Throughout our life we are bound to fall in and out of love and have to deal with those heart-wrenching break-ups.
The usual steps include crying into your pillow, gorging on Chinese takeaway and putting on that CD that reminds you of that someone special.
Where would we be without the likes of Beyonce, Christina Aguilera and Kelly Clarkson to help us carry on?!
So from the soul beginnings of Etta James and Otis Redding to tales of male cheating from Rihanna and Lily Allen here's our round-up of the best break-up songs of all time!





























