torch song

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English

Etymology

From to carry a torch for (“to harbor feelings for”).

Noun

torch song (plural torch songs)

  1. A song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love; normally sung by a woman.
    • 2014, Michael Slowik, After the Silents: Hollywood Film Music in the Early Sound Era, 1926-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 189:
      “Take Me Away” is a torch song about wanting to fall in love and be taken far from an immoral urban environment.

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