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Ultimate breakup songs

179 replies

Mushroomride · 20/02/2025 17:54

Which song most conveys the feeling of how you felt after your breakup?

I don’t forgive you - Isabel LaRosa

So satisfying somehow, doesn’t make me sad at all.

Baby, is she really everything you need?
It's crazy, think you love her after just two weeks
You hate me 'cause you know I'm not that easy
I hope she breaks your heart so casually
I don't forgive you
I don't forgive you
I still fucking miss you
But I don't forgive you
Trust me, I'm in every other girl you'll meet
You see that god'll bring you back to me
Baby, I hope you think she'll never leave
And then she'll break your heart so casually
I don't forgive you
I don't forgive you
I still fucking miss you
But I don't forgive you
You drive away
I guess today's the last I am seeing your face
I don't forgive you
I don't forgive you
I still fucking miss you
But I don't forgive you

OP posts:
thelastoftheherriots · 21/02/2025 19:22

Labour by Paris Paloma. Every damn word of that song.

TheresOnlyOneWayOfLife · 21/02/2025 20:04

slimshady18 · 21/02/2025 00:36

I've made the playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/5zxkMgaI0mKRSm2d2mR7ym?si=cik0T0jKQ_uavtTm1LAOPg&pi=XIqwaWvSS3iPW

if the link doesn't work, it's titled 'mumsnet heartbreak'. Apologies if I have missed any!

This is immense, it got me round the Aldi shop tonight thank you! 🙏

Funkyslippers · 21/02/2025 20:13

Ex Factor by Lauryn Hill. Beautiful song

TheOnlyWayisGerard · 21/02/2025 20:16

Weak - Skunk Anansie

FlowerUser · 21/02/2025 20:22

slimshady18 · 21/02/2025 00:36

I've made the playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/5zxkMgaI0mKRSm2d2mR7ym?si=cik0T0jKQ_uavtTm1LAOPg&pi=XIqwaWvSS3iPW

if the link doesn't work, it's titled 'mumsnet heartbreak'. Apologies if I have missed any!

That's amazing, thank you!!

slimshady18 · 21/02/2025 20:22

Hey, this is the collab link for the Spotify playlist!!! Enjoy xx

open.spotify.com/playlist/5zxkMgaI0mKRSm2d2mR7ym?si=RvBvbZngS3uyt5RDyf9Ecw&pt=91b00a5900a7d9cab824f5d3ea7d2f34&pi=PhRRh12hQma8y

Starlingstar29 · 21/02/2025 20:25

The National - Pink Rabbits

MeganCarter · 21/02/2025 21:22

One More Night - Phil Collins. - when we thought there was still hope

Heard it through the grapevine - tambourine shakes signify a snake in the grass

How long has this been going on - Ace - no going back now

after all the awful doubt and uncertainty - the breakthrough to Gloria Gaynor
I will Survive !! - the dumped girls Anthem

DontBeBlueBeARainbow · 21/02/2025 21:51

Thanks @slimshady18, amazing, so many i want to listen to!

And to add Taylor Swift - death by a thousand cuts, really resonated

And it's been mentioned but All I Ask by Adele for a break up years ago

DontBeBlueBeARainbow · 21/02/2025 21:52

Thanks @slimshady18, amazing, so many i want to listen to!

And to add Taylor Swift - death by a thousand cuts, really resonated

And it's been mentioned but All I Ask by Adele for a break up years ago

Cattery · 21/02/2025 22:05

John Secada-Just Another Day
James Arthur-Impossible

ColdLittleHeart · 21/02/2025 22:50

thelastoftheherriots · 21/02/2025 19:22

Labour by Paris Paloma. Every damn word of that song.

Was just about to come on here to say this..what a song!

ChaosDream · 21/02/2025 23:10

McAlmont and Butler - Yes

Love this one!

dickyMingers · 21/02/2025 23:34

We're kissing without kissing
Got it down to a fine art
Love's supposed to keep you young and frisky
But we grew up and wide apart

  • Loose Ends by Imogen Heap
TheMagicDeckchair · 21/02/2025 23:40

So many great songs!

Against All Odds was the song I listened to on repeat when my first boyfriend dumped me. So simple yet so powerful.

A few more that made me cry:

Winner Takes It All- Abba
It’s a Heartache- Bonnie Tyler
Dance Away- Roxy Music
She’s Like The Wind- Patrick Swayze
My Immortal- Evanesence
I Miss You- Blink 182

Empowering songs for moving on:

Yes- McAlmont and Butler
Set It All Free (from Sing) Scarlett Johanssen
Invincible- Muse
High Hopes- Kodaline
Try Again Today- Charlatans

TumbledTussocks · 22/02/2025 00:30

My top one is White - Town Your Woman

Also Natalia Imbruglia - Torn

stayathomer · 22/02/2025 00:34

Solid gold by Delta Goodrem (best line, and I’m crying for the times that you stood in my way)

No more tears (enough is enough)
Most Olivia Rodrigo songs
Benson Boone - pretty slowly (I sob at the end part, not proud of it but can’t help it!)
Against all odds (Mariah version so I can be dramatic😅)

Richandstrange · 22/02/2025 00:59

Go by Cat Burns

So don't call this number anymore
'Cause I won't be there for you like I was before
I should've listened to my friends
They always know best
They said you were just like all the rest, so
I'll sing it loud in case you don't already know
Pack up your shit and go

toomanytocount2025 · 22/02/2025 01:00

Halsey - you should be sad

AcquadiP · 22/02/2025 01:05

Tonight Braxton, He Wasn't Man Enough For Me

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9_hKXk2qSuw

AcquadiP · 22/02/2025 01:19

Teddy Pendergrass
The Whole Town's Laughing At Me

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Ewm2tx0qs&pp=ygURI2tpZHNsYXVnaGluZ2F0bWU%3D

BerthaBindweed · 22/02/2025 06:14

Dry your eyes - the streets

WednesdaysChild25 · 22/02/2025 06:27

On my own
Patti LaBelle and Michael Macdonald

Superwoman
Karyn White

Maxwell
Pretty Wings

Mary J Blige
Not gon’ cry

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 22/02/2025 23:32

I'm a survivor - destiny's child
I had to lose you to lose me - Selena Gomez
Stronger - Christina Aguilera
Kelly Clarkson - since you've been gone
I can buy myself flowers - Mikey Cyrus

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 22/02/2025 23:32

I will survive!

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