# Best Breakup Songs Ever.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 12, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-ever/108578 "2002-05-12T02:51:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-ever/108578/61 "2002-05-15T06:24:37Z")

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I know they’ve already been said, but I have to heartily second _You Oughtta Know_ (which made me scream along and cry when I heard it on the radio right after a really bad breakup) and _Song for the Dumped_ (which I love three times as much since I got to rock out to it live with five hundred adoring Ben Folds fans). Hard-rocking ones are the best for working out pent-up rage, and I much prefer them to sad ones.

No one’s mentioned _Best I Ever Had_ by Vertical Horizon, speaking of sad ones. That also made me cry after my bad breakup. Still makes me cry today, actually. There’s something so yearning and sad about it…

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