Sad Breakup
Ryan Adams: "When the Stars Go Blue"
The Beatles: "Yesterday," "For No One"
Beck: "Lost Cause"
James Blunt: "Goodbye My Lover"
Toni Braxton: "Unbreak My Heart"
Jeff Buckley: "Last Goodbye," "Lover You Should've Come Over"
Carpenters: "Goodbye to Love"
Patsy Cline: "Walkin' After Midnight," "Sweet Dreams of You," "Crazy," "I Fall to Pieces," "She's Got You," "Leavin' On Your Mind"
Coldplay: "The Scientist"
Elvis Costello: "Almost Blue," "I Hope You're Happy Now"
The Cure: "Pictures of You," "Boys Don't Cry"
Elvis: "Separate Ways," "Heartbreak Hotel"
Marvin Gaye: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
Go-Betweens: "Part Company"
Lauryn Hill: "Ex-Factor"
George Jones: "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Carole King: "It's Too Late"
Gladys Knight and the Pips: "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Brenda Lee: "Break it to Me Gently"
Annie Lennox: "Why?"
The Magnetic Fields: "All My Little Words"
Aimee Mann: "One"
Mental As Anything: "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
Joni Mitchell: "Blue," "River"
Willie Nelson: "Always on My Mind"
Nilsson: "Without You"
Nine Inch Nails: "Hurt" (also covered by Johnny Cash, above)
Sinead O'Connor: "Nothing Compares to You"
Roy Orbison: "It's Over," "Crying"
Pearl Jam: "Black"
Liz Phair: "Divorce Song"
The Police: "Can't Stand Losing You," "Bed's Too Big Without You," "I'll be Watching You"
Righteous Brothers: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
Kenny Rogers: "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
The Smiths: "I Know It's Over," "Well I Wonder"
Split Enz: "I Hope Never"
The Streets: "Dry Your Eyes Mate"
Patti Smith: "Pissing in a River"
U2: "One," "With or Without You"
Usher: "Burn"
Tom Waits: "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis"
Hank Williams: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Bill Withers: "Ain't No Sunshine"
Tammy Wynette: "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
Angry Breakup
Ben Folds Five: "Song for the Dumped"
Black Eyed Peas: "Shut Up"
Mary J Blige: "Not Gon' Cry"
Ray Charles: "Hit the Road Jack"
Eminem: "Go to Sleep"
Marianne Faithfull: "Why'd Ya Do It?"
Fleetwood Mac: "You Can Go Your Own Way"
Alanis Morissette: "You Oughta Know"
Green Day: "Good Riddance"
Gloria Gaynor: "I Will Survive"
Lauryn Hill: "I Used to Love Him"
J Geils Band: "Love Stinks"
Janis Joplin: "Take Another Little Piece of My Heart"
Jazz Standard: "Cry Me a River"
Greg Kihn Band: "The Breakup Song"
Nilsson: "You're Breaking My Heart"
The Rascals: "You Better Run"
Nancy Sinatra: "These Boots Are Made for Walking"
Richard and Linda Thompson: "Shoot Out the Lights"
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