best breakup songs
 

okay, we have a thread about best love songs...on the flipside..what are the best breakup songs? You know, the songs you listen to to help put things into perspective and help you move on...

thanks that was fun - barenaked ladies
strong enough - sheryl crow
nothing on me - shawn colvin
have you ever needed someone so bad - def lepard
blame it on me - barenaked ladies
fire & rain- james taylor
all or nothing - otown
what went wrong - blink182

Get Gone-Fiona Apple
Halloween-Dave Matthews

No Doubt-Ex Girlfriend
Alanis Morisette-You oughta know
Anything by Garbage or Fiona Apple

Stone Temple Pilots - Sour Girl
Stevie Nicks - Landslide
Lisa Loeb - Stay
You Don't Know Me
How
The Way It Really Is
The Sundays- Cry
Sugar Ray - Someday
DMB - The Space Between
Better than Ezra - Good
The Donnas - Keep On Loving You
Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
Bardot - These Days (very empowering post breakup song)

Just a few off the top of my head!

TG

Bob Mould, "Can't Fight It"

I really don't know...I'm reading some of these songs and I'm thinking...most of these songs would probably bring me down even more!

My personal favorite: Boyz II Men's I'm Doing Just Fine--"I'm...I'm doing just fine...getting along very well without you in my life (I don't need you in my life).."

Why does it hurt so bad - Whitney Houston
Almost Doesn't Count - Brandy
Love Takes Time -Mariah Carey
Own my own - Michael Mc Donald and Patti
Don't Put Me Out - R. Kelly
Before You Walk out My Life - Monica
All Cried Out - Allure
Since I Last My Baby - Luther
How could an angel break my heart - Toni Braxton
Run around Sue - Dion?
Hit'em up style - Blu Cantell

I'm Not Gon Cry - Mary J. Blige :p

How's It Gonna Be - Third Eye Blind
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morrisette
Shame - Stabbing Westward
What am I gonna have to do? - Stabbing Westward
I will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Dreaming Tree - Dave Matthews (esp the chorus "I would leave you know if only I had the strength to...")
Criminal - Fiona Apple
Sleep to Dream - Fiona Apple
Shadowboxer - Fiona Apple
Crucify - Tori Amos
Silent all these years - Tori Amos

Anytime - Brian McKnight

The Calling- Adrienne. I hightly recommend it!

My #1 all-time favorite is Break Your Heart by Barenaked Ladies. The best part is "My heart will be fine/Just stop wasting my time!/I know I'm over you, and I'll be ok/Because I've got what I want/And that's rid of you, goodbye". I just love the way that Steven Page sings that! He really gets into it and gets all emotional. *sigh* Ok, I'll stop gushing now.

"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrisette is my other favorite...I watched her Behind the Music last night and was reminded again what a freakin' awesome album Jagged Little Pill is.

Different View
 

I guess my breakup songs are not about letting go, but remembering the beauty of the relationship, the passion, the lust. So, I use both "traditional" and "non-traditional" songs to heal. Just commenting, not listing, cuz they are too personal...

Phill Collins- against all odds! us 80s ppl have our favorites too!:D

My Picks:


DJ Paul van Dyks----- politiks of dancing: Remix of Rapture

DJ John Digweeds----The search : Weekend warrior remix

Kromozone project----take my love

Top gun classic---- You've lost that love and feeling

Dirty Dancing theme song----"I'm having the time of my life"

DJ Icey's remix of Kaycee's---------Escape

Linkin Park------ In the end (that shit gets me raging)

And Finally------
The song in pretty woman that makes you feel all mushy.........

OH girl, that is SUCH an awesome song!!!

I have to say, though, that if I were going through a breakup, I would want to hear that Independent Women song by Destiny's Child.

What independent women song?

HOw about the whole Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack?

Also:

anything by Fiona Apple
Carl THomas "Emotional" - hey there has to be a sorrow point, right?
Brandy "Almost Doesn't COunt"
Lauryn Hill "X Factor" "When It Hurts So Bad"

and my #1 pick: Lauryn Hill "I Used to Love HIm"

WOW, is Fiona in a bad mood or what??! ;)

Actually there are 2 kinds of breakup songs:

1. The person is a jerk and you want to tell them to go screw themselves.

2. You still love the person and you want to wallow.

Best screw-you: "Someday" by Mariah Carey
Best wallow: "Anything For You" by Miami Sound Machine

One more...

