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.........