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Songs That Make You Feel Depressed

This quiz is designed to test your knowledge about songs that are known to evoke feelings of depression and sadness.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by The Smiths is often cited as one of the most depressing songs ever written?

  1. How Soon Is Now?
  2. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
  3. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
  4. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Radiohead song features the line "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo"?

  1. Creep
  2. Karma Police
  3. Paranoid Android
  4. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which Nirvana song is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about addiction and depression?

  1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  2. Come as You Are
  3. Lithium
  4. Something in the Way
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Elliott Smith is often cited as one of the most depressing songs of all time?

  1. Miss Misery
  2. Between the Bars
  3. Needle in the Hay
  4. Say Yes
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Joy Division is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about isolation and despair?

  1. Love Will Tear Us Apart
  2. She's Lost Control
  3. Atmosphere
  4. Isolation
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by The Cure is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Boys Don't Cry
  2. Just Like Heaven
  3. Lullaby
  4. A Letter to Elise
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about loss and despair?

  1. The Mercy Seat
  2. Red Right Hand
  3. Where the Wild Roses Grow
  4. Stagger Lee
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Leonard Cohen is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Suzanne
  2. Hallelujah
  3. So Long, Marianne
  4. Famous Blue Raincoat
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Jeff Buckley is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Hallelujah
  2. Last Goodbye
  3. Grace
  4. Lover, You Should've Come Over
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by R.E.M. is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Losing My Religion
  2. Everybody Hurts
  3. Nightswimming
  4. Man on the Moon
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by The National is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Fake Empire
  2. Bloodbuzz Ohio
  3. Mr. November
  4. Terrible Love
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Bon Iver is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Skinny Love
  2. Holocene
  3. Perth
  4. For Emma, Forever Ago
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Sufjan Stevens is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Casimir Pulaski Day
  2. Futile Devices
  3. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
  4. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by The Decemberists is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. The Mariner's Revenge Song
  2. The Crane Wife
  3. The Island
  4. The Hazards of Love
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which song by Arcade Fire is known for its dark and brooding lyrics about depression and despair?

  1. Wake Up
  2. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
  3. The Suburbs
  4. Reflektor
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