Godsmack - Alive

"It's safe to say
You were never alive
A big part of you has died
And by the way
I hope you're satisfied!"


TG

UGLY - Violent Femmes

"when you smile or a frown
I'm so tired of you be'in around
engaged in some sexual acts
we'll I'm just gonna have to tell you all the facts
what could that be about,
well here's a clue
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeah
so ugly
I'm tellin' you strait
so ugly
don't make a mistake
cause your ugly
I'm tellin' you that
I say why why
why would I lie to you
why would I lie
why would I lie
your so ugly"

note:

the above is a joke...but it's a funny song

Dashboard Confessional - "Ender will save us all" or "Hands Down" (note - just don't listen to these guys if you've just broken up)

Sublime - "Chica Mi Tipo" or "Slow Ride"

Long Beach Dub Allstars - "Sunny Hours" or "Free Love"

Better than Ezra - "Rosalina"

the Get-Up Kids - "Michele (with one 'L')"

the Pharcyde - "Passing Me By"

I choose Brian McKnight's Anytime. When that song first came out, I was a junior in high school and I had just broken up with my boyfriend who was in college. I listened to that song a lot because it was exactly the way I was feeling.

Then Brian McKnight had to go ruin the song for me in this interview he did. They asked him if he had written the song to someone and he said something along the lines that he has never felt that way...he's never had a girl break his heart...he just wrote the song for the sake of writing a song. Kinda takes the emotion out of the song when you find out that the artist never really had those feelings.

sukiyaki and again are two great songs, depressing, but great

There is no e in Crow... sorry, I am picky since she is my 3rd cousin and we have the same last name.

TG

okay..i know very predictable of me to reply to this but that's okay :)

i totally forgot about this song..but i've gotta say my favorite part comes right before this quote : "What'd you think that I was gonna do, Curl up and die just because of you? I'm not that weak you know.."

ps - how freakin awesome is this song live? *sigh*

"Don't Think Twice" Bob Dylan
- you just kinda wasted my precious time...
but don't think twice... it's alright

Also have to vote for almost all of "Dilate" by Ani DiFranco
Especially one song that goes...
"How could you take almost everything...
Then come back for the rest"
Singing along is very cathartic because she's practically screaming.

Angry breakup:
The Last Song Ill Ever Write about a Girl-The Ataris
Road to Recovery-Rufio
Sad Breakup:
Rough Draft-Yellowcard
Summer Wind was Always Our Song-The Ataris

I can't believe I forgot about SheDaisy's "LITTLE GOODBYES"...

I'm sure you're sure I'll be back in just an hour or two
You'll tape a Hallmark to my door
They always said it better than you
And if ya wonderin' if you're gonna hear from me
Well take a real good look around boy
And it won't be hard to see

When you come home tonight
And turn on the light
Don't you be surprised to find
My little good-byes

I love that song! Mariah Carey F*@ked it up though.

My top 5:

"Don't Speak"- No Doubt

"Breathe Again" - Toni Braxton

"End of the Road"- Boys II Men

"Take a Bow"- Madonna

and my favorite of all time...

"The Dance"- Garth Brooks

The Dance makes me cry no matter what mood i'm in. Great song.
Fun F-you kinda of songs:
I Hate Everything About You- Ugly Kid Joe
Mr. Personality- Gilette
Two GREAT songs to yell when you're pissed off at someone.

i was gonna say the ugly kid joe song......but also
"I used to love her but i had to kill her" by GnR always gets me deep down, when i think about those past women. haha.

How has no one said "What It Takes" By Aerosmith

:eek:


Tell me what it takes to let you go
Tell me how the pains suppose to go
Tell me how it is that you can sleep
in the night
without thinking you lost everything that was good

Ahanti "Unforgiven/Forgiven"
Both are AWESOME and have totally been my anthem since my breakup!!!!!

Hootie

I can't believe no one said my favorite breakup song: LOVE STINKS!!!

That's my theme song right now :)

~Holly

Quote:

Ahanti "Unforgiven/Forgiven"

Hootie, I forgot those two!!