Carole King, ‘It’s Too Late’
Grammy winner: Record of the Year (1971)
“And it’s too late, baby now, it’s too late, Though we really did try to make it …”
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Barbra Streisand, ‘THe Way we Were’
Image Credit: Courtesy of Graham Attwood/REX Shutterstock Grammy winner: Song of the Year (1974)
“Memories may be beautiful and yet, what’s too painful to remember we simply choose to forget.”
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Gloria Gaynor, ‘I Will Survive’
Image Credit: Courtesy of REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Disco Recording (1979)
“But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong, and I learned how to get along.”
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Jennifer Holliday, ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’
Image Credit: Courtesy of BEI/BEI/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Female R&B Vocal (1982)
“And I am tellin’ you I’m not goin’. You’re the best man I’ve ever known. There’s no way I can ever go.”
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Willie Nelson, ‘Always on My Mind’
Image Credit: Courtesy of Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Song of the Year, Best Country Song, Best Male Country Vocal (1982)
“Tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died, and give me one more chance to keep you satisfied.”
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The Police, ‘Every Breath You Take’
Image Credit: Courtesy of Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner:; Song of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group (1983)
“Since you’ve gone I’ve been lost without a trace. I dream at night, I can only see your face.”
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Whitney Houston, ‘I Will Always Love You’
Image Credit: Courtesy of W KIENITZ/REX Shutterstock Grammy winner: Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal (1993)
“So goodbye, please don’t cry. We both know I’m not what you need.”
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Alanis Morissette, ‘You Oughta Know’
Image Credit: Courtesy of Ilpo Musto/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Female Rock Vocal, Best Rock Song (1995)
“And every time you speak her name, does she know how you told me you’d hold me until you died? But you’re still alive.”
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Toni Braxton, ‘Un-Break My Heart’
Image Credit: Courtesy of REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Female Pop Vocal (1996)
“I need your arms to hold me now, the nights are so unkind. Bring back those nights when I held you beside me.”
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Justin Timberlake, ‘Cry Me a River’
Image Credit: Courtesy of Rolf Klatt/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Male Pop Vocal (2003)
“You don’t have to say what you did. I already know, I found out from him. Now there’s just no chance for you and me, there’ll never be.”
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OutKast, ‘Hey Ya!’
Image Credit: Courtesy of PETER BROOKER/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Urban/Alternative Performance (2003)
“Nothing lasts forever. Then what makes love the exception? So why are we still in denial when we know we’re not happy here?”
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Mariah Carey, ‘We Belong Together’
Image Credit: Courtesy of TalkbackThames/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Best Female R&B Vocal, Best R&B Song (2005)
“When you left I lost a part of me. It’s still so hard to believe. Come back baby, please.”
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Beyonce, ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’
Image Credit: Courtesy of MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal, Best R&B Song (2009)
“Up in the club, we just broke up, I’m doing my own little thing. Decided to dip and now you wanna trip ’cause another brother noticed me.”
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Adele, ‘Rolling in the Deep’
Image Credit: Courtesy of Hotsauce/REX Shutterstock Grammy winner: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Music Video (2011)
“Finally I can see you crystal clear. Go ahead and sell me out and I’ll lay your shit bare.”
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Gotye featuring Kimbra, ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’
Image Credit: Courtesy of MediaPunch/REX/Shutterstock Grammy winner: Record of the Year, Best Pop Duo/Group (2012)
“When we found that we could not make sense, well you said that we would still be friends, but I’ll admit that I was glad that it was over.”
