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* Also by Richard Marx, "Straight From My Heart".
* [[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.
* "Candle in the Wind" by [[Elton John]], about Marilyn Monroe. A version with revised lyrics, titled "Candle in the Wind 1997", was about Princess Diana.
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* [[Jimi Hendrix]], "It's Too Bad", about Hendrix's troubled relationship with his half-brother Leon.
* "Elle G." by the [[Newsboys]]
* [[My Chemical Romance]] produced their [[Concept Album]] "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" in honor of Gerard Way's recently deceased grandmother Helena (see the song "Helena"), whom he was close to. A [[Grief Song|Grief Album]], really.
* "Let Me In" by [[REM]] was recorded live in the studio after the death of [[Nirvana|Kurt Cobain]].
* "When You Go", "Summer's Over", "I Hate California", and a number of others by [[Jonathan Coulton]]
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* "Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)" by [[Toby Keith]] is a tribute to Toby's friend Wayman Tisdale, and has been described as being too depressing even for [[Country Music]].
* "Last Kiss" by Wayne Cochran.
* “See you on the Other Side” from [[Ozzy Osbourne| Ozzmosis]] fits this because it talks about mourning over a loss and telling the person they’ll reunited on the other side… i.e. in the afterlife.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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* "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" sung by Christine about her father in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''.
** The Phantom's mournful "All I Ask Of You" Reprise also qualifies, as he is singing about Christine who he believes he has lost forever to Raoul.
* The the final scene of [[Love Never Dies]] is a series of [[Dark Reprise|Dark Reprises]]s that are all [[Grief Song|Grief Songs]]. {{spoiler|It starts with Meg reprising "Giry Confronts Phantom" and "Bathing Beauty" when she tells how she used her body to help Phantom. Phantom uses a brief version of "The Beauty Underneath" to apologize too Meg and try to calm her down. And after Christine is shot and dying, she and Gustave reprise "Look With Your Hearts". Then Christine and Phantom sing a reprise of "Once Upon Another Time". And finally Christine uses the tune of "Till I Hear You Sing Once More" to ask for her final kiss.}}
* "Supper Time." Holy ''[[Wham! Episode|god]]'', "Supper Time." From the 1933 revue ''As Thousands Cheer'', this number is a black woman wondering how to explain to her kids that their father has just been lynched.
* ''[[Notre Dame de Paris]]'': Quasimodo's "Danse mon Esmeralda" (doubles as [[BSOD Song]]), right after Esmeralda's death. He's witnessed the death of the woman he loves and killed his adoptive father. He's resolved to die holding Esmeralda's dead body, because "dying for you is not dying". Yeah, he's pretty broken.
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