The Feud: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - A Break-Up Songs Feud (game over)

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Object of the game:
Give the most popular answer for each category.

Rules:

  1. No reading the thread before answering. This is on the honor system.
  2. Formatting rules must be followed (see below).
  3. Joke answers will not be considered, as it is not fair to other players.
  4. Google (etc.) is allowed, if you desire.
  5. The game will end with 50 entrants, or when I get time to score it.
  6. There is no Rule 6.
  7. Special Rules for this particular Feud: see below

Formatting rules:
To make semi-automated scoring possible, and my job easier, make you post look exactly like this:

  1. answer
  2. answer
  3. answer
  4. answer

No double spacing, do not use the “list” function, no smilies, no urls, no periods, no quote marks, and no punctuation if it is not necessary. Put “pass” if you want to leave an answer blank. If you feel you must qualify your answer, do it AFTER THE LIST! If you don’t format like this, your answers might be DISQUALIFIED.

Scoring:
With 50 entrants, an answer with a match is worth 2x the number of people matching it. If 4 people match, they each get 8 points for that answer. No matches = 0 points.
Formula: Score = 100 / (# of entrants) x (# of matches)

Good luck!

If any of you have ideas for Feuds -and would like me to score them- PM me. If anyone wants to run their own Feud, feel free. I will help any way I can.

Read the rules!
Special Rules for this particular Feud: Don’t use quote marks in your answers.

  1. Name a “We broke up? No, my life is over!” type of song
  2. Name a “We broke up? Yeah, I’m free!” type of song
  3. Name a “We broke up but you’re gonna regret it one day” type of song
  4. Name a “We broke up but now we’re back together” type of song
  5. Name a “We broke up and now you want to come back? Fat chance!” type of song
  6. Name a “If you don’t start treating me right, we’re going to break up” type of song
  7. Name a “We broke up and I don’t want anyone to know how upset I am” type of song
  8. Name a “I met someone else. We’re breaking up” type of song
  9. Name a “We broke up and I can’t get you out of my head” type of song
  10. Name a “You may think we broke up, but you’re not getting rid of me that easily” type of song
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  1. Without You

  2. What’s Love Got to Do With It

  3. You Ought to Know

  4. Back in my Arms Again

  5. I Will Survive

  6. What Have You Done For Me Lately?

  7. Tracks of my Tears

  8. Single Ladies

  9. Who’s Loving You

  10. Don’t You Forget About Me

  11. Harry Nilsson

  12. Tina Turner

  13. Alanis Morisette

  14. Supremes

  15. Gloria Gaynor

  16. Janet Jackson

  17. Smokey Robinson

  18. Beyonce

  19. Jackson 5 (and others)

  20. Billy Idol

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  1. I’ll Leave This World Loving You
  2. Cry Me a River
  3. Don’t Want You Back
  4. My Boyfriend’s Back
  5. I Ain’t That Lonely Yet
  6. Good Riddance
  7. Walk on By
  8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
  9. I Fall to Pieces
  10. Every Breath You Take

Jeez. This was hard. Some of the songs could go in more than one category. I’ll be surprised if I have any matches!

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Me too, AuntiePam. I struggled with categories…plus there’s just so many break up songs out there! I thought about putting the Police one for number ten. I totally should have–we discuss it on the Dope so much.

ETA: Was Good Riddance by Green Day a “We’re breaking up if you don’t treat me right” song? I thought it was just a we’ve broken up and I’m kind of bittersweet about it.

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  1. Pictures of You - The Cure
  2. Since You’ve Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
  3. Back For More - Ratt
  4. Reunited (And It Feels So Good) - Peaches & Herb
  5. Fuck It - Eamon
  6. RESPECT - Aretha Franklin
  7. Missing - Everything But The Girl
  8. Don’t Cry - Guns and Roses
  9. I’ll Be Watching You - The Police
  10. I’ll Be Watching You - The Police

This was hard.

ETA: By “I’ll Be Watching You” I meant “Every Breath You Take” :smack:

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Good Riddance was a “we’ve broken up and I hope you choke, but I’m pretending to be nice” song, but there’s no way you could really tell from the lyrics; I only know from watching an interview about it with Billie Joe Armstrong.

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  1. Foolish Beat

  2. I’m Gonna Miss Her

  3. You Oughta Know

  4. Let The Music Play

  5. I Will Survive

  6. Love Is a Battlefield

  7. Don’t Speak

  8. All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You

  9. Operator (That’s Not the Way it Feels)

  10. Every Breath You Take

  11. Debbie (NOT DEBORAH - YOU WILL ALWAYS BE DEBBIE!!) Gibson - nothing more soul-crushing dramatic, oh my life is over than a teenage breakup song :slight_smile:

  12. Brad Paisley

  13. Alannis Morrisette

  14. Shannon

  15. Gloria Gaynor

  16. Pat Benetar

  17. No Doubt

  18. Heart

  19. Jim Croce

  20. Police (Really Not All That Bright, this is the title for your 9. and 10.)

And yes, this WAS a hard one.

