Artist	Song
Neil Sedaka	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Elefant	Now That I Miss Her
Andy Kim	How'd We Get To Be This Way
Brendan Benson	Get It Together
John Wesley Harding	I'm Wrong About Everything
The Sun	We Tried
Yo La Tengo	Stockholm Syndrome
The Vandals	My Girlfriend's Dead
Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You Out of My Head
Elvis Costello & The Attractions	I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down
The Rolling Stones	It's Not Easy
Steve Martin	Like When You Break Up With a Girl (comedy monologue excerpt)
The Buzzcocks	Nothing Left
Huey Lewis & The News	I Want A New Drug
Paul Westerberg	Things
Bay City Rollers	Bye Bye Baby
Violent Femmes	I Held Her In My Arms
Prince	When You Were Mine
Shout Out Louds	Very Loud
Anna Waronker	I Wish You Well
The Waterboys	The Whole Of The Moon
The Velvet Underground	Who Loves The Sun
The Young Rascals	Lonely Too Long
Honey Cone	The Want Ads
Shivaree	Someday
Harry Nilsson	You're Breaking My Heart

Comment:

In the middle of yet another romantic dissolution when every song I heard seemed to be fittingly sad, I began to put together the obligatory end-of-relationship mix. But then I decided not to tread those same old streets, and indeed, to lift my chin up and see the good in things. After all, we had ended things amicably and it was what I wanted -- no need to wallow in the mire or be angry. Now, it's not that that these are all positive, far from it. But the idea was for the tempos to be upbeat and for the songs to be catchy. As for the Morrissey reference in the subtitle, that's no dig against the man or his fans -- I've included "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" on a previous break-up mix. But this is not that kind of break-up mix.

If you've never heard of The Sun, Shout Out Louds, Shivaree or Elefant, check 'em out. I credit KCRW and Steve Jones on Indie 103.1 here in L.A. for turning me on to those bands during the many weeks in 2005 while my ear was tuned for upbeat breakup songs.

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