Hidden gems of breakup songs in Western music. Recommended popular tracks.
This is a playlist of Western breakup songs that will stay by your side when you’re heartbroken or have chosen a painful goodbye.
Even if you usually prefer Japanese music, when it’s too hard to even listen to breakup stories unfolding in the lyrics, it might be good to try listening to Western music.
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Hidden gems of Western breakup songs. Recommended popular tracks (11–20)
Burning HouseCam
A track by American country music singer Cam, released as a digital download in 2015.
Within 24 hours of its release, it reached the top 20 on the iTunes chart.
The track has been certified Platinum in the United States.
Things HappenDawes
Dawes is a folk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2009.
This track is included on the 2015 album All Your Favorite Bands.
It reached No.
6 on the U.S.
airplay chart.
EnoughDelta Goodrem feat. Gizzle
A collaboration between Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem and Los Angeles artist Gizzle.
It’s a pop track incorporating elements of hip-hop, released in 2016, which reached No.
7 on the New Zealand charts.
HurtsEmeli Sande
An energetic and passionate power ballad released as a digital download in 2016 by Scottish artist Emeli Sandé.
The track, which sings about the pain of love, became a hit in the United States and various European countries.
My ImmortalEvanescence
A heart-wrenching breakup song characterized by its striking piano melody and emotionally rich vocals.
Included on the 2003 album “Fallen,” it became a major hit.
Amy Lee’s powerful voice beautifully conveys the sorrow and pain of a lost friendship.
The lyrics—“Even if you’re gone, your presence still remains”—capture how someone important can linger in your heart even after parting ways.
Written from the experience of a long-standing friendship suddenly coming to an end, this song offers comfort not only to those who’ve endured romantic breakups but to anyone who has said goodbye to someone dear.