# What are some songs written from the cheating, scumbags viewpoint? Romantic infidelity at its best. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543 "2014-05-29T05:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/21 "2014-05-29T11:07:49Z")
‘Cheating’ by The Gin Blossoms (and underrated band, IMHO) Includes the classic line “You can’t call it cheatin’ She reminds me of you” I can’t imagine the rest of that goes well. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/22 "2014-05-29T11:10:50Z")
“(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right” Does Billy Paul’s “Me and Mrs. Jones” count? The narrator is having an affair with a married woman. I THINK “Kiss and Say Goodbye” by the Manhattans is about a married guy dumping his girlfriend. Bryan Adams’ “Run to You” is sung from the point of view of an adulterer. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/23 "2014-05-29T11:14:02Z")
“Me and Mrs Jones” is from the POV of a guy having an affair with a married woman. ETA: Dammit **astorian**! ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/24 "2014-05-29T12:07:46Z")
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/25 "2014-05-29T12:10:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Does Billy Paul’s “Me and Mrs. Jones” count? The narrator is having an affair with a married woman. I don’t think it counts, it’s the woman cheating, not the narrator, right? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/26 "2014-05-29T12:16:55Z")
_Lightnin’ Strikes_ [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lou\_christie/lightnin\_strikes.html](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lou_christie/lightnin_strikes.html) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/27 "2014-05-29T12:29:37Z")
[Nobody Knows Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF3KeXcRAhE&feature=kp) by Lyle Lovett. It’s something you may not even realize until you listen carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/28 "2014-05-29T12:36:00Z")
Springsteen’s “Hungry Heart” is about abandonment, followed by an affair. So it may or may not count. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/29 "2014-05-29T12:40:39Z")
[No Way Out](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jefferson+starship/no+way+out_20070374.html) - Jefferson Starship [Carefree Highway](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/gordonlightfoot/carefreehighway.html) - Gordon Lightfoot ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/30 "2014-05-29T12:47:33Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > ‘Cheating’ by The Gin Blossoms (and underrated band, IMHO) > > Includes the classic line > > “You can’t call it cheatin’ > She reminds me of you” > > I can’t imagine the rest of that goes well. I was going to mention that one! Great line and great song. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/31 "2014-05-29T12:48:35Z")
“Your Love” by the Outfield. It’s the one that starts “Josie’s on a vacation far away…” and “I just wanna use your love tonight” ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/32 "2014-05-29T13:04:27Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > My favorite disguised break-up song is “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” by Bob Dylan. He spends the whole time talking about how he’s never going to be around for her if she needs him, then, slipped in so innocently you could miss it, is… > > I actually think that verse was left out of the Johnny Cash version, which changes the whole tone. Cash recorded Dylan’s tune & wrote his own version, called “Understand Your Man.” But both may have been based on a song by [Paul Clayton](http://www.bobdylanroots.com/clayton.html). (Lots of Dylan info at that site!) Back to Cheatin’ Songs. How about one of the originals, “Slippin’ Around” written by [the great Floyd Tillman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1wRuY3Ap3U)? ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/33 "2014-05-29T13:04:39Z")
I suppose I’ll have to say “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy… ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/34 "2014-05-29T13:09:24Z")
“Follow Me” by Uncle Kracker. _I’m not worried about that ring you wear, Cause as long as no one knows then nobody can care_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/35 "2014-05-29T13:11:41Z")
I was just listening to one this morning: [I Don’t Know You Anymore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kawc6quaSSE) by Savage Garden. “I’ll be courageous if you can pretend that you’ve forgiven me” “I know I let you down Again and again I know I never really treated you right I’ve paid the price I’m still paying for it every day” ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/36 "2014-05-29T13:38:02Z")
[J.D. Souther - Run Like A Thief](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfPbgnThlwI) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/37 "2014-05-29T14:50:58Z")
“O.P.P.” by Naughty By Nature. The other P stands for “property.” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/38 "2014-05-29T14:51:25Z")
[Human](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_(The_Human_League_song)) by Human League (or is it The Human League?) has cheating confessions by both sides of the couple in the song. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/39 "2014-05-29T14:56:33Z")
“Human” - Human League, now used as an insurance commercial. “Hold on to the Nights” - Richard Marx “Loving You Against My Will” - Gary Allan ---
**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:** [May 29, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543/40 "2014-05-29T14:59:24Z")
Not about infidelity per se, but a cheerful admission of breach of promise: “A Legal Matter” by the Who. “Sorry, baby.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-songs-written-from-the-cheating-scumbags-viewpoint-romantic-infidelity-at-its-best/689543.md?page=3)