The guitar and mandolin-driven ballad, which Stewart based on his first sexual experience ten years earlier, became one of his signature hits and best breakup songs. That message clearly resonated with the public, as the track shot to the Top 40.Ī young man realizes that his ongoing fling with an older woman is messing with his emotions and keeping him from moving on in life in this 1971 classic from Rod Stewart. “This thing they call love/It’s gonna make you cry,” sings the J Geils Band in 1980’s “Love Stinks.” With its now-famous opening riff line, the band hit the paydirt with this breakup anthem that expressed the excruciating pain of unrequited love. “Foolish Games” describes the heartbreaking (and age-old) struggle of realizing that the mysterious and handsome character you’ve fallen for is never going to reciprocate your feelings. “Foolish Games,” which appeared on the singer-songwriter’s 1995 debut, Pieces of You.
Jewel falls prey to an artsy, intellectual type in this hit single from 1997.
Written in 1966 by Motown’s Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” has been recorded by Gladys Knight and the Pips, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Miracles, but Marvin Gaye’s soulful, 1968 rendition resonated particularly deeply with the public – topping the pop charts and becoming one of Motown’s best-selling singles ever. What’s the only thing worse than discovering that your significant other is leaving you for someone else? Finding out through someone other than them. ADVERTISEMENT Marvin Gaye: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
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