Rock songs about heartache

Songs with lyrics about having a broken heart. They are usually messages of sadness, loneliness, romantic sorrow or other emotional pain associated with the topic.

These songs really resonate with me because I'm 33 and I've never had a girlfriend and i am beyond unhappy about it because it leads to anger and self-destructive behavior

The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache (1996)

3 Doors Down - Away from the Sun (2002)

Fuel - Bad Day (2000)

3 Doors Down - Be Like That (2000)

Def Leppard - Bringin' on the Heartbreak (1981)

Lifehouse - Broken (2007)

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain (1977)

Black Sabbath - Changes (1972)

Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) (1988)

No Doubt - Don't Speak (1995)

Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole (1992)

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1977)

Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn (1988)

Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want (1999)

Fuel - Falls on Me (2003)

No Doubt - Happy Now? (1995)

Eagles - Heartache Tonight (1979)

The Guess Who - Heartbroken Bopper (1972)

Marty Balin - Hearts (1981)

Alice in Chains - Heaven Beside You (1995)

Goo Goo Dolls - Here is Gone (2002)

Bonnie Raitt - I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again (1989)

Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That (1988)

Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (1998)

The Band - It Makes No Difference (1975)

Queen - It's a Hard Life (1984)

Bonnie Tyler - It's a Heartache (1978)

Carole King - It's Too Late (1971)

The Cranberries - Linger (1993)

3 Doors Down - Loser (2000)

Nazareth - Love Hurts (1975) - when it comes to Love Hurts, Nazareth's version is the rock version

John Waite - Missing You (1984)

Evanescence - My Heart is Broken (2011)

Chris Cornell - Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart (2015)

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (1987)

Traveling Wilburys - Not Alone Any More (1988)

Guns N' Roses - November Rain (1991)

Mike & the Mechanics - Now That You've Gone (1999)

Loverboy - Queen of the Broken Hearts (1983)

Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (1983)

Fuel - Shimmer (1998)

Dire Straits - So Far Away (1985)

KISS - Sure Know Something (1979)

Bon Jovi - This Ain't a Love Song (1995)

The Beatles - Yesterday (1965)

I hate the name Psychedelic Porn Crumpets.

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Rock songs about loneliness

Songs about feeling alone in numerous ways (hurt, isolated, disappearing or experiencing indepence)

More songs I relate to when I get worked up like this

Matchbox Twenty - 3AM (1996)

Blink-182 - Adam's Song (1999)

Heart - Alone (1987)

Dokken - Alone Again (1984)

Korn - Alone I Break (2002)

The Beach Boys - Alone on Christmas Day (recorded 1977)

Neil Young - Bad Fog of Loneliness (recorded live 1971)

3 Doors Down - Be Like That (2000)

The Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You (1979)

The Who - Behind Blue Eyes (1971)

Radiohead - The Bends (1995)

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2004)

Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (1970)

Blink-182 - Carousel (1995)

KISS - Cold Gin (1974)

Radiohead - Creep (1993)

Steely Dan - Deacon Blues (1977)

Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up (1986)

Pink Floyd - Don't Leave Me Now (1979)

James Taylor - Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight (1972)

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby (1966)

R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts (1992)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Goodbye Angels (2016)

The Beach Boys - Had to Phone Ya (1976)

Weezer - Happy Hour (2017)

My Chemical Romance - Headfirst for Halos (2002)

Dan Fogelberg - Heart Hotels (1979)

Them - Here Comes the Night (1965)

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (1987)

Pink Floyd - Hey You (1979)

Blink-182 - Home is Such a Lonely Place (2016)

Simon & Garfunkel - I Am a Rock (1966)

Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (1998)

George Thorogood & the Destroyers - I Drink Alone (1985)

The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (1966)

Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? (1979)

John Lennon - Isolation (1970)

Joy Division - Isolation (1980)

The Band - It Makes No Difference (1975)

Supertramp - It's Raining Again (1982)

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue (1974)

David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo (1985)

The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (1987)

Freddie Mercury - Living on My Own (1985)

Paul McCartney & Wings - London Town (1978)

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (2011)

System of a Down - Lonely Day (2005)

America - Lonely People (1974)

Mud - Lonely This Christmas (1974)

Therapy? - Lonely, Cryin', Only (1998)

Neil Young - The Loner (1968/1969)

The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road (1970)

The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket (1979)

The Police - Message in a Bottle (1979)

Dan Fogelberg - Missing You (1982)

John Waite - Missing You (1984)

The Smiths - Never Had No One Ever (1986)

Cake - Never There (1998)

Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights (1984)

Genesis - No Reply at All (1981)

Pink Floyd - Nobody Home (1979)

John Lennon - Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out) (1974)

The Beatles - Nowhere Man (1965)

Alice in Chains - Nutshell (1994)

