# I need some "Break Up" songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996 "2005-03-04T23:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/21 "2005-03-05T03:47:12Z")
[Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright - Bob Dylan](http://bobdylan.com/songs/dontthink.html). It’s more about dumping someone else, though. I second **Melandry** ’s recommendation for _Sea Change_, by Beck. It’s a great break-up album. ---
**Author:** ![available\_light](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@available\_light](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/available_light)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/22 "2005-03-05T07:19:39Z")
If you’re going for the bitter, angry thing, try Aerosmith’s “What it Takes.” If you’re going for the wallowing in misery thing, try Alison Krauss’s “It Doesn’t Matter” (not to be confused with her song “It Don’t Matter Now”). Ignore that it’s the wrong gender - that one is pure aching sorrow. Hide the razor blades first. Other choices: Many by Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye, Forget Her, Hallelujah (his is the best version) Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You Chris Isaak - Wicked Game Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come Soft Cell - Tainted Love U2 - One Jason Mraz - You and I Both (for the optimistic “getting over it” part) ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/23 "2005-03-05T07:51:24Z")
“Slash Your Tires” by Luna. Indulge in some nice revenge fantasies! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/24 "2005-03-05T08:13:29Z")
“The End of the World” by the Pet Shop Boys. (Note: stay well away from “You Choose”.) ---
**Author:** ![DocJon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DocJon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocJon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/25 "2005-03-05T08:14:15Z")
“Just Friends” - Rev. Billy C. Wirtz “Joking” - Donnie Iris (excerpt) Remember when you looked at me and said how was it Remember when you asked if I was satisfied And I said you were the best I ever had Remember when I said that this was just like heaven Remember when I said that this was ecstacy And I never knew how kinky you could be I told you you were big league good I told you I’d never leave babe But I was joking I hope you realize Joking Telling you those lies J-j-j-joking Talking out my head Joking Don’t believe a word I said Cause I all I wanted was a little bit ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/26 "2005-03-05T09:03:26Z")
“Love Stinks” by the J. Geils Band, of course; “Sunshine (Go Away Today)” by Jonathan Edwards is a good sort of cathartic number. Some more thoughtful ones: “Lover, You Should Have Come Over” by Jeff Buckley; “The Tailor of Aquitaine” by Jack Harris; “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell; “Closing Time” by Leonard Cohen. Each of these ones helped me work through some of the feelings left over from my last breakup. But what I think are especially helpful – at least for me – are the “screw you, World, I’m going to make it through no matter what you throw at me!” A few of those-type songs: “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” by the Rolling Stones “Don’t Stop” by Fleetwood Mac “Why Should I Worry?” by Billy Joel “Kick in the Ass,” Moxy Fruvous. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/27 "2005-03-05T10:43:53Z")
Pretty much all of _Derek and the Dominos_ (Clapton and various friends) “Layla and other Assorted Love Songs”, including “I Looked Away”, “It’s Too Late”, “Key To The Highway”, “Why Does Love Gotta Be So Sad”, “Bell Bottom Blues”, and especially “Rose Tree In The Garden”. I’m not a Dylan fan paticularly, but “Tangled Up In Blue” is also a good one. Hell, I think half the lyrics ever written are committed to some lost or unrequited love. How hard can it be to find something? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/28 "2005-03-05T11:45:08Z")
Heard it in a Love Song - Marshall Tucker band Hasn’t hit me yet - Blue Rodeo Angry all the time - Bruce Robison Never gonna fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen Love Don’t Live Here Anymore - Rose Royce and everything on the album _Amplified Heart_- by Everything but the Girl ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/29 "2005-03-05T12:24:13Z")
Not exactly within your request parameters, but it does deal with the topic. **Breaking Up Is Hard To Do** by Neil Sadaka. It’s one of those songs that suggests you wallow in self-pity, which, as we all know, is a key element of breaking up. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/30 "2005-03-05T13:46:42Z")
**Are You Happy Now** by Richard Shindell > **[Are You Happy Now Chords - Richard Shindell - Cowboy Lyrics](https://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/shindell-richard/are-you-happy-now-2077.html)** > > Richard Shindell - Are You Happy Now Chords, Tabs, Tablatures for Guitar. + Richard Shindell song lyrics . ringtone . MP3 Excerpt below > [@](#): > > I smashed your pumpkin on the floor > F > The candle flickered at my feet > Bb > As goblins flew across the room > F > The children peered into the room > C > A cowboy shivered on the porch > Gm > Cinderella checked her watch > Bb > A hobo waited in the street > Gm > An angel whispered trick or treat > C > What was I supposed to do > Gm > But to sit there in the dark > Bb > I was amazed to think that you > F > Would take the candy with you too ---
**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:** [March 5, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/31 "2005-03-05T13:59:49Z")
“It’s Too Late” Carole King ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/32 "2005-03-05T14:04:51Z")
“Almost Hear You Sigh” by the Rolling Stones. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/33 "2005-03-05T14:09:12Z")
IMHO, the best breakup song, ever, is **You’re Breakin’ My Heart** by Harry Nilsson. _You’re breakin’ my heart You’re tearin’ it apart So f_\*\* you…\* ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/34 "2005-03-05T15:38:04Z")
Almost any track on _Over_ by Peter Hammill. Lyrics [here, on his website](http://www.sofasound.com/phcds/overcd.htm) “On Tuesdays she used to do yoga on Tuesday she went away” ---
**Author:** ![Berserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Berserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berserker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/35 "2005-03-05T16:29:50Z")
Broken Hearts are for Assholes by Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/36 "2005-03-06T02:59:50Z")
“Being In Love Really Sucks” by Meryn Cadell ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/37 "2005-03-06T04:11:28Z")
> [@Ooner](#): > > Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped Our man Ben has broken up alot. Also see “Selfless, Cold and Composed” on the same album, and “Give Judy My Notice” on one of his solo EPs. ---
**Author:** ![DVsickgirlDV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DVsickgirlDV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVsickgirlDV)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/38 "2005-03-06T04:22:06Z")
> [@Melandry](#): > > [“Lost Cause”](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beck/15364.html), Beck. Actually the whole CD (_Sea Change_ has a break-up feel. I second this album. It’s one of those albums where it makes you feel really depressed about your break up, but its a “good” depressed… if that makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/39 "2005-03-06T06:22:48Z")
Break Up To Make Up - The Stylistics Love On the Rocks - Neil Diamond ---
**Author:** ![Imbrium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/13edae/32.png) [@Imbrium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imbrium)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996/40 "2005-03-06T07:19:19Z")
[Better Off Now](http://www.lyricsbox.com/will-hoge-lyrics-better-off-now-thata-youre-gone-jddk47c.html) by Will Hoge. He’s kinda lame, but I like this song. Cowboy Mouth is great. Try [Laughable](http://www.lyricsbox.com/cowboy-mouth-lyrics-laughable-9rc7jnx.html) for a bit of self-pity. Then go for [Love Of My Life](http://www.lyricsbox.com/cowboy-mouth-lyrics-love-of-my-life-hvv6f92.html), and my personal favorite [Better](http://www.lyricsbox.com/cowboy-mouth-lyrics-better-x7886gk.html), which are both about getting over her. [I Feel Fine](http://www.lyricsbox.com/riddlin-kids-lyrics-i-feel-fine-xgpxwht.html) by Riddlin Kids is pretty good to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-break-up-songs/292996.md?page=3)