# The Feud: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - A Break-Up Songs Feud (game over) **URL:** \ **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:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/21 "2009-10-17T17:01:05Z")
1. _Without You_ 2. _Take A Letter, Maria_ 3. _You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Gone_ 4. _You’re Still The One_ 5. _I Will Survive_ 6. _Respect_ 7. _Tears of a Clown_ 8. _There’s a Red House on the Hill_ 9. _Telephone Line_ 10. _I’ll Be Watching You_ ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/22 "2009-10-17T17:02:33Z")
1. Should be “Every Breath You Take.” ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/23 "2009-10-19T01:35:14Z")
Bumping so we can get more entries. Yeah, more entries to move me closer to the bottom. Oh well! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/24 "2009-10-19T02:18:17Z")
I was hoping to at least make the top 15. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/25 "2009-10-20T12:39:20Z")
[bumpage] Hey, Dopers! Yoo-hoo! Feud here! Think this one is too hard? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/26 "2009-10-20T14:51:46Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [bumpage] > Think this one is too hard? 😕 Yes. Yes I do. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/27 "2009-10-20T14:58:21Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [bumpage] > > Hey, Dopers! Yoo-hoo! Feud here! > > Think this one is too hard? 😕 Yes I think it is too difficult. I would have hard time coming up with ten breakup songs, let alone putting them into different categories. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/28 "2009-10-20T15:41:43Z")
I like music and I think it was too hard! I looked at it and then couldn’t get “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” out of my head long enough to think of anything else! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/29 "2009-10-20T17:34:44Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [bumpage] > > Hey, Dopers! Yoo-hoo! Feud here! > > Think this one is too hard? 😕 For one thing, I think categories #9 and #10 are too similar (especially if you want to avoid using the same song twice). ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/30 "2009-10-20T17:36:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > _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. Hence all the sitcoms using it as season finale/good bye songs? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/31 "2009-10-21T13:55:59Z")
I agree it’s very hard. Howzabout I score this one and put another up? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/32 "2009-10-21T14:23:03Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Yes I think it is too difficult. I would have hard time coming up with ten breakup songs, let alone putting them into different categories. Yup, that was my thinking also. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/33 "2009-10-21T14:25:45Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I agree it’s very hard. Howzabout I score this one and put another up? One vote for yes here ! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/34 "2009-10-21T20:46:55Z")
1. Name a “We broke up? No, my life is over!” type of song **1. Without You 5** 2. Yesterday 2 3. All By Myself 1 4. Don’t they know it’s the end of world? 1 5. Foolish Beat 1 6. Heartbreak Hotel 1 7. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You? 1 8. I’ll Leave This World Loving You 1 9. Nothing Compares To U 1 10. Pictures of You - The Cure 1 11. Name a “We broke up? Yeah, I’m free!” type of song \*\*2. Already Gone 2 12. Since You’ve Been Gone 2 13. What’s Love Got to Do With It 2\*\* 14. Cry Me a River 1 15. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 1 16. Feel A Whole Lot Better 1 17. I Will Survive 1 18. I’m Gonna Miss Her 1 19. It’s All Over Now 1 20. No More Drama 1 21. Take A Letter, Maria 1 22. Thank God and Greyhound 1 23. Name a “We broke up but you’re gonna regret it one day” type of song **3. You Oughta Know 4** 24. You’re Gonna Miss Me 3 25. Back For More - Ratt 1 26. Before the Next Teardrop Falls 1 27. Don’t Want You Back 1 28. Margarita 1 29. Since U Been Gone 1 30. This Boy 1 31. Time Is On My Side 1 32. You’ll Be Sorry When I’m Gone 1 33. Name a “We broke up but now we’re back together” type of song **4. Reunited 5** 34. Back in my Arms Again 4 35. I Want You Back 1 36. It’s a Sign of the Times 1 37. Let The Music Play 1 38. My Boyfriend’s Back 1 39. We Can Work It Out 1 40. You’re Still The One 1 41. Name a “We broke up and now you want to come back? Fat chance!” type of song **5. I Will Survive 9** 42. Fuck It - Eamon 1 43. Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder 1 44. Here’s A Quarter Call Someone Who Cares 1 45. I Ain’t That Lonely Yet 1 46. It’s Too Late 1 47. You’re No Good 1 48. Name a “If you don’t start treating me right, we’re going to break up” type of song **6. Respect 7** 49. These Boots Were Made For Walking 5 50. Good Riddance 1 51. Love Is a Battlefield 1 52. What Have You Done For Me Lately? 1 53. Name a “We broke up and I don’t want anyone to know how upset I am” type of song **7. Tears of a Clown 5** 54. Tracks of my Tears 4 55. Don’t Cry Out Loud 1 56. Don’t Speak 1 57. I Wish It Would Rain 1 58. Missing - Everything But The Girl 1 59. Nothing Compares 2 U 1 60. Walk on By 1 61. Name a “I met someone else. We’re breaking up” type of song \*\*8. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover 3 62. Another Girl 3\*\* 63. All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You 1 64. Brand New Lover 1 65. Cheating On You 1 66. Don’t Cry - Guns and Roses 1 67. Me and Mrs. Jones 1 68. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 1 69. Public Execution 1 70. Single Ladies 1 71. There’s a Red House on the Hill 1 72. Name a “We broke up and I can’t get you out of my head” type of song 73. Always Something There To Remind Me 1 74. Can’t Get You Out of My Head 1 75. Crying 1 76. Every Breath You Take 1 77. I Fall to Pieces 1 78. Miss You Like Crazy 1 79. My Little Red Book 1 80. Operator (That’s Not the Way it Feels) 1 81. Sunday Will Never be the Same 1 82. Telephone Line 1 83. The End Of The World 1 84. Think I’m Going Out of My Head 1 85. Unforgettable 1 86. Who’s Loving You 1 87. You Were Meant For Me 1 88. Name a “You may think we broke up, but you’re not getting rid of me that easily” type of song **10. Every Breath You Take 11** 89. And I Am Telling You 1 90. Don’t You Forget About Me 1 91. We Can Work It Out 1 92. You Like Me Too Much 1 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/35 "2009-10-21T20:49:08Z")
And the winner is… **42fish**! ::flings confetti:: Good job! This was a toughie. Sorry, folks. (#9 was the anti-conch. No matches at all!) Stay tuned. **1. 42fish 280.00** 2. NDP 260.00 3. cucuy 246.67 3. pravnik 246.67 5. anyrose 226.67 6. GuiriEnEspaña 220.00 7. Sidney Evgeni Jordan 193.33 8. astorian 186.67 8. Freudian Slit 186.67 10. Really Not All That Bright 166.67 10. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 166.67 12. swampbear 160.00 12. critter42 160.00 14. Little Nemo 153.33 15. AuntiePam 93.33 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062/36 "2009-10-21T22:07:37Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > (#9 was the anti-conch. No matches at all!) If I had gone with my first choice, “I Call Your Name” by the Beatles, it _still_ wouldn’t have matched anyone. (I actually considered answering the whole feud with Beatles songs.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-50-ways-to-leave-your-lover-a-break-up-songs-feud-game-over/514062.md?page=1)