50 Songs To Get Through The Betrayals of Cheating

Nothing stings like the broken trust that comes with cheating. When your partner has turned to someone else while they're still with you, the pain and trauma from this unimaginable action tend to linger. Or, you might be on the other side of the affair — in which case, you probably feel like you'll never be able to have the full connection with this person whether you were aware of it or not. Being betrayed in these types of relationships isn't something that can be healed overnight, and that's okay.

In addition to confiding in trusted friends and family members (and ofc, breaking out the tissues and crying as much as you want), listening to music is another way to help channel your feelings. Whether you want to become one with your sadness or give off major "F you" energy by screaming at the top of your lungs, these songs about cheating can work wonders to help soothe the wounds of your broken heart.

Some of our fave singers like The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and Rihanna have penned tracks about the vulnerability of cheating with bangers and ballads. There are also classics from Jazmine Sullivan and Carrie Underwood that give you a chance to get all your frustrations out. Or, tracks like Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" and Lana Del Rey's "The Other Woman" share insight from the POV of people who are actually cheating.

Ahead, find 50 songs about cheating that will help you get through the toughest emotions and betrayals with the magic of music.

Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats"

"I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights / Slashed a hole in all 4 tires / Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats"

Quite possibly the official anthem for anyone with an unfaithful partner, "Before He Cheats," is actually not written about anyone in particular since Carrie didn't write the song. It was given to Carrie for her debut album, though Carrie has admitted she has been cheated on in the past.

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Miley Cyrus - "Muddy Feet"

"You smell like perfume that I didn't purchase / Now I know why you've been closing the curtains, ah / Get the f**k out of my house. /You're coming 'round with your muddy feet. /I'm about to do something about it / Yeah, I'ma have to do something 'bout it"

Miley held nothing back on this track off her latest album, Endless Summer Vacation.

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Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good"

"I cheated myself / Like I knew I would / I told you I was trouble / You know that I'm no good"

Amy Winehouse undergoes a fierce interrogation after being caught cheating. Despite all the evidence of her crimes, Amy uses a fair warning she previously gave her lover as the only defense.

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Sabrina Carpenter - "Emails I Can't Send"

"When I’m 45, someone calls me their wife and he f**ks our lives / In one selfish night / Don’t think I’ll / Find forgiveness / As fast as mom did"

On the opening track of Sabrina's album, Emails I Can't Send, she sings a heartbreaking ballad begging a parental figure to fix their family after being accused of cheating.

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Taylor Swift - "Illicit Affairs"

"And you wanna scream / Don't call me 'kid' / Don't call me 'baby' / Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me / You showed me colors / You know I can't see with anyone else"

This track off Taylor's Grammy-winning album, Folklore, paints the scene from the perspective of the lovesick person the subject is cheating on their partner with.

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Whitney Houston - "It's Not Right but It's Okay"

"Friday night you and your boys went out to eat / Then they hung out, but you came home around three / If six of y'all went out / Then four of you were really cheap / 'Cause only two of you had dinner / I found your credit card receipt"

Whitney talks about all the telltale signs of being cheated on. Her beau is coming home late, she's finding literal receipts, but she's not stressed. She wants him to leave and not come back, and she tells him so. "I'd rather be alone than unhappy," she sings.

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Robyn - "Call Your Girlfriend"

"Call your girlfriend / It's time you had the talk / Give your reasons / Say it's not her fault / But you just met somebody new"

In "Call Your Girlfriend," we get the perspective of the mistress in, Robyn, who wants her new love to cut all ties with their girlfriend. When asked by Clevver where Robyn got the inspiration for the song, she simply said, "Love and life." Fair enough!

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Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"

"Could it be that you / Are at the crib with another lady / If you took it there / First of all, let me say / I am not the one / To sit around, and be played / So prove yourself to me / I am the girl that you claim"

A classic song about a possible cheating boyfriend who won't say Beyoncé's name on the phone because he's with another girl. Seriously though, WHO would cheat on Beyoncé?

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Rihanna - "Unfaithful"

"And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful / And it kills him inside / To know that I am happy with some other guy / I can see him dying"

While this song comes from the perspective of the cheater, rather than the cheated, the song was written for Rihanna by Ne-Yo so it doesn't come from the singer's experiences.

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Sam Smith - "I'm Not The Only One"

"You say I'm crazy / 'Cause you don't think I know what you've done / But when you call me baby / I know I'm not the only one"

The heartbreaking song, "I'm Not the Only One" is, unfortunately based on a real couple that Sam Smith knew. If you're looking for a quick cry, check out the music video where Dianna Agron plays a depressed housewife being cheated on by her husband, The Mindy Project's Chris Messina.

