grief
A topic under Meaning & Mortality
141 calibrated songs carry this topic. They average +13, which is 17 points above the library as a whole, and they run from -92 to +87.
- Contamination4.3% carry a contamination flag, against 5.4% across the library.
- Where they land4 Ascended50 Elevated73 Decent9 Degraded5 Corrupted
When it leads, and when it rides along
58 of these songs are mostly about grief, and those average +21. Where grief is present but not the point, the average is +7. The topic reads higher by 14 points when it leads.
The span
Songs on this topic
- +86Earth SongMichael JacksonGrieving planetary-devastation lament
- +82HopeMike LoveGrief-to-unity anthem
- +79You Do Not Weep AloneChris PierceSolidarity prayer for war's children
- +72The Living YearsMike + The MechanicsGenerational silence turned to counsel
- +70Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)Alan JacksonRoll call of a nation's responses to a September tragedy
- +69INTRO APOCALIPTO (feat. Jay Wheeler)Kendo KaponiBereaved father's quarrel with God
- +68HoneyBobby GoldsboroGrieving a lost love through memory
- +68Last KissJ. Frank Wilson and the CavaliersCar-crash love-loss grief
- +68Ode to Billie JoeBobbie GentrySmall-town suicide aftermath
- +65Tha CrossroadsBone Thugs-n-HarmonyFaith-anchored elegy with crossroads vow
- +64ZombieThe Cranberries
- +60Little SusieMichael JacksonNeglected-child death elegy
- +54Best HeartsAndy GrammerBroken-hearted openness vow
- +54Dead and GoneT.I. featuring Justin TimberlakePride renounced after a friend's burial
- +52When You Come BackVusi MahlaselaGraveside homecoming vow for Africa
- +51See You AgainWiz Khalifa ft. Charlie PuthElegy for a friend who died
- +50One Sweet DayMariah Carey and Boyz II MenApology to the dead with Heaven reunion
- +45HeathensAURORAReclaimed epithet
- +45ZombieYungblud
- +44Everything I OwnBreadGrief tribute and cherish-them-now plea
- +44HopeKim ChurchillSelf-made-hell recovery song
- +44I'll Be Missing YouPuff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112Mourning a slain friend with faith in afterlife reunion
- +44Never ForgetChad Prather & Real America's MusicVow-of-remembrance national lament
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