Top Ten Tear-Jerking Pop Rock Songs

Tear-jerking pop rock songs are an integral part of music, and deserve a top ten list. My top ten tear-jerking pop rock songs were hard to write out because of the ensuing emotions. Here's my top ten tear-jerking pop rock songs, listed alphabetically.

Every Woman in the World, by Air Supply, originally from the album Lost In Love

What's a top ten tear-jerking pop rock songs article without a song from Air Supply, considered one of the most romantic of singing groups? While romantic love has its pitfalls and isn't always like a sappy Air Supply song, the emotions of longing and loving are so strong within human beings. From the very get go of this song, I'm made to become ever slowly so vulnerable-feeling on the inside until I begin to cry at the first refrain.

Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love), by Melissa Manchester, originally from the movie soundtrack of Ice Castles

This Academy Award-nominated song brings immediate tears to me, especially if I am watching the opening to the 1978 movie Ice Castles. I have no idea why this movie brings such tears to my eyes (though my first girlfriend used to sing this to me), but it does at both the beginning and the end of the movie, when the theme can be heard again, as Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson slowly part on the ice while looking into each other's eyes. Gee whiz, I am crying now!!!

If I'd Been The One, by 38 Special, originally from the album Tour De Force

Southern-fried food is very tasty, but isn't good for your heart. But then again, cathartic Southern-fried pop rock songs are very good for the soul like this tune about heartbreak. This is one of the top ten tear-jerking songs which employs a very strong emphasis in music and lyrics to create the flow of tears in me. 38 Special got into the Top 20 pop rock charts with this hit in 1984.

It Was Almost Like A Song, by Ronnie Milsap, originally from the album It Was Almost Like A Song