# Songs for Heartbreak? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462 "2005-01-30T19:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/21 "2005-01-31T18:16:21Z")
_Romeo and Juliet_ by Dire Straights \*If you see her say hello \* by Bob Dylan _It’s been a goodyear for the Roses_ by Elvis Costello ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/22 "2005-01-31T19:54:04Z")
Whenever I had a relationship go south, I made a mix tape. Which were replaced, in time, by mix CDs. I found that each relationship had many songs that were sad in that context (reminding me of her), but that they didn’t necessarily translate to other women. That’s all I have on this subject. You may continue with the most excellent lists. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/23 "2005-01-31T20:04:59Z")
Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond One and Without You - Harry Nilsson (👍 **CBCD** :D) The Red Headed Stranger (entire album) - Willie Nelson Forever Blue (entire album) - Chris Isaak ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/24 "2005-01-31T20:21:06Z")
How could I have forgotten :smack: Break it to Me Gently - Juice Newton Willie & Friends (album) - Willie Nelson. Starting with Bloody Mary Morning ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/25 "2005-01-31T20:30:13Z")
I haven’t seen Linda Ronstadt’s **Long Long Time** on this list. _I’ve done everything I know to try and make you mine And I think I’m going to love you a long, long time._ also, **All By Myself** by Eric Carmen ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/26 "2005-01-31T20:50:14Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > Once you’re past the heartbreak stage, “_Take a Look at My Heart_,” by John Prine always worked for me. It’s the only song I know that puts the singer on the side of his ex’s new lover. And if you’ve got a hankering for John Prine before you get past that stage, _Blue Umbrella_ is a good one. > [@John Prine](#): > > Just give me one good reason > And I promise I won’t ask you any more > Just give me one extra season > So I can figure out the other four ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/27 "2005-01-31T20:59:26Z")
This is a little bit different point of view, but how about _Broken Hearts are for Assholes_ by Frank Zappa? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/28 "2005-01-31T22:54:12Z")
_Long, Long Time_ – Linda Ronstadt _I Can’t Hold On_ – Karla Bonoff _Good Morning Heartache_ — Billie Holiday _Cup of Coffee_ – Garbage Just about everything by Joni Mitchell, but especially _Down to You_: \*"in the morning there are lovers in the street they look so high you brush against a stranger and you both apologize old friends seem indifferent, you must have brought that on old bonds are broken down love is gone ooh, love is gone written on your spirit the sad song love is gone"\* ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/29 "2005-01-31T22:57:58Z")
> [@Gail](#): > > I haven’t seen Linda Ronstadt’s **Long Long Time** on this list. :smack: Well, now it’s there twice. Oh, and add _Hasten Down the Wind_ by Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462/30 "2005-02-01T01:33:23Z")
“On My Own” from the Les Miserables soundtrack seems like another worthy choice. Poor Eponine… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-heartbreak/287462.md?page=1)