Saddest breaking up song?

[Clawdy]

Listened to Roy Orbison's "Crying" this morning, such a sad breakup song. What's your favourite breakup song, one that really gets to your heart?

@Bumpsadaisie

Roy Orbison 😭

Love hurts
Love scars
Love wounds
And mars...

I'm young
I know
But even so
I know a thing
Or two
I've learned
From you
Really learned a lot
Really learned a lot
Love is like a stove
Burns you when it's hot ...

Love hurts!

I can’t listen to the Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris version of that song, it’s so bloody beautiful and sad.

Even Now - Barry M. "Even now ,when I have come so far, I wonder where you are, I wonder why it's still so hard without you..."

I second this^ ........as I climb the stairs without you.

Also by Barry Manilow (king of teenage tear jerkers ! I should know !!)

Weekend in New England. 'Last night we said good bye, now it seems years....

@ToffeeNotCoffee

Oh hell yes...Barry Manilow might not be cool but he's produced some absolute belters.

Some brilliant songs to revisit suggested on this thread.

I've recently started listening to Sade again - By Your Side, No Ordinary Love. So beautiful to rediscover them again.

Leonard Cohen’s hey that’s no way to say goodbye.
Cranberries there’s no need to argue.

Against all Odds. Phil Collins!

To be fair, gram parsons and Emmy lou Harris make any song pull at the emotions. They were so young, but sound so weary.

I always see the elvis costello 'I want you' as a creepily obsessive song.

Can’t remember what the title is but Randy vanwarmer and the lyrics are
‘You left me, just when I needed you most’ makes me howl (more about death rather than a break up, but could see it as that too)

Link m.youtube.com/watch?v=a_B7ob_kV0I

open.spotify.com/playlist/5MQbHbLISL8ytP8T0UV0Ou?si=E49E2ywPT9WoqtDiBoBDlg

Done half a job on this but it’s collaborative so please feel free to add the ones I missed!

yy to pp suggestions
Kayleigh by Marrilion
Dancing on my own by Robyn
Weakness in me by Joan Armatrading.

"Space Cowboy" by Kacey Musgraves.

You can have your space, cowboy
I ain't gonna fence you in
Go on drive away, in your Silverado
Guess I'll see you round again
I know my place, and it ain't with you
Sunsets fade, and love does too
Yeah, we had our day in the sun
When a horse wants to run
There ain't no sense in closing the gate
You can have your space, cowboy

You left me, just when I needed you most’ makes me howl (more about death rather than a break up, but could see it as that too)

Sorry for your loss.

I have a tendency to sing, 'you left me, just when I'd made you some toast.'

However, when mining a deep seam of teenage angst the above Randy VanWarmer song was very good.

'You left in the rain without closing the door, I didn't stand in your way'

@MintyCedric

Oh hell yes...Barry Manilow might not be cool but he's produced some absolute belters.

Agree.

@MistsofAvalon

Some brilliant songs to revisit suggested on this thread.

I've recently started listening to Sade again - By Your Side, No Ordinary Love. So beautiful to rediscover them again.

I love Sade's By Your Side. Also not really a break up song , well kinda, but Kissin You by Des'ree

The Scientist by Coldplay.

And Time of Your Life by Green Day.

James Carr..."forgetting you"

Your house - Alanis Morissette
Nothing compares 2U - Sinead O'Connor
One More Try - George Michael
Hello - Adele

In this Shirt by the Irrepressibles

Said it all - Take That. When you have nothing left to say to each other.

I made it through the rain - Barry Mannilow

Only Love Can Hurt Like This- Paloma Faith.

The Bluetones - Putting out fires

Band of Horses - No one's gonna love you

Alien Ant Farm - Movies

Then Jerico - The motive

The Bluetones song really is heartbreaking
The video to the AAF song is jokey but the song makes me well up.

Hard habit to break by Chicago - totally heartbreaking for me to listen to even now. Reminds me of my first big break up - sob 😭