The Best Breakup Songs, Definitively Ranked
Hell, apparently, hath no fury like Lily Allen scorned—but Allen's ‘West End Girl’ isn't the first time an iconic artist has cathartically dissed an ex on record.
Love, reciprocated or unrequited, is one of pop music's most enduring subjects—but some of the best love songs ever written are breakup songs.
the best breakup songs are the ones written for the express purpose of revenge, in which an artist unloads a nuclear power plant’s worth of toxic, radioactive material at their feckless ex.
Lily Allen’s new album West End Girl, with its extremely-no-holds-barred lyrics, is widely understood to be about her marriage to David Harbour and its demise.
Author's summary: Breakup songs ranked definitively with Lily Allen's album.