According to a survey conducted by PRS For Music, R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts” is the song most likely to make a man cry, even though “Sweetness Follows” is the way sadder track on that album. The close runner-ups were Eric Clapton’s “Tears In Heaven” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” while the song most likely to make a woman cry was Lou Bega’s heartless ode to cheap polyamory “Mambo No. 5”—or it probably would have been, had they bothered asking the ladies. Here’s the full Top 10:
1. R.E.M,"Everybody Hurts"
2. Eric Clapton, "Tears In Heaven"
3. Leonard Cohen, "Hallelujah"
4. Sinead O’Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U"
5. U2, "With Or Without You"
6. The Verve, "The Drugs Don’t Work"
7. Elton John, "Candle In The Wind"
8. Bruce Springsteen, "Streets Of Philadelphia"
9. Todd Duncan, "Unchained Melody"
10. Robbie Williams, "Angels"
And here's "Everybody Hurts." Try to hold it together.