"When you hit middle age and have been the heartbroken and the heartbreaker in a relationship, this song hits hard." ...

In this indie-rock classic off 2003’s Fever to Tell ... and is one of the best breakup songs of the 80s. To be sad is to be human, and the artists in this section understand that.

Embracing a breakup album may seem like a macabre thing to do. But psychologists and cognitive scientists say songs about relationships gone bad actually can do listeners a lot of good.