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* "The Other Side", by [[Richard Marx]] (a tribute to his late father).

* Also by Richard Marx, "Straight From My Heart".

* [[Osu Tatakae Ouendan|Hitomi Yaida's "Over the Distance"]]

* [[Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan|Hitomi Yaida's "Over the Distance"]]

* [[X Japan]]: First we have "Tears," which was written in memory of [[Yoshiki Hayashi|Yoshiki's]] late father and is Yoshiki's coping with his suicide. This song was later dedicated to be to late guitarist [[Hideto Matsumoto|Hide]] as well. Then, we have the [[Grief Song]] trilogy of "Without You," "I.V.," and "Jade," which are three songs that compose a dialogue between Yoshiki and Hide and Yoshiki coming to terms with the loss of his beloved friend.

* "Tears in Heaven" by [[Eric Clapton]] was dedicated to his son Conor, and later Princess Diana.

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* "Night Comes Down" by [[Judas Priest]]. [[Manly Tears|Even metalheads grieve.]]

** Which brings us to "Watching Over Me" by [[Iced Earth]].

* Pretty much the entirety of [[Eels]]' Electro-shock Blues album.

* "Fred Bear" by Ted Nugent is an unusual example of this. While the song is in remembrance of his deceased hunting partner, the song is more a celebration of hunting.

* "Friend of a Friend" and "Word Forward" by [[Foo Fighters]]. The former is the ''only'' song by the band confirmed to be about Kurt Cobain, and the latter is about Dave Grohl's childhood friend.

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* In honour of Freddie Mercury, the surviving members of ''[[Queen]]'' wrote, performed and sang "One By One (Only The Good Die Young)" for the Queen: Greatest Hits III album.

** "All Dead, All Dead", from ''News Of The World''.

** The album ''Innuendo''. Even though Freddie Mercury is alive, it was his last album, made knowing he was dying of AIDS. Several songs refer to his dying, especially the song "The Show Must Go On" where his voice is replaced by a record stuck in the groove.

* "Together Again" by [[Janet Jackson]] is a tribute to a friend who died of AIDS.

* "I'll Be Missing You" by P-Diddy (then Puff Daddy), dedicated to [[The Notorious B.I.G.]].

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* [[Space]] have 'Bad Days' and 'Avenging Angels' ([[Lyrical Dissonance|no, really]]).

* "Jueves", written for the Madrid's subway bombings by the spanish group La Oreja de Van Gogh

* [[Delta Goodrem]], ''A Year Ago Today'', about an aunt who passed.

* Several of the songs off the [[Rush]] album Vapor Trails could be interpreted this way, such as Ghost Rider and The Stars Look Down.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ry4cx6HfY&ob=av3e "So Far Away"] by [[Avenged Sevenfold]], in honor of their late drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan.

* "House Carpenter" by [[Hurt]] seems to combine this with [[Obsession Song]].

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** "Speechless"

* "May" by [[James Durbin]].

* "Nur zu Besuch" (translates as "Just Visiting") by the very popular German band Die Toten Hosen. It's about the vocalist's mother and the lyrics describe a visit to her grave. It's very simple and low key, peppered with little ordinary details and mostly avoids [[Purple Prose]] and soppyness, and it's all the more effective for it. ("And your garden... It's really doing well. Although you can tell it's missing you very much. And there's still mail arriving, adressed to you in big letters. Even though everyone knows you've moved away.") Unlike most other grief songs, this one ends on a note of acceptance and with the hope for an end to depression.

* "Goodbye My Lover" by James Blunt was just meant to be about a break up, according to [[Word of God]]. But considering the amount of people playing it at their spouse's funeral, [[Word of God]] hardly matters in this case.

** Also "No Bravery", which is a grief song for an entire country / people / the person James Blunt was before going to war.

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* The [[Dark Reprise]] of "If I Loved You" from ''Carousel'' is an interesting variant, as it's sung from the viewpoint of a deceased person who's about to leave for the afterlife after being allowed to see his wife and daughter on Earth fifteen years after he died.

* "Empty Chairs At Empty Tables" from ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'', dealing with Marius' grief and survivor's guilt.

* "Chavaleh" from ''[[Fiddler On the Roof]]'' is an interesting case, as Tevye has to declare his daughter Chava dead to him after she marries outside the Jewish faith, but this song makes it clear it's not easy for him. He loves his daughter, yet he believes he has no choice but to disown her.

* "Chavaleh" from ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' is an interesting case, as Tevye has to declare his daughter Chava dead to him after she marries outside the Jewish faith, but this song makes it clear it's not easy for him. He loves his daughter, yet he believes he has no choice but to disown her.

* The reprise of "For Good" serves this purpose in ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]''. Just to up the [[Tear Jerker|tearful irony,]] it's paired against a [[Triumphant Reprise|triumphant]], if [[Dark Reprise|concordant]], reprise of "No One Mourns the Wicked."

** No Good Deed is one for {{spoiler|Nessarose and Fiyero's deaths and Dr. Dillamond's mutation, which may as well be death}} which drives Elphaba over the edge and into wickedness.

* "Days of Plenty" from the musical of ''[[Little Women]].''

* "Those You've Known" from ''[[Spring Awakening]].'' Interesting in that it is {{spoiler|sung mostly by the ghosts of the departed.}}

** Also "Left Behind".

* "No More" could be seen as a variant of this in ''[[Into the Woods]].'' For sure, though, "The Witch's Lament" is a straight example.

* Invoked by ''[[Urinetown]]'' with "Tell Her I Love Her", which is part {{spoiler|[[Death Song]] for Bobby}} and this for {{spoiler|Little Sally.}}

* "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" sung by Christine about her father in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rzpuAx0PsM Chorale For Snow White]."

* Owen's upcoming song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts4xxICfXWk Oh, My Izzy!] in [[Total Drama Island|Total Drama World Tour,]] while it has a very up-beat tempo is sang right after {{spoiler|Owen breaks up with Izzy, and she is taken out of the game due to head trauma.}}

** Coupled with the [[Art Shift]] during the song, which is done in Owen's crayon style (which is his imagination.)

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Leaves from the vine]] / falling so slow / like fragile, tiny shells / [[Tear Jerker|drifting in the foam.]] / Little soldier boy comes marching home / Brave soldier boy, come marching home.