The Best Songs for Broken Hearts – Music to Heal Heartache

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What Are the Best Songs For Broken Hearts? It Depends...

The best songs for broken hearts soothe your soul and heal your heartache. Music can help you let go of someone you love, get over a betrayal, stomp out your anger, and survive heartbreak.

And the best songs for heartache are ones that meet you where you’re at – whether you’re furious, defeated, crushed, or just so sad because you feel like you’re missing a big piece of yourself.

“Divorce is like amputation,” says Margaret Atwood. “You survive, but there is less of you.”

Healing after heartbreak isn’t just about moving “onwards and upwards” — it’s about saying good-bye to your old way of life and starting a new chapter! New releases like Sheryl Crow’s 100 Miles From Memphis might be good music for a broken heart because it’s distracting, which can be healthy.

But when it comes to surviving a broken heart, I like the ”Golden Oldies” because they’re familiar and comforting. Certain songs resonate with my soul — which is what music that heals heartache is all about!

Here, I’ve rounded up the best CDs and songs that will help you heal heartache, from Michael Buble to Avril Lavigne… 

Music to Heal Heartache – The Best Songs for Broken Hearts

What stage of heartbreak are you at? If you’re still crying and healing, then you may want to listen to Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart” or Jewel’s “You Were Meant for Me.” Those breakup songs are definitely music for healing a broken heart.





If you’re ready to survive heartbreak and let go of someone you love, then you might be ready for Nancy Sinatra’s “These Books Were Made for Walking” or Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.” Those are different types of breakup songs – but they’re still music that heals heartache!

Destiny’s Child: Survivor/Independent Woman - This one of the best breakup songs ever because it’s all about how much smarter, wiser, richer, more successful, better, and more free she is. The best CD for a broken heart is one that focuses on the future. Hope, faith, sunshine, and blue skies ahead…

Avril Lavigne’s My Happy Ending – “So much for my happy ending” sings Lavigne. We’ve all been there baby — but have you ever heard this saying? “One tear met another tear floating down the river. Said the first tear, ‘I’m the tear of the woman who lost her lover.’ The second tear said, ‘I’m the tear of the woman who found him.’” To help you let go of someone you love, remember that whoever found him is probably shedding tears, too! Anyway, Lavigne’s breakup song is music for healing a broken heart.

Jewel’s You Were Meant for Me –  Sometimes you don’t want a breakup song that reminds you of the future and happiness without your partner…sometimes you want to cling to the hope that you’ll be together again. Jewel’s breakup song is music for healing broken hearts, because it focuses on the certainty that you’re meant to be together.

Toni Braxton’s Un-Break My Heart – This is another great song that helps you get over a broken heart by encouraging the tears to flow. “Un-Break My Heart” is a breakup song – definitely music for healing a broken heart because it lets you immerse yourself in sorrow, which sometimes you have to do in order to heal.

Christine Aguilera’s Fighter – The opposite of encouraging tears to heal, Aguilera’s “Fighter” is all about getting stronger, working harder, getting faster, being wiser, and growing a thicker skin. The song lyrics focus on “thanks for making me a fighter” – which is a great way to heal a broken heart and let go of someone you love.

Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares to You – This isn’t exactly the most empowering song, but it could be a good breakup song because it lets you soak in your misery (which isn’t always a bad thing). “It’s been so lonely without you here,” sings Sinead. “Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling.” Yes, I recommend letting yourself wail and weep and mourn what you’ve lost – it’s music for healing a broken heart.

Lara Fabian’s I Will Love Again – This is a great song for a broken heart because Fabian acknowledges the pain (“Though my heart is breaking”) and vows to love again. She sings of moving on, breathing again, feeling again, and loving again…even if it takes a lifetime.

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For a list of reader suggestions for songs for broken hearts, read The Best Breakup Songs.

Writing about your feelings and experiences is the best therapy - I welcome your comments and I read them all! But I regretfully can't offer personal advice.



Category: Breakup Survival Tips, Emotional Health Tips, Love & Relationships

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  1. Cooper Foster says:
    June 13, 2010 at 6:38 am

    Josh Groban is one of my favorite classical-pop singer after Hayley Westenra.

  2. Khloe B says:
    May 19, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    This step alone-by Elliott Yamin

  3. Lucas Parker says:
    May 18, 2010 at 10:14 am

    David Archuleta is definitely one of the best singer in American Idol.;.~

  4. Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen says:
    May 9, 2010 at 5:53 am

    So sorry to hear about your breakup three weeks before your wedding! But, as sad and heartbreaking as it is now…better to break up than to have an unhappy marriage…

    Thanks for your music pick — that is one of the best songs for broken hearts.

    Keep healing,
    Laurie
    .-= Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen´s last blog post …Establish Good Financial Habits – 6 Ways to Make Money Saving Tips Stick =-.

  5. pitchounette says:
    May 6, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    That’s the way it is – Celine Dion

    I just broke up with my boyfriend 3 weeks ago, this week should be the happiest week of my life as we were about to spend our life together until death do us apart but he decided to end our relationships just 3 weeks before our wedding! It hurt real bad and I’m glad I found so many songs that help me through this moment! Cheer ups on everyone who are in the same situation!

  6. Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen says:
    April 3, 2010 at 6:28 pm

    Thanks for sharing your ideas for the best songs for broken hearts…I’m compiling a whole new list, and love hearing from you all!

