Breakup songs about healthy breakups?

Submitted by giaguana t3_10l5a3a in Music

Just broke up with my boyfriend a few days ago. The only breakup songs I find are about girls who get cheated on or mistreated in the relationship, but that’s not how me and him broke up, we left off on good terms, so I want a song that is different. Songs about:

  • Breaking up to grow separately

  • First love breakup

  • Missing them and how they made you feel

  • Songs about knowing you’re going to find someone else and that you won’t be alone forever.

And anything else that is close to these. Thank you :)

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toigz t1_j5uohed wrote

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees is about (probably) 2 fake people falling in love but only loving the fake version of one another. Not about cheating but devastating none the less

I Know It’s Over - The Smiths

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

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bookant t1_j5yx12k wrote

>I Know It's Over - The Smiths

This is a joke, right?

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Black_Shabbat92 t1_j5uqxq9 wrote

Too late by Carole King

There'll be good times again for me and you
But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too?
Still, I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you

But it's too late, baby, now it's too late
Though we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hide
And I just can't fake it
Oh, no no no no no

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poopapat320 t1_j5xvlh4 wrote

A lot of Carol King songs feel like good breakup songs. I came here to recommend "You Can Close Your Eyes" by Carol King.

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LeanMeanDrMachine t1_j5v01nu wrote

I will always love you by Dolly/Whitney is quite mature, looking back with fondness and forward with hope for the both of them.

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Bo-Jacks-Son t1_j5whjtd wrote

“The Breakup Song” by Greg Kihn Band

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UncontrolableUrge t1_j5urwss wrote

Don't You Want Me? by Human League is about a woman leaving to find her own potential.

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dukedevils32 t1_j5utxis wrote

Until I Fall Away- Gin Blossoms

Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough- Patty Smyth

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debaser1625 t1_j5v2olz wrote

Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Not sure it fits

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fazlez1 t1_j5wmmhf wrote

How Much I Feel by Ambrosia

"So you tryTry to stay in the middleAnd then you cryWell, you cry just a littleThen we both realizeJust how foolish you've beenOoh, and you try to make amendsBut you're better off as friends'Cause that's how muchThat's how muchThat's how muchThat's how much, oohHow's your life been goin' on?I got a wife nowYears we've been going strongOh no, there's just somethingThat I got to saySometimes when we make loveI still can see your faceOoh, just try to recallWhen we were as one, yeah"

Also 'I can Remember' by the Raspberries and 'Photograph' by Ringo Starr

edit- added more songs

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reesesbigcup t1_j5wo9e1 wrote

Time for me to fly - REO Speedwagon

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Roche77e t1_j5uo0xu wrote

Unanswered Prayers by Garth Brooks is in the ballpark. Meets old flame and realizes it worked out for the best that they didn’t pair up. Not bitter against her; she just wasn’t the one.

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royaldunlin t1_j5uoa8d wrote

"Angel Flying to Close to the Ground" by Willie Nelson is about an amicable breakup.

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SoMoHiker t1_j5upk7g wrote

Dave Mason - We Just Disagree

Helped me process my divorce

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bl3ghhh t1_j5uwfmw wrote

Teenager by Deftones

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unholyafflictions t1_j5xgvhv wrote

Pristine by Snail Mail maybe?

"We can be anything, even apart" and "If it's not supposed to be, then I'll just let it be"

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poopapat320 t1_j5xvu7s wrote

Your Ex-Lover is Dead by Stars.

I know the title doesn't sound as "healthy" but trust me. It's a breakup song, but coming to grips with it. And it has a beautiful cello/bass line in the chorus.

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BostonBakedBeans76 t1_j5yro0q wrote

“All Your Favorite Bands by Dawes. The only one you need.

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xgabriella1502x t1_j5uri5y wrote

I actually wrote a song about this.

Gabriella Streaton-Chrysanthemum

It's about rightfully feeling sad about a breakup, but at the same time it's the realisation that you can't always be what someone else needs at that point in their life, and that's also okay.

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