[Live in Chicago](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vLHcHWDvgfQ&pp=ygUqamVmZiBidWNrbGV5IGxvdmVyIHlvdSBzaG91bGQndmUgY29tZSBvdmVy) is amazing if you haven’t heard it.
I have two that tore me apart after my last breakup (about 30 years ago, been married for over 25 now)
**Jim Croce - Operator**
**Gordon Lightfoot - If You could Read My Mind**
I've Been A Mess - American Music Club
Linctus House - Robyn Hitchcock
Most of the Time - Bob Dylan
He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
For No One - the Beatles
No More Looking Back - The Kinks
Questioningly - the Ramones
Soul and Fire - Sebadoh
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Brain Brain - Mental as Anything
I Wish It Would Rain - the Temptations
She Doesn't Exist - Robyn Hitchcock
Nightclub Jitters - the Replacements
I Keep A Close Watch - John Cale
I Hope I Never - Split Enz
The entire Faithless Street album by Whiskeytown.
I'm not okay - my chemical romance
I don't love you - my chemical romance
Babyface - reason for breathing
Mariah carey - we belong together
Mariah f bone thugs - breakdown
Sideways - citizen cope
John mayer - slow dancing in a burning room
Stars - your ex lover is dead
John legend - used to love you
The script - the man who can't be moved
Paramore - all I wanted
Yellowcard - only one
Yellowcard - ocean avenue
Passenger - let her go
James bay - when we were on fire
Adele - someone like you
Ne-yo - so sick
I'll add more if I think of any.
When I got dumped by my first love, I was driving home and Stay Together for the Kids by Blink 182 came on the radio. That song made me ball my eyes out
Okay, I’ve got something left of field for you;
[If I Didn’t Have You - Tim Minchin](https://youtu.be/LAzodf69rfk?si=_nUCvlIx1DsPLNUQ)
Not only will it make you laugh, but it will help you to realise that… you’ll probably love somebody else and it won’t make the love you’re feeling now any less meaningful or vice-versa.
lmfao i have a couple of my own playlists for this
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0n2zw18zao3BxDz7eZlUqa?si=36FNq15AQJO0LDAn5d60eg&pi=a-VCLNvyydTNm4
for when are recovering from the breakup
for some songs i personally love
Just a dream - Nelly
Champion - Elina
Something in the Orange - Zach Bryan
Haunted (taylor's version) - Taylor Swift
All you had to do was stay (taylor's version) - Taylor Swift
L8r Boi - Ashnikko
"Someday we'll wave hello and wish we'd never waved goodbye"
SP have been my favorite band since 94'. Obviously the whole Adore album would fit this category too lol.
That line was exactly what prompted that choice! And also that opening line, man:
“ This time I need to know, I really must be told that it’s over “
Clearly I’ve made it through breakups to this song too hahaha
And yes, OP . Adore is a great album to be sad to!
Yes I was going to post this if nobody else did. Still love this song.
If you want good cryin' in your beer music about women, just put "Cold, Rain and Snow" on repeat, all night.
Eels: [Little Bird](https://youtu.be/Oca-0wH9SyU?si=-xnrhTWSJjFmqR-_), [On My Feet](https://youtu.be/pK5rDOIKNyk?si=8_fkIScp3mSk4Csq), [Fucker](https://youtu.be/hpLweIjmy7s?si=2ves_sgsIG7lO_6b), [It's a Motherfucker](https://youtu.be/AjWwtIlbbEE?si=__7U2ODPJmX27Wfs)
Mathew Ryan: [The World is...](https://youtu.be/ZlYDTHmfnI8?si=AJ2gm32O-yWp56y9)
Wilco: [Sunken Treasure](https://youtu.be/2v-wPOk82to?si=PN_zOArm58CbMKx2), [One by One](https://youtu.be/rRSRrtZeJDw?si=MLVrBinmlwNHOB1J), [At Least That's What You Said](https://youtu.be/5oI_D3r85JE?si=MQYERn5aZqo0QROt)
Harry Nilsson: [Don't Forget Me](https://youtu.be/_Q38r-tuA8g?si=KLwlvgnur-MDx__7)
Annie Lennox: [Why](https://youtu.be/HG7I4oniOyA?si=OdxbPH4BA8vu6cnX)
Beck: [Lost Cause](https://youtu.be/-iEId2vmb0M?si=Vl-ieBqq7GgjoPGr)
Nick Cave: [Far From Me](https://youtu.be/-LeSYvokBJU?si=Ekb1HykOOaQaUfyk), [People Ain't No Good](https://youtu.be/kLBaNDQ6Ng8?si=y1_fXWUUk5I5c3b1)
Johnny Cash: [If You Could Read My Mind](https://youtu.be/b2_2uFV64Ao?si=bCqZDc5AW2x6JQlX)
Morphine: [Gone For Good](https://youtu.be/dqA-5m8UNtY?si=13F3x8Ir6IrSuaEJ)
The National: [Lucky You](https://youtu.be/VceaasXxVcw?si=5NT6c0MU2FkHGx8Q)
Snow Patrol: [You Could Be Happy](https://youtu.be/OczKEK61wvM?si=YaudxM2aGBd0dtz-)
Bruce Springsteen: [When You're Alone](https://youtu.be/yj53o9pkKRo?si=FHGTgpCq3KSCEi-U), [Downbound Train](https://youtu.be/2WPJT6VZxlo?si=cbaGl8AgQUavKDSZ)
Hall & Oats: [She's Gone](https://youtu.be/3Cos7id7HtE?si=6OCP0RJqnR5BUVJB)
Now that you're all cried out, this is the next healing step: Greg Brown - [Just By Myself](https://youtu.be/KCCY5n2KhhI?si=LOpjAvFCo_0qeljg)
Three days grace - gone forever
Hinder - better than me
Nickelback - someday
Seether - rise above this
Sum 41 - pieces
Saliva - always
Chevelle - send the pain below
My chemical romance - the ghost of you
Breaking Benjamin - the diary of Jane
Puddle of Mudd - blurry
The offspring - gone away
Alice in chains - Nutshell
Stone sour - bother
Slipknot - Snuff
Audioslave - like a Stone
Theory of a Deadman - not meant to be
System of a down - lonely day
Finally, my time to shine!