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Kelsea Ballerini - "Penthouse"

"I kissed someone new last night / But now I don't know where you're sleeping, baby / We got along real nice, until I wanted out, now I know you hate me"

After her divorce from Morgan Evans, Kelsea Ballerini poured her heart out into her EP, Rolling Up The Welcome Mat. This song details how it feels to go from lovers to strangers and the attempt to move on from it.

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Ariana Grande - "One Last Time"

"So one last time / I need to be the one who takes you home / One more time / I promise after that, I'll let you go / Baby I don't care if you got her in your heart / All I really care is you wake up in my arms"

Ariana just wants one more night with the guy she's singing about in this song, whether he is with someone else or not.

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The Weeknd - "Call Out My Name"

"I said I didn't feel nothing baby, but I lied / I almost cut a piece of myself for your life / Guess I was just another pit stop / 'Til you made up your mind / You just wasted my time"

The Weeknd is open about his betrayal after his girl left him for another in a song that is rumored to be about Selena Gomez after she started dating Justin Bieber soon after their breakup.

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Lana Del Rey - "The Other Woman"

"The other woman will always cry herself to sleep / The other woman will never have his love to keep / And as the years go by, the other woman will spend her life alone"

This melancholic ballad is sung from the perspective of the other woman in an affair who wants more from the person she's seeing.

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Ashe - "Moral of the Story"

"Talking with my lawyer / She said, 'Where'd you find this guy?' / I said, young people fall in love / With the wrong people sometimes"

Ashe reminds us that sometimes the person you are with isn't *the* one and that's perfectly alright — better learn from it instead of dwelling on what could've been.

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Madison Beer - "Reckless"

"Each day goes by, and each night, I cry / Somebody saw you with her last night / You gave me your word, "Don't worry 'bout her"You might love her now, but you loved me first / Said you'd never hurt me, but here we are / Oh, you swore on every star / How could you be so reckless with my heart?"

If you’ve ever been cheated on, you can relate to what Madison is singing about. The question of "How could you?" is the first one that comes to mind when you find out the person you trusted with your heart has let you down.

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Hilary Duff - "Stranger"

"There's no kindness in your eyes / The way you look at me, it's just not right / I can tell what's going on this time / There's a stranger in my life"

Don't let the upbeat production of this song fool you. Hilary sings about the unfaithfulness of her partner when she feels like there's an unknown energy in her life.

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TLC - "Creep"

"So I creep, yeah, just creepin' on / On the down low, 'cept nobody is supposed to know / So I creep yeah, 'cause he doesn't know what I do / And no attention goes to show oh"

Take a trip back to the 1990s with T-Boz, Chilli, and Left Eye, aka TLC. This upbeat video follows the iconic trio as they get the ultimate payback once they discover their negligent partner has done the unthinkable.

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Olivia Rodrigo - "Traitor"

"Brown guilty eyes and little white lies / Yeah, I played dumb but I always knew / That you'd talk to her, maybe did even worse / I kept quiet so I could keep you"

Olivia Rodrigo perfectly sums up what it feels like when something you feared in a relationship comes true: you call it quits, and they end up with the person you had your suspicions about.

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Jazmine Sullivan - "Bust Your Windows"

"I bust the windows out your car / After I saw you laying next to her / I didn't wanna, but I took my turn / I'm glad I did it cause you had to learn"

While violence and property damage is never the answer, this song by Jazmine Sullivan follows her immediate reaction to uncovering her lover's infidelity.

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Brandy Ft. Monica - "The Boy Is Mine"

"You need to give it up / Had about enough (enough) / It's not hard to see / The boy is mine (boy is mine) / I'm sorry that you (sorry that you) / Seem to be confused (confused, ohh) / He belongs to meThe boy is mine"

R&B legends Brandy and Monica battle it out after they discover they've been dating the same man.

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Britney Spears - "Perfume"

"I want to believe / It's just you and me / Sometimes it feels like there's three / Of us in here baby"

Britney's favorite song on her album Britney Jean was a rare ballad for the singer. While she didn't say who the song is about, she told E! that it "hits close to home."

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Taylor Swift - "Should've Said No"

"You should've said no, you should've gone home / You should've thought twice before you let it all go / You should've know that word, bout what you did with her / Would get back to me"

Everyone knows not to mess with Taylor, but apparently, her high school boyfriend, Sam Armstrong, didn't get the memo. According to CBS, Taylor wrote "Should've Said No" after she found out Sam cheated on her.

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Justin Timberlake - "Cry Me A River"

"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 / And don't it make you sad about it?"

