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The l greatest breakup songs of all time

From distraught soul singers to rockers ready to fire love to the ground, these are the all-time brokenhearted songs ever written.

Like the jaded evil twins of love songs, breakup anthems run the full gamut of emotion. Sadness and grief, certain, merely like the events that inspire them, breakup songs come up in all flavours. Some are righteous cries of joy following the end of a rough spousal relationship. Others are pensive meditations on homo connectedness. And some but want to burn the very concept of dear to the basis.

The best breakup songs distil raw, universal human emotions into symphonies of sonic catharsis. On this list, you'll notice wounded soul singers and divas walking confidently from the ashes of bad relationships. At that place are indignant rappers and spiteful rockers. Adele is lurking in the shadows of her ex's place, as she is wont to do. And among the 50 greatest breakup songs of all time, you're certain to find something to relate to. If non, well, we've got a list of pick-me-upwards songs gear up for you to queue up to assistance the healing brainstorm.

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'I'd Rather Go Blind' by Etta James

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1. 'I'd Rather Become Bullheaded' by Etta James

On this stunner off 1968's Tell Mama , James claims she'd prefer never beingness able to come across again than scout her dearest walk away. What'south more, she'south helpless: She notices the way her homo is chatting upwardly some other daughter and knows correct then and there that, no matter how much she cares for him, it's all over. Throw that sentiment over a simple chord progression that builds beautifully with horns, an organ, backing vocals and a centre-melting performance by James, and you've reached timeless soul perfection.

'Somebody That I Used to Know' by Elliott Smith

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ii. 'Somebody That I Used to Know' by Elliott Smith

Gotye might take scored a striking with the song past the same name, but Gotye doesn't hold a flame to the heartbroken depths of Elliott Smith. Nobody does. The late-peachy Smith might accept sung, 'And so when I go home, I'll be happy to get / You're merely somebody that I used to know," but he wasn't fooling anyone: This bare-basic, beautiful rails is all about full-on heartache, albeit of the dismissive, fuck-yous-I'm-fine variety. (For evidence, but skip to two songs later on Effigy eight , 'Everything Reminds Me of Her.')

'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston

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iii. 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston

Dolly Parton wrote and recorded this song in 1973 as a rueful envoi for her mentor and champion, Porter Wagoner, and afterwards reprised it in the 1982 movie musical The Best Picayune Whorehouse in Texas. Although both of those versions striking the summit of the country charts, the song reached its cultural apotheosis in Whitney Houston's ballsy 1991 version from the soundtrack toThe Bodyguard; at the time, it was the acknowledged American single in history. In Houston'due south soulful account, the vocal moves from a quiet, a cappella intro to a blast of gospel-inflected dignity and suffering – and then drifts upward into tranquillity again at the very end, as though ascending to a state of grace.

'Neither One of Us' by Gladys Knight & the Pips

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4. 'Neither 1 of Us' by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Over a swelling, slow and deliberate melody, the Empress of Soul calmly and painfully recounts the end of her relationship in this heartbreaker. The vocal is an autopsy of a expressionless union equally told from the perspective of a woman who has realized that love alone can't salvage a relationship that'south gone toxic. 'Farewell, my dearest, goodbye' she belts out at the end, with the Pips' trademark echo of the phrase lingering in the ether like the soulful moans of a lovelorn ghost.

'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'' by the Righteous Brothers

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5. 'Y'all've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'' by the Righteous Brothers

Love crashes into a wall – specifically, producer Phil Spector's trademark 'Wall of Audio' – in this blue-eyed-soul lament, the 20th century's about-played song on radio and Tv set. Cowritten by Spector and Brill Building hit makers Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, the vocal begins with a sharp observation ('Yous never close your eyes anymore when I buss your lips') that leads to the chorus's pained determination. Just the vocal's slowness and length – in 1964, iii:45 was an eternity for radio pop — give information technology an aching tenderness that makes its terminal exhortation to 'bring dorsum that lovin' feelin'' sound like it has some hope of success.

