{"id":17357,"date":"2018-09-08T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datemixstaging.wpengine.com\/?p=17357"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:06:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T18:06:37","slug":"best-heartbreak-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zoosk.com\/date-mix\/relationship-advice\/breaking-up\/best-heartbreak-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Heartbreak Songs: 49 Broken Heart Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Being heart broken, feeling heartbreak\u2014the terms seem like clich\u00e9s until you experience heartbreak for yourself. Then the clich\u00e9s can be oddly comforting. They let you know you’re not the only one to feel this way. Other times you  may feel lost and confused, then you read something, watch something, talk to a friend, or yes, listen to a song and suddenly you have words for how you feel. Suddenly you understand what happened to you.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chances are, you found this article because you’re experiencing a heartbreak and are looking for people who have been there before. Lyrics like, “As painful as this thing has been, I just can’t be with no one else,” may sound confusing and contradictory… unless, that is, you’re been there before. Then they make perfect, painful sense. And it may be easy to mock lyrics from older songs like, “Don’t you remember, you told me you loved me baby?  You said you’d be coming back this way again baby. Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby.” But then again, if you’ve experienced that particular type of deception, it may be something you can relate to.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever it is you’re feeling or seeking, we put together this list of classic heart break songs and songs about heartbreak to help you find people and situations you can relate to. Listen to it on Spotify<\/span><\/a> or browse the list below to find a variety of songs from a variety of genres and moments in time, all about heartbreak. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Songs About Heartbreak and Broken Hearts: <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Lover You Should’ve Come Over<\/a>, <\/span>Jackson C. Frank<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“When I’m not drinking bay, you are on my mind.
\nWhen I’m not sleeping you know you’ll find me crying.” <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Love Is a Losing Game<\/a>, Amy Winehouse<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“Over futile odds
\nAnd laughed at by the gods
\nAnd now the final frame
\nLove is a losing game”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. “Heart of Glass<\/a>,” <\/span>Blondie<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“Once I had a love and it was a gas
\nSoon turned out had a heart of glass
\nSeemed like the real thing, only to find
\nMucho mistrust, love’s gone behind”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Sound of Your Memory<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>Willie and Lukas Nelson<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“Ever since I met you my life’s been a song
\nA sad song, a love song with hate in between<\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. And So It Goes<\/a>, <\/span>Billie Joel<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“And every time I’ve held a rose
\nIt seems I only felt the thorns
\nAnd so it goes, and so it goes
\nAnd so will you soon I suppose”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now<\/a>, <\/span>The Smiths<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“In my life
\nWhy do I give valuable time
\nTo people who don’t care if I live or die?”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. That’s How I Got to Memphis<\/a>, <\/span>Tom T. Hall <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“If you love somebody enough, you follow wherever they go.
\nThat’s how I got to Memphis. That’s how I got to Memphis.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Ex Factor<\/a>, Lauren Hill <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n“I keep letting you back in
\nHow can I explain myself?
\nAs painful as this thing has been
\nI just can’t be with no one else.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Break My Heart Sweetly<\/a>, <\/span>John Moreland<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“There’s a scar on my soul
\nSo let me down easy
\nBreak my heat sweetly
\n<\/span>Like you always do.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. I Get Along Without You Very Well<\/a>, Nina Simone<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I’ve forgotten you just like I should
\nOf course I have
\nOr maybe, except to hear your name
\nOr someone’s laugh that’s just the same.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11. We Can’t Be Friends<\/a>, Loren Scafaria<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I wanna hear your band;
\nI wanna give it advice;
\nI wanna meet your girlfriend, she sounds nice;
\nI wanna take you home;
\nI wanna feel my age;
\nI wanna freak you out on a different stage;
\nI wanna show my teeth;
\nI wanna keep you fed;
\nI wanna get you drunk and let it go to your head
\nSo I guess this means we can\u2019t be friends”.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12. Total Eclipse of the Heart<\/a>, <\/span>Bonnie Tyler<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“(Turn around)
\n<\/span>Every now and then I get a little bit nervous
\nThat the best of all the years have gone by
\n(Turn around)
\nEvery now and then I get a little bit terrified
\nAnd then I see the look in your eyes
\n(Turn around, bright eyes)
\nEvery now and then I fall apart”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13. Heartbreak Hotel<\/a>, Elvis Presley<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Well, since my baby left me
\nWell, I found a new place to dwell
\nWell, it’s down at the end of Lonely Street
\nAt Heartbreak Hotel<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14. Piece of My Heart<\/a>, Janis Joplin<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Didn’t I make you feel
\nLike you were the only man?
\nDidn’t I give you everything
\nA woman possibly can?
\nHoney, you know I did.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15. He Called Me Baby<\/a>, Candi Stanton<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“He called me baby, baby
\nAll night long.
\nLord, I feel so empty
\nSince he’s been gone.
\nNow I lie here and I die here
\nUntil the dawn.
\nI miss my baby, baby, baby
\nAll night long.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. Buddy<\/a>, Willie Nelson<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n<\/span>“Laugh with me, buddy
\nJest with me, buddy
\nDon’t let her get the best of me, buddy”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