Justin Timberlake is a lover scorned in this infamous hit. He pulls out all the stops to not only let his girlfriend know that he knows she cheated on him, but he leaves proof of him getting the ultimate payback.

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Shawn Mendes Ft. Camila Cabello - "I Know What You Did Last Summer "

"I know what you did last summer (ah-ah) / Just lied to me, "there's no other" (he-ey) / I know what you did last summer / Tell me where you've been"

Shawn and Camila actually wrote "I Know What You Did Last Summer" backstage during Taylor Swift's 1989 tour. Shawn was opening for Taylor, and Camila was a special guest along with the rest of Fifth Harmony. The two were jamming backstage, and they ended up writing the chorus!

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Mario - "How Could You"

"How could you let somebody lay where I laid / How could you give him everything that we made / How could you call him all the names that you used to call me / How could you, how could you just forget about me"

This video follows Mario as he uncovers his lover has been with someone else.

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Kelis - "Caught Out There"

"I hate you so much right now"

Whew. Finding out your partner cheated often induces next-level anger and rage. Kelis goes on a full rampage in "Caught Out There," destroying everything in sight while chanting a simple yet iconic anthem.

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Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"

"So go ahead and get gone / Call up that chick and see if she's home / Oops, I bet you thought that I didn't know / What did you think I was putting you out for"

In the music video for this song, Beyoncé is kicking her ex out of her house in an ultimate power move. And she makes sure he knows that she found out about the other woman in his life.

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Adele - "Cold Shoulder"

"You say it's all in my head / And the things I think just don't make sense / So where you been then? Don't go all coy / Don't turn it 'round on me like it's my fault / See I can see that looks in your eyes / the one that shoots me each and every time"

Genius says that this song is about still having feelings for an ex that cheated on her.

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Blu Cantrell - "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)"

"Hey ladies / When your man wanna get buck-wild / Just go back and hit 'em up style / Put your hands on his cash and spend it to the last dime for all the hard times"

Blu finds out that her man is cheating, and her mind immediately goes to getting revenge. She gets a bunch of her friends together and all his credit cards for some retail therapy.

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Beyoncé and Shakira - "Beautiful Liar"

"I trusted him, but when I followed you / I saw you together / I didn't know about you then 'til I saw you with him again / I walked in on your love scene / Slow dancing / You stole everything, how could you say I did you wrong"

This duet talks about two women who are surprised to find out they're dating the same guy. He's been cheating on them both, but instead of fighting each other, they decide he isn't worth all the drama and heartache.

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None Of Your Concern - Jhené Aiko ft. Big Sean

"I am not your girl anymore, you need to watch your tone / Don't worry about who it is I'm f*ckin' or who I am lovin', just know that it is not you / This isn't up for discussion, I wish you good luck, man / When it comes to you"

Jhené feels hurt and betrayed by her ex in this heartbreaking ballad that also surprisingly features her ex, Big Sean, in a eye-opening verse at the end of the song.

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Paramore - "Misery Business"

"When I thought he was mine, she caught him by the mouth / I waited eight long months / She finally set him free / I told him I couldn't lie, he was the only one for me"

While the song does come from the point of view of the person getting their BF back after being cheated on, it still is a big F-U song to the person who caused the whole thing to happen.

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Sugarland Ft. Taylor Swift - "Babe"

"Since you admitted it, I keep picturing / Her lips on your neck, I can't unsee it / I hate that because of you, I can't love you"

Written by and featuring Taylor Swift, "Babe" is possibly about one of Taylor's formal flames. “[It] just might be!" Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles told Entertainment Tonight. "But you didn't hear that here. We don't know. We didn't ask her, but I'm just saying in the context of the story."

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Drake - "Marvin's Room"

"I'm just sayin' you could do better / Tell me, have you heard that lately? / I'm just sayin' you could do better / And I'll start hatin' only if you make me"

Easily one of the greatest songs to come from Drake's expansive catalog, he goes deep into his feelings to reach out to the woman who wronged him and reveal his true feelings about everything that happened in their failed relationship.

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Katy Perry - "Part of Me"

"You ripped me off your love was cheap / Was always tearing at the seams / I fell deep, you let me down / But that was then and this is now, now look at me"

Katy gives off the ultimate power anthem after dealing with a heartbreaking fallout and coming out even stronger than ever.

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Little Mix - "Shout Out to My Ex"

"This is a shout out to my ex / Heard he in love with some other chick / Yeah yeah, that hurt me, I'll admit / Forget that boy, I'm over it"

Little Mix is not here to let their ex bring them down, even after all the horrible things that they did to them.

