Uplifting Western songs that encourage you after a breakup. Popular anthems and recommended classics.
From among the world’s most iconic heartbreak anthems, our studio staff introduces their recommended classics and fan favorites.
This is a carefully curated playlist to gently soothe the pain of a broken heart.
- Tear-jerking Western breakup songs: recommended classics and popular hits
- Western pop songs to help you get over a heartbreak
- Breakup songs in Western music that I want to sing at karaoke: world classics and popular hits
- Recommended male heartbreak songs in Western music. World-famous classics and popular tracks.
- Breakup songs by Western bands. World-famous classics and popular tracks.
- Hidden gems of breakup songs in Western music. Recommended popular tracks.
- Heartbreaking breakup songs by female Western artists—tear-jerking breakup tracks. World classics and recommended popular songs.
- Foreign breakup songs with great lyrics. Beautiful, memorable messages that stay with you.
- Unrequited love breakup songs from Western music. World-famous classics and popular hits.
- Breakup songs sung by female Western artists. World-famous classics and popular tracks.
- Unrequited love breakup songs in Western music. Recommended masterpieces and popular tracks.
- Tear-jerking motivational songs in Western music
- Western songs to listen to when you're feeling down—tracks that stay by your side and give you the strength to look forward.
Western pop songs that cheer you up after a heartbreak. Popular anthems and recommended classics (71–80)
Why did I end up falling in love with you?TVXQ (also known as Tohoshinki; literally “Rising Gods of the East”)
They’ve resumed activities as a duo now, but when this song was released, they were active as a five-member group.
The harmony woven by those five members is a must-hear.
As the title “Why Did I Fall in Love with You?” suggests, it’s told from a male perspective, portraying a man who continues to think about a single woman.
Love DrizzleShonan no Kaze
This is a song about parting with someone I loved very deeply.
Just listening to it is painful because it’s such a pure love song, but in the end it’s a song that faces heartbreak.
It’s the kind of song you’ll want to listen to after a breakup, when you’re able to think about both the other person’s happiness and your own.
alreadyMao Abe
This is a song that honestly expresses a girl’s true feelings as she lays everything on the line at the end of a relationship.
The sentiment of “I wanted you to love me more, but it’s far too late now” matches perfectly with Mao Abe’s strong, unwavering vocals.
Uplifting Western songs that encourage you after a heartbreak. Popular anthems and recommended classics (81–90)
The Power of Encounters IIIAAA
A duet song by AAA that portrays the dynamics of love between a man and a woman.
The piano and string accompaniment is beautiful, and along with the lovely harmonies, it gently seeps into a wounded heart.
It’s a tender song that makes you feel that even if you end up walking separate paths, it will surely become nourishment for you.
MemoryBOØWY
A classic ballad by the legendary Japanese rock band BOØWY, counted among their most popular songs.
The lyrics depict the mindset of a man who, at the end of a romance, is about to slip away alone—so powerful they cut straight to the heart.
Yet there’s a certain stoic purity to it that many men will surely relate to.
Time goes byEvery Little Thing
It’s a famous song by Every Little Thing that sold over a million copies.
The lyrics say it’d be nice if, someday, we could laugh about having argued and not being able to be honest.
If only we could turn a heartbreak into nourishment for life like that.
Like magicSHISHAMO
It’s a perfect song for girls.
When you go through a breakup, it’s easy to get jaded, but this song lifts up the feeling of not forgetting to keep polishing yourself and of how wonderful it is to stay your sparkling self.
It’s not a love song, but I think it’s soothing.