# The Feud: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - A Break-Up Songs Feud (game over)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [October 16, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062 "2009-10-16T18:12:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/1 "2009-10-16T18:12:44Z")
**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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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/2 "2009-10-16T18:28:04Z")
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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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/3 "2009-10-16T18:53:22Z")
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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### Author:  [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/4 "2009-10-16T18:55:27Z")
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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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/5 "2009-10-16T18:57:25Z")
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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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/6 "2009-10-16T19:04:28Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#):
>
> 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.
_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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### Author:  [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/7 "2009-10-16T19:27:26Z")
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 🙂
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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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/8 "2009-10-16T19:30:18Z")
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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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/9 "2009-10-16T19:39:45Z")
> [@critter42](#):
>
> 1. Police ( **Really Not All That Bright** , this is the title for your 9. and 10.)
See my ETA. Hey, waitaminute, you weren’t looking at my answers, were you? :dubious: 😉
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/10 "2009-10-16T19:53:37Z")
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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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/11 "2009-10-16T20:04:29Z")
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. 😃
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/12 "2009-10-16T20:34:58Z")
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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### Author:  [@GuiriEnEspana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuiriEnEspana)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/13 "2009-10-16T21:28:40Z")
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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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/14 "2009-10-16T22:13:09Z")
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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### Author:  [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/15 "2009-10-16T23:48:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
>
> See my ETA. Hey, waitaminute, you weren’t looking at my answers, were you? :dubious: 😉
Heh, not until I was entering my comments 🙂
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### Author:  [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/16 "2009-10-16T23:53:10Z")
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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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/17 "2009-10-17T01:27:53Z")
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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### Author:  [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/18 "2009-10-17T02:20:10Z")
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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### Author:  [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/19 "2009-10-17T14:31:54Z")
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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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/20 "2009-10-17T16:42:23Z")
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
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