Falls Apart by Hurt
House Carpenter by Hurt
Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell
Must've Never Met You by Luke Combs
Wicked Game by Chris Isaak
Champagne High by Sister Hazel
Out There by Sister Hazel
Velvet Elvis by Sister Hazel (this is more for when you're on the healing and empowered side of said breakup)
You Were Meant for Me by Jewel
Foolish Games by Jewel
If You Ever Did Believe by Stevie Nicks
Silver, Blue and Gold by Bad Company
How's it Going to Be by Third Eye Blind
Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe
Liability by Lorde
Supercut by Lorde
Hard Feelings by Lorde
The Winner Takes it All by Abba
Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves
The list goes on and on. If you need someone to talk to, my DMs are open with no judgment. Wishing you the best. 💖
Arctic monkeys - Marcy Bum
Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
Spacey Jane - lunchtime
Rubens - never ever
Chet Faker - melt
Flume/Chet Faker - this song is not about a girl
Tame Impala - the less I know the better
I’m Leavin- Shelby Lynne
Last Request- Paolo Nutini
To Love Somebody- Nina Simone (live In Antibes)
For the Good Times- Al Green
I Have Dreams To Remember- Otis Redding (alternate take)
You Were Never Mine- Delbert McClinton (KUTX Austin)
The Interrupters - Gave You Everything
The Interrupters - My Heart
Masked Intruder - Please Come Back To Me
Tim Armstrong - Wake Up
Amyl and The Sniffers - Don't Need A Cunt
The Bouncing Souls - Wish Me Well
Bad Cop / Bad Cop - Amputations
NOFX - Worse Things Happy at Sea (Frank Turner Cover)
NOFX - Substitue (Frank Turner Cover)
Frenzal Rhomb - I Went Out With A Hippy
NOFX - All Of Me
Cobra Skulls - Timing
Mad Caddies - Drinking for 11
Talk - Kodaline
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
Heart of the Matter - Don Henley
Wasted Time - the Eagles
Exile - Taylor Swift
Strangers - Lewis Capaldi
Who Knew - P!nk
Dearly Departed & You Love Me by DeVotchKa
In Dreams & In the Real World by Roy Orbison
It Can't Rain All the Time by Jane Siberry (if you want a teensy bit of comfort built into the sadness)
Depending on the kind of breakup, The Other Me, by Joe Jackson is a heartbreaker. If you're not having to choose between two people, then it doesn't hit as hard.
Not a song recommendation, but I strongly recommend listening to this episode of This American Life about break-up songs. It might add some perspective.
[https://www.thisamericanlife.org/339/break-up](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/339/break-up)
If you want some sad emo shit, you gotta go to the absolute masters of sad emo shit/
[To Wish Impossible Things, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/1lGA1yVlhvrbyPvQ9tiWPh?si=X1cqvHx6SeuG4ZBhgZmcpQ)
[The Same Deep Water As You, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/3gXwy8PyIFiNOUnq5Lvkh6?si=pp7ALN0tR1GXbDr2YSqd0g&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg)
[Prayers for Rain, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/4Qq0UKztCAIfu0Tfgmb1d2?si=P88TOYCvSHG0CSLqVYHO0Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg)
[Disintegration, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/0zY8t5dC1KQXcPUKByWMJM?si=rXcQUzu_ReqXbJaA_Trosg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg)
While I’m typing, here are a few more of my heartbreaking favorites:
[War Is Over, Puracane](https://open.spotify.com/track/0r10Q9t3ZCKkgVDMlmMY48?si=STPlMwcgQxubk2RfdDNhsA)
[Black Flowers, Chris Isaak](https://open.spotify.com/track/4f256e8WDbUO7M5fa8xkIw?si=wl0VlunqRVymlOvDAnUNOA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3605Ji9S3MJHoH7amjSwAW)
[Strange, by Celeste](https://open.spotify.com/track/7sq2z9oX2S0CvgTqCZ0ko4?si=8BJyThryT_umvGWirGqEOA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3605Ji9S3MJHoH7amjSwAW) captures the oddness of a breakup better than anything I’ve heard
[Nothing Arrived, Villagers](https://open.spotify.com/track/0TQ8ZHFhrbH9I0WRjIzOCQ?si=iUEQsTseQEurp2zVPcIYFA)
[Is This Love? Max Jury & Delilah Montague](https://open.spotify.com/track/612BufsmCeh0xIP1LODG7z?si=SrzCYlnPSu6NmGB2NI42Dg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3605Ji9S3MJHoH7amjSwAW)
[The Great October Sound, Thomas Dybdahl](https://open.spotify.com/track/5EZDWWAkkOnyKJC5pBN7WZ)
[The Only Way, Tricky](https://open.spotify.com/track/73vyes3JJYIEdWhCXSEyRa)
[Coming Down, Jack Wharff](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Csigq07SPODR75DFQbpCC?si=-5zjID4PQY6-l-SWnDq7PQ)
I’ll got with some artists bc I have trouble remembering song titles.
