(Finished August 27th, 2023) Part 1 of The Best 80s Break Up Songs

Hello,

I started with ranker.com’s list: https://www.ranker.com/list/best-80s-breakup-songs/ranker-music

and worked from there adding songs that I thought of on my own. I’m going to start with two songs about couples that don’t seem to be broken up, but definitely should be.

1) ‘Til Tuesday “Voices Carry”:

2) The Eurythmics “Would I Lie To You”:

3) Cinderella “Don’t Know What You Got (Til It’s Gone)”:

4) Perhaps the greatest break-up song of all-time The Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me”:

This feels like a breakup song, but maybe? 5) Willie Nelson “Always On My Mind”:

6) Whitney Houston “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”:

7) The Cutting Crew “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight”:

8) The J. Geils Band “Love Stinks”:

9) Elton John “I’m Still Standing”:

10) U2 “With Or Without You”:

11) Abba “The Winner Takes It All”:

12) The Motels “Take The L”:

13) Dan Hill and Vonda Shephard “Can’t We Try”:

14) Phil Collins “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)”:

15) Heart “Alone”:

16) Journey “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”:

17) The Greg Kihn Band “The Breakup Song”:

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