Back in the days of real vinyl 45s, it was customary to send your ex a breakup record, or buy one for yourself.(I'm not sure that has the same effect with a download from itunes.Anyway, you were supposed to play this record over and over until it got scratched, while thinking of your lost loved one.

So what was your breakup record?

One of mine was "no regrets".

Think Twice by Celine Dion

This song got me through the 80s

Divine - You think you're a man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiIJOB0GLW4

Nothing Compares 2 U

Really??
Honestly I've never heard of this being done. I can think of some tracks way back that reminded me of ex's, b*gger if I'd play them these days.

2 stick in my mind

When i broke up with my first love it was one day I'll fly away - Randy Crawford

When I separated from my husband it was Take a Bow by Madonna

yes really - it was more prevalent in the 50s and 60s, one of the most popular was "its over" - with the line "your baby doesn't love you any more".

The whole point was that you played it incessently for a fortnight, got it out of your system and then never played it again.

I'm sorry to be so predictable :yawn: but mine was Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMbuygEju8

...and in turn, my ex sent me "Jealous Guy" (Roxy musixc cover)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Irl5Nt6ENF4

Red red wine. Didn't play it, would hear it on the radio. That was before I started listening to radio4, I'm getting old...

That was my main one - I still can't listen to it without getting a lump in my throat.

That and A New Life by Pet Shop Boys...

Ouch, painful memories.

Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - The Mothers of Invention

I got two - Why by Annie Lennox and Separate Lives by Phil Collins. Still can't listen to them without falling apart after almost 9 years.

Still after all that time? Crumbs

That was mine too

and All Out of Love

As luck would have it, I was dumped for the first time (beforehand, I'd always chucked 'em first ) the day that the Streets' "dry your eyes mate" hit number 1.

How typical is that!