# Breakup Songs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakup-songs/527508>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 3, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakup-songs/527508 "2010-02-03T08:00:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakup-songs/527508/61 "2010-02-07T23:19:01Z")

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all indirect expressions of anger:

_[I Don’t Care Anymore](http://www.elyrics.net/read/p/phil-collins-lyrics/i-don_t-care-anymore-lyrics.html)_ by Phil Collins  
_[The War in the Gulf Between Us](http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-war-in-the-gulf-between-us-lyrics-adrian-belew.html)_ by Adrian Belew  
_[Unhappy Birthday](http://www.songlyrics.com/the-smiths/unhappy-birthday-lyrics/)_ by The Smiths

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakup-songs/527508/62 "2010-02-08T19:23:02Z")

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The Offspring, “[Denial, Revisted](http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Offspring:Denial,_Revisited)”

\*"Go on don’t say it,  
we’ll try again  
And if I’d just hold you  
we could last

But she stands softly  
tears down her face  
hitting me, oh God,  
this is the end. . ."\*

Been there. Done that.

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**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakup-songs/527508/63 "2010-02-08T19:35:25Z")

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And now for something completely different - A Little Country, and a little Old School

\*[I Got] A Brand New Girlfriend \*(Steve Holy)  
_I Told You So_ (Carrie Underwood)  
_She’s Gone_ (Hall and Oates)  
\*She’s Out of My Life \*(MJ)  
\*Separate Lives \* (Phil Collins and Jennifer Warren?)  
\*Looks like we made it \* (Barry Manilow)  
_Too Much, Too Little, Too Late_ (Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams)

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