Sleaze, you have to mention
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Depressing, most any of his songs but
Jason Isbell - White Beretta
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Sleaze: "Mon Papa" by Kenichi Enomoto, Teiichi Futamura (1931)
Depressing: "Inverted Type" by Sympathy Nervous (1980)
What is an example of a sleaze song? Not familiar with that as a category of music.
My depressing song is You are my sunshine
Not the best version. Overly produced and misses the plot. Didn't use all of the lyrics like most versions of this song.
It's not about losing a child. It's about the only person the day singer loved leaving them and the broken mess that was left behind by doing so.
Like a bedroom track lol. Something cross between grungy and baby-makin, so as it were.
For humor, strokin' by Clarence Carter. I've been known to say "ima put on some mood music", then start that track and do a bump n grind to it. Surprisingly, it works often enough that I keep doing it.
More seriously, I favor Barry White for background music for sex. The combination of solid rhythms and that sweet baritone get the job done when a partner doesn't have their own preference, but wants music.
That being said, Prince, during his symbol era, put out a song called 7. It's not even a sexy song, per se. But the rolling rhythm and vaguely romantic lyrics work for me, and tend to work well for others, so it's high on my list of songs for sex. As a single favorite, it takes the spot.
Depressing though? I am not depressed by music, even sad music. Sad music may make me somber, but not sad.
However, if I need a good cry, the Dixie Chicks version of Travelin Soldier will do it damn near every time. Don't even know why really, but I think it's the voice tone and arrangement that push it into tear jerking rather than the lyrics, even though the lyrics are sad. That's because there's other versions, including by the original songwriter, that don't make me cry at all. No other song comes close to the reliability of tears that one does.
If by sleaze you mean sex, as others have answered, go with Yofukashino Uta by Creepy Nuts. Japanese rap. Look up the video on YouTube and enable subtitles if you don’t understand Japanese. It’s a funny video, but it’ll also tell you exactly what he’s saying (they translate the title as Stayin’ Up Lullaby, but it’s also known as Call of the Night, as in the manga it inspired and its anime adaptation).
As far as depressing… I’m gonna go with Shirushi by LiSA because it’s the ending theme to the saddest anime I’ve seen — the last arc in season 2 of Sword Art Online. I don’t know what she’s saying but it sounds like it fits. See also any of the openings or endings from Your Lie in April, especially if you know what they’re about.
…because everyone else is just gonna post western music.
Actually a lot of Curve's catalog probably fits the bill one way or another, but this is the first one that comes to mind.