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Re: Depressing Music (for sugarmouse) & poll
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Originally Posted by Restless
Urban legend has it that this one sang by Billie Holiday....several people committed suicide after listening to it.
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The saddest song in history is "Gloomy Sunday" sung by Billie Holiday - a.k.a. the "Hungarian Suicide Song". Written by Rezso Seress, he suggested to his girlfriend that they should get married after he finished writing it. The next day, she poisoned herself leaving a suicide note reading "Gloomy Sunday", which is where the title comes from. Several suicides are attributed to the song. The BBC banned the song until 2002.
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Taken from:-
QI - Special: Death - British Comedy Guide
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