'Someone Like You' by Adele

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6. 'Someone Similar You' by Adele

Adele basically wrote the book on tear-soaked breakup ballads, and her catalog plays out like a musical tour through the stages of grief. 'Someone Like Y'all,' withal, is Adele at her near defeated and desperate as the vocalizer's attempt at reconnecting with a lost honey meets the hard wall of reality: He'southward now moved on. Yeah, it's a footling stalkery – peculiarly every bit a double feature with 'Hello' – only information technology'south likewise devastating: This is the scene in the movie where the hero chases her loved 1 on the train platform. But in this movie, she's left standing, lonely, in the rain as he rides off into a carve up happy ending.

'All Too Well (10-Minute Version) by Taylor Swift

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7. 'All Too Well (10-Minute Version) by Taylor Swift

On the original cut of Crimson, 'All Too Well' was a torch song about young dearest gone sour. Merely when a post sociology Taylor revisited the anthology as an older and wiser songwriter in 2021, she ditched the torch in favor of a flamethrower. Clocking in at a breathless x minutes, the new version of 'All Likewise Well' finds Swift's animosity over the heartbreak endured when she was 21 curdled into righteous resentment equally she goes into extreme item nearly her former boyfriend's duplicitous charms, manipulations and deceptions. In extending the vocal, Taylor transformed a fan favorite into a haunting masterpiece, and while she's never confirmed who it'southward about, information technology's probably an awkward time to exist an actor whose name rhymes with 'rake spillin' ball.'

'Back to Black' by Amy Winehouse

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eight. 'Back to Black' by Amy Winehouse

The tardily vocalizer-songwriter crooned plenty nigh addiction, depression and heartbreak, merely nowhere more brutally than in this moody torch song, which gave its title to her 2007 album. Winehouse penned this hit single nigh her falling back into bad habits after her very public break with husband Blake Fielder-Ceremonious. The gloomy repetition of the wordblack during the bridge is the sound of a spiral into darkness – admitting a funky one.

'The Tracks of My Tears' by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

nine. 'The Tracks of My Tears' past Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Smokey might, indeed, 'exist the life of the party,' but 'deep inside [he'due south] blue,' people. As with the best soulful weepers, 'Tracks' beautifully and economically articulates the hurting of missing the 1 that got away. This summer-of-'65 staple – a cocktail of Smokey's aureate vox, swirling strings and horns, and a sing-along-worthy chorus – rings just as true today.

'Ex-Factor' by Lauryn Hill

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ten. 'Ex-Factor' by Lauryn Colina

'Doo Wop (That Thing)' may take been the flagship unmarried from Lauryn Hill'due south mail service-Fugees solo debut – 1998'south multi-Grammy-winningThe Miseducation of Lauryn Hill –only it was the languid, lovely 'Ex-Factor' that rocketed the disc into the realms of extraordinary. Perfectly piquant downwardly to the proper name of the vocal, 'Ex-Factor' longs for things to be different while knowing they can't be, ringing with frustration ('I keep letting you back in') but humming with a love that refuses to fade.

'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette

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11. 'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette

Whether she's snarling at a old Full Business firm star is irrelevant: Alanis'due south searing, aroused breakout is a cardinal scream of a scorned lover, and lines like 'And every fourth dimension I scratch my nails downward someone else's back I hope y'all feel information technology' are relatable to anyone who's e'er wanted to set fire to an entire relationship and watch information technology burn.

'It's Too Late' by Carole King

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12. 'It's Too Late' by Carole King

Carole King's era-shaping 1971 album, Tapestry, was in some sense a declaration of independence from Gerry Goffin, her former husband and songwriting collaborator. The album's first single, 'It'south Too Late,' treats the end of a once-cherished relationship with bittersweet maturity, forcefulness and striking lack of recrimination: 'Still I'm glad for what we had / And how I once loved you.' Information technology'south a song near existence realistic nigh the stop – a sentiment made all the more moving by its initial pairing, equally a unmarried, with the tremblingly erotic 'I Feel the Earth Move.'

