Top 9 breakup songs of all-time

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Because breaking up is hard to do, we've put together a list of our favorite songs that will make you cry, make you mad, and finally make you feel empowered and ready to move on. You oughta know that everybody hurts sometimes. You may cry a river looking at old pictures of the one who stole a piece of your heart, but once you finally tell them to hit the road you realize you will survive. Let it all out with these breakup tunes. Have any to add?

Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.

Lyrics we love: "When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on, don't let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes"

Pictures of You by The Cure

Lyrics we love: "If only I had thought of the right words I could have hold on to your heart, if only I'd thought of the right words, I wouldn't be breaking apart all my pictures of you"

Don't Speak by No Doubt

Lyrics we love: "I really feel that I'm losing my best friend, I can't believe this could be the end, it looks as though you're letting go and if it's real well I don't want to know"

Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin

Lyrics we love: "I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it, take another little piece of my heart now, baby"

Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake

Lyrics we love: "Cry me a river, oh (Cry me, cry me), Cry me a river, oh, (Cry me, cry me), Cry me a river, oh, (Cry me, cry me), Cry me a river, oh (Cry me, cry me)"

You Oughta Know by Alanis Morisette

Lyrics we love: "And I'm here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away,iIt's not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me, you, you, you oughta know"

Hit The Road Jack by Ray Charles

Lyrics we love: "Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"

F**k You by Cee-Lo

Lyrics we love: "F**k You"

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Lyrics we love: "I will survive, as long as i know how to love I know I will stay alive, I've got all my life to live,
I've got all my love to give and I'll survive, I will survive"