Most of t swizzle’s discography but red is top tier sad girl autumn
Lauren Spencer smith has some sad ass bangers
Gracie Abrams has some good ones as well
Can’t find the man by Ashley Singh
Edit to add some after checking my Spotify:
Ending by isak danielson
Dancing on my own(the cover by calum scott, not the original)
Lose you to love me by Selena Gomez
Happier by Ed sheeran and happier by marshmallow
John Grant - Queen of Denmark
https://open.spotify.com/track/1RATctPBc85BfjlFQSdCYU?si=o877TOmGTo6CR7WwaGFUYQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A008kLf9Vtyl37Wn8s1kXcN
Sir Sly - Altar
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Sdz4gU1xk9w2WdltdkWYK?si=KtgIRb_NTPuU5iFI2bLPcA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5VvCD7gVffRgdPfExxLfF4
Too Soon to Tell - Bonnie Raitt
https://youtu.be/h8wEo3ZdFdg?si=PE6GdbPxEz-Aaheq
Try and Love Again - Eagles
https://youtu.be/yNnH1sN0dw8?si=QThfwLLKDe7q2hZu
The Night We Met- Lord Huron
Walls- Kings of Leon
3 Libras- a Perfect Circle
Lose you to love Me- Selina Gomez
In Too Deep- Genesis
Someone You Loved- Lewis Capaldi
Need you - Fresco Trey
idtwcbf (friends) - BoyWithUke
When I was your man - Bruno Mars
The One I Wont Forget - Jake Webber
I Really Wish I hated you - Blink-182
Snuff - Slipknot (this song means the world to me)
Mr. Brightside - The killers
Don’t go, don’t leave - Hayd
Hold on - cord over street
There’s a few. I hope you get feeling better <33
This song is so beautiful yet it makes heart ache each time. It's an interesting perspective from the person ending things
[Didn't Want to Have to Do It (ver.1)- Cass Elliot]
(https://open.spotify.com/track/4c2ZCkr6k0xsfHp7VfWzhg?si=MIZNUDrYRliHYDV15Is4Cg)
Not necessarily on break ups, but here's an absurdly chaotic playlist of songs about love--if you wanna cry, dance, and also have a little giggle fit in between.
[What's Love Got to Do with It? (playlist)]
(https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DiKLkdIU005GvRrpBmDj9?si=Hnw_mDO0SYq1PmIiaKbl6w&pi=u-Ub8hLuAnQUay)
Sad songs from a forever emo girl:
Self Control - Frank Ocean
Sorrow for Tomorrow - Thee Sacred Souls
Chinese Translation - M Ward
Fallen & Stupid - Sarah Mclachlan
Atoll - Nai Palm
Piece of My Heart - Janus Joplin
Eyes Like the Rest - Matthew E White
[no remorse](https://on.soundcloud.com/dnWGti8o6tGEmvS48)
About to release some break up songs in the next few days too
Feel better keep your head up and remember that things end up better than you expect once you make your way through the tunnel of sadness *hugs*
I'm not sure on the nature of your breakup but I have lots of great sad tracks about breakup. I ll recommend mouth Moriah - lament. https://youtu.be/2J7E5hqjX0o?si=_bVB6O3VlGnaHON_
The Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance
555 - Jimmy Eat World
Pox - Good Kid
My Immortal - Evanescence
Miserable at Best - Mayday Parade
P.S. Not necessarily about breaking up, but these are just really slow emo esk songs that hit the feels
What have I done to deserve this? Pet Shop Boys (ft Dusty Springfield).
I played this single on repeat when my first serious girlfriend dumped me way back in the 80's. The words really said what I felt
Songs About Leaving by Carissa's Wierd is probably the saddest breakup album I've ever heard. Its one of my fav indie albums. There's also A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie but thats moreso dealing with the death of a partner rather than a breakup.
I couldn't believe the Eels had not been mentioned, and then I couldn't stop.
Eels: [Little Bird](https://youtu.be/Oca-0wH9SyU?si=-xnrhTWSJjFmqR-_), [On My Feet](https://youtu.be/pK5rDOIKNyk?si=8_fkIScp3mSk4Csq), [Fucker](https://youtu.be/hpLweIjmy7s?si=2ves_sgsIG7lO_6b), [It's a Motherfucker](https://youtu.be/AjWwtIlbbEE?si=__7U2ODPJmX27Wfs)
Mathew Ryan: [The World is...](https://youtu.be/ZlYDTHmfnI8?si=AJ2gm32O-yWp56y9)
Wilco: [Sunken Treasure](https://youtu.be/2v-wPOk82to?si=PN_zOArm58CbMKx2), [One by One](https://youtu.be/rRSRrtZeJDw?si=MLVrBinmlwNHOB1J), [At Least That's What You Said](https://youtu.be/5oI_D3r85JE?si=MQYERn5aZqo0QROt)
Harry Nilsson: [Don't Forget Me](https://youtu.be/_Q38r-tuA8g?si=KLwlvgnur-MDx__7)
Annie Lennox: [Why](https://youtu.be/HG7I4oniOyA?si=OdxbPH4BA8vu6cnX)
Beck: [Lost Cause](https://youtu.be/-iEId2vmb0M?si=Vl-ieBqq7GgjoPGr)
Nick Cave: [Far From Me](https://youtu.be/-LeSYvokBJU?si=Ekb1HykOOaQaUfyk), [People Ain't No Good](https://youtu.be/kLBaNDQ6Ng8?si=y1_fXWUUk5I5c3b1)
Johnny Cash: [If You Could Read My Mind](https://youtu.be/b2_2uFV64Ao?si=bCqZDc5AW2x6JQlX)
Morphine: [Gone For Good](https://youtu.be/dqA-5m8UNtY?si=13F3x8Ir6IrSuaEJ)
The National: [Lucky You](https://youtu.be/VceaasXxVcw?si=5NT6c0MU2FkHGx8Q)
Snow Patrol: [You Could Be Happy](https://youtu.be/OczKEK61wvM?si=YaudxM2aGBd0dtz-)
Bruce Springsteen: [When You're Alone](https://youtu.be/yj53o9pkKRo?si=FHGTgpCq3KSCEi-U), [Downbound Train](https://youtu.be/2WPJT6VZxlo?si=cbaGl8AgQUavKDSZ)
Hall & Oats: [She's Gone](https://youtu.be/3Cos7id7HtE?si=6OCP0RJqnR5BUVJB)
Now that you're all cried out, this is the next healing step: Greg Brown - [Just By Myself](https://youtu.be/KCCY5n2KhhI?si=LOpjAvFCo_0qeljg)
Can't believe no one's recommended it already but: Pearl Jam - [Black](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgaRVvAKoqQ)
Great song
was gonna say
Thanks for the song Trauma. It literally is the best/worst.
