# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/61 "2019-01-09T16:00:45Z")
Scarborough Fair is a rather classic example. Centuries old. ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/62 "2019-01-09T16:25:36Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > There’s Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “[He Thinks He’ll Keep Her](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ajB0lkKZM),” about how unfulfilling it is to be a stay-at-home Mom. I always interpreted this as a woman who’s in, and later leaves, a stale marriage with a good man who nevertheless takes her for granted. Another song for this thread is “Bad Time” by Grand Funk Railroad. It was inspired by the demise of Mark Farner’s first marriage. ---
**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, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/63 "2019-01-09T17:25:59Z")
[Take A Letter, Maria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvFsULpx0To), R.B. Greaves ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/64 "2019-01-09T18:21:45Z")
Well, we can probably presume that the ex-boyfriend referenced in Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know” fell out of love with her, seeing how good things seem to be going with his new girlfriend and all. In Seven Mary Three’s “[Cumbersome](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjNn4bbbgSw)”, the singer’s girlfriend seems on her way to falling out of love with him… ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/65 "2019-01-09T18:34:12Z")
_Don’t Speak_ - No Doubt ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/66 "2019-01-09T18:55:54Z")
Things Change by Dwight Yoakam. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/67 "2019-01-09T19:44:49Z")
[Maggie May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4s90sBOEPA), Rod Stewart. Link goes to Susanna Hoffs cover. Reason: Button, cute as a. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/68 "2019-01-09T19:46:59Z")
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” - Deep Blue Something “Unbreak My Heart” & “How Could an Angel Break My Heart” - Toni Braxton “And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going” - from Dreamgirls “What Will I Tell My Heart” - Vanessa Williams “Cold Day in July” - Dixie Chicks “Suitcase”- Emile Sande ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/69 "2019-01-09T19:55:13Z")
Stones: It’s All Over Now Written by Bobby Womack / Shirley Womack, whoever they were. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/70 "2019-01-09T20:19:06Z")
[Rest Stop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73cQCRATbA), by Matchbox 20. She said, while you were sleeping I was listening to the radio And wondering what you’re dreaming when It came to mind that I didn’t care ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/71 "2019-01-09T20:27:34Z")
_I’m Outta Love_ by Anastacia ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/72 "2019-01-09T20:30:07Z")
“[How Do You Tell Someone](https://youtu.be/Aazz8kJ5rdA)” by Cowboy Mouth _How do you tell someone you don’t love them? How do you tell someone you don’t care anymore?_ > [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > “I Can’t Make You Love Me” sung by Bonnie Raitt Isn’t that about unrequited love vs lost love? ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/73 "2019-01-09T20:35:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Squeeze, “[Black Coffee in Bed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP15t_wnrEw).” Also, Up The Junction by Squeeze. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/74 "2019-01-09T20:35:38Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 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 Not on subject but this reminds me of Paul Simon when asked about My Little Town. He reportedly said something like 'It came from my imagination. I’m from Queens." ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/75 "2019-01-09T20:49:07Z")
_The thunder rolls and the lightnin’ strikes. Another love grows cold on a sleepless night. As the storm goes on out of control Deep in her heart, the thunder rolls._ By Garth Brooks. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/76 "2019-01-09T21:15:30Z")
“When You’re Alone” by Bruce Springsteen _Now it ain’t hard feelings or nothin’ sugar That ain’t what’s got me singing this song It’s just nobody knows baby where love goes But when it goes it’s gone gone_ ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/77 "2019-01-10T00:55:39Z")
The obsessive music geeks at Billboard(yes, that Billboard) have a [Top 30 Breakup Songs](https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/506152/top-30-breakup-songs-heartbreak-hits) of all time that may have what you’re looking for. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/78 "2019-01-10T01:43:12Z")
That’s practically a genre all its own… I’ll offer up… “You Used to Love to Dance” by Melissa Etheridge “Brick” by Ben Folds Five “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles …and an honorable mention: “Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover” by Paul Simon, where the ending is a bit ambiguous. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/79 "2019-01-10T04:47:27Z")
_Escape (The Piña Colada Song)_ - Rupert Holmes _Taxi_ and _Sequel_ - Harry Chapin ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432/80 "2019-01-10T04:56:16Z")
Gosh, now that I think about it, woouldn’t it be hard to find popular music acts that don’t have songs like this? In another thread I mentioned two musicians yesterday, Gwen Stefani and Lisa Loeb. I’d guess “I Don’t Love You Anymore, Or You Don’t Love Me Anymore, Or Hell, Maybe It’s Both” songs comprise half their catalogues. No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak” is already noted, and hell, they actually have a song called “Ex-Girlfriend.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432.md?page=5)