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 breakup songs in Western music: recommended classics and popular tracks (121–130)
Without YouNilsson
A smash hit featured on American singer Harry Nilsson’s 1971 album Nilsson Schmilsson, released under the name Nilsson, which was certified Gold in 1972.
The original was by the British four-piece band Badfinger, and it was later covered by Mariah Carey.
Running LowShawn Mendes
Shawn Mendes, a singer-songwriter from Canada, became an overnight sensation after videos he posted on YouTube gained popularity.
He’s even been called the second Justin Bieber.
In this song, he seems to convey the message that, because he couldn’t be there for the person he was dating, they might be better off with someone else.
Tell Me You Love MeDemi Lovato
Demi Lovato, who rose to fame with the Disney Channel Original Movie ‘Camp Rock,’ grew up dreaming of becoming a singer from a young age.
Although it seems Demi didn’t write this song herself, she included it on the album because it expressed what she wanted to say to her ex-boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama.