by Here are 40 Popular Songs with Upbeat Tune But Dark Lyrics for you. These are upbeat songs that are super dark. Do you know anyone of these famous dark themed songs. These top 40 songs that sound happy but are depressing are examples of dark songs. This list has most of the old, new upbeat songs with dark lyrics.
1. Copacabana
"Copacabana" also known as "Copacabana (At the Copa)" sung by Barry Manilow, was a hit 1978 song. It is is a very dark a depressing song with peppy music.
2. MGMT - When You Die
When you die is an upbeat song with dark lyrics.
3. MGMT - It's Working
It's working is an upbeat song with depressing lyrics.
4. Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World is an upbeat song with dark meanings.
5. Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon
Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon is a popular song with dark meanings.
6. Eddy Grant-Electric Avenue
Electric Avenue is a song with disturbing meaning.
7. Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo Anna 1988
Eddy Grant - Gimme Hope Jo Anna 1988 of the most depressing upbeat songs that are sad.
8. 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
9 to 5 by Dolly Parton is a song that go from happy to sad.
9. I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats
I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats is happy upbeat song with dark lyrics.
10. Foster The People - Pumped up Kicks
Foster The People - Pumped up Kicks song has an upbeat tune but dark lyrics.
11. 99 Red Balloons by Nena
99 Red Balloons by Nena is a song I've heard which is upbeat but the lyrics are ironically dark and deep.
12. Smile by Lily Allen
Smile by Lily Allen is one of the old songs with dark meanings.
13. Stromae - Papaoutai
14. Alors on danse
15. At least it was here
16. No Rain by Blind Melon
No Rain is a song That Sound Happy But Are Actually Pretty Dark.
17. Hard Times - Paramore
Hard Times is one of the "Fun" Songs That Actually Have Some Pretty Dark Lyrics.
18. The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
This is a song with Dark Lyrics and Happy Music.
19. "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars
20. Bad Moon Rising by CCR
21. I Can't Decide by Scissor Sisters
22. Oh My Darlin' Clementine
23. Smooth criminal by MJ
24. The Muffin song
25. Dumb Ways to Die
26. Mr Brightside
27. Choke
28. Turn It Off from The Book of Mormon
29. Little Talks by Of Men & Monsters
30. Lovefool - The Cardigans
31. "You Are My Sunshine"
32. Every Breath You Take by The Police
33. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd
34. Possum Kingdom by The Toadies
35. Tears for Fears version of Mad World
36. Bullet by Hollywood undead
37. Chocolate Rain
38. Everything sucks- Reel Big Fish
39. Ring Around The Rosie
40. Heathens by Twenty One Pilots
Soom other dark lyrics but upbeat songs for you.
- Deacon Blues
- Bad Sneakers
- Barrytown
- Black Cow
- Black Friday
- Chain Lightning
- Cousin Dupree
- Dirty Work
- Do it Again
- Don’t Take Me Alive
- Dr. Wu
- Everyone’s Gone to the Movies
- Everything You Did
- Glamour Profession
- Haitian Divorce
- Here at the Western World
- Josie
- Kid Charlemagne
- King of the World
- My Old School
- Night by Night
- Pearl of the Quarter
- Peg (obsessed stalker)
- Razor Boy
- Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
- Sign in Stranger
- Time Out of Mind
- Hey nineteen
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