In July 2022, Billboard announced Taylor Swift's "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" as the best breakup song of all time. The record is a 2021 re-recording of a track from Swift's fourth studio album, 2021's "Red." Swift's power ballad was followed by Swedish electropop icon Robyn and her "Dancing On My Own," originally released in 2010 as the lead single from her seventh studio effort "Body Talk."
The 50 best breakup songs of all time according to Billboard as of July 2022
Singer
Rank
Taylor Swift - "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" (2021)
1
Robyn - "Dancing on My Own" (2010)
2
Lorde - "Supercut" (2017)
3
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah" (1994)
4
Whitney Houston - "I Have Nothing" (1992)
5
Alanis Morissette - "You Oughta Know" (1995)
6
Amy Winehouse - "Back To Black" (2006)
7
Adele - "Someone Like You" (2011)
8
The Beatles - "Yesterday" (1965)
9
Olivia Rodrigo - "Drivers License" (2021)
10
Dolly Parton - "I Will Always Love You" (1973)
11
Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way" (1977)
12
Barbra Streisand - "The Way We Were" (1974)
13
The 1975 - "Somebody Else" (2016)
14
Toni Braxton - "Un-Break My Heart" (1996)
15
Carly Simon - "You're So Vain" (1972)
16
Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive" (1978)
17
Bruno Mars - "When I Was Your Man" (2012)
18
Elvis Presley - "Always On My Mind" (1972)
19
Usher - "Burn" (2004)
20
Lizzo - "Truth Hurts" (2017)
21
Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone" (2004)
22
Katy Perry - "The One That Got Away" (2010)
23
Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me A River" (2002)
24
The Supremes - "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966)
25
Giveon - "Heartbreak Anniversary" (2020)
26
Dinah Washington - "After You've Gone" (1958)
27
Paramore - "All I Wanted" (2009)
28
The Airborne Toxic Event - "Sometime Around Midnight" (2008)
29
The Police - "Every Breath You Take" (1983)
30
Billie Eilish - "Happier Than Ever" (2021)
31
Roy Orbison - "Crying" (1961)
32
Phoebe Bridgers - "Motion Sickness" (2017)
33
Frank Ocean - "Ivy" (2016)
34
FKA Twigs - "Cellophane" (2019)
35
Harry Styles - "Falling" (2019)
36
Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable" (2006)
37
The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell" (2008)
38
JoJo - "Leave (Get Out)" (2004)
39
Ariana Grande - "Thank U, Next" (2018)
40
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)
41
Drake - "Marvins Room" (2011)
42
Harry Nilsson - "Without You" (1971)
43
Conan Gray - "Maniac" (2019)
44
King Princess - "Talia" (2018)
45
Kanye West - "Love Lockdown" (2008)
46
Joji - "Glimpse Of Us" (2022)
47
Lewis Capaldi - "Someone You Loved" (2018)
48
Gracie Abrams - "I Miss You, I'm Sorry" (2020)
49
Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (2012)
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