The Best Breakup Songs, Definitively Ranked

The Best Breakup Songs, Definitively Ranked

Love, reciprocated or unrequited, is one of pop music's most enduring subjects, but some of the best love songs ever written are breakup songs.

These songs tend to be the ones written for the express purpose of revenge, where an artist unloads toxic material at their ex.

Hell, apparently, hath no fury like Lily Allen scorned

Lily Allen's new album West End Girl is a recent example, with its extremely-no-holds-barred lyrics about her marriage to David Harbour and its demise.

Author's summary: Breakup songs are a paradox in pop music.

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GQ GQ — 2025-10-31

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