While music can be a great source of joy and inspiration, it can also offer you comfort during heartbreak. According to latest research, sad music can even help you regulate your depression through mood regulation. With that in mind, we’ve decided to look back at the best heartbreak songs of the decade.

There have been countless tracks that make you feel the artist’s heartbreak— that make you feel seen in your own pain. And while people often complain that new music sucks, we respectfully disagree. Whether you listen on an MP3 player or you opt to stream them, here are our top 3 picks for the best heartbreak songs of the past decade!

Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon

Heartbreak Anniversary is one of those songs that is exactly what you’d expect from the title. In it, Giveon sings about the dissolution of a relationship, or rather his feelings on the anniversary of the breakup. We tend to think of anniversaries as happy occasions, but he flips the script.

From devastating lyrics like “Just like the day that I met you, the day I thought forever, said that you love me, but that’ll last for never” to the melancholy beat, it’s the perfect heartbreak song. Giveon’s voice is the cherry on top that makes it one of the best heartbreak songs of the past decade.

I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore by Reneé Rapp

Reneé Rapp has two studio albums and one EP under her belt, consisting primarily of heartbreak songs. “Don’t Tell My Mom” is a heart-wrenching take on a daughter protecting her parents from her own pain. On the other hand, “The Wedding Song” is an ode to the person who was supposed to be the one. But none of Rapp’s other heartbreak songs, which are all fantastic, hold a candle to our pick.

“I Can’t Have You Around Me Anymore” is the seventh song on the album Bite Me. It tells the story of two people who are clearly in love, but cannot be together. There is a strong underlying motif of forbidden love, especially in lyrics like “And she’ll never be you, but she keeps me on course, and I’m not supposed to wonder if I should be yours”. Through a tempo of under 80 bpm and a quiet voice full of desperation, the Broadway star conveys utter heartbreak.

Something to Someone by Dermot Kennedy

Dermot Kennedy is an Irish singer and songwriter who’s known for his emotional takes on love, addiction, family, and heartbreak. Like Rapp, his music is predominantly focused on heartbreak. So, choosing just one song for this review was not easy. But “Something to Someone”, especially the live piano version, will have you reaching for the tissues.

In this song, Kennedy sings about a young love that he’s lost and can never get back. In the chorus, he says, “I wish I could’ve known that I should hold on tight, to every singlе word, to every summer night, I wish I could’ve known that forever was a lie”. These lyrics, combined with his raspy, soulful voice, make it one of the best heartbreak songs of the past decade.