The 50 Best Breakup Songs Ever
Sing—or rage—along to these 50 songs. They're not guaranteed to cure your broken heart, but they can soothe it
Feeling heartsick? We've all been there—and we've got the Spotify playlist to prove it. Here is a collection of some of the best breakup songs ever written. You've got your sad ballads, your angry anthems, your woeful melodies. There's one for every mood, so go ahead: feel some feelings
The Walkmen - "The Rat"
Best Lyric: "You've got a nerve to be asking a favour / You've got a nerve to be calling my number."
Adele - "Rolling in the Deep"
Best Lyric: "The scars of your love remind me of us / They keep me thinking that we almost had it all."
Rod Stewart - "Maggie May"
Best Lyric: "You lured me away from home, just to save you from being alone / You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without."
Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"
Best Lyric: "I'll have another you by tomorrow / So don't you ever for a second / Get to thinking you're irreplaceable."
Bob Dylan - "Idiot Wind"
Best Lyric: "It was gravity which pulled us down / And destiny which broke us apart / You tamed the lion in my cage / But it just wasn't enough to change my heart."
Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"
Best Lyric: "If I should stay / I would only be in your way / So I'll go but I know / I'll think of you every step of the way."
Magnolia Electric Co. - "Hard to Love a Man"
Best Lyric: "While you was waiting for me not to call / I sent my love, I sent my love."
The Magnetic Fields - "I Thought You Were My Boyfriend"
Best Lyric: "I just hope you're happy / Stringing me along / While you're stringing / I'm here singing / This, my saddest song."
Peter, Bjorn & John - "Up Against the Wall"
Best Lyric: "Maybe we could make this work / But I just had to leave before it's getting worse / I don't know what you came here for / It's almost that I wish we hadn't met at all."
Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Best Lyric: "I could put my arms around every boy I see / But they'd only remind me of you."
Bright Eyes - "The Calendar Hung Itself"
Best Lyric: "Does he walk around all day at school with his feet inside your shoes? / Looking down every few steps to pretend he walks with you."
Marianne Faithfull - "Why'd Ya Do It?"
Best Lyric: "Why'd ya do it, she screamed, after all we've said / Every time I see your dick I see her cunt in my bed"
Alanis Morisette - "You Oughta Know"
Best Lyric: "It was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced / Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?"
Amy Winehouse - "Back to Black"
Best Lyric: "We only said goodbye with words / I died a hundred times / You go back to her / And I go back to black."
Marvin Gaye - "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Best Lyric: "I know a man ain't supposed to cry / But these tears I can't hold inside / Losin' you would end my life you see / 'Cause you mean that much to me."
Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love"
Best Lyric: "Make-believing we're together / That I'm sheltered by your heart / But in and outside I've turned to water / Like a teardrop in your palm."
Toni Braxton - "Un-break My Heart"
Best Lyric: "Don't leave me in all this pain / Don't leave me out in the rain / Bring back the nights when I held you beside me."
Taylor Swift - "All Too Well"
Best Lyric: "Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe I asked for too much / And maybe this thing was a masterpiece 'til you tore it all up."
Roy Orbison - "Crying"
Best Lyric: "I thought that I was over you but it's true, so true / I love you even more than I did before, but darling what can I do?
John Mayer - "Dreaming With a Broken Heart"
Best Lyric: "When you're dreaming with a broken heart / The giving up is the hardest part."
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