# Best Falling-out-of-love songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282 "2012-07-24T20:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/41 "2012-07-26T05:20:18Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY) Hmm. Methinks he doth protest too much with that one. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/42 "2012-07-26T05:46:07Z")
_Goodbye to You_ - Scandal I blame this thread for putting that song in my head, so now everyone can suffer with me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/43 "2012-07-26T15:09:27Z")
For a serious song about a dying relationship, try “Never a Time” by Genesis Or, for a change of pace, “Glad to See You Go” by the Ramones ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/44 "2012-07-26T15:14:43Z")
“Talk to You Later” by the Tubes ---
**Author:** ![Bass\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@Bass\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bass_Chick)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/45 "2012-07-26T15:43:34Z")
The Blues is Alright – Little Milton The Thrill is Gone – B.B. King I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor You give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi I’ll Be Alright Without you – Journey ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/46 "2012-07-26T15:50:13Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > _Goodbye to You_ - Scandal > > I blame this thread for putting that song in my head, so now everyone can suffer with me. 🙂 I will fight back with “I am the warrior…and heart to heart you’ll win! If you survive…the warrior! Shooting at the walls of heart ache…bang bang!” ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/47 "2012-07-26T15:57:21Z")
[I’ve forgotten what it was in you (that put the need in me)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFZ3vd3AI8) - Maria McKee Maybe a little too downbeat: [Lover’s Cross](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=didAIcrjsl4) - Jim Croce. Or indeed [Next time this time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l011c9rWT4I). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/48 "2012-07-26T16:00:23Z")
> [@Teacake](#): > > [I’ve forgotten what it was in you (that put the need in me)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFZ3vd3AI8) - Maria McKee > > Maybe a little too downbeat: [Lover’s Cross](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=didAIcrjsl4) - Jim Croce. Or indeed [Next time this time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l011c9rWT4I). Oh, there are lots of Jim Croce songs- but since the OP wants upbeat, go with “One Less Set of Footsteps.” ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/49 "2012-07-26T16:14:55Z")
[Thank God and Greyhound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx8x3LCnYZw) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/50 "2012-07-26T16:15:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > “Talk to You Later” by the Tubes Sigh… That’s what I was gonna say. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/51 "2012-07-26T16:21:15Z")
_50 Ways to Leave Your Lover_, Paul Simon _[20 Years of B.B. King](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G104GyN_og)_, Curtis Salgado “I’ve learned more about the blues in two weeks of you, than in 20 years of BB King.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/52 "2012-07-26T17:02:11Z")
_We Just Disagree_ by Dave Mason. _So let’s leave it alone, 'Cause we can’t see eye to eye, There ain’t no good guy, There ain’t no bad guy, There’s only you and me and we just disagree_ ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/53 "2012-07-26T18:21:52Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > [Thank God and Greyhound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx8x3LCnYZw) I love that title. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/54 "2012-07-26T18:29:26Z")
The singer in this song \*might \*still be in love, but his girlfriend definitely isn’t… [Journey - Loving, Touching, Squeezing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2p_yqjwb3M) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/55 "2012-07-26T19:27:38Z")
Oh, how about Sam Kinison’s version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight”? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/56 "2012-07-26T20:07:24Z")
Forgot about a great one: [This Masquerade](http://youtu.be/fL2StJyuXQc#t=1m22s) - Leon Russell [This Masquerade](http://youtu.be/g-ibK5L2a4I#t=0m47s) - George Benson (Ignore the really annoying amateur video.) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/57 "2012-07-26T21:28:36Z")
It doesn’t get much more upbeat than [Brand New Lover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QxItpzXQ4) by Dead or Alive. Or if you specifically want love mentioned, there’s [Da Da Da](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuB6xTi8UXU) by Trio. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/58 "2012-07-26T21:34:58Z")
["Last Song for Shelby Jean](http://www.uppercutmusic.com/artist_d/david_bromberg_lyrics/last_song_for_shelby_jean_lyrics.html) by David Bromberg: “So don’t call me anymore, you know how much I hate the phone And don’t come to my house - I need to spend some time alone And I know all right How much I’ll want you at night Good God, do you think I’m made of stone But this is really goodbye, if you want to you can cry But I think you’d better just go home.” Beautiful, heartbreaking song! ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/59 "2012-07-26T21:49:23Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > The absolute best song for me of this genre is > > The Heart Of The Matter by Don Henley. Agree, and would add “Wasted Time” by the Eagles. _You’re back out on the street, and you’re tryin’ to remember How will you start it over? You don’t know what became You don’t care much for a stranger’s touch, But you can’t hold your man.. You never thought you’d be alone, this far down the line And I know what’s been on your mind You’re afraid it’s all been wasted time_ ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/60 "2012-07-26T22:02:43Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Looking for songs about couples who used to be in love, but not any more … > > The song should be up-beat, nothing too depressing. > > Also, the sentiment should express hostility, contempt, or that he no longer gives a damn about his former partner. Oh, that might rule out the Eagles and Don Henley songs I mentioned earlier then, eh? How about these not yet mentioned: Kelly Clarkson - [Since U Been Gone](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UrFYvl5TE) (a genuine classic IMHO) Peter Bjorn & John - [Let’s Call It Off](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4Rt4lKgas) (The Gotye song always reminds me of this earlier Euro-emo song) Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - [Gonna Eat Them Words](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwU02gYolo) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282.md?page=4)