17. It Must Have Been Love<\/a>, Roxette<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\n<\/span>“It must have been love but it’s over now
\nIt must have been good but I lost it somehow”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

18. Hope She’ll Be Happier<\/a>, Bill Withers <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Maybe the darkness of the hour
\nMakes me seem lonelier than I am,
\nBut over the darkness I have no power,
\nHope she’ll be happier with him.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

19. Foolish Games<\/a>, Jewel<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“You took your coat off, stood in the rain,
\nYou’re always crazy like that.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. The Tracks of My Tears<\/a>, The Miracles<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“So take a good look at my face
\nYou know my smile looks out of place
\nIf you look closer it’s easy to trace
\nThe tracks of my tears”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

21. Sober<\/a>, Childish Gambino<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“And now that’s it’s over, I’ll never be sober
\nI couldn’t believe, but now I’m so high”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

22. I’d Rather Go Blind<\/a>, Etta James<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I would rather, I would rather go blind boy
\nThan to see you, walk away from me child.
\nSo you see, I love you so much
\nThat I don’t want to watch you leave me baby.
\nMost of all, I just don’t, I just don’t want to be free.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

23. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes<\/a>, The Platters<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Now laughing friends deride
\nTears I cannot hide
\nSo I smile and say
\nWhen a lovely flame dies,
\n<\/span>smoke gets in your eyes.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

24. Un-break My Heart<\/a>, Toni Braxton<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Un-break my heart
\nSay you’ll love me again
\nUndo this hurt you caused
\nWhen you walked out the door
\nAnd walked out of my life”
\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

25. Superstar<\/a>, Carpenters<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Don’t you remember, you told me you loved me baby?
\nYou said you’d be coming back this way again baby
\nBaby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
\nI love you, I really do”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

26. Love of My Life<\/a>, Queen <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Love of my life, you’ve hurt me
\nYou’ve broken my heart, and now you leave me.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

27. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted<\/a>, Jimmy Ruffin<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“As I walk this land with broken dreams
\nI have visions of many things
\nBut happiness is just an illusion
\nFilled with sadness and confusion.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

28. All I Want<\/a>, Kodaline<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“But If you loved me
\nWhy did you leave me
\nTake my body
\nTake my body
\nAll I want is
\nAll I need is
\nTo find somebody
\nI’ll find somebody”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

29. You Were Mine<\/a>, Dixie Chicks<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Sometimes I wake up crying at night
\nAnd sometimes I scream out your name
\nWhat right does she have to take you away
\nWhen for so long you were mine”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

30. Yesterday<\/a>, The Beatles<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“<\/span>Why she had to go I don’t know she wouldn’t say
\nI said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.“<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

31. Crying<\/a>, Roy Orbison<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“<\/span>I was all right for awhile
\nI could smile for awhile
\nBut I saw you last night
\nYou held my hand so tight
\nAs you stopped to say, Hello”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