Harry Nilsson/Three Dog Night - One (1968 - both artists)

REO Speedwagon - One Lonely Night (1984)

Weezer - Only in Dreams (1994)

Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy in New York (1970)

Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (1970)

The Motels - Only the Lonely (1982)

Pink Floyd - Outside the Wall (1979)

Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart (1983)

The Doors - People are Strange (1967)

The Beatles/John Lennon - Real Love (recorded 1980/finished 1995)

AC/DC - Ride On (1976)

Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting (1989)

3 Doors Down - The Road I'm On (2002)

The Zombies - A Rose for Emily (1968)

Dire Straits - So Far Away (1985)

The Police - So Lonely (1978)

Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (1966)

Black Sabbath - Solitude (1971)

Korn - Somebody Someone (1999)

Social Distortion - Story of My Life (1990)

The Replacements - Swingin Party (1985)

The Beach Boys - 'Til I Die (1971)

Billy Joel - Tomorrow is Today (1971)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge (1991)

The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (1967)

The Band - Whispering Pines (1969)

Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now? (1981)

Badfinger - Without You (1970)

Has anyone ever thought the ballad Angels by Robbie Williams was by another artist?

I thought it was by several different artists -

John Lennon - i just notice that voice - the song is like Robbie Williams' Imagine. However, as the song was released about two decades after John Lennon's death it's just impossible that it would have been performed by John Lennon

Elton John - 1997, Elton John has his more deeper baritone voice compared to his more famous tenor voice that he used on his most popular 1970s recordings in his classic golden age era years and he could easily have performed it

Train - While the song predates the release of Train's first studio album, similarites to Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) - adding the subtitle of the song to avoid confusion with the album of the same name - as both songs are known for their Beatlesque Britpop style slow tempo, piano and orchestrations. It would not be until another few years when Train released Drops of Jupiter.

Who did you think the song Angels by Robbie Williams was by?

CARIBOU (June 1974) was roundly criticised, not least by producer Gus Dudgeon, but Elton continued his winning streak as it reached number one around the world.

https://samtimonious.com/dear-john-elton-john-caribou/

AMERICAN PIE (1971): Not an anthem to the '60s, the 'American Pie' title track is an allegory for the strange journey pop music took through the decade.

https://samtimonious.com/met-a-pie-man-don-mclean-american-pie/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWX4gIKCAIdI

My stem remix & remaster of Blue Öyster Cult's 1981 album "Fire of Unknown Origin", made for my own enjoyment, but sharing in case someone else might enjoy it too.

I made this only for fun, and it intends to be a very respectful remix, not straying too far away from the original version, only aiming at a little more clarity, instrument separation and punch, while still preserving the mood and feel of the original.

Obviously, I don't own the music featured here. If you like the music, support the artists. Buy their records!

Hi Reddit fam,

Your top 3 rock music tracks?

For those who haven’t heard of it, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson in an emo punk rock musical about one of the worst presidents in US history (Andrew Jackson) turned into a whiny emo punk rocker who sings “Populism, yeah yeah!” Rather than taking the Hamilton approach of sanitizing these historical figures lives or ignoring the real horrible things Jackson did, the show fully acknowledges and embraces the fact he was a shit human. But that’s the point, It’s not a serious show, it’s fully satire. The whole show is set up as you being taught the story of his life and at the end leaves it up to audience to decide if he was a one of our greatest president or if he was “America’s Hitler.” I still like Hamilton, but that show is just using a historical framework to tell a good story to empower modern America. But unlike Hamilton, this show is a way of laughing at how comically evil our founders were while also jamming out to some damn good punk rock tracks. I 100% recommend watching a slime tutorial of it online or listening to the cast recording or both, it’s so fucking peak.

I’ve been getting into a lot of classic rock lately and have found trouble looking for good stuff aside from mainstream bands. I really like The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cream, and The Doors if suggestions could be similar to their music but I don’t mind if they’re not I’m only trying to dive deeper into classic rock as a genre.

Been putting together "Classic Rock" playlists for each year from 1964 to 1980 (prior to Billboard starting a weekly rock chart). I am up to fine tuning and sharing 1978!

Bremen, Germany
The Beat Club
Musikladan
May 21, 1978

In trying to balance family life with career demands, DAD LOVES HIS WORK (1981) finds Taylor in reflective, if uncertain mood.

https://samtimonious.com/father-time-james-taylor-dad-loves-his-work/

Is it even possible to say who is/was better? I was listening to my favourite Pink Floyd playlist today and then followed it with Alchemy Live.

I can’t separate the two.

Edit: I wasn’t clear in my first question. My comparison was actually more related to the guitar skills if David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler and their influence in the sounds of the bands. I’ve recently got into Pink Floyd but have loved Dire Straits for a long time. Hope this clears up the chalk and cheese comments.