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Taylor Swift Performs Song From "Red" on Letterman: Best Breakup Song?
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2012/10/24 14:00:00
SLIDESHOW: Best Breakup Song?
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No Doubt - Don't Speak
Chris Rock loves this breakup song so much, he devoted part of one of his stand-up shows to it!
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Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Swift's kiss-off to Jake Gyllenhaal (apparently) is one of the catchiest songs of the year.
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Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Altogether now! "To the left, to the left..."
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Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
*NSync made him famous. "Like I Love You" was his solo debut. But "Cry Me a River" made Justin Timberlake a superstar.
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Leonard Cohen - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
This '60s classic is a gentler kind of breakup song. Sometimes, it's no one's fault.
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Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Is this the angriest breakup song ever? Whoever it was who left Alanis, we bet he regrets it now!
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Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
We dare you to watch the video for this weepy classic without shedding a couple of tears.
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Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Not only is Kelly not upset about this breakup -- she's ecstatic!
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No Doubt - Don't Speak
Chris Rock loves this breakup song so much, he devoted part of one of his stand-up shows to it!
Taylor Swift Performs Song From "Red" on Letterman: Best Breakup Song?
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Taylor Swift’s new album “Red” is a great collection of pop hits, many of which refer to a breakup. Last night she appeared on “The Late Show With David Letterman" to perform the title track from the album, wearing all black accented with a bright-red guitar and lipstick.
“Red” is already set to break sales records and is currently on track to sell over a million copies within its first week. If it does so, Swift will be the first woman in the Nielsen SoundScan era (since 1991) to have two albums that sold a million copies in one week.
Billboard is reporting that 500,000 copies of the album were sold on the first day of release alone, and at this rate she’s sure to pass Mumford and Sons’ sales record for the year of 600,000 units. “Red” is also receiving a sales boost from an unlikely source, as copies of the album are being sold alongside pizzas from the delivery chain Papa John’s.
Billboard is reporting that 500,000 copies of the album were sold on the first day of release alone, and at this rate she’s sure to pass Mumford and Sons’ sales record for the year of 600,000 units. “Red” is also receiving a sales boost from an unlikely source, as copies of the album are being sold alongside pizzas from the delivery chain Papa John’s.
With Swift's latest breakup anthem burning up the singles charts, it joins the ranks of some of the most memorable heartbreak-inspired hits. Check out the gallery and let us know: What's your choice for the best-ever breakup song?
Top Opinion
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Somkey the Hores 2012/10/26 06:39:19
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Her line crying you a river is borrowed from the Julie London /Ella Fitzgerald original.
Justin Timberlake on the other hand stole the whole title.
Makes me wonder who influenced whom. Both songs were released almost simultneously.
The O'Connor hit is the one true classic of the choices given. I used to quietly bask in it as the waves of emotion would flow over me like healing water on a burning fire. It defines art.
And while I wouldn't exactly say I'm nostalgic for the eighties, Don't Speak still brings back a good memory or so anyway.
But while Alanis has always been a standalone talent her work in You Oughta Know sounds more than anything like a witch casting an evil spell, language warning included.
Of course Leonard C. has written some superb songs but the one presented still doesn't answer this question, which I believe was: "What's your choice for the best-ever breakup song?", unquote.
OK well "ever" is kind of a long time and while one salute to the sixties is well received it doesn't even begin to open the door to what all has gone down from then till now. So Let's just start with these two, preferably in the order given.
The first is by the golden-voiced Marty Robbins, one of the few country-western songs /singers I have ever been a total fan of and the second, well, if you've never heard of Timi Yuro all I can sa...
The O'Connor hit is the one true classic of the choices given. I used to quietly bask in it as the waves of emotion would flow over me like healing water on a burning fire. It defines art.
And while I wouldn't exactly say I'm nostalgic for the eighties, Don't Speak still brings back a good memory or so anyway.
But while Alanis has always been a standalone talent her work in You Oughta Know sounds more than anything like a witch casting an evil spell, language warning included.
Of course Leonard C. has written some superb songs but the one presented still doesn't answer this question, which I believe was: "What's your choice for the best-ever breakup song?", unquote.
OK well "ever" is kind of a long time and while one salute to the sixties is well received it doesn't even begin to open the door to what all has gone down from then till now. So Let's just start with these two, preferably in the order given.
The first is by the golden-voiced Marty Robbins, one of the few country-western songs /singers I have ever been a total fan of and the second, well, if you've never heard of Timi Yuro all I can say is sit down, adjust the tone to the broadest range, roll in the volume to what the speakers can handle and hang on for your life. You'll soon see what I mean, and why most of the choices given here sound like whiney spoiled brats in comparison:
http://youtu.be/QVTKeVhN1Bc
http://youtu.be/9qjTQRscacs
If anyone here can offer any reason to think anything today even remotely compares with any of these by all means let them Bring it On...
http://youtu.be/73-RTnJZtt4
....Heard it in a love song~Marshall Tucker Band
so many good ones all the way back to Hank Snow's Walkin the floor over you...and Patsy Cline's She's got you
I also like You outta know ..its listed.
Although I'm pretty sure that "It's Not You" by the band Halestorm is the best break up song ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
...after nine lines of expletives & swear words- lol.
Guess it's out of your system then. Good for you. Whatever it takes.
"I hate to see you go away and leave me,-
for we have been sweethearts so long...
I guess it would be better though it grieves me...
to think of how I'll miss you when you're gone.
Though, sweetheart, I want you to be happy,-
How I'll miss you, dear, you'll never know.
But if you think it's best, there's nothing I can do, I guess,-
So I'll just say I hate to see you go."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Actually helped me through one of my own back a ways.