# Your good go-to heartbreak song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480 "2012-05-01T04:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/1 "2012-05-01T04:23:25Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=650018) you were asked for your “Your terrible go-to heartbreak song.” Some people got confused and listed songs that were actually good. This thread is for them. I’m a survivor of the Great Folk Music Scare of the '60s and have been listening to folk music today. As I was generally in a funk over some girl or another when I got older, I have quite a few songs to go to, including: Donovan - Catch the Wind" [catch the wind Donovan - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS8RZsOZ1Dw) Tim Hardin - “Reason to Believe” ["Reason to Believe" Tim Hardin - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bW6VZi0ICs&list=AL94UKMTqg-9AEsAEZYJdn2wOu6lJXlplz&index=1&feature=plcp) Tom Rush - “Urge for Going” [Tom Rush - Urge for Going - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0_RZZoREC4) I’m pretty depressed, so I’ll probably have more soon. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/2 "2012-05-01T04:33:25Z")
Janis Joplin - “Ball & Chain” [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05vqWQzciQQ) You just want to climb on the stage, hug her, and tell her that everything’s gonna be alright, but she should stay away from the smack. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/3 "2012-05-01T06:52:22Z")
“Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” by The Smiths “Avenues” by Whiskeytown or “About Today” by The National ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/4 "2012-05-02T01:59:49Z")
Since I was just listening to it: “The Queen and the Soldier” – Suzanne Vega ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/5 "2012-05-02T02:08:42Z")
[Sing Me to Sleep](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0NySCmuFU) - also by The Smiths I mean, if that doesn’t make you cry when you’re already down, I don’t know what will. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/6 "2012-05-02T03:35:11Z")
I might’ve lost a job because of The Smiths/Morrissey because I said rather loudly, “For God’s sake, not another,” after SiriusXM started the fourth Smiths/Morrissey song that hour, so they make me sad for a different reason. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/7 "2012-05-02T05:49:12Z")
[Easy, “_Joey_” by Concrete Blonde…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdpTcvSn8HQ&ob=av2e) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/8 "2012-05-02T16:54:41Z")
[Into the West,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ejQPRa_dHI) from Return of the King. [Family Portrait,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjIz8oQuko&ob=av3e) by Pink. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/9 "2012-05-02T17:22:13Z")
Judy Garland – The Man That Got Away My god that woman had a voice. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/10 "2012-05-03T03:36:16Z")
“Drive” by The Cars ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/11 "2012-05-03T06:36:56Z")
“Romeo and Juliet” by Dire Straits I find “Farmhouse” by Phish to be a really sad song, but most of my Phish friends don’t seem to agree. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/12 "2012-05-03T13:14:10Z")
“Good Morning Heartache” “But Not for Me” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” “The Night We Called It a Day” ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/13 "2012-05-03T13:17:08Z")
“Don’t Take Me Alive” - Steely Dan ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/14 "2012-05-03T16:31:32Z")
[Someday Soon - Suzy Bogguss](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fM_jnS-MjY) [I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/15 "2012-05-03T19:22:57Z")
4AM by Our Lady Peace ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/16 "2012-05-03T19:46:08Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > “Don’t Take Me Alive” - Steely Dan As a breakup song? What, you broke up with a bank robber with nothing to lose but her daddy issues? To remind people what a breakup song is: Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces (AKA The American Suicide Song) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs&feature=list\_related&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9BOU7OSXDpd6XAuxW9OUoQ8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuZTk1hdpMs&feature=list_related&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9BOU7OSXDpd6XAuxW9OUoQ8) Patsy Cline - Crazy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVtpnpCOKM&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVtpnpCOKM&feature=related) Hank Williams - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkztDzpTHKA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkztDzpTHKA) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/17 "2012-05-03T21:39:18Z")
[Mika - “Happy Ending”](http://youtu.be/oFkSMHle8-M) ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/18 "2012-05-04T00:19:19Z")
It Makes No Difference-The Band If you’re really in the mood (drunk) to torture yourself about the one(s) that got away! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/19 "2012-05-04T03:37:14Z")
Not so much a breakup song as a “what could have been” song. [Years Ago](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zwQ9UdkMaE) by Super Deluxe. [So Far Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urt2cy7AqFs) by Carole King also fits that bill. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480/20 "2012-05-04T10:30:43Z")
Volverás, Ricky Martin. Please don’t mock me! I love Coltrane, Bach, Zappa, and Shankar as much as anyone. But trust me – this is a sophisticated piece of work, harmonically, melodically, lyrically, arrangement-wise, and performance-wise. And Mr. Martin is a co-composer, not just a crooner. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-good-go-to-heartbreak-song/620480.md?page=2)