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QI - What is the saddest song you know?QI - What is the saddest song you know?

According to the New York Times, hundreds of Hungarians killed themselves under the influence of a song. Gloomy Sunday, written by Hungarian composer Rezso Seress in the 1933, was deemed responsible. Billie Holiday's version is probably the best known.

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Guest: Disgruntled (718 days ago)
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Latest comment: I prefer Billy Mackenzie's version.
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Guest: Sageromoto Nabongi (719 days ago)
McQueen the bent runt, did us a favour by offing his skin. Look at the rubbish he designed. Just a queer blacky who aint missed by anyone except fickle morons and bottie boys - pathetic: ghood riddance to bad rubbish say I
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TheBob TheBob (719 days ago)
Come on. Steve McQueen wasn't gay - he was in the marines for heaven's sake. And he definitely wasn't black - I've seen Bullitt
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Guest: bored@home (716 days ago)
McQueen also had a whole string of hits, The Seven Seas of Rye being a notable smash.
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