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{{trope}}
One thing that writers of [[Silly Love Songs]] don't like to mention is that love usually ''doesn't'' last forever. People break up all the time, and when someone writes a song about it, it's called a [[Break Up Song]]. Although not as omnipresent as [[Silly Love Songs]], if you turn on a radio station and listen for a while, there's a good chance that you'll hear a [[Break Up Song]] or two mixed in with the endless stream of [[Silly Love Songs]] you hear. Many times it emerges from [[Creator Breakdown|the songwriter coming from a breakup himself.]]▼
▲One thing that writers of [[Silly Love Songs]] don't like to mention is that love usually ''doesn't'' last forever. People break up all the time, and when someone writes a song about it, it's called a
Breakups inspire all different kinds of emotions in people, so there's a lot of variety among Breakup Songs. Songs written from the perspective of someone who has been dumped tend to be different from songs written from the perspective of the person doing the dumping. Please sort examples by the general category they fit into. ▼
▲Breakups inspire all different kinds of emotions in people, so there's a lot of variety among Breakup Songs. Songs written from the perspective of someone who has been dumped tend to be different from songs written from the perspective of the person doing the dumping. Please sort examples by the general category they fit into.
Compare [[Anti-Love Song]]. Contrast [[Silly Love Songs]].
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▲=== Needing sorting: ===
* [[Beck (musician)|Beck]] - pretty much the whole of the ''Sea Change'' album.
* [[Chely Wright]] - "Shut Up And Drive"
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* [[ABBA]] - "The Winner Takes It All", "Knowing Me, Knowing You", "One of Us", "When All Is Said And Done", and likely many other ones, too.
* [[Rainbow (band)|Rainbow]] - "Since You've Been Gone" (actually by Russ Ballard, this is also a case of [[Covered Up]]).
** Presumably not to be confused with the [[Weird Al]] parody
* [[The Moody Blues]] - "Go Now"
* Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haa" (a parody, naturally. {{spoiler|It was his dog that broke up with him.}})
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* The entirety of [[Bowling for Soup]]'s album: A Hangover You Don't Deserve (except "1985") details a break-up, either one specific break-up or a variety of them. Special note to - "Ohio" a come-back to me song where the band says the entire state of Texas would rather have the girl in Texas than Ohio; "Down For The Count" where the guy's 'guard goes up and [he's] fighting dirty;" and "Next Ex-Girlfriend" where the singer just wants a quick rebound to get over his past love.
* The entirety of the Del Amitri album "Change Everything".
* American Hi-Fi's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Breakup Song]] and SR-71's Mosquito are two of the nastiest, and funniest examples. Not sure which folder they belong in.
* [[Leonard Cohen]] - Coming Back to You; Ain't No Cure for Love; Ain't No Cure for love
* Hedley - "She's So Sorry"
* [[Joy Division]] - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
* [[
* [[Queen]] - "Love of My Life"
* [[Blur (band)|Blur]]- Most of the "13" album
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== Relationship breakup ==
* [[Bob Dylan]] - pretty much the entirety of his mid-70's album ''Blood on the Tracks''.
* The [[Theme Song]] to ''[[Dear John (British series)|Dear John]]''
* The Academy Is... - "Everything We Had"
* ''[[The Wedding Singer]]'' has an unfinished
* Neil Sedaka - "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
* Annie Lennox - "Walking On Broken Glass"
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* [[Kylie Minogue]] - "Where Has The Love Gone?" and "So Now Goodbye"
* Olivia Newton-John - "Please Mister Please"
* [[Taylor Swift]] - "Breathe"
* [[Phil Collins]] - "Against All Odds" and "In The Air Tonight"
* The Nails had two:
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* [[Apocalyptica]] - "I Don't Care"
* Tara's side of "Under Your Spell/Standing Reprise" in the musical episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.
* [[The Veronicas]]- "Leave Me Alone" "In Another Life"
* [[The Corrs]] - "Goodbye"
* Roxette - "It Must Have Been Love" - the breakup theme from [[Pretty Woman]], written by Per Gessle
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* [[Aerosmith]] - "What It Takes" and "Hole in My Soul".
