Many songwriters pride themselves on their lyrics. While every aspect of a song is important to the final product, listeners immediately grab onto the lyrics, putting a stressed importance on them.

These three rock songs all came out in 1980, and all have heartbreaking lyrics that are absolutely devastating.

Big-name artists don’t always announce when they’ve written a song about another celebrity, but fans usually pick up the clues. Breakups, personal feuds, and private relationships have a way of ending ...