# Not Your Usual Breakup Songs Needed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367 "2012-02-10T02:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/21 "2012-02-10T15:45:48Z")
Beauty in Walking Away - Marie Digby ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/22 "2012-02-10T15:50:35Z")
[Good Riddance-- Green Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnQ8N1KacJc&ob=av2e) ---
**Author:** ![LaurenIpsum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@LaurenIpsum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LaurenIpsum)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/23 "2012-02-10T16:11:07Z")
Frank Sinatra - “I Wish You Love.” Generally a positive song, rather than a tearjerker. Here are some of the lyrics: > [@](#): > > Goodbye, no use leading with our chins, this is where our story ends, > Never lovers ever friends. > Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day, but before you walk away, > I sincerely want to say > I wish you bluebirds in the spring, to give your heart a song to sing, > And then a kiss, but more than this, I wish you love. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/24 "2012-02-10T16:41:36Z")
“Pushit” by Tool. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/25 "2012-02-10T19:22:08Z")
Not the Usual = **“Red Rubber Ball”** (can’t post link from work). It has an up-tempo, bouncy beat underlaced with a rather bitter lyric. Usual but very good = **“Dreaming with a Broken Heart”** by John Meyer ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/26 "2012-02-10T19:28:39Z")
The Breakup Song by Greg Khin Band. aw a aw aw a aw aw aw. ---
**Author:** ![BillDozer74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BillDozer74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillDozer74)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/27 "2012-02-10T20:25:53Z")
“Love Song” by Tesla might fit for your situation. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/28 "2012-02-10T20:31:38Z")
“One More MInute” by “Weird Al”? ---
**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/29 "2012-02-10T20:43:51Z")
I saw the thread title and I came in to say [“Still Alive” (GLaDOS)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI)… it will not be quite appropriate for the kind of mix you want to make (which I also concur is a bad idea), but it’s sort of about recovering after a breakup. Sort of. (And, um, if my husband and I ever broke up and wanted to remain friends and I wanted to give him a mix tape, this would so be on it, but we’re weird.) ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/30 "2012-02-10T22:09:55Z")
Harper Simon’s "[Berkeley Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfXv6RBPEdI)"would be good for this, I think. _She is juniper and roses Guess I’ll sing it once again And though we are no longer lovers I know she’ll always be my friend_ ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/31 "2012-02-10T22:51:52Z")
Fountain Of Sorrow & I’m Alive - Jackson Browne ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/32 "2012-02-11T01:25:23Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Yeah, still, don’t give it to her. I guess everyone has to make their own mistakes, but from my experience it won’t help either of you, no matter how kind and sincere the gesture. > > I’ve done the living together after breaking up thing - twice. You’d think I would have learned the first time. It all goes well until one of you spends the night elsewhere, and from that moment it all goes hideously wrong. ☹ Good luck anyway, you deserve it. \ The actual breakup was in November. We’ve already had that come up. And you’re right, it was hurtful and ugly but I hope we’ve moved on. We’ll see. > [@stpauler](#): > > [_This is Me_-Cheryl Wheeler.](http://www.cherylwheeler.com/songs/tim.html) > > **Description** : This is a very touching song about the aftermath of Cheryl’s breakup. Cheryl is fine, yet she is telling her partner that she still loves her, and always will. It isn’t too late, and she can always come back. > > It is a very interesting perspective to the end of a relationship. Essentially, it is the person who was hurt trying to comfort the one who has done the leaving. > _Some things never change > You were always just the one I couldn’t live without > I can’t turn some page > And pretend it’s all undone and I don’t love you now > You close your eyes, and remember what I told you > This is me talkin now > This is me who loves you still > And you know I always will_ This is more like where we are. Without getting into a lot of details, it will not work out for us. This is for the best for both of us in the long run, but she feels awful for wanting out. I’m feeling pain the depth of which I have never felt before, but I will be OK. We both are hurting and just like we shared the journey of falling in love, we are also sharing the journey of letting go. Thanks everyone, I’m off to Google a boatload of lyrics. Even if I never give her the mix it’s helpful to me to create it. \ ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/33 "2012-02-12T01:00:19Z")
‘Over Time’, Lucinda Williams …I guess out of the blue You won’t cross my mind And I’ll get over you Over time ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/34 "2012-02-12T01:17:14Z")
[Lover’s Cross](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rQJ6KQjDG0)–Jim Croce ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/35 "2012-02-12T02:26:56Z")
“The Dance” by Garth Brooks ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/36 "2012-02-12T02:27:18Z")
“Ain’t Understanding Mellow,” Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager “So Very Hard To Go,” Tower of Power “Make It Easy On Yourself,” The Walker Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/37 "2012-02-12T17:25:42Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > This is more like where we are. Without getting into a lot of details, it will not work out for us. This is for the best for both of us in the long run, but she feels awful for wanting out. I’m feeling pain the depth of which I have never felt before, but I will be OK. We both are hurting and just like we shared the journey of falling in love, we are also sharing the journey of letting go. > > Thanks everyone, I’m off to Google a boatload of lyrics. Even if I never give her the mix it’s helpful to me to create it. > > \ (((Ruby))) This is exactly where my ex-SO and I are too. Its not going to work out for us in the long-run, he feels awful for wanting out, loves me still, but long-term it won’t work. Thanks for starting the thread… It helps. And many many hugs to you. ---
**Author:** ![coolbyrne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@coolbyrne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coolbyrne)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/38 "2012-02-12T17:39:21Z")
> [@BillDozer74](#): > > “Love Song” by Tesla might fit for your situation. “The Way it is” also by Tesla _Even though we could never seem to work things out I still love you just the same I miss your smile and that sparkle in your eyes You’re so beautiful, never change_ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/39 "2012-02-12T19:40:11Z")
Maybe “[It Ain’t No Use](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBVD24d7V5E)” (Stevie Wonder)? ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367/40 "2012-02-12T21:13:48Z")
“Birds” by Neil Young… But check out Linda Ronstadts version. “Somewhere there’s Feather Falling” by Nico… Which I believe was written by Jackson Browne. 2 of the best ever non-bitter but sad breakup tunes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-usual-breakup-songs-needed/612367.md?page=3)