Favorite Heart Break Songs

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Anonymous wrote:Don't do country so can't help with that and all my breakup songs and albums are from my indie music tastes so not sure if you'd be into it.

However the one has some good popular appeal - "No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses. Perfect blend of the pain and spite and anger but also love and longing that you feel after a breakup. The whole album Cease to Begin is great for heartbreak.

Oh, please share.

Sure!!

Forgot about Joni Mitchell - Blue. Not indie of course but ultimate breakup album.
Skinny Love by Bon Iver and the whole album For Emma, Forever Ago
Since I Left You by the Avalanches - song and album of the same name is better for when you're starting to get over someone and starting to see the lights
I Know It's Over by the Smiths
It's Gonna Be Alright by Ween
album Pinkerton by Weezer
The Mess Inside by the Mountain Goats
album Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie (concept about long distance love)
albums High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me by the National
album Sea Change by Beck
Love Will Fuck Us Apart by Andrew Jackson Jihad

And a guilty pleasure - We are Never Getting Back Together by the breakup queen herself Taylor

Sorry, I thought there would be more individual songs in my list but I just love whole albums for breakups! All my breakups have a soundtrack.

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Florence and the Machine-- Cosmic Love, Seven Devils.
Sia Breathe Me
Tracy Chapman Baby can I hold you
Fine Frenzy Near to You, Almost Lover
Evanescence My Immortal

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Miranda Lambert’s Tin Man is such a remarkable song it should be in the Hall of Fame of heart break songs. If you don’t get chills listening to it, you may not have a heart (check YouTube for her live acoustic performance at one of the award shows).

Written from the perspective of the guy who’s been dumped, I love “Stupid Boy” by Keith Urban and more mid tempo, Urban’s “You’ll Think Of Me” and Sam Hunt “Make You Miss Me.”

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My FAVORITE is "How do you mend a broken heart" by Al Green.

I also like "The Heart of the Matter" as performed by India.Arie

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I'm not actually into country- certainly not what passes for country these days. But for heartache- anything Dwight Yoakam- anything. The music combined with the lyrics and hurt in his voice- so good.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not actually into country- certainly not what passes for country these days. But for heartache- anything Dwight Yoakam- anything. The music combined with the lyrics and hurt in his voice- so good.

Give Tin Man a listen.

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Cam - Burning House

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A Little Bit Stronger - Sara Evans

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I Can't Make you Love me--Bonnie Raitt
Last Request--Paolo Nutini
Against All Odds--Phil Collins

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And when you know that you are done and moving on:

Giddy On Up - Laura Bell Bundy

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I Can't Make you Love me--Bonnie Raitt
Last Request--Paolo Nutini
Against All Odds--Phil Collins

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You Don't Know Her Like I Do - Brantley Gilbert

Baby Come Back - Player

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The Promise by Tracy Chapman

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Somewhere With You - Kenny Chesney

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Unbreak my heart, Toni Braxton. I'm cheesy like that.