There’s nothing like good music to help you get over a bitter break-up, but sometimes these songs are so sad they only succeed in depressing you further. Still, every once in a while a song really stands out as the perfect antidote to self-pity. Here is my top ten list of awesome break-up songs.

Number 10

Not Big — Lily Allen

Number 9

Stupid — Brendan Maclean

Number 8

I Hate Everything About You — Three Days Grace

Number 7

You’re So Vain — Carly Simon

Number 6

Future Ex-Girlfriend — Voltaire

Number 5

Why D’ya Do It — Marianne Faithfull

Number 4

You Oughtta Know — Alanis Morissette

Number 3

So What — Pink

Number 2

Smile — Lily Allen

Number 1

Hey Christina — The Pigs

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Tags: Alanis Morissette, Breakup Songs, Brendan Maclean, Carly Simon, Future Ex-Girlfriend, Hey Christina, I Hate Everything About You, Lily Allen, Marianne Faithfull, Not Big, Pink, Smile, So What, Stupid, The Pigs, Three Days Grace, Top Ten, Voltaire, Why D'ya Do It, You Oughtta Know, You're So Vain