# Songs where one person stops loving another person **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432 "2019-01-08T22:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/41 "2019-01-09T04:01:52Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > “Don’t You Want Me”, Human League, based on the various versions of the “A Star is Born” story. Nitpick: - The five years we have had have been such good times I still love you - ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/42 "2019-01-09T05:45:32Z")
[Please Release Me.](https://www.google.com/search?q=please+release+me&oq=please+rel&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.8703j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/43 "2019-01-09T05:49:42Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > Probably not what you meant but it’s just too obvious. > > He Stopped Loving Her Today ONLY BECAUSE HE DIED, GODDAMIT! [wipes away tear] ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/44 "2019-01-09T06:52:44Z")
Dido has a couple - _See you when you’re 40_ and _Hunter_ > [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > And the song by the great songwrtiter Paula Cole who had a lamentably short career Eh? She’s bringing out a new album this year, her career is far from over. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/45 "2019-01-09T07:04:08Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Dido has a couple - _See you when you’re 40_ and _Hunter_ > > Eh? She’s bringing out a new album this year, her career is far from over. I too considered Paula Cole an undeservedly one-hit wonder, but it looks like she deliberately took herself out of the limelight; she had a daughter from a brief marriage, and teaches at her alma mater, the Berklee College of Music. > **[Paula Cole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Cole)** > > Paula Dorothy Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, Harbinger, which suffered from a lack of promotion when the label, Imago Records, folded shortly after its release. Her second album, This Fire (1996), brought her worldwide acclaim, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart and producing two hit singles, the tr ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/46 "2019-01-09T07:27:45Z")
“[I don’t love you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyi0ZfuIIvo)” by My Chemical Romance: “When you go Would you even turn to say I don’t love you Like I did Yesterday” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/47 "2019-01-09T07:59:21Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I too considered Paula Cole an undeservedly one-hit wonder 2 hits -\* I Don’t Want To Wait\* was arguably bigger than _Cowboys_ even if it didn’t chart as high, what with being the theme to _Dawson’s Creek_ and all. > [@](#): > > but it looks like she deliberately took herself out of the limelight “Out of the limelight” =/= “no career”, though. But this is a hijack, so should probably be for a different thread about what constitutes a valid music career. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/48 "2019-01-09T08:32:44Z")
[Your Feet’s Too Big](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1eK3x1PBI) [One Day I’ll Fly Away](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTzBNJhnh1g) is almost there. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/49 "2019-01-09T08:42:34Z")
Well, Paul McCartney’s song “Yesterday” which is apparently the most covered song in recorded history is about exactly this. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/50 "2019-01-09T08:42:37Z")
“[Used To Love Her](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VwFMQql5Cw)” by Guns n’ Roses “[Julianne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if4guOrhk7E)” by Ben Folds Five (which actually mentions Axl Rose in the first line) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/51 "2019-01-09T12:06:18Z")
“I Can’t Make You Love Me” sung by Bonnie Raitt ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/52 "2019-01-09T12:20:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, Paul McCartney’s song “Yesterday” which is apparently the most covered song in recorded history is about exactly this. _Yesterday_ seems like it’s about lost love, not love that stopped. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/53 "2019-01-09T13:55:53Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Wow! That is one of my favorite Blood Sweat & Tears songs. No idea it was a Randy Newman song. If you’re not familiar with the BST version I highly recommend it. I’ll have to seek out Newman’s. I’m not sure where he recorded it, if at all, but I saw him perform in on TV in the mid-70s and it was heartbreaking. I knew about it first from the BS&T version. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/54 "2019-01-09T14:41:12Z")
Tom Paxton’s “The Last Thing on My Mind.” When it was released, people asked him if things were okay between him and his long-time wife Midge. He replied “They were and are.” The couple is still together ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/55 "2019-01-09T14:46:29Z")
Don Henley’s [The Heart of the Matter](https://genius.com/Don-henley-the-heart-of-the-matter-lyrics) ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/56 "2019-01-09T14:54:34Z")
“Home” by Sheryl Crow “Storms” by Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/57 "2019-01-09T15:08:15Z")
Eric Clapton - [Promises](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5SyDNiufo0). Raul Malo, The Mavericks,[I Don’t Care If You Love Me Anymore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKoDt2U_3GY) Dolly Parton - [D-I-V-O-R-C-E](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4cp-DOq4To) ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/58 "2019-01-09T15:20:51Z")
Most folks here have mentioned the most famous examples, so I’ll offer “Bye Bye Beautiful” by Nightwish, in which the band exorcised the demons of their bitter breakup with former singer Tarja. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hTdhXxxWREo/hqdefault.jpg "NIGHTWISH - Bye Bye Beautiful (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTdhXxxWREo) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/59 "2019-01-09T15:41:04Z")
**Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright** , Bob Dylan ---
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[Sirens](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyqFA0JGc-o) by Cher Lloyd [Say Something](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2U0Ivkn2Ds) by A Great Big World [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432.md?page=4)