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  1. All By Myself
  2. It’s All Over Now
  3. You’re Gonna Miss Me
  4. Reunited
  5. I Will Survive
  6. These Boots Were Made For Walking
  7. Tracks of My Tears
  8. Brand New Lover
  9. Can’t Get You Out of My Head
  10. Every Breath You Take
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See my ETA. Hey, waitaminute, you weren’t looking at my answers, were you? :dubious: :wink:

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  1. Heartbreak Hotel
  2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
  3. You’re Gonna Miss Me
  4. Back in My Arms Again
  5. I Will Survive
  6. Respect
  7. Tears of a Clown
  8. Me and Mrs. Jones
  9. Think I’m Going Out of My Head
  10. Every Breath You Take
    /This will probably be my lowest score ever.
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  1. Without You

  2. What’s Love Got To Do With It

  3. You’re Gonna Miss Me

  4. Back In My Arms Again

  5. Here’s A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares

  6. Respect

  7. I Wish It Would Rain

  8. Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover

  9. The End Of The World

  10. And I Am Telling You

  11. Yeah, it’s a country song but it’s a dang good “Fat Chance!” one.

  12. Yes I do remember this song. I’m old. Get over it.

  13. This is one of those songs only a gay man would think of off the top of his head. :smiley:

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  1. Yesterday
  2. I Will Survive
  3. Since U Been Gone
  4. I Want You Back
  5. It’s Too Late
  6. Respect
  7. Tears of a Clown
  8. Another Girl
  9. Crying
  10. Every Breath You Take
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  1. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You?
  2. No More Drama
  3. You Oughta Know
  4. We Can Work It Out
  5. I Will Survive
  6. These Boots Are Made For Walking
  7. Tracks Of My Tears
  8. Cheating On You
  9. Miss You Like Crazy
  10. I’ll Be Watching You

Artists:

  1. Michael Bolton
  2. Mary J Blige
  3. Alanis Morrisette
  4. The Beatles
  5. Gloria Gaynor
  6. Nancy Sinatra
  7. Smokey Robinson
  8. Franz Ferdinand
  9. Natalie Cole
  10. Sting

Whew! That was a pretty hard feud, well done!

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  1. Without You
  2. Already Gone
  3. This Boy
  4. Reunited
  5. Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder
  6. These Boots Are Made for Walking
  7. Tears of a Clown
  8. Another Girl
  9. My Little Red Book
  10. You Like Me Too Much

1–Badfinger/Nilsson
2–Eagles
3, 8, 10 - Beatles
4–Peaches & Herb
5–Mothers of Invention…Okay, no one’s gonna match this, but I couldn’t resist!
6–Nancy Sinatra
7–Smokey Robinson
9–Manfred Mann

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Heh, not until I was entering my comments :slight_smile:

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hmm…do you think it’s necessary to specify Without You - Badfinger vs Without You - Motley Crue? They are completely different songs, but could also be both considered break-up songs (altho the MC version less so, I guess)

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  1. Don’t they know it’s the end of world?
  2. Already Gone
  3. Margarita
  4. It’s a Sign of the Times
  5. I Will Survive
  6. These Boots are Made for Walking
  7. Tracks of my Tears
  8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
  9. Sunday Will Never be the Same
  10. Every Breath You Take

artist list (to avoid confusion) and comments

  1. Brenda Lee
  2. Eagles
  3. Spin Doctors
  4. Petula Clark
  5. Gloria Gaynor (off the top of my head I could think of 3 barbershop songs we sing in chorus - but I doubt anyone else would have had any of them)
  6. Nancy Sinatra
  7. Linda Rondstadt (whose version I like much better than Smokey Robinson’s)
  8. Paul Simon
  9. Spanky and Our Gang
  10. Police (I call this song the Stalkers’ Anthem)
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  1. Yesterday

  2. Since You’ve Been Gone

  3. You Oughta Know

  4. Reunited

  5. I Will Survive

  6. Respect

  7. Nothing Compares 2 U

  8. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

  9. You Were Meant For Me

  10. We Can Work It Out

  11. The Beatles

  12. Kelly Clarkson

  13. Alanis Morissette

  14. Peaches & Herb

  15. Gloria Gaynor

  16. Aretha Franklin

  17. Sinead O’Connor

  18. Steam

  19. Jewel

  20. The Beatles

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  1. Without You
  2. Feel A Whole Lot Better
  3. Time Is On My Side
  4. Back In My Arms Again
  5. I Will Survive
  6. These Boots Were Made For Walking
  7. Tears Of A Clown
  8. Another Girl
  9. Always Something There To Remind Me
  10. Every Breath You Take

Notes:

  1. Badfinger/Harry Nilsson
  2. The Byrds
  3. Irma Thomas/The Rolling Stones
  4. The Supremes
  5. Gloria Gaynor
  6. Nancy Sinatra
  7. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
  8. The Beatles
  9. Dionne Warwick/Naked Eyes
  10. The Police
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  1. Nothing Compares To U

  2. Thank God and Greyhound

  3. Before the Next Teardrop Falls

  4. Reunited

  5. You’re No Good

  6. R-E-S-P-E-C-T

  7. Don’t Cry Out Loud

  8. Public Execution

  9. Unforgettable

  10. Every Breath You Take

  11. I was so tempted to pick “Back in the Saddle Again”

  12. A really obscure song but it was the only one I could think of