Breaking up is hard to do. But if there’s any upside to splitting up, it’s the opportunity to experience and relate to breakup songs like never before. It’s true – tracks from breakup balladeers ...

Fleetwood Mac fans won't be surprised by UCR 's pick for #1 best breakup song: "Go Your Own Way" off the iconic 1977 album ...

With Valentine’s Day coming up, love is on everyone’s mind. However, not everyone is feeling the warm fuzzy feelings. Plenty of people are watching everyone make romantic plans while they’re picking ...

Taylor Swift is known for writing exceptional breakup songs. The best examples in Swift's catalog include "Dear John," "Champagne Problems," and "All Too Well." Three songs from "The Tortured Poets ...

Breakup songs are more than commonplace. Lost love tales are inescapable–and have been so for decades. Needless to say, we’re all well-versed in the conventions behind them. However, they only start ...

For many, it seemed like Gotye came out of nowhere. The folksy, Australian indie-rock artist (né Wally de Backer) has captivated U.S. listeners with his irresistible, nuanced breakup song, “Somebody ...

Popular music includes countless love songs, and also a surprising number of songs about romantic breakups. Another category of songs has gone unnoticed: anti-breakup songs, with one or both partners ...

Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani have topped the country charts twice together now, and both times, their hits were love songs. But next time around, they're going for subject matter that's a little bit ...

If you listen to Emily Ann Roberts' new song "The Fence" and begin to visualize all the elements of her breakup story, you're doing it right. She visualized them, too. In fact, Roberts is a bit of a ...

Kelly Clarkson may not have the same reputation as Taylor Swift for writing songs that skewer her ex-boyfriends, but nobody can argue that “Since U Been Gone” is one of the best breakup anthems ever.

There’s nothing quite like a Taylor Swift song to hit you right in the feels post-breakup. Sure, we all know the Grammy winner can craft pop bops like “22” and romantic love ballads like “Wildest ...