'Maps' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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xiii. 'Maps' by Yep Aye Yeahs

The indelible force of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs'due south well-nigh classic vocal lies in its expression of the inexpressible: the pithy, repetitive lyrics ('Oh say, oh say, oh say... expect') capturing that tongue-tied desperation betwixt denial and credence. And every bit if Karen O's weepy performance in the music video wasn't already affecting enough – the singer revealed that the tears were entirely genuine, motivated by her then-boyfriend (for whom she wrote the vocal) showing upwardly to the shoot.

'thank u, next' by Ariana Grande

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fourteen. 'thank u, adjacent' by Ariana Grande

Following your breakup with a striking unmarried thanking each and every one of your past flames for the lessons learned from those relationships? The phrase 'above it' hardly seems sufficient for this refreshingly resentment-free ode to moving on. Ariana teaches us all what information technology means to become out with grace on this suprise-release earworm that'due south packed with a surprising amount of wisdom.

'Pain In My Heart' by Otis Redding

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15. 'Pain In My Heart' by Otis Redding

Over and once more, whether hopeful or heartbreaking, Otis Redding'due south exquisite love songs bring us to our knees, like this title track off the soul icon'south 1964 debut album for Stax Records subdivision Volt (which besides includes the imploring 'These Arms of Mine'). If y'all're really in the mood to wallow, mourn the fact that Redding perished in a plane crash at age 26, merely 3 days after recording 'Dock of the Bay.'

'I Will Survive' by Gloria Gaynor

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sixteen. 'I Will Survive' past Gloria Gaynor

Is there any song that combines female person empowerment and discofied schmaltz with the aforementioned efficacy equally Gloria Gaynor's 'I Volition Survive?' Probably non: With lyrics like 'I've got all my life to alive / I've got all my love to give / And I'll survive, I will survive' sang over a soaring melody absolute past horns and strings galore, this is the epitome of disco-ball empowerment In fact, we call up the Grammy-winning hit, released in late 1978, is ane of the best 'screw y'all, loser – I'thousand over you' tunes of all fourth dimension.

'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' by Al Green

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17. 'How Can You Mend a Broken Eye' by Al Green

Wait, just because you've had your centre broken, it doesn't hateful that your mojo has to wilt away and die as well – and the Reverend Al is here to spell that out via his definitive 1972 version of the Bee Gees cut. He aches just like you lot, but his hope hasn't died  – 'Please help me mend my broken centre / And let me live once again' ) – and Al'southward signature irksome, sensual soul arrangements bear witness that it's not just his eye that's stirring.

'Tangled Up in Blue' by Bob Dylan

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xviii. 'Tangled Upwards in Blue' by Bob Dylan

Jakob Dylan once said that listening to his male parent'due south 1975 album, Blood on the Tracks, was like listening to his parents fighting. You can hear why on its opening rail, 'Tangled Up in Blue' – a song that feels lived-in, truthful and intimate, and at the same fourth dimension assumes an Odyssean quality. Inspired by Dylan's split from his wife Sara, the song finds our narrator caught between throw-in-the-towel resignation and deep, soul-shuddering longing: tangled upward in blue.

'Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye' by Leonard Cohen

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19. 'Hey, That's No Manner to Say Goodbye' past Leonard Cohen

Troubadour Cohen has many a vocal in his arsenal to reduce grown adults to pathetic wistfulness, but this 1967 beauty is the well-nigh effective of them all. Its setup is simple – two lovers remember the happy times even as they role, via Cohen's sweet, sad lyrics: 'Yous know my love goes with you as your dear stays with me / Information technology'south just the mode it changes, like the shoreline and the body of water.' What makes it a classic, however, is how upbeat Cohen's picked guitar, mouth harp and evocative similes feel against the reality of the situation, deftly demonstrating that losing someone can be painful only cathartic.

