10 Almost Forgotten Breakup/Moving On Songs That Are Worth Listening To

[sexyasianboi26]

Starting off with one of the greatest classics of all time.

1. Love hurts by Nazareth (1975)

2. You are not alone by Michael Jackson (1995)

3. Goodbye my lover by James Blunt (2004)

4. Same Mistake by James Blunt (2007)

5. Can't smile without you by Barry Manillow (1977)

6. Unbreak my heart by Toni Braxton (1996)

7. Knife by Rockwell (1984)

8. Without you by Mariah Carey (1994)

9. The reason by Hoobastank (2003)

10. I don't want to miss a thing by Aerosmith (1998)

Honorable Mention: Pretty Boy by M2M (2000)

Honorable Mention 2: Four in the morning by Gwen Stefani (2006)

Honorable Mention 3: Lonely by Akon

[StrangerByTheDay]

Hello dear @sexyasianboi26 ,
thank you for this post :-)
Breaking up or no, listening to music is always my number one thing to do, whether I am working, driving, etc...
I am more into 80s, 90s and millenium music lover, preferably rock music.
I love most of the songs you have mentioned in your take, but I guess you have forgotten maybe about that one for a breakup:

Hoobastank - Running Away

My nickname here is based on an old song too
Shades Apart - Stranger By The Day

If I may suggest few songs, here they are for whom is interested:
Tal Bachman - She's So High
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Richard Ashcroft - A Song For The Lovers
Roxette - Spending My Time
Prince - Purple Rain
Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want to Be
Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You
Gavin DeGraw - We Belong Together
Augustana - Boston
The list is a bit long, but enjoyed sharing my opinion and thank you again for this post dear @sexyasianboi26
I hope I have not offended anybody or broken some copyright thing, not my intention, I apologize in advance :-D

[sexyasianboi26]

No prob. You should take a look at Billboard’s top 30 breakup songs of all time. We belong together by Mariah Carey is apparently #1 right now. I think it should have been One Last cry by Brian McKnight. I didn't include one last cry in this list because I think everybody knows about it lol.

[StrangerByTheDay]

I do certainly check out many billboard's from time to time, but I have basically already all of them on my playlist ;-)
I have also forgot myself to mention one of my favorite songs @sexyasianboi26 , which is :
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
that one kicks me way back, like 2 decades ago :-P

[DeeDeeDeVour]

My friend just recently got dumped by a man she loved for a year. She sang and sobbed to this painful song countless times. Tell me if you think this is depressing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwvPljT_qI

[sexyasianboi26]

This is a good song. My list was originally 100 songs.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

@sexyasianboi26: Thanks for the MHO pick. :)

[OlderAndWiser]

https://youtu.be/gdDSJ2NddyEhttps://youtu.be/6DQJPL9Yuq0

[Guy13]

Enjoyed going through the tunes... all appropriate!

[NearlyNapping]

Speaking of forgotten. "Without You" was written and first recorded by Badfinger. While Badfinger was well known, it was not for this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49dquH8tn6E

The most famous version (by chart success) was by Nilsson. It hit #1 in the US for four weeks. It also hit #1 in Canada, UK. Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKqenACEPa8

[castratedwhiteguy]

Nice tunes! I particularly liked the Aerosmith song. Although the older guys did breakup much more poetic. Witness and enjoy:

Phil Ochs – Changes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0UrRH_LVS4

Steeleye Span:-'My Love'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPr4vS6yBWg

Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band - An Thou Were My Ain Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFsxQyyA2SE

The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Peggy Gordon (Live)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BERlLAWa5Bk

[Annie_Mosity]

Came here to laugh at your crappy taste in music... Realised I like waaaaay too many of the songs on the list to do that 🙈

[sexyasianboi26]

Lol.

[lilaqua]

This isn't my usual kind of music but my favourite song ever fits into this category.

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDG2m5hN1vo

[villageidiot]

Gold Dust Woman is pretty good too.

