20 Greatest Empowering Break-Up Songs

3. Forget You - Cee Lo Green

The History: Forget You was the first single off Cee Lo's third album, The Lady Killer. It was number one on TIME's top ten songs for 2010 and won a Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance. The song became so popular that it was covered in an episode of Glee. Even though it sounds like Cee Lo is talking about a girl, but he says his forget you is towards the music industry.

Why It's Great: We all know them - the people who are so egotistical and materialistic they should just marry themselves. It would save us the trouble of trying to please them because they're an Xbox and you like to kick it old school Atari style. However, what makes it great is that this song marries the greatness of the '60s Motown sound with a modern sensibility. He gets extra brownie points for the lyric, "I pity the fool who falls in love with you." If you're feeling really sassy, there's also the uncensored version.

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