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The 20 Best Emo Songs of All-Time

JImmy Eat World Jim Adkins best emo songs of all-timeWe’ve all either liked a girl/boy that didn’t like us back or were dumped in a brutal fashion. Emo music is needed during those times. Our grandparents had sad Elvis songs, our parents had The Cure and we had our generation of sappy songs, emo.

I could have easily added bands like The Smiths, The Cure and Joy Division to this list, but I tried to put the focus narrowly to the mid-90’s to mid-00’s range. I feel like that is the time frame in which true nationwide emo music originated and sort of died.

Emo music came into form when the second-wave of punk hit America. It kind of started about the same time. Emo hit the D.C. area in the mid-80’s, but didn’t hit everywhere until Sunny Day Real Estate and Jawbreaker became popular with college kids.

We list the best 20 emo rock songs of all-time by 20 different bands…we also post YouTube videos of every song on the list.

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Cover Song Month: Jimmy Eat World – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

There are a million covers of Taylor Swift songs on the internet, but Jimmy Eat World’s cover tops them all.

I’ve been a fan of Jimmy Eat World since the late 90’s and their cover of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” sounds like it could have been on their “Clarity” album.