Tear-jerking Western breakup songs: recommended classics and popular hits
For some reason, when we’re heartbroken, we feel like listening to Western music, don’t we?
A lot of the lyrics are quite serious or even ruthless, but the melodies are always moving.
It’s okay even if you don’t understand the lyrics.
When you’re nursing a broken heart, try listening to this list.
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Tear-jerking Western breakup songs: recommended classics and popular tracks (111–120)
looking up to youmichael wycoff
This is a classic love song by Michael Wycoff that stands out as the original source for tracks like Zhané’s “Hey Mr.
DJ.” It’s a poignant, mood-rich funk tune whose crisp rhythm creates a strong groove, highlighted by a distinctive piano riff that perfectly matches shedding tears in its floating, dreamy soundscape.
loveterri walker
This is a classic love song by Terri Walker, known for her cool yet powerful R&B style.
With strong vocals and a pleasing guitar riff, the lyrical world of love is rhythmically aligned with the vocals in a way that can move you to tears, making it an easy-on-the-ears love song to enjoy.
Without YouMariah Carey
This is the “Mariah version” of a classic song that has countless covers.
Even if you’re in your sixties and think you’ve reached enlightenment, if you’ve ever had a sad love in the past, just listening might bring those scenes back to mind—and if you sing it at karaoke, a tear might drop…
Don’t call it ‘tearful therapy.’ It’s precisely when you’re happy that moments like these matter, too.
I’m only gazing at you.Daikoku Maki
This is a song that’s overflowing with love for him.
Listening to it, you can feel how sincere the feelings for him are—so single-minded it’s almost a little frightening.
After hearing this song, maybe it would be good to admit how much you loved him and then take a step forward into a new romance.
lovely thangKut Klose
It’s a classic from the early days of R&B with a strong, trippy vibe—refreshing and light in mood, yet filled with passionate expressions of love.
The beat, with a distinct new jack swing feel, is comfortable to listen to, and the singer’s moving vocal approach conveys thoughts on romance in a way that’s truly touching and tear-inducing.