Once upon a time Gillian Harbinger fell for a loner who liked Mandarin pop. After a long separation, could online messaging bring them back together? (Hint: no.)

With just one kiss, Jordan Swartz lost two girls and a Death Cab for Cutie Song.

Christina Williams took a pair of scissors to her memories, but she couldn’t shred that Cranberries song.

Three’s not always company, as Kenneth Pobo discovered. When junior high friendships got complicated, his favorite song by the 1910 Fruitgum Company couldn’t follow him to high school.

Amy Long’s husband walked out after ten years of marriage. Would a hot young fan of the Used heal her broken heart? Or, you know, pour salt in it?

J. Fisher, who walked the wrong side of the tracks, took a fateful detour into a Christian coffee shop. Little did he know he’d fall in love and lose a Massive Attack song.

Andy managed to sneak Sunny Day Real Estate past his family’s ‘Christian music only’ rule. But then his family fell apart.

Matthew B.’s mom loved Santana – and he can’t forget it.

After the third breakup, Jen K. was pretty close to the edge. But it was a Brand New song that made her hit bottom.

Two deadly lines from one deadly song. For Cecilia Whitehurst, that’s all it took.