grief
A topic under Meaning & Mortality
Loss, death, mourning — interpersonal or self-mortality.
98 calibrated songs carry this topic. They average +13, which is 18 points above the library as a whole, and they run from -92 to +86.
- Contamination2.0% carry a contamination flag, against 5.4% across the library.
- Where they land5 Ascended26 Elevated61 Decent3 Degraded3 Corrupted
When it leads, and when it rides along
46 of these songs are mostly about grief, and those average +25. Where grief is present but not the point, the average is +2. The topic reads higher by 23 points when it leads.
The span
Songs on this topic
- +80Candle in the WindElton JohnNational elegy for a lost beloved
- +80Candle in the Wind 1997Elton JohnNational elegy for a lost beloved
- +78MichaelChad LewineElegy asking the living to value life
- +78Michael (Demo)Chad LewineElegy asking the living to value life
- +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
- +54Dead and GoneT.I. featuring Justin TimberlakePride renounced after a friend's burial
- +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
- +45ZombieYungblud
- +44Everything I OwnBreadGrief tribute and cherish-them-now plea
- +44I'll Be Missing YouPuff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112Mourning a slain friend with faith in afterlife reunion
- +42She's Out of My LifeMichael JacksonToo-late accountability breakup lament
- +41Seasons in the SunTerry JacksDying man's farewell to loved ones
- +41Teen AngelMark DinningTeenage-death grief ballad
- +40AnnihilatedJensen McRaeRecovering from a love that leveled her
- +40Together AgainJanetCelebratory grief for the dead
- +39The Kids Aren't AlrightThe OffspringNeighborhood-decay elegy
- +38WisdomHeroekDirect plea to redirect self-harm toward art
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