# Know any good break-up songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381 "2002-12-08T23:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/41 "2002-12-09T23:08:26Z")
Ani Difranco “GRAVEL” from Little Plastic Castle “You’ve been juggling two women like a stupid circus clown telling both we are the one and maybe you can keep me from ever being happy but you’re not going to stop me from having fun” Then, of course is “Going Down” from Dilate little mister limp d\*\*\* is up to his old tricks and thought he’d call me one last time but i’m just about done with the oh-woe-is-me s\*\*\* and i want everything back that’s mine" You can pretty much count on Ani for a good round of ticked-off music. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/42 "2002-12-10T00:47:12Z")
How 'bout the **Breakup Song** by Greg Kihn? ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/43 "2002-12-10T03:57:17Z")
Aimee Mann’s _All Over Now_: > [@](#): > > I was one of few > Who’d stick up for you > And so you never knew > You were a punch line > > I could not convince or trust you > To pick up on my hints. Must you > Leave your fingerprints > On everything I called mine? > > Well that’s all over now > Yes it’s all over now > And I’m free > Yes I’m free ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/44 "2002-12-10T04:41:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Priceguy \* > \*\*I can’t believe no-one has mentioned _I Will Survive_ with > Gloria Gaynor, the best song from the best decade ever. \*\* Cake’s cover of this one is pretty good too. ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/45 "2002-12-10T05:23:13Z")
Only effective one day a year, but, (I called to wish you an) Unhappy Birthday by The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/46 "2002-12-10T06:06:14Z")
For the angrier breakups, ‘Poor Impulse Control’ by Jack Off Jill is pretty good…not sure if it’s about a breakup, but that’s how I’ve been interpreting it since my wife left me. Oh yeah, also ‘Pretty When You Cry’ by Vast. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/47 "2002-12-10T14:03:12Z")
Almost the entire album by **Everything But The Girl** , _Amplified Heart_. Also ‘It Was A Good Year for The Roses’, by **Elvis Costello**. Sample lyric: _Or the lip-print on a half-filled cup of coffee that you poured and didn’t drink But at least you thought you wanted it, that’s so much more than I can say for me_ ‘I Don’t Love You Anymore’, by Teddy Pendergrass. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/48 "2002-12-10T14:58:08Z")
The Connell’s “Doing You”, with the lyrics, “Doin’ you is like doin’ time.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/49 "2002-12-10T16:43:44Z")
Alone again, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_Nazi\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Soup\_Nazi\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_Nazi_1)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/50 "2002-12-10T17:04:39Z")
[Weird Al](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/weirdalyankovic/iwasonlykidding.html)- “I was only kidding” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/51 "2002-12-10T19:35:12Z")
> [@](#): > > _Max Torque_ > I’ve always liked the upbeat “Red Rubber Ball”, by Jay and the Americans. Or in a similar vein, but slightly more bitter, Travis Tritt’s [Here’s a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)](http://www.lyricscafe.com/t/tritt_travis/016.htm) > [@](#): > > You say you were wrong to ever leave me alone > You’re sorry, you’re lonesome, and scared > And you say you’d be happy if you could just come back home > Well, here’s a quarter, call someone who cares ---
**Author:** ![UWmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UWmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UWmite)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381/52 "2002-12-10T22:55:49Z")
Oh man - don’t even get me started on Elvis Costello. I might as well stab myself in the eye. Don’t get me wrong, I _love_ Elvis. I just can’t handle the guilt trip that he sends me on every time I listen to his stuff right now. It was bad enough when, a few weeks ago, a buddy of mine made me sign a written apology on behalf of my entire gender for making Elvis write _God Give Me Strength_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-any-good-break-up-songs/141381.md?page=2)