# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/61 "2012-07-26T23:41:31Z")
Just thought of another: Throwing It All Away, Genesis “Late at night when you call my name The only sound you’ll hear Is the sound of your voice calling Calling out to me” ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/62 "2012-07-27T01:33:16Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Hmm. Methinks he doth protest too much with that one. I assume they’re in the early stages after breaking up, when he’s still smarting pretty badly and trying to pretend he isn’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/63 "2012-07-27T02:08:56Z")
[Morning Sky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAAZ1Exv6tI) - Dan Fogelberg. ---
**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 27, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/64 "2012-07-27T02:15:00Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I assume they’re in the early stages after breaking up, when he’s still smarting pretty badly and trying to pretend he isn’t. 🙂 Yeah. Agreed. Loved that song, and some of its more creative covers. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/65 "2012-07-27T02:19:09Z")
Mayer Hawthorne’s _I Can’t Go For That_ might apply. (Tho more “don’t” fall in love than “falling” out of love, it is passively hostile. :)) Other than that, whatever George Clooney sings in the car. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/66 "2012-07-27T04:00:22Z")
[So Cruel](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6snI72LGfP4)– U2 [Please Me Like You Want To](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdgT7PjivT4)– Ben Harper ---
**Author:** ![T-Rex\_Arms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@T-Rex\_Arms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Rex_Arms)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/67 "2012-07-28T23:24:39Z")
“Don’t Speak” by No Doubt “Sick of You” by Iggy Pop “My Girlfriend’s Dead” by The Vandals ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/68 "2012-07-29T00:57:29Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Also, the sentiment should express hostility, contempt, or that he **no longer gives a damn about his former partner**. The song that immediately came to mind: [Jo Dee Messina - My Give A Damn’s Busted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFG9dwolo3Q) ETA: She had another good one: [Bye Bye](http://youtu.be/bNOUNFNYAmA) ---
**Author:** ![GeneD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GeneD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneD)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/69 "2012-07-29T01:15:35Z")
If you could read my mind = Gordon Lightfoot ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282/70 "2012-07-29T03:50:03Z")
[“I Want You to Die,” Storm Large. > [@](#): > > This is a love song. I know everyone thinks it’s all about killing…But really the essence of love is violence and revenge. The better the love, the deeper the hate when it’s over. ]([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjFrtmvIh\_g](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjFrtmvIh_g)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-falling-out-of-love-songs/629282.md?page=3)