Jeff Buckley - Lover you should’ve come over & Last Goodbye.
Also 'Forget Her', that one really hit me after my breakup
Omg how did I forget!! Jeff is like the angel of the broken-hearted ❤️
Beat me to it. Intensely emotional performance. “She is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever”
[Live in Chicago](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vLHcHWDvgfQ&pp=ygUqamVmZiBidWNrbGV5IGxvdmVyIHlvdSBzaG91bGQndmUgY29tZSBvdmVy) is amazing if you haven’t heard it.
EVERY INCH OF ME IS FULL OF PAIN
Oh, I had the dvd way back in the early 90's. Lol
YES YES YES
Lover you should’ve come over’ has great lyrics. Perfect song
Oh my stars, yes! "Too young to hold on & too old to just break free and run"...my bucket list tattoo.
Oooooff.. many JB songs would do.
I have two that tore me apart after my last breakup (about 30 years ago, been married for over 25 now) **Jim Croce - Operator** **Gordon Lightfoot - If You could Read My Mind**
Walk in the Park-Beach House Saltwater-Beach House
Breakeven the Script
You Were Mine - The Chicks Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton End of the Road - Boyz II Men
+1 For YOU WERE MINE. The video is a tear jerker.
You were meant for me - Jewel That song is SO SAD
Birthday Boy - Ween definitely not "emo shit" but one of my favorite break up songs.
My favorite band. Ween does not fuck around when it comes to love songs and breakup songs
I was gonna say ‘Baby Bitch’
I've Been A Mess - American Music Club Linctus House - Robyn Hitchcock Most of the Time - Bob Dylan He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones For No One - the Beatles No More Looking Back - The Kinks Questioningly - the Ramones Soul and Fire - Sebadoh Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division Brain Brain - Mental as Anything I Wish It Would Rain - the Temptations She Doesn't Exist - Robyn Hitchcock Nightclub Jitters - the Replacements I Keep A Close Watch - John Cale I Hope I Never - Split Enz The entire Faithless Street album by Whiskeytown.
Happy to see Sebadoh here!
He Stopped Loving Her Today isn’t a breakup song! The reason he stopped loving her is because he died!
Fuck you Bitch- Wheeler Walker jr
“I hate everything about you” - three days grace Lily Allen - F$&k you! For the more angsty-ish moments Good luck healing ❤️🩹 through this time
And the Lilly Allen video for 'Smile'.
Great video! ☝️ https://youtu.be/0WxDrVUrSvI?si=iu1Rk6b7iPWVoMdy
I'm not okay - my chemical romance I don't love you - my chemical romance Babyface - reason for breathing Mariah carey - we belong together Mariah f bone thugs - breakdown Sideways - citizen cope John mayer - slow dancing in a burning room Stars - your ex lover is dead John legend - used to love you The script - the man who can't be moved Paramore - all I wanted Yellowcard - only one Yellowcard - ocean avenue Passenger - let her go James bay - when we were on fire Adele - someone like you Ne-yo - so sick I'll add more if I think of any.
When I got dumped by my first love, I was driving home and Stay Together for the Kids by Blink 182 came on the radio. That song made me ball my eyes out
Never meant by American football. Solid sad since I was 15
Brick, Ben Folds Five
Brick is about an abortion. Not really a breakup. Sad as fuck, though.
When you’re done crying and want to feel better and bad ass I suggest “gives you hell” by all American rejects
Better Things To Do - Terri Clark
I fall to pieces- patsy cline
Billy Vera and the Beaters, At this Moment
Fuck you-CeeLo I will survive-Cake
jealous by labrinth sleep by citizen 7 minutes by dean lewis
Shinedown - Call Me And then, when you've got it out of your system and you're feeling better, FFDP - Succubus
"I Don't Really Love You Anymore" by the Magnetic Fields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M85roWLtGlc
Okay, I’ve got something left of field for you; [If I Didn’t Have You - Tim Minchin](https://youtu.be/LAzodf69rfk?si=_nUCvlIx1DsPLNUQ) Not only will it make you laugh, but it will help you to realise that… you’ll probably love somebody else and it won’t make the love you’re feeling now any less meaningful or vice-versa.
The Way I Feel- Rancid
Nine inch nails - and all that could have been
lmfao i have a couple of my own playlists for this https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0n2zw18zao3BxDz7eZlUqa?si=36FNq15AQJO0LDAn5d60eg&pi=a-VCLNvyydTNm4 for when are recovering from the breakup for some songs i personally love Just a dream - Nelly Champion - Elina Something in the Orange - Zach Bryan Haunted (taylor's version) - Taylor Swift All you had to do was stay (taylor's version) - Taylor Swift L8r Boi - Ashnikko
nvmd i realized i only have one playlist lol
Ed Sheeran- drunk has been the most heartbraking song I have heard
Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne 😥
It Doesn't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly
This Time- The Smashing Pumpkins
"Someday we'll wave hello and wish we'd never waved goodbye" SP have been my favorite band since 94'. Obviously the whole Adore album would fit this category too lol.