'Irreplaceable' by Beyoncé

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xx. 'Irreplaceable' past Beyoncé

The Destiny's Child songbook is a bible for the woman looking to proceed her man on his toes. Just in case 'Bills, Bills, Bills,' 'Say My Name' and 'Survivor' didn't send a clear plenty bulletin, Beyoncé reiterated her 'Don't get too comfy' political party line on this, the ultimate kick-you-to-the-curb anthem. The vocalizer doesn't sound the slightest scrap perturbed as she shoos a disappointing lover out of her crib, advising him that he'll find his worldly possessions 'in a box to the left.'

'Always on My Mind' by Willie Nelson

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21. 'E'er on My Mind' by Willie Nelson

Information technology'south been a hit for other artists – notably Elvis Presley and the Pet Shop Boys – but 'Ever on My Mind' has never packed more wallop than in Willie Nelson's recording, the title track of his eponymous 1982 album. Humble and sincere, Nelson's plea for forgiveness exudes the quiet wisdom of genuine contrition: Having finally opened his optics, he allows himself to hope that they can even so make contact.

'Crying' by Roy Orbison

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22. 'Crying' by Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison's 1961 ballad is sensitive about to a fault: the confession of a full bawler, reduced to tears even by touching the hand of the woman who bankrupt his middle. But the emotion soaked into Orbison'southward rich, quavering vocalism is offset by the singer's disciplined, deadpan cool. Even when baring his sobbing soul, he somehow seems unflappable.

'Don't Speak' by No Doubt

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23. 'Don't Speak' by No Doubt

This one from 1996'sTragic Kingdom, which Gwen Stefani penned in response to her breakup with bandmate Tony Kanal, became the band's most successful international unmarried – and a rallying weep for lovelorn souls the world over to get right alee and bury their head in the sand.

'I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself' by the White Stripes

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24. 'I Simply Don't Know What to Practice With Myself' past the White Stripes

Though this song was originally sung past Tommy Hunt in 1962 (and has since been covered past myriad musicians, including Dusty Springfield, Dionne Warwick, Isaac Hayes and Elvis Costello), no one has been able to capture the desperation – and frustration – behind the lyrics quite like Jack White. Recorded for the 2003 White Stripes releaseElephant, this stone & roll version is perfect for the transition from heartbroken to pissed off.

'Without You' by Harry Nilsson

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25. 'Without You' by Harry Nilsson

Always pushing his liver and song cords to the limit, Nilsson injected histrionics and heart into the songs he covered as if it were HGH. His take on Randy Newman's 'Living Without You' is downbeat perfect. Fact: It is impossible to listen to this Kleenex-consuming epic without balling your hands into fists and mock-karaokeing along. Next vocal on the album? 'Kokosnoot.' Beverage the pain away.

'River' by Joni Mitchell

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26. 'River' past Joni Mitchell

A cleaved centre isn't just for those who've been broken upwards with – as 'River' attests. It's a breakup canticle that sounds as crisp and sad-in-the-bones today as it did when it was released as office of Joni Mitchell's perfectly titledBlue album in 1971. 'I'm then hard to handle, I'm selfish and I'1000 sad, now I've gone and lost the best baby that I e'er had,' sings Mitchell, then afterwards: 'I made my baby say goodbye.' The song is thought to have been written almost Mitchell'south decision to cease her relationship with Graham Nash – who in plough released his astonishingly tenderSongs for Beginners anthology. Both records are generous gifts for anyone nursing a wounded center.

