# Wanted: Break up songs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245 "2003-09-03T00:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![greck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ab992/32.png) [@greck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greck)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/21 "2003-09-03T14:09:17Z")
If you can get past the technosity of it all: “Believe” by Cher. (too bad no country, cause “let er rip” by the dixie chicks is pretty good) ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/22 "2003-09-03T14:30:46Z")
Motorcycle Drive By - Third eye Blind I also second sour times ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/23 "2003-09-03T14:38:38Z")
Moanin’ Low—Libby Holman Love Me or Leave Me—Ruth Etting There Ain’t No Sweet Man (That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears)—Libby Holman Mood Indigo—The Boswell Sisters ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/24 "2003-09-03T14:39:33Z")
There’s no Home For You Here - the White Stripes An absolutely vicious breakup song. ---
**Author:** ![heater2000ca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@heater2000ca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heater2000ca)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/25 "2003-09-03T14:41:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by verbenabeast \* > \*\*I always kind of like more aggressive stuff… like > \*\* Yeah, me too. NIN - all of Pretty Hate Machine, or Broken Or, more to the “Angry Scorned Woman” end of the spectrum Alanis Morissette, You Oughta Know Pink, Just Like a Pill, or Hell Wit Ya, or There You Go ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/26 "2003-09-03T14:47:37Z")
It’s Too Late - Carole King Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/27 "2003-09-03T15:20:31Z")
“A Thousand Times Goodbye” - Megadeth ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/28 "2003-09-03T15:50:14Z")
i’ll second ‘prayer to god’ by shellac. surely the harshest way to deal with your wife leaving you ever, to a kick ass tune. how about ‘love will tear us apart’ by joy division? ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/29 "2003-09-03T16:12:25Z")
More Warren Zevon: They Moved the Moon, The Heartache. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/30 "2003-09-03T16:44:55Z")
“Another Lonely Day” - Ben Harper “Don’t Think of Me” - Dido ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/31 "2003-09-03T19:12:33Z")
Another Greg Kihn song: “The Anniversary Of My Broken Heart”. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/32 "2003-09-03T22:40:33Z")
“Twisting” - They Might Be Giants ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/33 "2003-09-03T23:02:04Z")
Tainted Love - the Soft Cell long version. Goodbye To You - Scandal. (yep, the 1980s.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/34 "2003-09-04T00:02:38Z")
Love Stinks - J. Geils The End - The Doors ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/35 "2003-09-04T01:33:32Z")
Pernice Brothers – “Clear Spot.” True to the PB’s form, it’s the most cheerful song on that album. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/36 "2003-09-04T01:50:17Z")
“Look Away” by Peter Cetera. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/37 "2003-09-04T02:01:30Z")
“Poor Impulse Control” by Jack Off Jill. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/38 "2003-09-04T02:37:53Z")
An oldie: “Losin’ You (Could be the Best Thing Yet)” ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/39 "2003-09-04T03:28:27Z")
Of course, it all depends on circumstance but: Tori Amos - Tear in your Hand Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tracks of my Tears ---
**Author:** ![Snifit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Snifit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snifit)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245/40 "2003-09-04T03:53:02Z")
(Warning: this song’s in French) A couple of years ago I heard on the radio called “Je ne t’aime pas”. It sticks out in my mind because it’s sung so calmly - as if the guy was giving a business report or something. I loved the lyrics, too - stuff like “I dream of life without you I wake up and you’re still there I don’t love you” Which of course rhymed in French. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-break-up-songs/199245.md?page=3)