Nerve - The 50 Greatest Breakup Songs of All Time (2012)

(credits: Brian Dys Sahagun, Flickr)

Info: "... one, a breakup song can be vengeful, dignified, devastated, or whatever else, as long as the lyrics make explicit reference to a relationship that is ending or has ended. Two, we limited it to one song per principal songwriter. Three, this list goes back to 1960, which we feel represents the dawn of pop music as we know it, but we apologize to Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra, Mozart, et al." (... and I apologize to subscribers who formerly knew this playlist as Angry Love Songs: I messed a little and some songs disappeared).
Source: The 50 Greatest Breakup Songs of All Time 
Date of publication: 29th May 2012
Spotify playlist latest update: 15th January 2016
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Full list

Strikethrough songs (2/50) are not available on Spotify. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

1. Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
2. The Beatles - For No One
3. Outkast - Ms. Jackson
4. Prince - When You Were Mine
5. Harry Nilsson - Without You
6. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears
7. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
8. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone)
9. The Smiths - I Know It's Over
10. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
11. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
12. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
13. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
14. Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind
15. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
16. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
17. Elliott Smith - Oh Well, Okay
18. Joni Mitchell - A Case of You
19. Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
20. Rolling Stones - Angie
21. The Strokes - Someday
22. Nina Simone - Ne Me Quitte Pas
23. Macy Gray - I Try
24. Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
25. Billy Bragg - Must I Paint You a Picture
26. The Beach Boys - Caroline, No
27. The Replacements - Answering Machine
28. The Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words
29. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
30. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
31. Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
32. Roy Orbison - In Dreams
33. The Walkmen - The Rat
34. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
35. Liz Phair - Fuck and Run
36. Notorious B.I.G. - Friend of Mine
37. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
38. No Doubt - Don't Speak
39. New Order - Age of Consent
40. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
41. Elvis Costello - I Want You
42. Weezer - Butterfly
43. The Temptations - I Wish It Would Rain
44. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
45. The Cure - Pictures of You
46. Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
47. Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
48. The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love... (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
49. Human League - Don't You Want Me?
50. Kelly Clarkson, Since U Been Gone



(please, if you find some errors or tracks to add, tell me in the comments)