70 Songs about Losing Someone (R&B, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock & More)

Filed Under: Relationships Songs

Thomas Campbell once said, “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die”.

Nothing can ever really express the depth of pain and sorrow over losing someone we love, but at least we have music:

I. Latest songs about losing someone (2020,2021)

Check out our list below for the latest trending songs on losing someone. Most of them are current (in the last few years), but we have included some timeless classics that are still popular today.

1) The Living Years

2) Two Of Us

3) Broken Halos

4) Sad Song

5) Show Me Around

6) Drowning

7) I’ll Carry You Home

II. Songs about losing someone you love

Nothing is as hard as losing someone you love, whether it’s through death or break-up, but you are not alone. These world-renowned artists know the pain too.

1) Since I Lost You

2) Bye Bye

3) Love Is A Losing Game

4) Together Again

5) Make Heaven Wait

6) Waterfalls (A Capella)

7) How Can This Be

III. Songs about losing a friend

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. Family is hard to come by, so are treasured friends. Here are some beautiful musical eulogies to remember those we love.

1) Wake Me Up When September Ends

2) Who You’d Be Today

3) Dancing In The Sky

4) Fire And Rain

5) Brendan’s Death Song

6) For A Dancer

7) Life Without You

IV. Songs about losing a parent

Even though it seems natural that our parent’s go before us, it doesn’t making the timing or the loss easier to accept and deal with. Here are a list of beautiful songs that will help you treasure the memories.

1) Dance With My Father

2) Supermarket Flowers

3) Hurt

4) Leave Out All The Rest

5) Deep Blue

6) If You Were Here

7) Death Disco

V. Pop songs about losing someone

Loss is always painful when we love someone. Here are a short list of popular songs through the ages to help you deal with the loss of your someone.

1) See You Again

2) Let It Be

3) Missing You

4) My Heart Will Go On

5) Lay Me Down

6) Sweet Memories

7) Back Down Memory Lane

VI. Country songs about losing someone

The country singers definitely have one up on everybody else in singing their woes. Especially as their words and music pull at us and draw us in.

1) Holes In The Floor Of Heaven

2) When I’m Gone

3) There You’ll Be

4) If You’re Reading This

5) Over You

6) Go Rest High On That Mountain

7) If Tomorrow Never Comes

VII. Rock songs about losing someone

Sometimes straight up rage is all we have in the wake of losing someone. Rock n Roll has always been there to help us through the good times and the bad. Check out our picks below.

1) Fields Of Gold

2) Wind Beneath My Wings

3) Candle In The Wind

4) Tears In Heaven

5) Seasons In The Sun

6) Into The Mystic

7) Wish You Were Here

VIII. Rap/Hip Hop songs about losing someone

With songs from the greats like the mysterious Tupac Shakur, it’s no wonder that the subject of death and loss is widely put to beats. Even the rapid burst of truth can hit the hearts of those who are listening.

1) Gangsta Lean

2) Six Feet Deep

3) Dead Homiez

4) Flowers For The Dead

5) Life Goes On

6) Good Die Young

7) One Life

IX. R & B songs about losing someone

Nothing beats the gentle crooning and bass beats of a good R & B song, especially when your heart needs mending. With a range of powerful male and female singers, you’ll surely find one you can relate to.

1) See You Again

2) Gone Too Soon

3) I’ll Be Missing You

4) These Three Words

5) One Sweet Day

6) It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

7) Missing You

X. Songs about losing someone to addiction

Nothing is quite as heartbreaking as losing someone to their own destruction. It leaves you feeling helpless and enraged, but you’re not alone. These musicians know what you’ve been through.

1) The Needle And The Damage Done

2) Hurt

3) Circle The Drain

4) How Could You Leave Us

5) Under The Bridge

6) The Drugs Don’t Work

7) Chemical Prisoner