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"Sorrow" is a song by the English band Pink Floyd. Written by the band's singer and guitarist David Gilmour , it is the closing track on their thirteenth studio album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason , released in 1987.
John Garst traced elements of the song back to the hymns of the early 1800s, suggesting similarity in its tune to "Tender-Hearted Christians" and "Judgment Hymn", and similarity in its lyrics to "Christ Suffering", which included the lines "He was a man of constant sorrow / He went a mourner all his days."
"Fountain of Sorrow" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Jackson Browne. Released as the second single from his 1974 album Late for the Sky , at 6:42, it was the longest song on the album, and the longest song Browne had yet released (" For Everyman " was approximately 6:20).
"Sorrow" is a song first recorded by the McCoys in 1965 and released as the B-side to their cover of "Fever". It became a big hit in the United Kingdom in a version by the Merseys, reaching number 4 on the UK chart on 28 April 1966. [1] A version by David Bowie charted worldwide in 1973.
The Jubilee Singers sang a song with a similar chorus but with different tune and lyrics, entitled "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See", first published in 1872. The second line ("Nobody knows my sorrow") is changed in some renditions to be "Nobody knows but Jesus"; [5] found most often in American church hymnals.
The song is a rewrite of "Man of Constant Sorrow" that she remembered from a hillbilly record (likely recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928) she had heard some years before in the mountains, but the lyrics she wrote was considerably different from the original after the first verse. [7] [8]
The English band The Unthanks recorded a version of this song on their 2015 album Mount the Air, [16] and the song appeared in the BBC series Detectorists, and the 4th season of the HBO series True Detective. The American alternative rock band The Innocence Mission featured a song called "One for Sorrow, Two for Joy" on their 2003 album Befriended.
"Queen of Hearts" (Roud 3195) is a song sung by, among others, Joan Baez and Martin Carthy. The lyrics are from a traditional song. [1]To the Queen of Hearts is the Ace of Sorrow,