15 Songs About Giving Up On Love (Relationship)
When you have tried everything to save a relationship or when your significant other does something really hurtful that you can’t get past, your only option is to leave the relationship and just end things. Here are some songs if you are in such a situation.
1. Kygo & Miguel – Remind Me To Forget
This is the 9th track off the album Kids In Love which was released in 2017. The main subject in the song is a finished relationship that left him with scars in his life. Scars are permanent marks on someone’s skin and this suggests that whatever he tries to do to forget her will be unfruitful.
After the breakup, the singer is trying to detach himself from the broken relationship and all the emotions that come with it. He realizes that she is not good for him anymore.
2. Sugarland – Babe feat Taylor Swift
Lyrically, Taylor looks back at a failed relationship and has finally decided that it is finally time to end it. She blames it on him cheating on her and these are the consequences of his actions. Jake Gyllenhall ditched her during her birthday party and it was at this moment she knew he was unfaithful.
3. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
JB and Ed Sheeran wrote this parting song to a past lover. The singer wants his lover to know he is okay with being single and moving on from this relationship. Even though he doesn’t need her she probably needs him to gratify her vanity.
Given that Ed Sheeran collaborated in the writing of this song, it is believed to be about an amalgamation of Selena Gomez (Justin’s ex) and one of Ed Sheeran’s exes.
The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Song of The Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
4. Charlie Puth – Done For Me
Kehlani’s verse was inspired by her 2016 relationship with Kyrie Irving after she was accused of cheating on him with R&B singer PARTYNEXTDOOR.
5. Demi Lovato – Really Don’t Care
This is the fourth single from her self-titled fourth studio album Demi and was considered the best-selling song on the album. She sings about an ex who dumped her and started dating someone else. He ended up getting heartbroken in the new relationship.
Demi makes it clear that she is never taking him back if he comes running back. She would even go to the extent of giving him the middle finger if she ever bumps into him.
6. Anne Marie – Then
This is a mid-tempo ballad whereby she describes how she truly felt about an ex-lover and how meaningful the relationship had been then. She describes how much she tried to make him happy but her efforts were futile. She loved him so much she would have died for him.
However, things have changed and she is just fed up with him. She had tried to keep him out of trouble over and over but in the end, she couldn’t do it anymore. She has decided to give up on him.
7. Beyonce – Sorry
Lyrically, the track is a break-up song where Beyonce has the strength and confidence to put her man on blast without a care in the world. She invokes female solidarity against male misbehavior and doesn’t give a damn about his apologies. She prays to God to shed light and uncover all the secrets he has been hiding from her.
8. Mabel – Don’t Call Me Up
Mabel sings about getting over her ex. She claims that after leaving him, he went ahead to ruin the time out with her friends. She decided to full cut him off and doesn’t want anything to do with him.
The singer stated that she feels like in breakups it is easy to go round and round in circles talking about the same things over and over picking at something until there is nothing to pick at anymore. She got to a point where she was just over it all since there was nothing she was gaining.
9. Queen Naija – Medicine
This is a song that describes some form of revenge after your partner hurts you through cheating. At the time of writing it, Queen Naija was going through a tough situation in her marriage. She claims that her husband was publicly humiliating her throughout the time they were influencers and YouTube content creators.
In the track, Queen Naija sings about suspecting infidelity from her husband so she went ahead to get screenshots of his messages to have proof of it. She wanted to revenge by doing exactly what he did by starting to talk to other men. This would end up damaging his pride.
Instead of revenge, Naija separated from him and moved on to someone else.
10. Maroon 5 – Payphone
The song is a love story with no happy ending. Adam shows some pessimism about his empty life now that his relationship has ended. His lady ended up distancing from him and the connection between them is now gone.
Adam is trying with all his efforts to try to change the status of their relationship but he has already changed too much for the one he loves. He gets tired of all the love songs with happy-ever-after messages because in reality love has negative experiences. His girl has neglected all the happy moments they shared when they were together and doesn’t want to give it a second try.
11. Adele – Rolling In The Deep
The track was released in 2012 and ended up winning Record of the Year at the Grammy’s. It was a number one hit in the United States and also ended up being the biggest crossover hit in 25 years.
Adele described the song as “It’s me saying, ‘Get the f*ck out of my house’ instead of me begging him to come back.” She is angry at her ex after finally seeing the real him and what he’s truly about. She warns him not to underestimate her when it comes to getting her revenge.
‘Rolling in the deep’ is slang in the UK which means to have someone that has your back and you are never on your own. This is what Adele felt about their relationship before things changed.
12. Jennifer Lopez – All I Have
In this track, Jennifer Lopez and LL Cool J act the part of a couple that is undergoing a breakup. Jennifer is leaving LL because she feels that her time has been wasted through being mistreated, neglected and broken promises. She also says that he wasn’t ready to settle down with her. She has had enough of it all and she just wants out.
LL on the other hand is trying to convince her to stay. He thought his sexual skills were enough to keep her with him but it turns out he was wrong.
13. One Republic – Apologize
This was the debut single for OneRepublic and was the second most successful single released by the band. It explores the personal pain of multiple relationships gone away and why it is necessary to move on.
In the chorus, Ryan feels like he has no say in the relationship. His partner keeps cutting him off and hurting him. He still has feelings for her but knows she is not right for him.
14. Kygo – It Ain’t Me
This is an uptempo tropical house breakup song whereby Selena sings about breaking up with someone by asking who will take care of them when she isn’t around anymore.
Her partner has been relying on her for comfort and help through alcoholism and depression. However, she has started seeing this as a second job so instead of having a close romantic relationship with him she is becoming more of a caretaker who has to constantly help him through his antics that never end. The cycle becomes too much for Selena to deal with so she decides to end the relationship.
15. Keyshia Cole – You
The track is about a bitter breakup between Keyshia Cole and her man. She claims that he has repeatedly cheated on her and this is the last straw for her. He tries to contact her to try and make amends but it all lands on deaf ears.
The song is thought to be about Keyshia Cole’s highly publicized divorce from basketball player Daniel Gibson.
16. Halsey – You Should Be Sad
Halsey goes ahead to pour out her frustrations about a previous relationship while throwing some jabs about her ex’s character. She dropped some hints that it could be about G-Eazy.
The singer is grateful that she was able to leave the relationship and continue her life in a much happier state. She was tired of his fake apologies and couldn’t put up with his false sense of regret.