by Alisa M. Ben

(Waiver: Because thinking requires too much during a break up...I was sticking to the songs of 2006 that played a kazillion times)


Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
For this lyric alone, “I need your grace to remind me to find my own,” this song brings you hope when you’re coming back up from the downward spiral of heartbreak. I present it to potential suitors and tell them “If you can’t feel like this hit the road.”



It Ends Tonight – The All-American Rejects
This song really captures that feeling of being so completely heartbroken, alone, and completely losing your mind to the point where you become proactive in taking your heart back: “The walls start breathing/My minds unweaving/Maybe it’s best you leave me alone./A weight is lifted/On this evening I give the final blow.”



Sorry – Madonna
Someone once told me that sorry doesn’t mean anything unless it means it’ll never happen again. I can’t even begin to count how many times I wanted to send this to my ex: “There's more important things than hearing you speak.”



Lips of an Angel – Hinder
Okay, so you’re with someone new and your former lover calls you obviously wanting to reconnect…I get it…I’ve had idealized thoughts about that same thing but c’mon “But girl you make it hard to be faithful with the lips of an angel” are you friggin’ serious? I’m a little embarrassed to even include that song because of the chorus but what the hell.



Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray
Eponymous break up song with heart-tugging lyrics - enough said!



Hate Me – Blue October
This band will never be remembered for prolific songs, “I have to block out thoughts of you, so I don't lose my head/They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed/Dropping little reels of tape to remind me that I'm alone/Playing movies in my head that make a porno feel like home,” but it somehow seeped into the psyche of the disheartened.



Breathe (2am) – Anna Nalick
“Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable /And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table” – maybe there was a “car” theme this year.



Fix You – Coldplay
Maybe this officially was released in 2005, but it was bigger in 2006 and no sappy song list is complete without a Coldplay song so here it is.



Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
Do I even need to explain? Of course you knew a James Blunt song would be on this list.



On The Radio - Regina Spektor
Not only does she reference the Guns N' Roses song ‘November Rain’ but she also teaches us what to learn from heartbreak, “You peer inside yourself/You take the things you like/And try to love the things you took/And then you take that love you made/And stick it into some/ Someone else's heart/Pumping someone else's blood/And walking arm in arm/You hope it don't get harmed/But even if it does/ You'll just do it all again.”



Since You’ve Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
This wasn’t really a 2006 song, but I heard it every single Friday night on the jukebox while getting completely hammered and venting to all my newly single friends who were somehow empowered by this song. Picture it: a group of drunk, heartbroken, angst-ridden females jumping around a bar to Kelly Clarkson. She might not be Alanis, but she’ll do.



Shine On – Jet
Leave it to JET to bring another love song/sad song



Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake
After spending months being completely deflated, get it together and go get the hotties.