* Keyshia Cole - "I Changed My Mind", "(I Just Want It) To Be Over"
* [[Taylor Swift]] - "Tim
* Epica - Never Enough
* [[Keith Urban]] - "You'll Think Of Me"
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* [[Ben Folds]] - "Song for the Dumped", which has become an anthem for mishandled breakups.
* [[Nick Cave]], being a bit broody, is partial to these. "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?" and "It Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore" are two of the lighter, happier example. Note that this is not a joke: they get darker.
* No Light, No Light - [[Florence
* "Leave" by [[Jojo]]
* [[Adele]]'s album ''21'' is all about these (thanks to her going through a rough breakup) and various songs can be found on the folders. It was the album that brust her into the United States charts and several songs have become HUGE hits.
* [[Selena Gomez]] - "Middle of Nowhere"
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== Warning others about the ex ==
* [[Cee Lo Green]]'s "Fuck You"
* Dion - "Runaround Sue"
* [[Carrie Underwood]] - "Cowboy Casanova", "Good Girl"
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* [[The Corrs]] - "Radio," "Long Night," "Old Town," "Give Me A Reason," ...suffice it to say, they like this one.
* Crystal Gayle - "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing ('Til He Says Goodbye)"
* Dannii Minogue - "I Don't Wanna Take This Pain", "So Hard To Forget", "Kiss And Make Up", and "I Begin To Wonder"
* Debbie Gibson - "Foolish Beat"
* Deep Blue Something - "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
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* [[Frou Frou]]- ''Hear Me Out''
* Gloria Estefan - "Can't Forget You"
* [[Gotye]] feat. [[Kimbra]] - "Somebody That I Used To Know" is arguably a [[deconstruction]]. It seems like a song in this vein, but then in the second part we hear the perspective of the ex and it could, from her angle, be a "Don't Want You Back" song.
* Ian van Dahl - "Will I" and "Where Are You Now?"
* Jackson Five - "I Want You Back"
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* [[Kid Rock]] & Sheryl Crow - "Picture" (Two ex-lovers both realize they can't live without each other)
* Kumbia Kings - "Con El Tic Tac Del Reloj," "Se Fue Mi Amor," "Why Did You"
* [[Kylie Minogue]] - "I'll Still Be Loving You", "Hand On Your Heart", "Never Too Late", "Better The Devil You Know", "If You Were With Me Now", "No World Without You", "Where In The World?", "Put Yourself In My Place", "Disco Down", and "Soul On Fire"
* Laura Branigan - "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" (co-written, and later covered, by Michael Bolton) (singer's love for other person apparently unrequited, other person has found love of his/her own life)
* Lifehouse - "Whatever It Takes"
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* [[Mariah Carey]] - "Can't Let Go," "Just to Hold You Once Again," "My All", "Love Takes Time", "I Still Believe"
** "Always Be My Baby" is a variant, saying "[[Love Will Lead You Back|I don't mind if you leave, because I know you'll come back]]." Forever is another variant, where she acknowledges the time between them is over but if he ever wants her back then all he has to do is call her back. Butterfly is, yet another, example. Its main message is very similar to Always Be My Baby except it's more, "If you truly love me, you will come back but, until then, I have to set you free."
** Don't Forget About Us and her exceptionally famous We Belong Together definitely do count.
** Candy Bling, Angels Cry and Inseparable off of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel count. H.A.T.E.U. is an odd variant where she wishes for him back, but, at the same time, wishes that she didn't so she can hate him.
