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QotD: Top 5 Break-Up Songs

May 16, 2008
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What are your top five break-up songs?
Submitted by gt.

A sub-genre of the break up song, the Wow. Found out just in time you were not the one.
And Dido does these songs so, so well.

See You When You're 40

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QotD: Top 5 Break-Up Songs

May 14, 2008
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What are your top five break-up songs?
Submitted by gt.

Break up songs. Ambiguous, QotD, ambiguous.

Songs about the heartbreak of losing love?

Songs about how much of a bitch she was, the shit he did, how it ain't your fault?

Songs that say Fuck You to the pain

Surely, dear god, you did not want me to pick five songs that I wanted to be playing, in the background, of that plush restaurant. You know, the one you took me to, and I was all excited because I thought it was gonna be, like, down on one knee ring-time and the waiter took our orders and we had champagne - champagne! - and then you told me it wasn’t me, it was you, and you needed space, and a little time to think and don’t cry and don’t be upset…

In no particular order, here are five songs I feel cover the spectrum of break up.

Back to Black

Amy Winehouse

Oh Amy. You have the voice of an angel and the habits of - well, bad ones.

You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked
I'll go back to black

A troubled track indeed. I hope she survives to make more records of angst and pain.

Dry Your Eyes

The Streets

I like Mike Skinner. He can write some real stonking good music.

Then he turns out this beautiful ballad about when love ends, when She says goodbye.

Dry your eyes mate
I know it’s hard to take but her mind has been made up
There’s plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you’ve got to walk away now
It’s over

Oddly, in the video the person delivering this homily is his dog.

A Little Time

The Beautiful South

He says I need a little time. And she says Piss off.

Or words to that effect.

I've had a little time to find the truth
Now I've had a little room to check what's wrong
I've had a little time and I still love you
I've had a little

You had a little time and you had a little fun
Didn't you, didn't you
While you had yours do you think I had none
Do you, do you
The freedom that you wanted bad
Is yours for good I hope you're glad

A twist in the tail. A satisfying one.

Irreplaceable

Beyonce

A Fuck You song with real attitude.

Tell that boy to leave. Right now. And don't pull any punches, either - he'll just get the wrong idea.

To the left
To the left
Everything you own in the box to the left
In the closet that's my stuff
Yes if I bought it nigga please don't touch
And keep talking that mess, that's fine
But could you walk and talk at the same time
And It's my mi name that is on that Jag
So remove your bags
Let me call you a cab

Its Not Right But It's OK - Thunderpuss Remix

Whitney Houston

Whitney, Whitney. If only you could follow your own advice.

It's not right but it's OK
I'm gonna make it anyway
Pack your bags up and leave
Don't you dare come running back to me
It's not right but it's OK
I'm gonna make it anyway
Close the door behind you
Leave your key
I'd rather be alone than unhappy

(yes, I know that's not Whitney - it's Thunderpuss. No, I have no idea why they are called Thunderpuss. They just are, And, fuck, Whitney can sing when she wants to)

And how could I end a post on Break Up Songs without this one. The classic. One New Years Eve, in a crowded pub, this came on the turntable and, with very little hesitation, every woman there stood and sang along. Solidarity. This is the song you play when you have just split and you and your girl friends are sitting there, eating the comfort food of choice, drinking cheap wine and calling him a bastard.