'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' by Marvin Gaye

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27. 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' by Marvin Gaye

You know fifty-fifty before the drumbeat kicks in that something is gonna become down in this song. And for anyone who'southward had to hear the cheatin', lyin' news from someone else, this 1968 Motown unmarried hits abode. It'south go an acclaimed, Grammy Hall of Fame soul classic, covered past a range of musicians including Creedence Clearwater Revival (which made an xi-infinitesimal version for its 1970 albumCosmo'due south Factory) and claymation group the California Raisins. (Grapevine, raisins – see what they did at that place?) Only nobody will ever match Marvin's signature mix of vulnerabilty, indignation and pain.

'End of the Road' by Boyz II Men

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28. 'Finish of the Road' by Boyz II Men

Unlike Gladys, the Philly hitmakers simply tin't let become of the relationship they know is inevitably ending. The worst part is, later all the soulful pleas for things to go on, 1 gets the impression that the quartet is very much singing to somebody who's already turned their back to walk into the sunset.

'Roses' by Outkast

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29. 'Roses' by Outkast

This admonishing ode to Caroline appeared on Andre 300''southward half of Outkast'due south 2003 double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. It quickly accomplished anthem status, thanks in no small function to Andre's unapologetically frank (if a fleck misogynistic) lyrics. Permit's exist honest, sometimes cuties get away with bad beliefs, only at that place are limits, and when your love involvement crosses them, 'Roses' is the perfect manner to tell them to piss off.

'Teardrops' by Womack & Womack

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30. 'Teardrops' past Womack & Womack

A classic in the genre of Songs to Cry to in Clubs, this 1988 electrodisco anthem tells the tale of a cheating heart haunted by its adultery. 'Footsteps on the trip the light fantastic toe floor / Remind me, babe of you / Teardrops in my optics / Next time, I'll be true.' This silky cut comes from Cecil (brother of Bobby) Womack and his wife, Linda – a formidable musical partnership throughout the '80s and '90s. This is their biggest and best hit, however, and responsible for plenty tear-stained dancing shoes over the years.

'Hide and Seek' by Imogen Heap

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31. 'Hide and Seek' by Imogen Heap

Prog-popstress Imogen Heap toes the line between poignantly lachrymose and sickeningly maudlin – so it'south unsurprising her near heartachey vocal was immortalized in the climactic scene to a flavor of The O.C.. From there, the indie tune took a viral turn, rocketing from an SNL Andy Samberg sketch direct into the summit charts by-way of a Jason Derulo sample. That is to say: if these forlorn folktronica vocal harmonies are lamentable plenty for the cast of The O.C., SNL and Jason Derulo, they're distressing plenty to soundtrack your boring breakup.

'Blame Game' by Kanye West

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32. 'Blame Game' by Kanye West

With an Aphex Twin sample, W balanced anger, pain and smartassery like no other MC can. Information technology's touching. That is, if you plow it off before Chris Stone comes in for the perplexing coda, exclaiming, 'This is some Cirque du Soleil pussy now!' for reasons unknown. By the side by side anthology, Yeezus would exist a married man, grudge-rapping nearly fisting and ejaculating on fine fur coats before somewhen finding Jesus.

'Walk On By' by Dionne Warwick

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33. 'Walk On By' by Dionne Warwick

The 1960s songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David found their perfect interpreter in Dionne Warwick, whose breezy style made the duo's grapheme-driven, rhythmically challenging tunes sound deceptively simple. In 1964'southward 'Walk on By,' one of her first Bacharach-David hits, Warwick teases out the shine nobility in a song about the pain of rejection.

'Un-Break My Heart' by Toni Braxton

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34. 'Un-Interruption My Heart' by Toni Braxton

Queen of '90s R&B heartache, Toni Braxton delivered more than just another sad dear song when 'United nations-Break My Heart' striking the airwaves in 1996. A mélange of Spanish guitars and Braxton'southward sultry contralto vocals, the Grammy-winning single builds a serenity storm with a dramatic crescendo as Braxton pleads with her ex to rewind their doomed relationship dorsum to happier times. If the song's video is any indication, those happier times included playing Twister and sharing a shower with hunky model Tyson Beckford. So, aye, we experience ya, Toni.

