# Your breakup song. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533 "2005-12-29T03:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/1 "2005-12-29T03:37:45Z")
For me, it’s one of two. All depends on the mood. “Tonight I Want to Cry” by Keith Urban if I’m feeling all sad and whatnot or “Cry Me a River” by Justin Timberlake. It’s a pretty catchy tune and it’s all angry and such. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/2 "2005-12-29T03:41:55Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > For me, it’s one of two. All depends on the mood. > > “Tonight I Want to Cry” by Keith Urban if I’m feeling all sad and whatnot > > or > > “Cry Me a River” by Justin Timberlake. It’s a pretty catchy tune and it’s all angry and such. gentle on my mind…the hartford version… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/3 "2005-12-29T03:48:22Z")
“Thank God and Greyhound She’s Gone”, Roy Clark. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/4 "2005-12-29T04:18:15Z")
Way back when it was one by a guy named **Lobo** and had the line _I love you too much to ever start liking you so don’t expect me to be your friend_ ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/5 "2005-12-29T04:29:37Z")
“Almost Hear You Sigh” by the Rolling Stones. ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/6 "2005-12-29T04:39:02Z")
I always found great comfort in these lyrics from Harry Nilsson’s song [You’re Breakin’ My Heart](http://www.lyricsdownload.com/harry-nilsson-you-re-breakin--my-heart-lyrics.html): You’re breakin’ my heart You’re tearin’ it apart So fuck you Repeat as many times as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/7 "2005-12-29T04:43:05Z")
“Insensitive” by Jann Arden ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/8 "2005-12-29T04:48:56Z")
“For No One”- The Beatles _And in her eyes you see nothing, no sign of love behind the tears cried for no one. A love that should have lasted years!_ Plus it has a great sped up French horn solo. Gotta love that. ---
**Author:** ![First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@First\_Amongst\_Daves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/First_Amongst_Daves)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/9 "2005-12-29T04:55:45Z")
So many good lyrics… Limp Bizkit - “but you might need my hand when falling in your hole / your disposition I’ll remember when I’m letting go of… /{chorus} you and me we’re through and rearranged.” Garbage - “Don’t forget what I wrote you then And don’t forget what I told you then And don’t forget I that meant to win And don’t forget your ventolin So a hammering in my head don’t stop In the bullet train from Tokyo to Los Angeles.” ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/10 "2005-12-29T05:10:30Z")
What **Ruby** said, though it serves double-duty for me as an unrequited love song. “Easy Come, Easy Go” by George Strait, too, though it’s a lot more…controlled than one might necessarily feel at that time. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/11 "2005-12-29T05:14:59Z")
Turn your back on me-Urge Overkill Fire Door-Ani DiFranco Fighter-Christina Aguilera ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/12 "2005-12-29T05:22:23Z")
\*I Get Along \* - Pet Shop Boys \*I’ve been trying not to cry When I’m in the public eye Stuck here with the shame and taking My share of the blame while making Sudden plans that don’t include you I get along, get along, Without you very well I get along very well.\* ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/13 "2005-12-29T05:24:06Z")
Song for the Dumped - Ben Folds Five It’d work better for me if I were a guy (“Give me my money back, you bitch” doesn’t generally apply in my relationships,) and I’ve never really been dumped, but it sounds pretty acurate to me. ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/14 "2005-12-29T07:21:43Z")
depends on the person and what they did to me. [Tweaker ~ “After All”](http://www.tweaker.net/tatatu.php#afterall) was really helpful to me in moving on from my last breakup. I had basically felt powerless and a little bit used in that relationship, and that song made me glad to be free. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/15 "2005-12-29T13:20:38Z")
_Sail Away Sweet Sister_ by Queen. ---
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/16 "2005-12-29T14:43:59Z")
_Take a Look at My Heart_ by John Prine. It’s the only song I know that goes beyond the normal carping about an ex, and progresses to warning the ex’s new guy about her. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/17 "2005-12-29T15:27:53Z")
> [@GilaB](#): > > Song for the Dumped - Ben Folds Five > > It’d work better for me if I were a guy (“Give me my money back, you bitch” doesn’t generally apply in my relationships,) and I’ve never really been dumped, but it sounds pretty acurate to me. It has been for me. I have a different song for every break-up I’ve been through. The lasst one was in the summer of 2002, and the song was “Hands Clean” by Alanis Morissette. And I’m really not a fan of hers. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/18 "2005-12-29T15:34:54Z")
Anything by Weeping Willows, really. Man, someone must really have done a number on that guy. _Dry Your Eyes Mate_ by the Streets is a recent favourite. I’d have to quote the entire song to display its brilliance, so just look it up. It’s amazing. But the all-time best breakup song, no contest, is Bob Dylan’s _Most Of The Time_. He keeps singing how most of the time, it isn’t painful, most of the time, he’s all right, most of the time, he can’t even remember how her lips felt like on his… and he never says what happens the rest of the time. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/19 "2005-12-29T15:45:20Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > “Insensitive” by Jann Arden I love that song !! It is perfect ! Another Keith Urban break up song (I was surprised to find him in the OP !!) is “You’ll Think of Me” Take your records , take your freedom. Take your memories, I don’t need 'em. Take your space and take your reasons But you’ll think of me. And take your cat and leave my sweater, 'Cause we have nothing left to weather. In fact I’ll feel a whole lot better But you’ll think of me, you’ll thinkof me. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533/20 "2005-12-29T15:50:45Z")
Depends how self-depreciating I’m feeling. But normally, it’s _Daylight Fading_ by Counting Crows. I’ve grown to hate the band and its lead singer, but I still love that song, and it fits my last break-up way too well. When I’m really angry or down, it’s Nickleback’s _How You Remind Me_. Helps me recall that I was reaching just a bit too far. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-breakup-song/337533.md?page=2)