# Best Breakup Songs of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521 "2014-11-24T20:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/1 "2014-11-24T20:52:42Z")
There are a blue million songs out there that explore that sordid underbelly of the true love tune, the breakup song. From angry, punk-ish rants, to tear-in-my-beer country wallows, to defiant, I’m-a-get-over-you anthems, and back again, the breakup song is at least as popular a song to write, sing, and listen to as the love song is. This thread asks what you consider to be the best examples of the form. I’ll get this thing going by posting one of my ten favorite breakup songs of all time (and the best song off the stellar album _I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got_), Sinéad O’Connor’s [“The Last Day of Our Acquaintance”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Ym54zOWnU). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/2 "2014-11-24T20:56:44Z")
One More Minute-- Weird Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/3 "2014-11-24T21:00:16Z")
Lush -[Ciao!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Jvo5_IrlI) Social Distortion - [Ball and Chain.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NWjehpGSO0) ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/4 "2014-11-24T21:03:27Z")
Garbage - Cup of coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/5 "2014-11-24T21:05:21Z")
Scandal (I think) - Goodbye to you!! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/6 "2014-11-24T21:05:40Z")
Diana Ross — _Remember Me_ ETA: on the other side of the coin, Led Zepplin — _Your Time is Gonna Come_ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/7 "2014-11-24T21:14:53Z")
Pulp - [Like a Friend.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le3iizj-cqw) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/8 "2014-11-24T21:15:03Z")
They just don’t write 'em like that anymore. Uh uh ow uh uh uh ow ow ---
**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/9 "2014-11-24T21:18:24Z")
[You Got Lucky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtLpZWNyM0I) from Tom Petty. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/10 "2014-11-24T21:23:07Z")
“We Just Disagree” by Dave Mason. BTDTWTT. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/11 "2014-11-24T21:28:26Z")
Bob Mould, [The Last Night](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw94s6dsgVs) ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/12 "2014-11-24T21:35:02Z")
Harry Nilsson - You’re Breaking My Heart [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nugoCQEYRko) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/13 "2014-11-24T21:46:49Z")
[I Will Always Love You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPVcWKrqy0) I’ve always prefered Dolly to Whitney. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/14 "2014-11-24T22:26:58Z")
Journey - “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/15 "2014-11-24T22:27:06Z")
Jackson Browne [In The Shape Of A Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubFIGlkk-90) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/16 "2014-11-24T22:47:54Z")
Is _Grapevine_ a breakup song? If yes, then that. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/17 "2014-11-24T22:55:02Z")
Commodores - [Sail On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/18 "2014-11-24T23:00:30Z")
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/19 "2014-11-24T23:10:12Z")
Iris by Live \*I liked the way my hand looked on your head in the presence of my knuckles but the beauty of this vision alone just like yesterday’s sunset has been perverted by the sentimental and mistaken for love the felix of your truth will always break it and the iris of your eye will always shake it\* That, and I don’t really know a better Angry Ex song than Alanis Morissette’s ''You Oughta Know." ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/20 "2014-11-25T01:52:35Z")
[I’ve Done Everything For You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj_rcU4TrZY) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521.md?page=2)