  7. ENIT says:
    March 25, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    Metallica – Master of Puppets
    Slayer – Raining Blood
    Dream Theater – The Test That Stumped Them All
    Megadeth – High Speed Dirt

  8. Samke says:
    March 24, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    I just want to usk to men if they ever stopped & look women who cannt date anymore because they are badly hurt by love?

  9. rose says:
    March 11, 2010 at 8:46 pm

    yes! for me the best song is IF YOU’RE THE ONE.. :D
    i really can relate to that sOng..

  10. Anna says:
    March 7, 2010 at 9:42 am

    oops- sorry mine posted twice…

  11. Anna says:
    March 7, 2010 at 9:20 am

    I’m not sure if it’s a comfort or a bit tragic that these feelings and situations are so common in so many…

    Just part of life i guess.

    This girl has an amazing voice and her lyrics hit the nail on the head…

    ” why has it etched on your heart the name of your untrue love….”
    she’s not in mass production but give her you tube vid a moment of your time and you will not regret it.

    Fiona Bevan- A broken Heart can heal

    This too shall pass, chin up and dance it away.
    You were fine before they came into your life and you will be again..

    on an angrier more empowering note…
    Shakira- Don’t bother
    Kelly Clarkson – gone, Addicted, behind these hazel eyes…Kelly does break ups well.
    Kate Nash – foundations, Merry Happy (I can be alone, i can watch a sunset on my own)
    Madonna – Sorry
    Hard Fi- Better do Better

    and my absolute favourite though she may not be everyones style
    Tanya Stephens- Spilt Milk.

    Good luck my fellow wallowers…
    xxx
    Time for some distraction….going to do some cleaning.

  12. Anna says:
    March 7, 2010 at 9:05 am

    This girl has an amazing voice and her lyrics hit the nail on the head…

    ” why has it etched on your heart the name of your untrue love….”
    she’s not in mass production but give her you tube vid a moment of your time and you will not regret it.

    Fiona Bevan- A broken Heart can heal

    This too shall pass, chin up and dance it away.
    You were fine before they came into your life and you will be again..

    on an angrier more empowering note…
    Shakira- Don’t bother
    Kelly Clarkson – gone, Addicted, behind these hazel eyes…Kelly does break ups well.
    Kate Nash – foundations, Merry Happy (I can be alone, i can watch a sunset on my own)
    Madonna – Sorry
    Hard Fi- Better do Better

    and my absolute favourite though she may not be everyones style
    Tanya Stephens- Spilt Milk.

    Good luck my fellow wallowers…
    xxx
    Time for some distraction….going to do some cleaning.

  13. sym says:
    March 3, 2010 at 8:37 am

    Daniel Bedingfield – if you’re not the one

    this is the strong lyric ever for the broken heart
    “i hope you are the one i share my life with”
    “i wish that you could be the one i die with”
    “and i praying your the one i build my home with”
    “though i cant be with u tonight, u know my heart is by your side”

    just try to listen to the song,,
    :)

  14. 472426 says:
    February 18, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    barry manilow – somewhere down the road
    nickelback – far away
    faith hill – there you’ll be

  15. Ello says:
    February 11, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    Nickelback – How You Remind Me

  16. Deanna says:
    February 8, 2010 at 5:33 pm

    A good song for me, once I realize that I will go on.. and I will live is….

    Until the End – Breaking Benjamin..

    Before you listen to it, look up the lyrics.. so you wont judge :D

  17. chee says:
    February 7, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    I recommended you
    Crush by David Archuleta

  18. allyssa althea dee says:
    February 7, 2010 at 9:07 am

    broken hearted girl….beyonce….

    I love him before i met him

    is that possible?

    :’(

  19. Dee says:
    January 31, 2010 at 9:51 pm

    I think a really good song for those in longing is “Need You Now” by Lady Antebellum. I listen to it and I really feel the song. It always makes me want to cry.

  20. Amanda D :) says:
    January 30, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    My boyfriend and I just broke up. It has been hard but music has really got me through it. Here are some of my favorites.

    Some ones about moving on and finding someone that better :)
    Michael Bublé – Haven’t Met You Yet
    John Mayer-I’m Gonna Find Another You

    Here’s one about realizing that the relationship was not as good as you thought.
    John Mayer – Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
    John Mayer-Dreaming With a Broken Heart

    and here are some that make me feel awesome :)
    Corrine Bailey-put your records on lyrics
    Train-Hey, Soul Sister

    Hope they help!

  21. Rhianna R. says:
    January 19, 2010 at 6:11 pm

    I don’t have any songs to add for healing broken hearts, but I’m so happy I found this list!

  22. mark says:
    January 16, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    how do you heal a broken heart by chris walker

    this song made my cry

  23. Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen says:
    January 12, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    Thanks for contributing your best songs for broken hearts, everyone! Listening to music can definitely heal heartache….

    Matthew, thanks for your thoughts on relationships being salvaged. It’ll give people hope and faith in the magic of making up :-)

  24. matthew says:
    January 10, 2010 at 8:45 am

    Did you know that most relationships CAN be salvaged? You may find it difficult to believe that almost every break up for whatever reason…infidelity, plain old lost passion, loss of interest, a stolen heart and worse…even the worst situations you can imagine…like men serving prison sentences have salvaged their relationships. Yes, even Ex-cons have got back together with girlfriends and wives after being away for years!

  25. brokenheartedgirl10 says:
    January 2, 2010 at 5:23 pm

    after the hurriance- jazmine sullivan
    lion tigers bears-jazmine sullivan
    regret-letoya luckett

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