Breaking up can be cathartic...?

Jealous Guy - John Lennon

an apology to Yoko - half-way between shame and 'take me as I am defiance'

Blue Monday - New Order
dumped girl is constantly saying how you should feel


Crying - Roy Orbison


The One I Love - REM


I Just Don't Know What to do with Myself - Dusty Springfield
' If your new love ever lets you down' she cries agonised by hope, and you know its never going to happen.


Say You Will - Kayne West
knocked sideways by the death of his mother and the split from his fiancee - a 'humble' Kanye