"Emo" is such a loaded word, as others have mentioned. If she actually wants a song that's about personal sorrow (rather than something from a band labeled "emo" that isn't actually emo), I'm reminded of Dashboard Confessional's "Vindicated." Though I can't imagine a toy that someone would put that song in.
If the search is for the genre name, rather than the content, I'd suggest "Sugar We're Going Down" or "Dance, Dance", both by Fall Out Boy, and both of which were big enough singles that they would merit the level of fame to end up in a toy. But neither really have that "emo" feel, they're much more pop-punk.
The intended usage for this information would make it so much easier to guess! I have probably not been helpful.
What about I'm Not Okay? by MCR? The video definitely has the outcast thing going on, and it's pretty well known. It's more defiant than morose, though.
Sleep has more of the faux-suicide vibe.
For Fall Out Boy, I'd say Hum Hallelujah, especially given that it was partially inspired by an attempted OD by Pete Wentz.
NYistas! There is a benefit for an old friend of mine at the Bowery Ballroom on 8/26. It's a tuesday (also my birthday) and I don't think I can make it up for it but it looks like a fun time (Victoria Williams, Richard Buckner...okay maybe not fun but good music!):
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Alice Cooper's first two albums, long out of print and I'm not even sure if they've ever been out on DVD, are back in print!
Pretties for You is late psychedelia, but Easy Action is the cool lost album worth pursuing. Great hard rock from 1970 with a pronounced Who influence.
Free track from the new Byrne/Eno album: [link]
Their first collaboration since the awesome
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
I enjoyed MLitBoG but I found that new track pretty dull.
I met REM's manager as we were walking our kindergarteners to school just now. I live in a weird little tiny town.
t madly searches for Stand In The Place Where You Live joke with which to earworm the thread
The Police End Comeback Tour In NYC
Yet the Police brought a drive to Sting's songs that his more mannered solo work often misses. The man, at nearly 57, can still rock on material like the unexpectedly strong "Demolition Man," and the years haven't worn down his voice. Early material "Can't Stand Losing You," "So Lonely" and "Next to You" were the purest distillation of the band's original sound, and those lesser-known songs stood their ground with later hits.
After the Cream cover, the band brought out about two dozen uniformed members of the police band for a thunderous version of "Message in a Bottle" that drew one of the night's loudest ovations. Sting wore one of New York's Finest's caps as he sang.
Huh. Also, awww.....
