This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at C Mich chapter.
There’s no guaranteed way to get over a break up, a broken heart, or an unrequited love. However, there are some songs that just might ease the pain a little more, whether you’re shamelessly jamming by yourself in the car, or with the girls for a night out. Here are 20 songs from different genres, for many different heartaches, and lyrics to point you in the right direction! Burning the following songs onto a CD with a side of donuts is sure to brighten your day, just ask Natalie Portman.
- Potential Break Up Song- Aly & A.J.
- The type of guy who doesn’t see
What he has until she leaves
Don’t let me go
Cause without me, you know you’re lost
Wise up now or pay the cost
Soon you will know
- The type of guy who doesn’t see
- Lady Marmalade- Christina Aguilera
- I don’t think you need the lyrics to know what this song has in store!
- This is the perfect song to belt out with your girlfriends!
- Mind Your Manners- Chiddy Bang
- Manners, take a second look and you’ll see
There is no one like me
There is no one like me
Manners, you better reconsider
Cause you will never do better
- Manners, take a second look and you’ll see
- Everything I’m Not- The Veronicas
- Now wait a minute
Because of you
I never knew all the things that I had
Hey don’t you get it
I’m not going anywhere with you tonight
Cause this is my life
- Now wait a minute
- Begging on your Knees- Victoria Justice
- So watch your back cause you don’t know when or where I can get you
I’ve set the trap and when I’m done then you’ll know what I’ve been through
So oh Mister player do you feel like the man now?
- So watch your back cause you don’t know when or where I can get you
- Undo It- Carrie Underwood
- Now your photos don’t have a picture frame
And I never say your name and I never will
And all your things, well I threw them in the trash
And I’m not even sad
- Now your photos don’t have a picture frame
- Troublemaker- Olly Murs ft. Flo Rider
- My mind keeps saying,
“Run as fast as you can”
Troublemaker
I say, “I’m done,” but then you pull me back
I swear you’re giving me a heart attack
- My mind keeps saying,
- I Knew You Were Trouble- Taylor Swift
- Now I heard you moved on from whispers on the street
A new notch in your belt is all I’ll ever be
And now I see, now I see, now I see
He was long gone when he met me
And I realize the joke is on me
- Now I heard you moved on from whispers on the street
- Bulletproof- La Roux
- I’m burning bridges shore to shore
I break away from something more
I’m not turned off to love until it’s cheap
Been there, done that, messed around
I’m having fun, don’t put me down
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet
- I’m burning bridges shore to shore
- Every time You Lie- Demi Lovato
- I woke up the next morning
With a smile on my face
And a long list of gentlemen
Happy to take your place
Less trashier, much classier
Then who you prove to be
How long’s it gonna take before
You see that she’s no me
- I woke up the next morning
- What the Hell- Avril Lavigne
- So what if I go out on a million dates?
You never call or listen to me anyway
I’d rather rage than sit around and wait all day
Don’t get me wrong, I just need some time to play
- So what if I go out on a million dates?
- Since U Been Gone- Kelly Clarkson
- But Since U Been Gone
I can breathe for the first time
I’m so moving on
Thanks to you
Now I get what I want
- But Since U Been Gone
- You’re a Jerk- New Boyz
- You’re a jerk!
- Before He Cheats- Carrie Underwood
- I might’ve saved a little trouble for the next girl,
’cause the next time that he cheats
Oh, you know it won’t be on me!
- I might’ve saved a little trouble for the next girl,
- White Liar- Miranda Lambert
- Hey white liar, the truth comes out a little at a time
And it spreads just like a fire
Slips off of your tongue like turpentine
And I don’t know why, white liar
Here’s a bombshell just for you
Turns out I’ve been lying too
- Hey white liar, the truth comes out a little at a time
- Girls Do What They Want- The Maine
- Girls do what they want
Boys do what they can
- Girls do what they want
- Dedication to My Ex- Lloyd ft. Andre 3000 & Lil Wayne
- Baby, something’s on my mind I gotta say it
Yeah, your lovin’ done changed
It ain’t the same girl and that’s a shame
Oh, ain’t being funny
I know another bee’s been in that honey
- Baby, something’s on my mind I gotta say it
- The World Should Revolve Around Me- Little Jackie
- I’ve had a lot of failed relationships
I don’t get involved because I’m not equipped
I believe that the world should revolve around me
- I’ve had a lot of failed relationships
- Kick Some A**- Stroke 9
- This song is self-explanatory; listen and you’ll get what I’m puttin’ down.
- Never Ever Getting Back Together- Taylor Swift
- I don’t care how much you say you hate this song, Taylor Swift is the queen of writing break up songs to spite her exes, and there’s nothing like blaring this one on max and singing it like you mean it!