A new survey of 2,000 adults named R.E.M.’s hit “Everybody Hurts” as the Saddest Song Of All Time, followed by Sinead O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”…

and Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven.”

Rounding out the top 5 is Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”

And “Yesterday” by The Beatles. 

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