# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/21 "2014-11-25T02:03:35Z")
A great song about the moment when someone breaks up with you unexpectedly is “Tuesday” by the Bacon Brothers (lead singer Kevin Bacon). The gist is, this was not supposed to happen today - it was supposed to be like every other day, then all of a sudden, their whole world got yanked out from them unexpectedly. I’m sorry, I can’t find a link to it - it’s a great song, though. Maybe you can find it and take a listen on iTunes or something. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/22 "2014-11-25T02:23:07Z")
Ben Folds Five-“Song For The Dumped” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MjkMh0tKCZo/hqdefault.jpg "Song for The Dumped- Ben Folds Five") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjkMh0tKCZo) (NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/23 "2014-11-25T02:30:48Z")
“[Last Goodbye](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7DB-Td47eA)” - Kesha ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/24 "2014-11-25T02:39:20Z")
_[Wicked Game](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Game)_ by Chris Isaak ---
**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/25 "2014-11-25T02:53:05Z")
One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, by Gary Morris ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/26 "2014-11-25T02:56:58Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Iris by Live > I don’t really know a better Angry Ex song than Alanis Morissette’s ''You Oughta Know." It really is a great Angry Ex song, and was going to be my choice. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/27 "2014-11-25T11:50:42Z")
[Long Long Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA) (Linda Ronstadt) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/28 "2014-11-25T12:03:23Z")
[Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)](http://youtu.be/CnQ8N1KacJc) Green Day. Gotta be the sweetest breakup song ever. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/29 "2014-11-25T12:52:35Z")
[Baby Bitch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0n6K3Nbmew) Ween. Rather bitter. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/30 "2014-11-25T13:35:04Z")
Kim Stockwood, [Jerk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sVWOrhxpZk) \*Since you’ve been gone I feel so much better Cause I saw how mean you could be I used to want some explanation Now all I want is my Patsy Cline CD How I’ve waited for today When I could finally say You jerk You jerk You are such a jerk There are other words But they just don’t work\* ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/31 "2014-11-25T13:36:04Z")
“Already Gone” by the Eagles. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/32 "2014-11-25T15:08:30Z")
[Fuck you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0mxOXbWIU) CeeLo Green ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/33 "2014-11-25T15:26:57Z")
[At this moment](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DH9sj20uiLNk&ei=E590VIKoDrSAsQTq2ICgCA&usg=AFQjCNF8VroEam3Kd8-qy6uOeBA09gryfg&sig2=p2SxqQznbYTv33iRA21Pog&bvm=bv.80185997,d.cWc) - Billy and the Beaters (really?) [Don’t Stay](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CCEQyCkwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DA4hVe3GdTRg&ei=QJ90VIDLI4TksATinYHYDg&usg=AFQjCNGcGYAFJ9LqCSlXT4rZpRURh79Kfg&sig2=aECcSD9SOVvsXQQqiN4PTA&bvm=bv.80185997,d.cWc) - Linkin Park [All my little words](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHj7ozRbwZ0) - Magnetic Fields All supremely comforting. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/34 "2014-11-25T16:19:51Z")
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette Don’t You Want Me - Human League Hearts & Bones - Paul Simon ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/35 "2014-11-25T16:31:26Z")
“One Less Bell to Answer” - Dionne Warwick version. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/36 "2014-11-25T16:31:28Z")
Christina Perri, “Jar of Hearts” Alan Parsons Project, “Since the Last Goodbye” Rascal Flatts, “Here Comes Goodbye” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rodFEIUl7UE/maxresdefault.jpg "Here Comes Goodbye - Rascal Flatts [HD][Lyrics]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rodFEIUl7UE) ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/37 "2014-11-25T16:48:56Z")
Mine is [So Soon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tujl2DEuVEU) by Marianas Trench. I love it because it’s so petty. It’s a simple, and real, premise: I know I wasn’t good enough for you and we should have broken up. I don’t care. I’m miserable and you should be too. I know sometimes I only twist you And maybe I’m too proud to say I missed you. But what if here and now I tell you that I’m all figured out? Or maybe I just like how that sounds. I know we said it’s just as well That I won’t keep you for myself. But I don’t want to see you happy with somebody else. Why can’t you just be lonely? Why can’t you just be lonely? I know you need someone, too But this just feels so soon. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/38 "2014-11-25T17:20:48Z")
Old 97s - “Salome” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/39 "2014-11-25T17:32:11Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > They just don’t write 'em like that anymore. In case you didn’t know: This is from \*\*The Breakup Song \*\*by the Greg Kihn Band. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521/40 "2014-11-25T17:47:05Z")
Here’s my second favorite: [The Hardest Part of Breaking up (Is Getting Back your Stuff)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KScMRqcsvjo) by 2Gether. It’s been so long since I’ve seen your face So long since I’ve been to first base. I really miss the feel of your kiss But can I have back my things before I get really pissed? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-breakup-songs-of-all-time/705521.md?page=3)