100 Best Songs About Being Replaced
Songs That Feel Like You’ve Been Replaced
There’s a weird kind of ache that kicks in when you realize you’ve been swapped out. Not with drama. Not with fireworks. It’s quieter than that. Someone moves on like they’ve been planning it for weeks and you’re stuck in the slow-motion version of a moment that already passed. You watch from a distance as they laugh the same way with someone else, maybe even wear the same cologne, say the same inside joke. It hits different when your spot doesn’t stay empty. These tracks don’t clean that up or make it poetic. They sit in the sting with you and let it smolder.
Sometimes it’s bitter. Other times it’s tired. There’s a kind of numb that sets in when you’ve overanalyzed every text and still came up short. These songs dig around in that space where jealousy meets resignation. You hear a familiar voice in the chorus and flinch without meaning to. Taylor Swift might lace it with sarcasm. SZA might drag it out in slow-motion R&B haze. Nirvana might snarl through it. Doesn’t matter the genre. The weight lands the same. You catch a lyric that lines up a little too well and now you’re stuck replaying what should’ve felt like closure but keeps dragging its feet.
There’s something off-kilter in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that don’t flinch when it comes to being replaced. They spit it out with zero filter, or barely whisper it and let the silence carry the blow. Not everything heals right away. Some of these tracks don’t try to. They just nod like yeah, we’ve been there. Here are the ones that actually get it.
Top 10 Replacement Songs
1. 'How It Feels to Be Replaced'—Alec Benjamin
2. 'Somebody That I Used to Know'—Gotye featuring Kimbra
3. 'Since U Been Gone'—Kelly Clarkson
4. 'You Oughta Know'—Alanis Morissette
5. 'Someone Like You'—Adele
6. 'Second Choice'—Kree Harrison
7. 'Best Friend Breakup'—Lauren Spencer Smith
8. 'Somebody Else'—The 1975
9. 'Leave Out All The Rest'—Linkin Park
10. 'Creep'—Radiohead
Songs About Being Replaced #11—30
11. 'I Can't Make You Love Me'—Bonnie Raitt
12. 'Numb'—Linkin Park
13. 'The Night We Met'—Lord Huron
14. 'Back to December'—Taylor Swift
15. 'Forget You'—CeeLo Green
16. 'Tears Dry on Their Own'—Amy Winehouse
17. 'Maps'—Yeah Yeah Yeahs
18. 'I Will Always Love You'—Whitney Houston
19. 'Yesterday'—The Beatles
20. 'Dancing with a Stranger'—Sam Smith & Normani
21. 'Over You'—Miranda Lambert
22. 'Clean'—Taylor Swift
23. 'Lost Cause'—Billie Eilish
24. 'Let Her Go'—Passenger
25. 'Forget Me'—Lewis Capaldi
26. 'How Could You Forget'—Trey Songz
27. 'Amnesia'—5 Seconds of Summer
28. 'The Kids Aren't Alright'—Fall Out Boy
29. 'Miss You'—Nickelback
30. 'Breathe'—Taylor Swift
Songs About Losing Your Place #31—50
31. 'Would Anyone Care'—Citizen Soldier
32. 'Must Have Been The Wind'—Alec Benjamin
33. 'Water Fountain'—Alec Benjamin
34. 'The Book Of You & I'—Alec Benjamin
35. 'Arcade'—Duncan Laurence
36. 'New Kid in Town'—Eagles
37. 'I'm Just a Kid'—Simple Plan
38. 'Bobby Jean'—Bruce Springsteen
39. 'Solsbury Hill'—Peter Gabriel
40. 'Only Sixteen'—Dr. Hook
41. 'I'm Eighteen'—Alice Cooper
42. 'Too Dumb to Know'—The Lumineers
43. 'Somewhere Only We Know'—Keane
44. 'See You Later (Ten Years)'—Jenna Raine
45. 'Ghost of You'—5 Seconds of Summer
46. 'I Will Wait'—Mumford & Sons
47. 'Ill See You When We're Both Not So Emotional'—American Football
48. 'Holiday'—The Get Up Kids
49. 'Olivia'—The Backseat Lovers
50. 'I Keep A Diary'—Braid
Songs About Being Overlooked #51—75
51. 'I'd Have to Think About It'—Leith Ross
52. 'A.M. 180'—Grandaddy
53. 'Come Back To Me'—Liam Payne
54. 'Stronger'—Britney Spears
55. 'Survivor'—Destiny's Child
56. 'So What'—Pink
57. 'Erase & Rewind'—The Cardigans
58. 'I Forgot to Remember to Forget'—Elvis Presley
59. 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'—Green Day
60. 'Un-break My Heart'—Toni Braxton
61. 'Memory'—Barbra Streisand
62. 'Forgive and Forget'—The Kooks
63. 'Remember When'—Alan Jackson
64. 'Lost'—Frank Ocean
65. 'Substitution'—Purple Disco Machine & Kungs featuring Julian Perretta
66. 'Changes'—David Bowie
67. 'Change'—Taylor Swift
68. 'A Change Is Gonna Come'—Sam Cooke
69. 'Change'—Christina Aguilera
70. 'Changes'—2Pac
71. 'Wind Of Change'—Scorpions
72. 'A Change Would Do You Good'—Sheryl Crow
73. 'Change'—Tears For Fears
74. 'Change'—Bluetech featuring Katrina Blackstone
75. 'Somebody Told Me'—The Killers
Songs About Being Replaced by Another #76—100
76. 'All My Friends'—LCD Soundsystem
77. 'Fever Pitch'—Rainbow Kitten Surprise
78. 'Sedona'—Houndmouth
79. 'This Year'—The Mountain Goats
80. 'Divorce Separation Blues'—The Avett Brothers
81. 'In the Hard Times'—Band of Horses
82. 'No Children'—The Mountain Goats
83. 'Love Is All'—The Tallest Man on Earth
84. 'Someone Great'—LCD Soundsystem
85. 'I Can Change'—LCD Soundsystem
86. 'Ain't No Sunshine'—Bill Withers
87. 'All Is Well That Ends'—Rainbow Kitten Surprise
88. 'Box Full of Letters'—Wilco
89. 'Hate It Here'—Wilco
90. 'Die Die Die'—Dr. Dog
91. 'Lonesome'—Dr. Dog
92. 'Where's All the Time Go'—Dr. Dog
93. 'Harmony Hall'—Vampire Weekend
94. 'Don't Save Me'—Haim
95. 'A Long December'—Counting Crows
96. 'Fuck It You Win'—Hanni El Khatib
97. 'Fuck It'—Eamon
98. 'Trick to Happy'—Bahamas
99. 'No Depression'—Bahamas
100. 'Can't Hardly Wait'—The Replacements
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