* Maroon 5 - "Won't Go Home Without You"
* [[Michael Jackson]] - "She's Out of My Life"
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** "What Have I Done To Deserve This", for both singers
* [[Prince]] - "Nothing Compares 2U" ([[Covered Up|famously sung]] by Sinead O'Connor)
* [[
* Player - "Baby Come Back"
* [[Rascal Flatts]] / [[Cascada]] - "What Hurts The Most"
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* Tiffany - "Could've Been," "Should've Been Me"
* Toni Braxton - "Unbreak My Heart"
* Travis Tritt - "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
* Trisha Yearwood - "When a Love Song Sings the Blues," "When We Were Still in Love"
* Harry Nilsson - "You're Breakin' My Heart" and "Without You" ([[Covered Up]] by [[Mariah Carey]])
* [[Within Temptation]] - "What Have You Done Now" (About two lovers who are [[Foe Yay|also mortal enemies]])
* "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," from ''[[Dreamgirls]]''
* [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] - "Yesterday"
* [[Taylor Swift]] - "Back To December"
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* [[Delta Goodrem]] - Lost Without You, I Can't Break It To My Heart.
* [[The Alan Parsons Project]] - "If I Could Change Your Mind"
* [[Florence
* [[Hurt]] - "Falls Apart," "On the Radio", "Aftermath" (with shades of a passive [[Obsession Song]])... They like these.
== We're about to break up because I know you're cheating ==
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* [[The Clash]] - "Train in Vain"
* Hey Monday - "How You Love Me Now"
* [[Jojo]] - "Leave (Get Out)"
* [[Garth Brooks]] - "The Thunder Rolls" (particularly extreme example, if you listen to the live version)
* [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe|Fitz Kreiner - "Contains Spoilers"]]<ref>the singer/songwriter time-traveled to the future and discovered the person he thought was his true love ends up with another man.</ref>
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* [[Pet Shop Boys]] - "So Hard" (''both'' partners are cheating on each other) and "Domino Dancing"
* Joe - "Stutter"
* [[
* [[Kylie Minogue]] - "It's No Secret" and "Word Is Out"
* Dannii Minogue - "Mystified"
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* [[Taking Back Sunday]] - "Cute Without The E (Cut From The Team)"
* [[Panic! at the Disco|Panic At the Disco]] - "Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"
* [[The Veronicas]] - "Revenge Is Sweeter", "Everything I'm Not"
* [[Hurt]] - "Unkind"
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]] - "Sleep With That".
* [[The Byrds]] - "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"
* [[Mariah Carey]] - Standing O, It's A Wrap, and Betcha Gon Know from Memoirs of An Imperfect Angel count. Shake It Off from Emancipation of Mimi counts too.
== You Cheated On Me So I'm Ruining Your Stuff ==
* Jazmine Sullivan- "Bust Your Windows"
* [[Carrie Underwood]]- "Before He Cheats"
* Blackhawk - "Goodbye Says It All" (except it's the narrator commenting on '''his partner''' having ruined '''his''' stuff)
* Blu Cantrell - "Hit'em up Style (Oops)"
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* Theory of a Deadman - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHUdLyshWfI "Little Smirk"]
* [[Garbage]] - "Vow" (actually, not so much the lover's stuff as the lover himself... it's [[Yandere]] overdrive)
* [[Victoria Dawn Justice]] - "Begging on Your Knees". Also has elements of the warning others type.
* [[Space]] - 'Now She's Gone' (not so much breaking the woman's stuff as ''spiking her food with cyanide'')
* [[The Veronicas]] - "Revenge Is Sweeter"
* In the video for [[Shakira]]'s "Don't Bother", she sends her bf's Ford Mustang to the crusher.
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]]- "I Thought We'd Stay Together.", "Sleep With That".
* "The Ground You Walk On" from the film ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'', sung by [[Geena Davis]] as she systematically demolishes everything owned by her (former) boyfriend.
== Teetering on the brink of a breakup ==
* [[Ace of Base]] - "Don't Turn Around"
* Olivia Newton-John - "Hopelessly Devoted To You"
** Reprised in ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' by Olive Snook, who knows it isn't presently working out but harbors hopes for the future.
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* [[Electric Light Orchestra|ELO]] - "The Fall", from ''[[Xanadu]]''
* Sort of inverted in ''Heaven Help my Heart'' in [[Chess (theatre)|Chess]]. The singer enters a relationship knowing that it will end with the guy leaving her despite all that's she's done and how much he loves her.
