The ’90s Was The Golden Age Of The Sentimental Goodbye Song
No other era gave us a better soundtrack for graduating school or getting dumped for the first time.
1. Boyz II Men, “End of the Road”
The “no, please, this cannot be the end, please take me back” goodbye.
2. Green Day, “Good Riddance (The Time of Your Lfie)”
The “I am really going to miss this long-running sitcom” goodbye.
3. Semisonic, “Closing Time”
The “you are drunk and need to call a car service” goodbye.
4. Madonna, “This Used To Be My Playground”
The “wistfully embracing the inevitability of aging” goodbye.
5. Skid Row, “I Remember You”
The “I will fondly remember this one night stand with a hair metal singer” goodbye.
6. Vitamin C, “Graduation (Friends Forever)”
The “we are literally graduating from high school” goodbye.
7. Sarah McLachlan, “I Will Remember You”
The “perfect quotes for your yearbook” goodbye.
8. Boyz II Men, “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday”
The “nostalgia for the recent past” goodbye.
9. Oasis, “Don’t Look Back In Anger”
The “struggling to deal with the fact that The Beatles broke up decades ago” goodbye.
10. Bone Thugs N Harmony, “Tha Crossroads”
The “damn, I miss my Uncle Charles” goodbye.
11. Elton John, “Candle in the Wind ‘97”
The “mourning the death of a princess” goodbye.
12. Spice Girls, “Goodbye’
The “lyrics are really confusing if you pay close attention” goodbye.
14. Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112, “I’ll Be Missing You”
The “I am utterly bereaved but trying to play it cool” goodbye.
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cicadetta 4 months agoEric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven” came out in 1992. For some context, if you need it, it was written — by Clapton and Will Jennings — after the accidental death of Clapton’s four-year-old son. This song made me cry at least the first time I heard it. And I’m not sure I knew the context back then. How it did not make the list here is a mystery, but boy does it ever count.
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whistledog 4 months ago
Only a robot or alien would have heartstrings that Celine and Vitamin C could pull.
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sillymessiah1981 4 months ago
Buckley certainly was a sentimental son-of-a-bitch. But JESUS; THAT VOICE!
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winkypants 4 months agoJeff Buckley. That’s all I ever needed to hear. The album still tears me up from beginning to end every time I listen to it.
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thephantomcatalyst 4 months ago
Technicality: The album “Horrorscope” was released in 2000, and the song was released on the radio in 2001. I do agree, though— it’s a great good-bye song, give or take one to two years between the 90’s and 00’s. :)
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