# Great Breakup Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927 "2009-05-28T14:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/21 "2009-05-28T23:04:59Z")
“Everything About You” Ugly Kid Joe ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/22 "2009-05-28T23:54:24Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > “Goodbye to You”, Scandal (but only if she’s a child of the early 80s 🙂 ) My favorite for breakups (yes, I’m that age), along with Soft Cell’s Tainted Love. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/23 "2009-05-29T00:03:01Z")
This: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4klR5m4i5M](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4klR5m4i5M) You wanna know what it’s like Condemned to live with you It’s some kind of suicide Some phase that I’m through I ain’t sadistic, masochistic You and me are through I`m sick to death of everything you do And if I’m gonna have a puke you bet yer life I’ll puke on you I’m gonna be, gonna be sick on you I’m gonna be, gonna be sick on you I’m gonna be, gonna be sick on you All down your face, your dress, your legs and your shoes… Sick on you Give it to me babe Give it to me babe Give it to me babe It’s been six weeks and that`s six weeks too long You thought we were Romeo and Juliet You couldn’t have been more wrong So pack your rags in to your bags Get back where you belong I`m sure they miss you, it`s really quite a shame I hear Skid Row’s just never been the same End of Discussion. But if you must sing more than one, mine the first 4 Violent Femmes albums for a dozen or more top rate choices. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/24 "2009-05-29T00:23:46Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > 'Positively 4th Street," Bob Dylan I’d be hard pressed to call that a breakup song, unless you mean breaking up with the folkies. Barnes & Barnes has one which probably expresses the real feelings of many a jilted lover - **I Hope She Dies**. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/25 "2009-05-29T00:38:13Z")
While I haven’t heard many of the songs posted here, do remember the OP is attempting to coax someone into actually singing a song. That said, I second [**The Breakup Song**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8QeT-xe2Ys). And not just because it’s one of my faves. It is a very simple song, lyrically. No fancy notes to have to worry about it hitting or anything like that ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/26 "2009-05-29T00:44:53Z")
Gene Pitney, “24 Hours From Tulsa”. ‘Dearest Darling, I had to write to say that I won’t be home any more’…met another girl, swept off feet by her, ends "and I can never ever …go home again’. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/27 "2009-05-29T01:13:54Z")
Well, _Laughing In Your Face_ by Lillian Axe is the single best “screw you, we’re over, don’t need your crap anymore” song ever written – unfortunately, there isn’t a karaoke place on the planet that would have it. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/28 "2009-05-29T01:30:40Z")
> [@kevja](#): > > “Don’t Ask Me Why” The Eurythmics Good call. I don’t love you any more I don’t think I ever did And if you ever had any kind of love for me You kept it all so well hid. Ouch. Depending on the dumpee, “You’re So Vain” can be a great breakup song. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/29 "2009-05-29T01:44:27Z")
“When You Go” by Jonathan Coulton. The [MP3 is free for download](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/When%20You%20Go) from his site, but the karaoke version [you’ll have to buy](http://www.jonathancoulton.com/store/karaoke/). Please come back and let us know which ones worked out. 🙂 \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/30 "2009-05-29T01:46:13Z")
2 by Tom Petty “Hope You Never” (“hope you never fall love with, somebody like you”) “Feel a Whole Lot Better” ("…and I’ll probably feel a whole lot better, when you’re gone") ---
**Author:** ![YWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/6f9a4e/32.png) [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/31 "2009-05-29T02:07:23Z")
Well, the girl who lived in the dorm room next to mine my sophomore year seemed to think it was “Just Once” by James Ingram. She played it **twenty-three** times in a row the evening she got dumped by her boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/32 "2009-05-29T17:42:47Z")
50 ways to Leave Your Lover ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/33 "2009-05-29T17:46:54Z")
“Just Another Picture to Burn” - Taylor Swift "Hey Now, Little Darlin’ " - Shelby Lynne “Hit the Road Jack” - Ray Charles ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/34 "2009-05-29T18:06:30Z")
_Your Guts (I Hate 'Em)_ by Reel Big Fish, but only if it’s a really, _really_ bad breakup. _This is your song Congratulations You’re the inspiration I hate you so much That I wrote this song Congratulations You’re immortalized I hate so much I hope you fuckin’ die_ ---
**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:** [May 29, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/35 "2009-05-29T18:10:01Z")
One More Minute-- Weird Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/36 "2009-05-29T19:20:23Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Pretty Pathetic - The Smoking Popes > _Great twist ending too!_ What’s the twist? And I would second “Love Stinks” - shout it out of her system. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/37 "2009-05-29T20:09:23Z")
I really like [“Sometime Around Midnight”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJi2z3tGKIg&feature=related) by The Airborne Toxic Event. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/38 "2009-05-29T20:35:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > One More Minute-- Weird Al Yankovic Oh, my, the memory! Senior year of college (1986), my roommate got dumped by a girl in our (co-ed) dorm. Said girl believed that she and my roommate were still friends…a sentiment that he did not share. A month or so after the break-up, she asked my roommate if he’d dub a cassette tape for her (copying some album or other). He agreed…and then he and I spent the next few hours creating a tape that was full of “One More Minute”, played over and over and over. Well, we thought it was funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/39 "2009-05-30T07:27:54Z")
_Take What You Want_ and _No Man’s Mamma_ by Ethel Waters fit the bill. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927/40 "2009-05-30T10:31:06Z")
A good portion of Fleetwood Mac’s album _Rumours_ is about breaking up - _Second Hand News_, _Dreams_, _Go Your Own Way_ (mentioned above), _Silver Springs_, _Don’t Stop_, probably some others. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-breakup-songs/497927.md?page=3)