This past week there was a lot of talk of love and Valentines, and a whole lot of mush!  But what about those who struck out in the love department? I haven’t forgot about them.

In fact, I’ve compiled a list of 50 Break Up songs, or 50 Songs To Leave Your Lover.  It’s nothing fancy, just a list, in sets of 10, alphabetical order by Song Title.

• 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon
• A Case Of You by Joni Mitchell
• After the Love Has Gone by Earth Wind and Fire
• Ain’t No Sunshine (When She’s Gone) by Bill Withers
• All Out Of Love by Air Supply
• Always On My Mind by Willie Nelson
• Angie by Rolling Stones
• Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) by Fergie
• Break It Up by Foreigner
• Break Up to Make Up by The Stylistics

• Breaking up Is Hard to Do by Neil Sedaka
• Butterfly by Weezer
• Caroline, No by Beach Boys
• Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake
• Don’t Speak by No Doubt
• Don’t You Want Me? by Human League
• Ever Fallen In Love by The Buzzcocks
• Grenade by Bruno Mars
• Hard Habit To Break by Chicago
• I Am Trying to Break Your Heart by Wilco

• I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt
• I Found Love on a two way street by Stacy Lattisaw
• I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett
• I Know It’s Over by The Smiths
• I Try by Macy Gray
• I Want You by Elvis Costello
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• I Wish It Would Rain by The Temptations
• I’d Rather Go Blind by Etta James
• Irreplaceable by Beyonce

• Just Like Honey by The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
• Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division
• Maggie May by Rod Stewart
• Ms. Jackson by Outkast
• Must I Paint You a Picture? by Billy Bragg
• Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor
• Pictures Of You by The Cure
• Pray For You by Jaron Lowenstein
• Rolling In the Deep by Adele

• Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits
• Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
• Skinny Love by Bon Iver
• Someday by The Strokes
• Tainted Love by Soft Cell
• The Breakup Song by Greg Kihn Band
• The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
• What It Takes by Aerosmith
• Wild World by Cat Stevens/Yusef Islam
• Without You by Harry Nilsson

Disclaimer: If you do choose to leave your lover, I, nor Midlife Boulevard, should not be held responsible. Instead, use these songs to lick your wounds, mend your broken heart, and pick yourself up by the bootstraps. I’ll catch you next week with another fun musical post!  As Casey Kasem would say “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.”