Why are you by my side?
Why are you leaving me?
Please tell me.
When did you become strong?
Since when have you felt weakness?
How long must you wait
for the day you understand to come?

The sun is rising. I must go soon.
I can't stay in the same place forever.

You will someday be betrayed by your trust in people.
I thought it was the same as being rejected.
At the time I didn't have that kind of strength.
I definitely knew too much.

They always said I was a strong child.
They praised me, saying "you must be strong not to cry."
The more people said things like that,
the more even laughing became agony.

I was born alone. I'll go on living alone.
I thought that surely that kind of life is appropriate.

mi|kshake~

[_hazzie_]

I'll try and think of less obvious ones, but Backstreet Boys' Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely comes to mind.

Oh, and even though parts of the song aren't in English, you can't deny 2NE1's Lonely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n4V3lGEyG4

You should listen to the rather lovely English cover by MoA!



Oh and while I'm thinking about it 'Love Alone' by miss A (which is also in English by the way) is a nice little melancholy dance song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBR0oEUIoGI&ob=av2e one of my favourites.

[Hunterpoop]

Ke$ha - The Harold Song, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Don't forget hungover!

[LightningRider]

I'm kind of surprised that Britney happens to have a lot of these. Where Are You Now, Shadow, Quicksand, I Run Away, Before The Goodbye, When I Found You (to some extent) and of course the forgotten classic, E-Mail my Heart.

[Robert]

Sugababes - Stronger
DJ Tomcraft - Loneliness