# What's the Best Kiss-Off Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092 "2004-04-03T19:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/21 "2004-04-04T02:50:44Z")
“I Don’t Want You Back” by Eamon. “F— what I said, it don’t mean sh-t now f— the presents, might as well throw them out f— all the kisses they didn’t mean jack f— you ho, I don’t want you back.” And in the video, he throws a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![PucksRaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PucksRaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PucksRaven)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/22 "2004-04-04T04:54:12Z")
Ani DiFranco - “Untouchable Face” It’s also a good bad mood song, or just pissed off/fighting with someone song. Had to buy a two disc compilation to get it and it’s the only song of about forty I like. Worth every penny. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/23 "2004-04-04T06:08:09Z")
I forgot _I’m Free_ by The Who. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/24 "2004-04-04T06:20:29Z")
How could I forget You Outta Know. Oh and that Foo Fighters song The One. Or Tired of You. Nah, The One is better. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/25 "2004-04-04T14:48:48Z")
Lyle Lovett’s \*[She’s Leavin’ Me Because She Really Wants To.](http://www.absolutelyric.com/a/view/Lyle_Lovett/She%27s_Leaving_Me_Because_She_Really_Wants_to/) \* It’s not a kiss-off song, but I’ve always loved the line from Rod Stewart’s _Reason to Believe:_ Someone like you makes it hard To live without somebody else. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/26 "2004-04-04T14:53:43Z")
The Eurthymics (Annie Lennox): \*[Would I Lie to You?](http://www.lyricstime.com/lyrics/27097.html) \* ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/27 "2004-04-04T15:02:47Z")
How about Basement Jaxx’s _Good Luck_? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/28 "2004-04-04T15:18:20Z")
I find that generally the answer to the best lyrics about any subject ends up back at the **Beautiful South** and in this case I’ll go for **I’ll Sail This Ship Alone** : I’ll sail this ship alone Between the pain and the pleasure I’ll sail this ship alone Amongst the sharks and the treasure If you would rather go your way then go your way I’ll sail this ship alone I don’t imagine they are popular in the US and the lyrics are hard to appreciate without listening to how they are performed but check [these](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Beautiful-South-lyrics/A14A19A22031E16E4825699D002ADF21) out and some of you may find a pleasant surprise. **SciFiSam** I made my son a CD of Beautiful South stuff because he likes Robbie Williams and it’s the same sort of subversive stuff - it sounds cute on the surface until you listenn to what is being sung. He now likes BS too. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/29 "2004-04-04T15:25:34Z")
Even better **Song For Whoever** : I love your from the bottom of my pencil case I love the way you never ask me why I love to write about each wrinkle on your face And I love you till my fountain pen runs dry Deep so deep, the number one I hope to reap Depends upon the tears you weep, so cry, lovey cry, cry, cry, cry Oh Cathy, Oh Alison, Oh Phillipa, Oh Sue You made me so much money, I wrote this song for you Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too I wrote this song for you So let me talk about Mary, a sad story Turned her grief into glory Late at night, by the typewriter light, She ripped his ribbon to shreds A lovely piece of heartless pop. Listen if you can. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/30 "2004-04-04T15:35:41Z")
It’s hard to beat Harry Nillsson’s _You’re Breakin’ My Heart._ “You’re breakin’ my heart, You’re tearin’ it apart, So f ck you. You stepped on my ass, You’re breakin’ my glasses, too.” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/31 "2004-04-04T15:47:37Z")
> [@gex gex](#): > > How about Basement Jaxx’s _Good Luck_? Wake up baby You’re so totally deluded You’ll end up old and lonely If you don’t get a bullet in your head Good luck, good luck Good luck in your new bed Enjoy your nightmares honey While your’re resting your head Yeup, works for me! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/32 "2004-04-04T16:36:00Z")
Robert Cray’s [Still Around](http://www.twin-music.com/azlyrics/c_file/songs/cray_still.html) Sample lyrics: _Why can’t you show some feeling? Why can’t you understand? [You] Messed up my whole life Why wreck my day Did my best to love you Now do your best to leave Can’t you see that’s what I want I really need_ ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/33 "2004-04-04T17:08:27Z")
I’ve always kinda liked **Aaron Tippin’s** _Kiss This_: Why don’t you kiss…kiss this And I don’t mean on my rosy red lips Me and You, oh we are through And there’s only one thing left for you to do You just come on over here one last time Pucker up and close your eyes, and kiss this…good bye ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/34 "2004-04-04T18:49:18Z")
**Goody Goody** : So you met someone who set you back on your heels Goody Goody! You met someone and now you know how it feels Goody Goody! You gave him your heart too Just as I gave mine to you And he broke it in little pieces Now how do you do? **Cry Me a River** : Now you say you’re sorry For bein’ so untrue Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river I cried a river over you **I’ll be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You** : I’ll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! I’ll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! When you dead in your grave, No more women will you crave. I’ll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/35 "2004-04-04T19:44:08Z")
**Motley Crue’s** _Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)_ ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/36 "2004-04-04T20:11:33Z")
Oooh, another one! _I Hate Everything About You_ by Ugly Kid Joe. ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/37 "2004-04-04T20:32:08Z")
> [@Rube E. Tewesday](#): > > Always been partial to Dylan’s _Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right_. > > “I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind. > You coulda done better, but I don’t mind. > You just kinda wasted my precious time. > But don’t think twice, it’s all right.” [pick] I think this isn’t Dylan, but Nick Drake. I freely admit I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure. [/pick] ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/38 "2004-04-04T20:48:08Z")
> [@AntaresJB](#): > > [pick] > I think this isn’t Dylan, but Nick Drake. I freely admit I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure. > [/pick] Nick who, now? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/39 "2004-04-04T20:55:04Z")
I always thought _Freebird_ was the ultimate Kiss-off song. (I wouldn’t exactly call it the best one though.) ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092/40 "2004-04-04T20:56:22Z")
> [@Rube E. Tewesday](#): > > Nick who, now? Dylan wrote it, [Nick Drake](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS80311111746150382&sql=Bcxcm96oo3ep1) covered it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-kiss-off-song/238092.md?page=3)