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Panic! At The Disco - "Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off"

"Then think of what you did / And how I hope to God he was worth it / When the lights are dim and your heart is racing / As your fingers touch his skin"

Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco doesn't hide his pain and anger in this song featuring his partner cheating on him and coming to terms with this new revelation.

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Beyoncé - "Sorry"

"Looking at my watch, he shoulda been home / Today I regret the night I put that ring on / He always got them f***ing excuses"

We could name like half of the songs off Beyoncé's album Lemonade on this list, but we'll focus on this track that brought us the infamous "Becky with the good hair." So, did Jay-Z really cheat on Bey, or was it all an elaborate marketing ploy? We may never know, but at least we got a few great songs out of it.

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Meghan Trainor - "Lips Are Moving"

"You can buy me diamond earrings and deny-ny-ny, ny-ny-ny, deny-ny / But I smell her on your collar so goodbye-bye-bye, bye-bye-bye"

We don't know who this song is about (if anyone at all), but we do know that it is a great dance tune. Also, don't scorn Meghan Trainor because she is not to be messed with.

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Maroon 5 - "Wake Up Call"

"If you needed love / Well, then, ask for love / Could have given love / Now I'm taking love / And it's not my fault'/ Cause you both deserve/ What's coming now / So don't say a word"

Maroon 5 goes on an action-packed journey fit for a movie in the video for their hit single, "Wake Up Call." Front-man Adam Levine stars in the music video/movie trailer, where his character uncovers that his SO has cheated on him.

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Charlie Puth - "How Long"

"How long has this been goin' on? (on, on) / You been creepin' 'round on me (on me) / While you callin' me "baby" (baby) / How long has this been goin' on? / You been actin' so shady (shady) / I've been feelin' it lately (lately), baby"

With lyrics reminiscent of "Say My Name," it makes sense that this Charlie Puth song is about a guy who steps out on his girl. While Charlie wouldn't say who the song is about, he did admit to Access Hollywood that it's a part 2 to his hit, "Attention."

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Olivia Rodrigo - "driver's license"

"Guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me' / Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street"

Olivia successfully wrote the breakup anthem of our time, and that's that.

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Ed Sheeran - "Shirtsleeves"

"I can taste salt water / And if I blink again / You'll be sinking in / So we'll learn to swim in the oceans you made / I'll hold ya and you'll think of him"

Ed Sheeran has a lesson up his sleeve. He wants his lover to know that he knows what she's done to him.

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P!nk Ft. Eminem - "Revenge"

"Cause when I calculate the times you cheated and total up all the amounts / It doesn't add up 'cause you say that just giving out your number doesn't count (I hate you) / Then see me with someone new get mad and flip it look how bad you spin it / First you turn your back on me then tell me that I stabbed you in it"

When asked by Billboard to describe "Revenge," P!nk said, "It's a funny song. It's funny, It's fun. There's nothing serious about it. It's fun. My mom loves it." We're glad P!nk has a good sense of humor!

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Billie Eilish - "Ocean Eyes"

"No fair / You really know how to make me cry / When you gimme those ocean eyes / I'm scared / I've never fallen from quite this high / Fallin' into your ocean eyes / Those ocean eyes"

Billie captured the world's attention with this song, and rightfully so. The lyrics talk about the pain one person has caused another. It talks about how much people cry for the ones that they love dearly.

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Beyoncé - "Hold Up"

"Can't you see there's no other man above you? / What a wicked way to treat the girl that loves you / Hold up, they don't love you like I love you / Oh, down, they don't love you like I love you"

Beyoncé really said "not on my watch" with this song. This bop was featured on the star's 2016 album Lemonade, which was released after it was revealed her husband Jay-Z was caught cheating.

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Dolly Parton - "Jolene"

"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / I'm begging of you please don't take my man / Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / Please don't take him just because you can"

Dolly pleads with the "other woman" in this iconic breakup song to leave her man alone.

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Jason Derulo - "Whatcha Say"

"I was so wrong for so long / Only tryin' to please myself / Girl, I was caught up in her lust / When I don't really want no one else"

While there are many songs about being cheated on, Jason Derulo sings about being the cheater and begging for forgiveness in what has become a classic hit.

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Carly Rae Jepsen - "This Kiss"

"I went out last night / I'm going out tonight again /Anything to capture your attention (your attention) / And she's a real sweet girl / And you know I got a boy / Details we both forgot to mention (forgot to mention)"

Miss a lyric and "This Kiss" just sounds like any other pop song about a couple who loves to kiss, but in actuality, both parties in this story have significant others.

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