The Saddest Song

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| name = The Saddest Song

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| type = single

| artist = The Ataris

| album = So Long, Astoria

| released = November 5, 2003

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| genre = Alternative rock, emo

| length = 4:15 (standard version)
4:09 (acoustic version)

| label = Columbia

| writer = Kris Roe

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| prev_title = The Boys of Summer

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Not Capable of Love

| next_year = 2006

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"The Saddest Song" is a song by The Ataris. Described as a ballad,{{cite web|url=https://www.moshcam.com/articles/15317/ataris-4-best-live-performances|title=The Ataris' 5 Best Live Performances|publisher=moshcam.com|accessdate=October 16, 2020}} this song was released as the third and final single from their fourth album, So Long, Astoria.{{cite web|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771|title=FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock|publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated|accessdate=October 30, 2016}} It reached #27 on the US Modern Rock Tracks.

This song was written by singer Kris Roe about being away from his daughter, Starla. He also cites his own broken childhood.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}

The accompanying music video shows the band playing in an abandoned house with a little girl trying to find them.