* [[
* [[Taylor Swift]]: "The Story of Us"
* Jazmine Sullivan - "My Foolish Heart"
* [[Paul Simon]]'s ''50 Ways To Leave Your Lover'' and ''Overs''. Paul describes the latter as being 'about that point in a relationship where you both know it's going nowhere'.
* Debbie Gibson - "Goodbye," "How Can This Be?"
* [[Mariah Carey]] - "I Don't Wanna Cry," "If It's Over", "Forever" could be interpreted like this but the more common interpretation is listed above.
* NSYNC - "Tearin' Up My Heart"
* Patsy Cline - "Leavin' On Your Mind"
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* Dannii Minogue - "Be Careful" and "Who Do You Love Now"
* The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (cover versions by lots of people)
* [[The Veronicas]] - "All I Have" "Don't Say Goodbye" "In Another Life"
* Intimacy by Bloc Party is a goldmine of these. It was written after a bad breakup of the lead singer, Kele Okereke. We've got: Trojan Horse, One Month Off, Your Visits Getting Shorter, Zephyrus and One More Chance.
** Arguably Letter to My Son as well.
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* [[Escape the Fate]] - "Something"
* [[Brooks and Dunn]] - "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
* [[Florence
* [[Hurt]] - "Assurance," "Et Al"
* A Great Big World and [[Christina Aguilera]] - "Say Something"
== Don't want you back ==
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* Eamon - "F*** It (I Don't Want You Back)"
** And the follow-up song, from the woman's perspective, Frankee's "Fuck You Right Back"
* [[Mariah Carey]] - "Someday", also, her, "You cheated on me so get out" songs count. H.A.T.E.U. is an odd mix between this and, "I really do still want you back". She goes back and forth between longing to be with them, and stating she can't wait to hate them. Up Out My Face is another example.
* [[Three Days Grace]] - "Gone Forever" (arguably, more denial)
** While it ''is'' a breakup song, it's not actually about a woman: [[Word of God]] says that it's about the lead singers addiction to a painkiller.
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* [[The Corrs]] - "I Never Loved You Anyway"
** Again, more of a denial song than anything else.
* [[
* Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
* [[Brave Saint Saturn]]: "Enamel"
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* [[My Chemical Romance]] - I Don't Love You
* [[Linkin Park]] - "Don't Stay"
* [[Blink
* Rockell - "I Fell in Love" and "What You Did to Me"
* [[Whitney Houston]] - "It's Not Right"
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* "Take Back Your Mink" from ''[[Guys and Dolls]]'.
* Yvette Michele - "I'm Not Feeling You"
* [[
* [[Epica]] - "Never Enough"
* [[Selena Gomez]] - "Bang Bang Bang", "Sick of You"
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== I Have to Leave/It's Me not You ==
* [[Whitney Houston]]- "I Will Always Love You"
* [[Florence
* Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry"
* Expose - "I'll Say Goodbye for the Two of Us"
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== Over You ==
* [[
* [[Elton John]] - "I'm Still Standing", "Someone Saved My Life Tonight"
* Dannii Minogue - "Someone New" and "Goodbye Song"
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* [[Le Ann]] Rimes - "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)"
* Lorrie Morgan - "I Didn't Know My Own Strength"
* [[
* [[Miranda Cosgrove]]: "Brand New You", "There Will Be Tears" and "Oh Oh"
* [[Pet Shop Boys]] - "I Get Along" ("...without you very well!")
* [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] - "Bad Cover Version" and "Razzmatazz"
* Yeasayer - O.N.E.
* [[Relient K]] - "Over It". Rare case where the girl dumped the narrator.
* [[Herman's Hermits|Hermans Hermits]]-"I Can Take or Leave Your Loving"
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* Squeeze - "Black Coffee in Bed"
* Aaron Tippin - "[[Verb This|Kiss This]]"
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]] - "Blow Me Away", "Sleep With That".
* [[The Pretty Reckless]] - "Since You're Gone"
* [[Rogue Traders]] - I Never Liked You
* [[Garbage]] - "Special"
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