[BCRanger10]

I'm sorry, but how exactly is I Don't Want To Miss A Thing a breakup/moving on song? In pretty sure that it's quite the opposite.

[sexyasianboi26]

It’s an all around song. Back when Limewire and illegal downloading was a thing, this song was in the top 10 for break up songs and top 5 for love songs. Based on 700k downloads.

[bubble_tea]

Nice list! But you really shouldn't listen to those songs while you're going through a breakup.

[sexyasianboi26]

I think its a good productive way to speed up the process of moving on. The fact that you will feel sad, and cry out every tear is why people say it makes things much worse, which is not.

If you go to a buddhist monk, he will tell you “Empty your cup, then you will start healing” lol.

[sexyasianboi26]

I would have added One last cry by Brian McKnight but its still a pretty popular breakup song in 2018. Not so forgotten.

[bubble_tea]

Ah yeah, that song is very nice too! I thought those monks are all about having no emotions at all.

[sexyasianboi26]

Buddhism isn’t really a religion but more of a philosophy, a way of life, common sense and logic. I’m a roman catholic, I go to church every now and then but I also go to the nearby temple and ask for a 2nd opinion from a monk. Like I said, its like common sense advice. When you hear it, you’ll be like “oh yeah! Now it makes sense.”

Like when I was going through hard times, I was stressed and drained. I told a monk that why do i feel like me being an entrepreneur and businessman is not enough? He said “Success is right in front of you, but your eyes are looking elsewhere”. He meant that the cause of my self made stress was because I was comparing myself to others. It took a couple hours of meditation to completely erase the feelings of jealousy and envy.

[musical_kittycat]

Wonderful. I've never been involved in a bad breakup, so I have had no need for (and don't have a current need for) these songs, but they're still going to be helpful if and when I'm involved in a breakup similar to the ones described in the songs.

[Bananaman177]

Yeah, hey, nice elevator music or whatever, but do you mind if I just crank it up a bit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW0Ao9r2zkY

[TheDevilInside]

Fool Again by Westlife (since we're talking about cheesy break-up songs haha)

[StrangerByTheDay]

I thought I was the only one to still listen to that song :-D

[xButterflyKisses87x]

Definitely not alone. Love that song

[StrangerByTheDay]

@xButterflyKisses87x
I love almost all of the 80s and 90s songs.
I still listen to boy bands and girl bands though, my friends feel embarrassed when I play few in the car... hahahaha

[TheDevilInside]

@StrangerByTheDay funny how the 3 of us are 30 and up haha...

[StrangerByTheDay]

hahaha, yes indeed dear @TheDevilInside and @xButterflyKisses87x :-D
It is part of what peole saay usually:
"Born in the 80s, raised in the 90s" ;-)
Glad to be one of those people :-)

[ariadneR]

omg yes!

[xButterflyKisses87x]

For sure here, born in 1987 :D

[StrangerByTheDay]

March 1986 over here :-D

[CHARismatic110]

Unbreak My Heart never fails to make me cry. Hate that damn song and the memories attached.

[Logorithim]

Those are truly some odes to breakups and the pain associated with them.

[MarkRet]

Here's another one. I'll Set You Free - The Bangles

https://youtu.be/0Bg6LCg73XE

[JessForAdvice]

I always find when you break up with someone every song fits your situation x

[ManwithaConran]

Hair Of The Dog by Nazareth... and I'll forgive anyone who only knows the Guns N Roses version. It's the male equivalent of "I Will Survive"... with balls.

[clampfan101]

I’m surprised nothing from Evanescence is on the list.

[Anonymous]

Tangerine - Led Zepplin, The First Cut is the Deepest (written by Cat Stevens), Wild Horses - Rolling Stones. Why - Annie Lennox, Hymn to the Sea - (theme from Titanic) James Horner, One More Time - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Long Long Time - Linda Rondstat.

[Anonymous]

“Knife, cuts like a knife, How will I ever heal? Im soooo deeeply wounded, Knife” ={

[jacquesvol]

Free again- Barbara Streysand

https://youtu.be/PPk5wHb8UPo