To celebrate Valentine’s Day’s imminent arrival, MTV posted their picks for the Top 10 Breakup Songs. After perusing the list, we find it lacking –sorry, MTV.
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To celebrate Valentine’s Day’s imminent arrival, MTV posted their picks for the Top 10 Breakup Songs. After perusing the list, we find it lacking – sorry, MTV.
No Doubt, Jennifer Lopez, and Kelly Clarkson?
These read like the Top 10 Videos you may consider playing, if you were to have some sort of show where videos were played.
So we’re asking you, the highly qualified American Songwriter reader, to submit your own Best Breakup Songs. We’ll post them next week.
Give us some “real” songs!
Here’s MTV’s:
10. No Doubt – “Ex-Girlfriend”
9. Jennifer Lopez – “Ain’t It Funny”
8. The Ting Tings – “Shut Up and Let Me Go”
7. Kanye West – “Heartless”
6. Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”
5. Pink – “So What”
4. Justin Timberlake – “Cry Me a River”
3. Destiny’s Child – “Survivor”
2. Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”
1. Kelly Clarkson – “Since U Been Gone”
I’ll start you off. Here’s my vote:
“Since I Been Loving You,” Led Zeppelin
Delia’s Gone – Johnny Cash….now there’s a break-up song!
Ain’t That A Shame – Fats Domino
Less a breakup song, more a song about a breakup, but I was in 5th grade: “Cryin'” by Aerosmith
Torn-Natalie Imbruglia
man I could go on forever, but…
Bob Dylan – “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”
@nikolai – wow! nice fats ref ! love that one.
how bout anything off of “sea change” ….heavy.
“If I leave here tomorrow . . . would you still remember me?”
FREEBIRD!!!
“Come Pick Me Up”
-Ryan Adams
1. “What It Takes” – Aerosmith
2. “Gimmie Back My Dog” – Slobberbone
3. “Unlove Me” – Julie Roberts (written by Paul Overstreet & Jason Matthews)
“Think of Me”-Keith Urban
“The Winner Takes It All” -ABBA
“In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” -Frank Sinatra
troy – sinead o’connor
Intentional Heartche – Dwight Yoakam….”and she just took that can of neon green spraypaint and sprayed it all over that Dale Jr. poster….She said Watch this! lol…..Dwight does have a way with a break-up story.
It Ain’t Me Babe, Bob Dylan
Sinead O’Connor’s version of Elton John’s “It’s No Sacrifice” from the Two Rooms album. Awesone song. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!
“Come Pick Me Up”- Ryan Adams.
ex-girlfriend- no doubt
dont speak- no doubt
dear-maria mena
sorry-maria mena
just hold me-maria mena
you outta know-alanis morissette
the guy who leaves-alanis morisette
i miss you love-maria mena
makeup smeared eyes- automatic loveletter
the scientist- coldplay
goodbye, you suck – shiloh
i love that song. has helped me alot x
a year from now – across five aprils
AMAZINGsong, really helps if you listen to the words 🙂
Echo