32. I Fall to Pieces<\/a>, Patsy Cline<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“<\/span>You want me to act like we’ve never kissed
\nYou want me to forget
\nPretend we’ve never met.
\nAnd I’ve tried and I’ve tried
\nBut I haven’t yet.“<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

33. Against All Odds<\/a>, Phil Collins<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“So take a look at me now
\nWell there’s just an empty space.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

34. Losing You, Solange<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I love him but every day I’m learning.
\nAll my life I’ve only been pretending.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

35. Losing You<\/a>, Solange<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“We use to kiss all night but now there’s just no use
\nI don\u2019t know why I fight it, clearly we are through
\nTell me the truth boy, am I losing you for good?<\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

36. Standing In the Doorway<\/a>, Bob Dylan <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I got no place left to turn
\nI got nothin’ left to burn
\nDon’t know if I saw you if I would kiss you or kill you
\nIt probably wouldn’t matter to you anyhow”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

37. The Winner Takes It All<\/a>, ABBA<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“The judges will decide
\nThe likes of me abide
\nSpectators of the show
\nAlways staying low
\nThe game is on again
\nA lover or a friend
\nA big thing or a small
\nThe winner takes it all.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

38. Rolling in the Deep<\/a>, Adele<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“The scars of your love remind me of us
\nThey keep me thinking that we almost had it all.
\nThe scars of your love they leave me breathless,
\nI can’t help feeling, we could have had it all.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

39. I Wish It Would Rain<\/a>, The Temptations <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Sunshine, blue skies, please go away
\nA girl has found another and gone away
\nWith her went my future, my life is filled with gloom
\nSo day after day I stay locked up in my room
\nI know to you, it might sound strange
\nBut I wish it would rain.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart<\/a>, Al Green<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“And how can you mend a broken heart?
\nHow can you stop the rain from falling down?
\nHow can you stop the sun from shining?
\nWhat makes the world go round?”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

41. Goodbye My Lover<\/a>, James Blunt <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Goodbye my lover.
\nGoodbye my friend.
\nYou have been the one.
\nYou have been the one for me.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

42. Nothing Compares 2 U<\/a>, Prince
\n(original by Sin\u00e9ad O’Connor)<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“All the flowers that you planted mama
\nIn the back yard
\nAll died when you went away.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

43. Hard to Love a Man<\/a>, Magnolia Electric Co. <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“It was hard to love a man like you
\nGoodbye was half the words you knew
\nWhile you was waiting for me not to call
\nI sent my love, I sent my love.<\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

44. One Less Bell to Answer<\/a>, The 5th Dimension <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Since he left my life’s so empty
\nThough I try to forget it just can’t be done
\nEach time the doorbell rings I still run.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

45. Silver Springs<\/a>, Fleetwood Mac<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I follow you down until the sound
\nOf my voice will haunt you
\n(Give me just a chance)
\nYou’ll never get away from the sound
\nOf the woman who loves you
\n(Was I just a fool)”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

46. You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory<\/a>, Johnny Thunders<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“Feel so restless, I am,
\nBeat my head against a pole
\nTry to knock some sense,
\ndown in my bones.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

47. “I Want You<\/a>,” <\/span>Elvis Costello<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

“I’m going to say it again ’til I instill it.
\nI know I’m going to feel this way until you kill it.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

48. “Broken Hearted People<\/a>,” <\/span>Guy Clark<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“So take me to a barroom driver, set me on a stool.
\nIf I can’t be her man I’m damned if I’ll be her fool.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

49. “To Hear You Say You\u2019re Mine<\/a>,” <\/span>Candi Staton <\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:<\/span>
\n“I remember you telling me, that you would love me and treat me tenderly.
\nBut all you\u2019ve ever given is just plain misery.”<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

50. “Dreaming with a Broken Heart<\/a>,” John Mayer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite Lyric:
\nYou roll out of bed and down on your knees
\nAnd for a moment you can hardly breathe
\nWondering was she really here
\nIs she standing in my room?
\nNo, she’s not
\n‘Cause she’s gone, gone, gone, gone, gone.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n