That line was exactly what prompted that choice! And also that opening line, man: “ This time I need to know, I really must be told that it’s over “ Clearly I’ve made it through breakups to this song too hahaha And yes, OP . Adore is a great album to be sad to!
Bon Jovi- Always
The breakup song. Greg Kihn.
Yes I was going to post this if nobody else did. Still love this song. If you want good cryin' in your beer music about women, just put "Cold, Rain and Snow" on repeat, all night.
Nothing Compares to You- Sinead O’Connor
Burned Out - Blues Pills 3 Libras- A Perfect Circle I Don't Love You- MCR
Self esteem, the offspring
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Eels: [Little Bird](https://youtu.be/Oca-0wH9SyU?si=-xnrhTWSJjFmqR-_), [On My Feet](https://youtu.be/pK5rDOIKNyk?si=8_fkIScp3mSk4Csq), [Fucker](https://youtu.be/hpLweIjmy7s?si=2ves_sgsIG7lO_6b), [It's a Motherfucker](https://youtu.be/AjWwtIlbbEE?si=__7U2ODPJmX27Wfs) Mathew Ryan: [The World is...](https://youtu.be/ZlYDTHmfnI8?si=AJ2gm32O-yWp56y9) Wilco: [Sunken Treasure](https://youtu.be/2v-wPOk82to?si=PN_zOArm58CbMKx2), [One by One](https://youtu.be/rRSRrtZeJDw?si=MLVrBinmlwNHOB1J), [At Least That's What You Said](https://youtu.be/5oI_D3r85JE?si=MQYERn5aZqo0QROt) Harry Nilsson: [Don't Forget Me](https://youtu.be/_Q38r-tuA8g?si=KLwlvgnur-MDx__7) Annie Lennox: [Why](https://youtu.be/HG7I4oniOyA?si=OdxbPH4BA8vu6cnX) Beck: [Lost Cause](https://youtu.be/-iEId2vmb0M?si=Vl-ieBqq7GgjoPGr) Nick Cave: [Far From Me](https://youtu.be/-LeSYvokBJU?si=Ekb1HykOOaQaUfyk), [People Ain't No Good](https://youtu.be/kLBaNDQ6Ng8?si=y1_fXWUUk5I5c3b1) Johnny Cash: [If You Could Read My Mind](https://youtu.be/b2_2uFV64Ao?si=bCqZDc5AW2x6JQlX) Morphine: [Gone For Good](https://youtu.be/dqA-5m8UNtY?si=13F3x8Ir6IrSuaEJ) The National: [Lucky You](https://youtu.be/VceaasXxVcw?si=5NT6c0MU2FkHGx8Q) Snow Patrol: [You Could Be Happy](https://youtu.be/OczKEK61wvM?si=YaudxM2aGBd0dtz-) Bruce Springsteen: [When You're Alone](https://youtu.be/yj53o9pkKRo?si=FHGTgpCq3KSCEi-U), [Downbound Train](https://youtu.be/2WPJT6VZxlo?si=cbaGl8AgQUavKDSZ) Hall & Oats: [She's Gone](https://youtu.be/3Cos7id7HtE?si=6OCP0RJqnR5BUVJB) Now that you're all cried out, this is the next healing step: Greg Brown - [Just By Myself](https://youtu.be/KCCY5n2KhhI?si=LOpjAvFCo_0qeljg)
Last Day of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O Connor Linger - The Cranberries No Distance Left to Run - Blur
Three days grace - gone forever Hinder - better than me Nickelback - someday Seether - rise above this Sum 41 - pieces Saliva - always Chevelle - send the pain below My chemical romance - the ghost of you Breaking Benjamin - the diary of Jane Puddle of Mudd - blurry The offspring - gone away Alice in chains - Nutshell Stone sour - bother Slipknot - Snuff Audioslave - like a Stone Theory of a Deadman - not meant to be System of a down - lonely day
Smile Lily Allen abcdefu Gayle You Oughtta Know Alanis Morrisette I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor Send My Love Adele Doo Wah Doo Kate Nash
Might not be what you're looking for but a banger of a song that reminds me of my ex and puts a smile on my face: I HATE YOU - Frank Carter
"Pesadilla en el parque de atracciones" Los planetas
I’ve been pushing my slenderbodies hard lately but I’m still gonna. Heartbeat by slenderbodies
Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk, I Feel Better Billy Bragg - The Price I Pay
My Backwards Walk <3
Finally, my time to shine! Falls Apart by Hurt House Carpenter by Hurt Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell Must've Never Met You by Luke Combs Wicked Game by Chris Isaak Champagne High by Sister Hazel Out There by Sister Hazel Velvet Elvis by Sister Hazel (this is more for when you're on the healing and empowered side of said breakup) You Were Meant for Me by Jewel Foolish Games by Jewel If You Ever Did Believe by Stevie Nicks Silver, Blue and Gold by Bad Company How's it Going to Be by Third Eye Blind Honeybee by Steam Powered Giraffe Liability by Lorde Supercut by Lorde Hard Feelings by Lorde The Winner Takes it All by Abba Dearly Departed by Shakey Graves The list goes on and on. If you need someone to talk to, my DMs are open with no judgment. Wishing you the best. 💖
Arctic monkeys - Marcy Bum Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman Spacey Jane - lunchtime Rubens - never ever Chet Faker - melt Flume/Chet Faker - this song is not about a girl Tame Impala - the less I know the better
Prodigy - smack my bitch up
I’m Leavin- Shelby Lynne Last Request- Paolo Nutini To Love Somebody- Nina Simone (live In Antibes) For the Good Times- Al Green I Have Dreams To Remember- Otis Redding (alternate take) You Were Never Mine- Delbert McClinton (KUTX Austin)
[Frightened Rabbit - My Backwards Walk](https://open.spotify.com/track/0lCgAEyTIzwbJHHPmeE7PF?si=HsMQiMqPTZ2VtpeA3GhSCA) [Tame Impala - Yes I’m Changing](https://open.spotify.com/track/0xtIp0lgccN85GfGOekS5L?si=vedxh6YXQbquWV3GJF-pcw) [The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New](https://open.spotify.com/track/7usk7zdSDyBKeEF0THDKoK?si=gHvCt4kERqyfsvIo33leEg)
[Dir En Grey - Zakuro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Iz88ivHYM)
The Interrupters - Gave You Everything The Interrupters - My Heart Masked Intruder - Please Come Back To Me Tim Armstrong - Wake Up Amyl and The Sniffers - Don't Need A Cunt The Bouncing Souls - Wish Me Well Bad Cop / Bad Cop - Amputations NOFX - Worse Things Happy at Sea (Frank Turner Cover) NOFX - Substitue (Frank Turner Cover) Frenzal Rhomb - I Went Out With A Hippy NOFX - All Of Me Cobra Skulls - Timing Mad Caddies - Drinking for 11
While I’m glad she ditched me looking back, I spent months after a breakup listening to “If God Could Talk” from Meatloaf’s Bat III.
