Most of us have had any particular one track we could not pay attention to for a long time because it reminds united states of a man or girl exactly who out of cash our very own cardiovascular system. Or that tune that renders you laugh contemplating good memories along with your senior school thoughts years following the separation. Some songs simply touches united states within cardiovascular system of minds so we are unable to assist but connect it — better or worse — to all of our exes.

In honor of nationwide Ex time, HelloGiggles gets extremely individual: Here are some of the songs that remind you (either fondly or not-so-much) of the exes, recollections, and heartbreak.

“The Ascent of Stan” by Ben Folds:

“Anytime my personal highschool lover would drive us to class, he would blast this within his auto every single morning. You know as soon as you hear a track enough times which you ask yourself the reason why you actually ever liked it originally? Yeah, I got tired of this track following the twentieth time hearing it, right after which we heard it about one million occasions afterwards. It’s been almost 5 years since we broke up, and only now is it possible to pay attention to it without half-screaming ‘UGH, NOT THIS SONG AGAIN.'”

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Sammy Nickalls
, team journalist

“Residence” by Phillip Phillips:

“Once, I totally punished myself personally in an on-and-off again affair with a close pal of my own. When we eventually went FOR IT and start to become together ‘forever,’ he made me a slideshow of photos folks through the years to the track. Within a couple of months, he was with someone else and that I was devastated (once more). Each time we listen to this track now, only a little trend bomb detonates in my heart for my personal previous home. As much as I’d want to be good in regards to the whole experience, we let that small burst of harmed be a reminder to never allow you to treat myself like this once more.” –

Christina Wolfgram
, video producer

“Must’ve Accomplished Something Correct” by Relient K:

“the past time we positively allocated a tune to a relationship was actually this option, since music video clip was about football, and I also ended up being obsessed with a man back at my senior school’s team.” –

Kate Lindsay
, team writer

“Please Bleed” by Ben Harper & the Innocent attackers:

“I graduated from highschool 15 years before but each and every time I hear this song, we ~nevertheless~  consider my personal senior school sweetheart cheating on myself. (the guy explained the hickeys on his neck were bruises from football and I also thought him!) The song is just about curious about if the individual that hurt you provides any humankind inside the house.

Very

melodramatic.” –

Jessica Wakeman
, development editor

“Hoy No Quiero Verte Nunca Más” by Franny Glass:

“in spite of the truly pleased melody, this song subject literally implies ‘Today, we never want to see you once again.’ I’ve never had a *bad* split up in the sense we’ve finished up hating one another, and so the tune completely catches my rigorous thoughts of damage using matter-of-fact character of our diverging routes.” –

Quyen Nguyen-Le
, article intern

“Good Woman” by Cat Energy:

“This track reminds me personally of someone I was with, therefore we just weren’t right for each other. He managed me personally terribly, but we cared about him anyway, and that I did not like method it believed.” –

Rosemary Donahue
, assistant publisher

“Midnight City” by M83:

“This tune often reminds myself associated with first-time I kissed my boyfriend in college, and all of the months we invested getting together with the friends after ward that year, but even though we had a dirty breakup, it’s still a pleasant mind.”

– Sammy Nickalls

“Whatever It Is” by Zak Brown Band:

“This song is delighted nonetheless it helps make me personally unfortunate. As I hear it I’m straight away in a pick-up with my university date, driving cross-country with this track blasting. Anytime the range, ‘every time I you will need to tell the lady how I believe it comes around ‘I like you’ played, however check out the traveler chair and appear just at me. Nonetheless breaks my personal cardiovascular system.” –

Elena Sheppard
, tradition editor

“Boy with all the Coin” by Iron and Wine:

“a really sweet child once made me two Dvds of their preferred music, but the guy did not jot down some of the tunes’ brands or musicians. For an excellent 12 months, I imagined the guy and that I were the only real two people which had ever heard this tune. Nevertheless helps make me contemplative and quietly delighted.” –

Christina Wolfgram

“Holocene” by Bon Iver

:

“For some songs, like this any, I really don’t recognize they generate me consider a relationship until they come on, and I also’m transported back to this individual’s freshman dorm place where we’d rest on the backs and talk while songs played. –

Kate Lindsay

“Cold Shoulder” by Adele:

“this person wasn’t an ex . . . because he had a girlfriend . . . exactly who he informed me however break-up with me for. (the guy failed to. Surprise!) Each and every time we listen to the lyric ‘when you check me personally If only I found myself the girl,’ I go straight back to becoming 24 along with crave with a person that directed myself on and then threw myself beneath the coach. –

Jessica Wakeman

“Proceed” by Rilo Kiley:

“This just a generally speaking fantastic breakup tune, and reminds me personally of when you’re finding any cause to go out of some body, or you’re driving some body away and trying to find an excuse to obtain them to give you. It is more about generating excuses yourself and also for both, without looking at the actual dilemmas.” –

Rosemary Donahue

“Get Reasonable” by Lil Jon:

“I dropped in love the very first time to this track in 8th level, sporting a polo and denim dress because #fashion and #boys and #puberty.” –

Christina Wolfgram

“Shrug” by Ani Di Franco:

“I will love Ani forever. Almost every song of hers is important in my opinion, but ‘Shrug’ had been the anthem for my large Terrible Breakup inside my Mid-20s. We existed together and he began flirting with an other woman, next broke up with me personally over the telephone and questioned us to re-locate your apartment. It actually was ~actually~ shitty and then he only washed his arms of myself completely. Absolutely one lyric, ‘why really does each apology noise a lot more like a shrug’ that encapsulates that separation perfectly.” –

Jessica Wakeman

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“Child Blue” by Badfinger:

“The tune that produces me personally imagine my personal worst break up is actually “Baby Blue” by Badfinger, given that it symbolized REALLY an-end of an era. Like, I got eventually finished most of

Busting Negative

and that I didn’t come with concept everything I ended up being meant to perform with my life now. Exactly how can I even binge another program after

BB

?? Oh wait. . . this really is about a dude? Yeah, You will findn’t separated with one among these in sometime but like, the end of a television binge is kinda like a breakup i suppose. . . ?” –

Rachel Paige
, team journalist

Just what tracks never don’t remind

you

of an ex? Inform us during the feedback!