'Marvins Room' by Drake

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35. 'Marvins Room' by Drake

Who hasn't been faced off of rosé, drunk dialing the one that got away? In the lead single from 2011'southAccept Intendance, the Toronto hip-hip lord lays bare his romantic struggles over a stripped-down, wafting shell. At the fourth dimension, it cemented Drake'due south status as the reigning king of emo rap.

'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac

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36. 'Go Your Own Manner' by Fleetwood Mac

From one of rock's most painful breakups came one of stone'due south greatest breakup songs. The fallout from Lindsey Buckingham'southward split with Stevie Nicks in 1976 may have fabricated the recording ofRumours a living hell for its creators, but who cares? It spawned one of the nearly defiant and furious songs of a generation. No pain, no proceeds.

'Wrecking Ball' by Miley Cyrus

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37. 'Wrecking Brawl' by Miley Cyrus

More than a billion YouTubers take dropped their jaws at the Terry Richardson–directed video for Miley Cyrus's power ballad, in which a naked Cyrus straddling a massive steel ball. All snickers and parody videos aside, the track stands on its own as essential listening for dumpers and dumpees who accept gone full-tilt into relationships and wound upwardly emotionally demolished. And the racy video antics? Well, as BFF Lesley told u.s.a. long ago, she's just being Miley.

'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinead O'Connor

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38. 'Nil Compares 2 U' past Sinead O'Connor

Originally written and equanimous by Prince, 'Zip Compares 2 U' didn't reach iconic, heart-decimating status until a certain headstrong Irish gaelic singer-songwriter tried her mitt – and those sad, sorry eyes – at covering it in 1990. The video, which alternates betwixt a stark shut-upward of O'Connor's despair-wrought face and shots of the dark-cloaked songstress roaming through Paris'southward Parc de Saint-Cloud, was cited by Miley Cyrus as the inspiration for her 2013 'Wrecking Ball' video. It can't be denied that iii decades later, O'Connor's wrenching rendition nevertheless packs a punch.

'She's Gone' by Hall & Oates

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39. 'She's Gone' by Hall & Oates

Like the haunted mirror epitome of 'You Brand My Dreams' – or perhaps a follow up after the dream ended – 'She'southward Gone' proves that even on the yacht of life, stormy skies will rock your boat.

'Switch' by TLC

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xl. 'Switch' by TLC

The penultimate track on TLC'south lauded sophomore effort finds the R&B high priestesses telling possessive lovers to shove off over a neat flip of Jean Knight's 'Mr. Big Stuff.' The album,CrazySexyCool, went diamond, rocketing Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas into superstardom. Any fourth dimension your paramour has you feeling a niggling claustrophobic, simply recollect Left Eye'southward mantra: Erase, replace, comprehend, new confront.

'Together' by Ruff Sqwad feat. Wiley

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41. 'Together' by Ruff Sqwad feat. Wiley

What does a crud suspension-up vocal sound like? Pair OG grime pioneers Ruff Sqwad with the legendary Eskiboy and you've got yourself a break-up banger. Rapping over Ruff Sqwad'due south original 'Together' (which samples the very familiar guitar rift from the Law's 'Message in a Bottle'), Wiley teases repeatedly with the rhetorical question, '(When nosotros gonna) be together?' He fills in his verses with potent punches at his ex-lover, providing the harsh reality of things and apace condign his own hype man as he promises to only practise ameliorate for himself.Fifty isten to Wiley:Don't wallow in self-pity.

'Cry Me a River' by Julie London

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42. 'Cry Me a River' by Julie London

This devastating torch vocal was written for Ella Fitzgerald in 1953, but Julie London managed to release it earlier the Queen of Jazz was able to go a version out. It became London's signature song: Backed past a late-nighttime thrum of guitar and bass that teeters ambiguously betwixt the modest and major keys, her hushed vocals waver betwixt tender, haughty and devastated.