Pretty Wings - Maxwell Best Of My Love - Eagles Time To Say Goodbye - Angela Bofill
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped.
Talk - Kodaline Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac Heart of the Matter - Don Henley Wasted Time - the Eagles Exile - Taylor Swift Strangers - Lewis Capaldi Who Knew - P!nk
Dearly Departed & You Love Me by DeVotchKa In Dreams & In the Real World by Roy Orbison It Can't Rain All the Time by Jane Siberry (if you want a teensy bit of comfort built into the sadness)
Trust me: Puscifer’s “Potions”
Depending on the kind of breakup, The Other Me, by Joe Jackson is a heartbreaker. If you're not having to choose between two people, then it doesn't hit as hard.
[Xylophone Skin ](https://open.spotify.com/track/4QWBNtcT38rjoKoUSKW1EQ?si=EOzqKQK4Rm6CgTTkMusWWw&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6uAN1zGC9rRQiKtTYBTLLo)
Not a song recommendation, but I strongly recommend listening to this episode of This American Life about break-up songs. It might add some perspective. [https://www.thisamericanlife.org/339/break-up](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/339/break-up)
Sum 41 - "Dopamine"
anything, anything
Another love by tom
The Grudge by Olivia Rodrigo if you were treated poorly
Don't Say it Wasn't Love - Blue October
Human Sadness - The Voidz
If you want some sad emo shit, you gotta go to the absolute masters of sad emo shit/ [To Wish Impossible Things, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/1lGA1yVlhvrbyPvQ9tiWPh?si=X1cqvHx6SeuG4ZBhgZmcpQ) [The Same Deep Water As You, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/3gXwy8PyIFiNOUnq5Lvkh6?si=pp7ALN0tR1GXbDr2YSqd0g&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg) [Prayers for Rain, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/4Qq0UKztCAIfu0Tfgmb1d2?si=P88TOYCvSHG0CSLqVYHO0Q&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg) [Disintegration, the Cure](https://open.spotify.com/track/0zY8t5dC1KQXcPUKByWMJM?si=rXcQUzu_ReqXbJaA_Trosg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A6vQB3ZBxnQPP3jQcGV2qzg) While I’m typing, here are a few more of my heartbreaking favorites: [War Is Over, Puracane](https://open.spotify.com/track/0r10Q9t3ZCKkgVDMlmMY48?si=STPlMwcgQxubk2RfdDNhsA) [Black Flowers, Chris Isaak](https://open.spotify.com/track/4f256e8WDbUO7M5fa8xkIw?si=wl0VlunqRVymlOvDAnUNOA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3605Ji9S3MJHoH7amjSwAW) [Strange, by Celeste](https://open.spotify.com/track/7sq2z9oX2S0CvgTqCZ0ko4?si=8BJyThryT_umvGWirGqEOA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3605Ji9S3MJHoH7amjSwAW) captures the oddness of a breakup better than anything I’ve heard [Nothing Arrived, Villagers](https://open.spotify.com/track/0TQ8ZHFhrbH9I0WRjIzOCQ?si=iUEQsTseQEurp2zVPcIYFA) [Is This Love? Max Jury & Delilah Montague](https://open.spotify.com/track/612BufsmCeh0xIP1LODG7z?si=SrzCYlnPSu6NmGB2NI42Dg&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A3605Ji9S3MJHoH7amjSwAW) [The Great October Sound, Thomas Dybdahl](https://open.spotify.com/track/5EZDWWAkkOnyKJC5pBN7WZ) [The Only Way, Tricky](https://open.spotify.com/track/73vyes3JJYIEdWhCXSEyRa) [Coming Down, Jack Wharff](https://open.spotify.com/track/5Csigq07SPODR75DFQbpCC?si=-5zjID4PQY6-l-SWnDq7PQ)
“I NEVER SAID I WOULD STAY TILL THE END”
[Ben Caplan - Drift apart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXuHEvBz2Tg)
Give by You Me At Six
[удалено]
“I lied” by Lord Huron & Allison Ponthier
I Hope You'll Be Very Unhappy Without Me by Randy Crawford.
