Everyone has a break-up song, unless they ended up getting married to their childhood sweetheart and have had an uninterrupted relationship without even a 'break'. For most of us, however, music and heartache go hand in hand.
A study of 2,000 adults who have been in a long-term relationship and gone through at least one break-up revealed that listening to music is their preferred coping mechanism following a split. And Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black, Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way are the nation's top break-up songs, according to the research.
Ariana’s Grande’s Thank U, Next and Boyz II Men’s End of the Road also featured in the top 30. And despite almost half of those polled saying they listen to sad music when heartbroken, break-up songs aren’t all melancholic.
