Break-up songs have their own special place in my heart, they've been there for every time a guy wasn't. The thing that makes them so great is that there are break-up songs for every stage of the grieving process after a relationship ends.
The ones that help us cry and scream, and then, the ones that remind us that someday we will move on and find someone better, someone else. Because of these reasons, these songs are just as special as love songs.
Below are the best list of great Break-Up songs to help you through it:
“7 Things,” by Miley Cyrus - This song long presumed to be about Cyrus’s then recent-ex Nick Jonas, is a perfect song for all the girls who has just been dumped and ignore. Cyrus herself said in interviews about the song that she was going through so many different emotions at the time she wrote it, and the song reflects that—the anger that makes you feel like you hate everything about that person, and the fact that your hatred of them also inspires a feeling like you may love them all the more. In short: breaking-up is confusing.
“Picture to Burn,” by Taylor Swift - This song that captures post-breakup anger perfectly is the fourth single released from Taylor Swift’s debut album. Known for her songs about her broken heart after each one of her relationships, this was Swift’s first one to express the anger she felt. Inspired by the nature of a man she never actually established a formal relationship with, it does however express the anger of a woman scorned.
“Cry Me a River,” by Justin Timberlake - Inspired by Timberlake’s very public failed relationship with fellow pop singer Britney Spears, and was the second single from Timberlake’s debut solo album post NSYNC. About a brokenhearted man who can’t accept his own past, the song has been covered and sung by numerous other artists over the years, including Selena Gomez, Leona Lewis and Taylor Swift. It’s the perfect song for the person who just hopes that their ex will start feeling an ounce of the pain they did. The overall message of this song: One day, you’ll miss me like I missed you—but I won’t care.
“Gives You Hell,” by The All-American Rejects - Another song which allows the dumped to get out their anger and at the same time sing about moving on from their heartbreak. Though the music video doesn't imply this at all (instead focusing on a prank war between two neighbors who can’t get along), the lyrics help get across the point that sometimes seeing the face of the person you dumped is the only weapon they need to make you regret losing them.
“Since U Been Gone,” by Kelly Clarkson - From Clarkson’s album Breakaway, this song is about a woman who expresses her relief over the end of her troubled relationship. Clarkson, like Taylor Swift, is known for her songs about guys who have done her wrong, but in an entirely different way. Hers are often more powerful ballads, ones which talk about how much stronger she is, and the ways she is better off without him. The overall message of this song: I’m over you and loving it.