31 Iconic Songs That'll Make You Feel Like A Badass After A Breakup

♫ I forgot that you existed, and I thought that it would kill me but it didn't ♫

We asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which songs everyone should listen to after a bad breakup. Here are the brilliant results.

1. "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson

RCA Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Since you been gone, I can breathe for the first time / I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah! ♫

—jessical4fde3b024

2. "thank u, next" by Ariana Grande

Republic Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I've loved and I've lost, but that's not what I see / 'Cause look what I've found, ain't no need for searching and for that, I'll say / Thank you, next ♫

—conciousturnip

3. "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" by Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule

Def Jam/Murder Inc.

Most badass lyric: ♫ My life I live it to the limit and I love it / Now I can breathe again, baby, now I can breathe again ♫

—austinallie

4. "Shout Out to My Ex" by Little Mix

Syco Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Shout out to my ex, you're really quite the man / You made my heart break and that made me who I am ♫

—samanthasadler

5. "Thnks fr th Mmrs" by Fall Out Boy

Island Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Thanks for the memories, even though they weren't so great ♫

—katiejean22

6. "Sorry" by Beyoncé

Parkwood/Columbia Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Middle fingers up, put them hands high / Wave it in his face, tell him boy, bye ♫

—kayleevoss776

7. "Good As Hell" by Lizzo

Nice Life/Atlantic Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Woo girl, need to kick off your shoes / Got to take a deep breath, time to focus on you ♫

—danab4061cede3

8. "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood

Arista Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights / I slashed a hole in all four tires / Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats ♫

—nosveremosenlostribunales

9. "No Scrubs" by TLC

LaFace/Arista

Most badass lyric: ♫ I don't want no scrub / A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me / Hanging out the passenger side of his best friend's ride / Trying to holler at me ♫

—emlyntravis

10. "Stronger" by Britney Spears

Jive Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I'm stronger than yesterday, now it's nothing but my way / My loneliness ain't killing me no more ♫

—mspec3

11. "Shake It Off" by Mariah Carey

Island Records/Mercury Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I gotta shake you off / 'Cause the loving ain't the same and you keep on playing games / Like you know I'm here to stay ♫

—ashleys47d6749eb

12. "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette

Maverick/Reprise Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ It's not fair, to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me / You, you, you oughta know ♫

—natalier4694cf75e

13. "I Forgot That You Existed" by Taylor Swift

Republic Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I forgot that you existed / And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn't / And it was so nice, so peaceful and quiet ♫

—corynm2

14. "I Don't F*ck with You" by Big Sean and E-40

Def Jam/GOOD Music

Most badass lyric: ♫ I got a million trillion things I'd rather f*ckin' do / Than to be f*ckin' with you ♫

—caitlynp40824cd23

15. "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele

XL Recordings

Most badass lyric: ♫ Think of me in the depths of your despair / Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared ♫

—shivanip2013

16. "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac

Warner Bros. Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ You can go your own way, go your own way / You can call it another lonely day ♫

—fromanotherplanet

17. "Gives You Hell" by The All-American Rejects

DGC/Interscope Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ And truth be told I miss you / And truth be told I'm lying ♫

—sarasoks

18. "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera

RCA Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Made me learn a little bit faster, made my skin a little bit thicker / Makes me that much smarter, so thanks for making me a fighter ♫

—v8crazy

19. "Tears Dry On Their Own" by Amy Winehouse

Island Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I cannot play myself again, I should just be my own best friend / Not f*ck myself in the head with stupid men ♫

—heatherf42c9e7a7e

20. "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon

Elektra Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you ♫

—kaylayandoli

21. "Survivor" by Destiny's Child

Columbia Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I'm a survivor, I'm not gon' give up / I'm not gon' stop, I'm gon' work harder ♫

—colleend9

22. "So What" by Pink

LaFace Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I'm having more fun, and now that we're done / I'm gonna show you tonight I'm alright, I'm just fine ♫

—djoyg08

23. "Lose You To Love Me" by Selena Gomez

Interscope Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I needed to lose you to find me / This dancing was killing me softly / I needed to hate you to love me ♫

—rebeccads

24. "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye and Kimbra

Eleven

Most badass lyric: ♫ Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over / But had me believing it was always something that I'd done / But I don't wanna live that way ♫

—bdmcnickle15

25. "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

Polydor Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble, did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no not I, I will survive ♫

—kita

26. "IDGAF" by Dua Lipa

Warner Bros. Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Save it, get gone, shut up / 'Cause if you think I care about you now / Well, boy, I don't give a f*ck ♫

—valentinet

27. "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Cantrell

Arista Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ When your man wanna get buck-wild / Just go back and hit 'em up style / Put your hands on his cash and spend it to the last dime, for all the hard times ♫

—katewalsh83

28. "F**k You!" by CeeLo Green

Elektra Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Although there's a pain in my chest I still wish you the best / With a, 'F*ck you!'" ♫

—emeraldcityb

29. "So Yesterday" by Hilary Duff

Buena Vista/Hollywood Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ Laugh it off and let it go / And when you wake up it will seem so yesterday ♫

—kristeng450489532

30. "Tyrone" by Erykah Badu

Kedar Records/Universal

Most badass lyric: ♫ I think ya better call Tyrone / And tell him come on, help you get your shit / You need to call Tyrone / But ya can't use my phone ♫

—sonjak6

31. And "Roar" by Katy Perry

Capitol Records

Most badass lyric: ♫ I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter / Dancing through the fire 'cause I am a champion / And you're gonna hear me roar ♫

—helpimacashier

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