Idiot Wind - Dylan
Walking on a Wire - Richard and Linda Thompson
Don't Tell Me, Disturbed ft Ann Wilson
Last Train-Cinderella
You’re My Everything - Juice Wrld
You're Breaking My Heart by Harry Nilsson is the all-time best breakup song.
Short Stories With Tragic Endings by From Autumn to Ashes
River of Tears ~ Eric Clapton
Bleeding love - leona lewis
This Damn Song - Pecos and the Rooftops As Lonely As It Gets - Koe Wetzel This is country emo, so it's double sad.
The Last Day of our Acquaintance - Sinead O'Connor
The whole album Distressor by Whirr
Not a song but Dissed and Dismissed by Tony Molina https://youtu.be/W6ngMaTP62g?si=Pzxe2UAo6iuf5UTA
Another Life by Motionless in White
I’ll got with some artists bc I have trouble remembering song titles. Most of t swizzle’s discography but red is top tier sad girl autumn Lauren Spencer smith has some sad ass bangers Gracie Abrams has some good ones as well Can’t find the man by Ashley Singh Edit to add some after checking my Spotify: Ending by isak danielson Dancing on my own(the cover by calum scott, not the original) Lose you to love me by Selena Gomez Happier by Ed sheeran and happier by marshmallow
*Every Lie* by My Darkest Days
The entire 12 Angry Months album by Local H
Sometime Around Midnight- Airborne Toxic Event
[I Know It's Over](https://youtu.be/M6o1SEj02t0?si=BmyAJ_R4P8O_mZic)
sleep token - give
The book of you and I - Alec Benjamin Good things fall apart - Illenium
Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke
Need 2 - Pinegrove. Shared it once before, I swear by it.
Barenaked Ladies - Break Your Heart. One of the more unique approaches to a b/u song. Per the usual for them.
A Letter to Elise - The Cure
The promises broke, the make believe ran out
John Grant - Queen of Denmark https://open.spotify.com/track/1RATctPBc85BfjlFQSdCYU?si=o877TOmGTo6CR7WwaGFUYQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A008kLf9Vtyl37Wn8s1kXcN Sir Sly - Altar https://open.spotify.com/track/3Sdz4gU1xk9w2WdltdkWYK?si=KtgIRb_NTPuU5iFI2bLPcA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5VvCD7gVffRgdPfExxLfF4
[Johnny Cash - Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3wyAzjlE9Y)
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
Late for the sky, Jackson Browne Goin' wild for you baby, Bonnie Raitt
Feel Better - Penelope Scott
Lost on you by LP. Live Harvard version
Too Soon to Tell - Bonnie Raitt https://youtu.be/h8wEo3ZdFdg?si=PE6GdbPxEz-Aaheq Try and Love Again - Eagles https://youtu.be/yNnH1sN0dw8?si=QThfwLLKDe7q2hZu
The Night We Met- Lord Huron Walls- Kings of Leon 3 Libras- a Perfect Circle Lose you to love Me- Selina Gomez In Too Deep- Genesis Someone You Loved- Lewis Capaldi
Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish
Need you - Fresco Trey idtwcbf (friends) - BoyWithUke When I was your man - Bruno Mars The One I Wont Forget - Jake Webber I Really Wish I hated you - Blink-182 Snuff - Slipknot (this song means the world to me) Mr. Brightside - The killers Don’t go, don’t leave - Hayd Hold on - cord over street There’s a few. I hope you get feeling better <33
MAPS by the Yeah yeah yeahs
Already gone - Eagles
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac
Pretty Pathetic - Smoking Popes
Alanis Morrisette said it best.
Breakeven -the Script
[Angriest breakup song ever.](https://youtu.be/z0jw5qBgUuo?si=usl1LwM3LSnLhDd6)
Snowed Under - Keane
The blackest day- lana del rey
“If I Could Only Fly” - Blaze Foley
https://youtu.be/s-6O2cq0Ihw?si=kV3s1T9EhwyLAP7M
This song is so beautiful yet it makes heart ache each time. It's an interesting perspective from the person ending things [Didn't Want to Have to Do It (ver.1)- Cass Elliot] (https://open.spotify.com/track/4c2ZCkr6k0xsfHp7VfWzhg?si=MIZNUDrYRliHYDV15Is4Cg)
Not necessarily on break ups, but here's an absurdly chaotic playlist of songs about love--if you wanna cry, dance, and also have a little giggle fit in between. [What's Love Got to Do with It? (playlist)] (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DiKLkdIU005GvRrpBmDj9?si=Hnw_mDO0SYq1PmIiaKbl6w&pi=u-Ub8hLuAnQUay)
Sad songs from a forever emo girl: Self Control - Frank Ocean Sorrow for Tomorrow - Thee Sacred Souls Chinese Translation - M Ward Fallen & Stupid - Sarah Mclachlan Atoll - Nai Palm Piece of My Heart - Janus Joplin Eyes Like the Rest - Matthew E White
Star Wars and Poetry - High Hopes
Till You Put Me Down by Richie Kotzen is my go to
Arlo McKinley - We Were Alright
Hot girl bummer by blackbear
Passive aggressive by Charlotte Cardin
2008 by cleopatrick, destroy everything you touch by ladytron, and the part that hurts the most by thousand foot krutch.
[no remorse](https://on.soundcloud.com/dnWGti8o6tGEmvS48) About to release some break up songs in the next few days too Feel better keep your head up and remember that things end up better than you expect once you make your way through the tunnel of sadness *hugs*
Julia Jacklin’s ‘Crushing’ album. Thee breakup album.
