Billboard Reveal The 25 Best Revenge Songs
Billboard have created a list of the top 25 revenge songs perfect to listen to when “forgive and forget” just ain’t cutting it!
From SZA to Stevie Nicks, Billboard delve deep into the perfect songs to listen to when you’re at your anger phase of breakup grief, along with including their favourite revenge lyric in each song
Take a look and listen to the top 10 below:
10. Shakirah – “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
Best revenge lyric: Las mujeres ya no lloran, las mujeres facturan,” which translates to: “Women no longer cry, women get paid.”
9. Nancy Sinatra – “These Boots Are Made For Walkin”
Best revenge lyric: “You keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burnt/ I just found me a brand new box of matches/ And what he knows you ain’t had time to learn.”
8. Beyonce – “Sorry”
Best revenge lyric: “Now you gotta see me wilding, now I’m the one that’s lying/ And I don’t feel bad about it, it’s exactly what you get/ Stop interrupting my grinding/ I ain’t thinking ’bout you.”
7. Jazmine Sullivan – “Bust Your Windows”
Best revenge lyric: “Even though what you did to me was much worse/ I had to do something to make you hurt.”
6. CeeLo Green – “Forget You”
Best revenge lyric: “And although there’s pain in my chest/ I still wish you the best with a ‘Forget you.'”
5. Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”
Best revenge lyric: “Did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity?/ I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner/ It was a slap in the face, how quickly I was replaced/ And are you thinking of me when you ---- her?”
4. Miranda Lambert – “Mama’s Broken Heart”
Best revenge lyric: “Can’t get revenge and keep a spotless reputation/ Sometimes revenge is a choice you gotta make.”
3. SZA – “Kill Bill”
Best revenge lyric: “I just killed my ex/ I still love him, though/ Rather be in hell than alone.”
2. Carly Simon – “You’re So Vain”
Best revenge lyric: “I bet you think this song is about you/ Don’t you don’t you don’t you?”
1. Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”
Best revenge lyric: “I might have saved a little trouble for the next girl/ ‘Cause the next time that he cheats/ Oh, you know it won’t be on me.”