'Since U Been Gone' by Kelly Clarkson

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43. 'Since U Been Gone' by Kelly Clarkson

You lot may hateAmerican Idol. You may detest pop. You may hate information technology when people useu instead ofy'all. But here'south the deal: You may also really hate your ex. And this song (off of Clarkson's 2004 anthology,Breakaway) is so goddamned catchy, yous can't not belt out the chorus every time – with feeling.

'I Want You Back' by the Jackson 5

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44. 'I Want You lot Back' past the Jackson v

What the hell does an xi twelvemonth old know well-nigh loss? With a tip of his giant purple pimp hat, Michael sang this Motown peak with a mile-wide smile on Ed Sullivan in '69. Still, the child sold it like nobody else, over chords that rising and fall like a roller coaster. And nothing hurts like offset love.

'I'm So Happy' by Salem Al Fakir & Josephine Bornebusch

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45. 'I'thousand Then Happy' by Salem Al Fakir & Josephine Bornebusch

Virtually breakup songs are drenched in sadness. This peppy, almost painfully joyous dose of Swedish bubblegum indie finds Al Fakir positively elated to see his partner go, interlacing lines like 'I'm then happy, cuz you are gone/ You lot are gone, it makes me happy'  with sing-songy 'la la la' riffs, just to ensure the subject field doesn't misinterpret the very-difficult-to-misconstrue lyrics.

'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia

46. 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia

Lurking behind the glossy sheen and shimmering guitars of this 1997 global pop hitting is the age-sometime story of a human relationship gone sour. 'Torn' was originally recorded by American alt rockers Ednaswap, but saucy Aussie Natalie Imbruglia's rendition perfectly encapsulates the unhappy transition from honeymoon optimism to the realization that 'Illusion never changed  into something real.' Seriously, nosotros totally hate information technology when that happens.

'Just a Friend' by Biz Markie

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47. 'Just a Friend' past Biz Markie

RIP to the Biz, whose nigh famous hip hop track constitute him spinning a lovely, tragic tale almost a girl named Blah Apathetic Apathetic who plunked the large teddy conduct directly in the friend zone, but to break his heart irreparably. Whether Blah Blah Apathetic thought of this as a breakup vocal is a Rashomon situation we'll alas never see, merely Biz's pained delivery shows that regardless, the scars were everlasting.

'Dry Your Eyes' by the Streets

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48. 'Dry Your Eyes' by the Streets

Men'southward emotions tin sometimes be harder to read than a pureed copy of Proust. In 2004, withal, the Streets'a Mike Skinner just laid it correct on the line. While Skinner's verses found him crestfallen at having been chucked, it's the choruses that made the tune and so beloved, delivering man-to-man comfort and kindly reassurances that there are 'plenty more than fish in the ocean.'

'I'm Cheating on You'' by Franz Ferdinand

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49. 'I'yard Adulterous on Y'all'' by Franz Ferdinand

On this chaotic track from Franz's glam-infused debut, Alex Kapranos seems intent on breaking the Guinness tape for most utterances of 'goodbye girl,' before snottily and dismissively transitioning to a chorus of 'I'm cheating on you.' It'southward a cruel kiss-off of a vocal where once can imagine a burned lover trying to sneak 1 concluding barb into a fight, just to cross the point of no return.

'Believe' by Cher

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l. 'Believe' by Cher

If you don't think this is a brilliant song, then information technology's probably only because you've heard it mode too many times. Cher's (temporary) resurrection as a trip the light fantastic-pop diva in 1998 has raised enough of hackles over the years – not least for its then-unprecedented utilise of Auto-Melody – but at its middle information technology's merely a peachy breakdown song in the air-punchingly empowered tradition of 'I Will Survive': 'I've had fourth dimension to think it through / And possibly I'm likewise good for you lot.' When we're going through a rough time, we could all utilise a bit of that attitude.

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