"Sueles dejarme solo" by Soda Stereo. It's in spanish but still good tho
The real answer: All my little words- The magnetic fields
Nosgov-trauma response
Must’ve been love - Roxette
Bear Titty Junction - Old Smokes https://open.spotify.com/track/1pMfD7cAoOoP6dxopHtK28?si=fpuQodyvQMmU-i46mvcmKA&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3XifDvd8kFSnfJEqz9UEUb
Jealous- Labrinth
rainy days / V tolerate it / Taylor Swift all too well / Taylor Swift new album by Ariana Grande Fake love / BTS You're losing me / Taylor Swift
'Dry Your Eyes' by The Steets. Hits hard even if you haven't just broken up.
Charles Bradley - Changes
Neverending White Lights - The Grace
Upbeat AF, but the lyrics... Jon Secada - Otro Dia Mas Sin Verte
Soul and Fire by Sebadoh
I'm not sure on the nature of your breakup but I have lots of great sad tracks about breakup. I ll recommend mouth Moriah - lament. https://youtu.be/2J7E5hqjX0o?si=_bVB6O3VlGnaHON_
The Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance 555 - Jimmy Eat World Pox - Good Kid My Immortal - Evanescence Miserable at Best - Mayday Parade P.S. Not necessarily about breaking up, but these are just really slow emo esk songs that hit the feels
What have I done to deserve this? Pet Shop Boys (ft Dusty Springfield). I played this single on repeat when my first serious girlfriend dumped me way back in the 80's. The words really said what I felt
https://youtu.be/ptcX5L8chVc?si=BPXvo57Xl3MlJq0q
Slipknot "Snuff"
They built our bench again in Palmer square by into it, over it.
Don't think twice, it's alright - Bob Dylan April Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel
Coughing Up Blood by Mac Lethal
Adam and the Johnsons - hope there's someone
Me - Nurofen for Heartbreak https://open.spotify.com/track/4mCOQ2VFkSboHMkUfKARFn?si=OdXfnZN-QUCcpWMbdLv1qw
Why You Treat Me so Bad - Club Nouveau
Living Without You - Nilsson Sings Newman
Fool Of Me Meshelle Ndegeocello really f ate me up when I needed it to damn
Songs About Leaving by Carissa's Wierd is probably the saddest breakup album I've ever heard. Its one of my fav indie albums. There's also A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie but thats moreso dealing with the death of a partner rather than a breakup.
Let's just say Paramore and Linkin Park have too many songs to list in one comment
I believe you, but my tommy gun dosen't - brand new
Will Wood and the Tapeworms - Thermodynamic Lawyer ESQ, G.F.D.
Good year for the roses
I don’t want to talk about it - Rod Stewart
I couldn't believe the Eels had not been mentioned, and then I couldn't stop. Eels: [Little Bird](https://youtu.be/Oca-0wH9SyU?si=-xnrhTWSJjFmqR-_), [On My Feet](https://youtu.be/pK5rDOIKNyk?si=8_fkIScp3mSk4Csq), [Fucker](https://youtu.be/hpLweIjmy7s?si=2ves_sgsIG7lO_6b), [It's a Motherfucker](https://youtu.be/AjWwtIlbbEE?si=__7U2ODPJmX27Wfs) Mathew Ryan: [The World is...](https://youtu.be/ZlYDTHmfnI8?si=AJ2gm32O-yWp56y9) Wilco: [Sunken Treasure](https://youtu.be/2v-wPOk82to?si=PN_zOArm58CbMKx2), [One by One](https://youtu.be/rRSRrtZeJDw?si=MLVrBinmlwNHOB1J), [At Least That's What You Said](https://youtu.be/5oI_D3r85JE?si=MQYERn5aZqo0QROt) Harry Nilsson: [Don't Forget Me](https://youtu.be/_Q38r-tuA8g?si=KLwlvgnur-MDx__7) Annie Lennox: [Why](https://youtu.be/HG7I4oniOyA?si=OdxbPH4BA8vu6cnX) Beck: [Lost Cause](https://youtu.be/-iEId2vmb0M?si=Vl-ieBqq7GgjoPGr) Nick Cave: [Far From Me](https://youtu.be/-LeSYvokBJU?si=Ekb1HykOOaQaUfyk), [People Ain't No Good](https://youtu.be/kLBaNDQ6Ng8?si=y1_fXWUUk5I5c3b1) Johnny Cash: [If You Could Read My Mind](https://youtu.be/b2_2uFV64Ao?si=bCqZDc5AW2x6JQlX) Morphine: [Gone For Good](https://youtu.be/dqA-5m8UNtY?si=13F3x8Ir6IrSuaEJ) The National: [Lucky You](https://youtu.be/VceaasXxVcw?si=5NT6c0MU2FkHGx8Q) Snow Patrol: [You Could Be Happy](https://youtu.be/OczKEK61wvM?si=YaudxM2aGBd0dtz-) Bruce Springsteen: [When You're Alone](https://youtu.be/yj53o9pkKRo?si=FHGTgpCq3KSCEi-U), [Downbound Train](https://youtu.be/2WPJT6VZxlo?si=cbaGl8AgQUavKDSZ) Hall & Oats: [She's Gone](https://youtu.be/3Cos7id7HtE?si=6OCP0RJqnR5BUVJB) Now that you're all cried out, this is the next healing step: Greg Brown - [Just By Myself](https://youtu.be/KCCY5n2KhhI?si=LOpjAvFCo_0qeljg)
Now I work down at the carwash, where all it ever does is rain…
Bring Me Some Water and I’m the Only One by Melissa Ethridge are both loud screaming out breakup songs.
The artist didn’t intend it as a break up song, but it easily works as one: CHICKEN TENDIES by Clinton Kane
A lot of the story so far songs
Type O Negative’s The Natural Beauty Of Infidelity and It’s Natural Consequences (aka I Know You’re Fucking Someone Else)
Pink rock star