"Gloomy Sunday" (Szomorú Vasárnap in Hungarian), also known as the "Hungarian Suicide Song", is a song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress and published in 1933. The original lyrics were titled Vége a világnak (The world is ending) and were about despair caused by war. László Jávor wrote his own lyrics to the song, titled Szomorú vasárnap (Sad or Gloomy Sunday), in which the protagonist wants to commit suicide following his lover's death. The song was originally recorded in Hungarian by Pál Kalmár in 1935. In the 1940s the song was translated to several languages including English. Over the years many famous recording artists sang the song in many languages including: Billie Holiday, Genesis, Ray Charles, Sinead O'Connor, Sarah Brightman and many-many more. It is called the "Suicide Song" because according to legend People committed suicide while playing the record or in some cases the Police found the sheet music in the hand of the departed. The BBC (Radio) banned the song until 2002.

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