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00:00The 10 Songs That Broke Up Bands
00:02Number 10. The Police, Every Breath You Take
00:07Every Breath You Take's triumph masked simmering Sting Copeland tensions.
00:12Relentless promotion strained relations preceding the police's 1984 breakup.
00:17Number 9. In Sync, Bye Bye Bye
00:20As Bye Bye Bye exploded, creative rifts, rising fame and solo ambitions grew,
00:26nudging In Sync into an indefinite, fan-frustrating hiatus.
00:30Number 8. The Eagles, Victim of Love
00:34Felder lost singing lead to Henley via secret re-recording, fracturing trust and culminating
00:39in explosive breakup.
00:41Number 7. R.E.M. We All Go Back to Where We Belong
00:45We All Go Back to Where We Belong framed R.E.M.'s farewell, acknowledging internal strains and
00:51the inevitability of winding down.
00:53Number 6. The Beatles, Revolution 9
00:57Revolution 9's avant-garde experiment widened Lennon-McCartney divides, clashing with Paul's
01:03pop instincts and feeding momentum toward the Beatles' breakup.
01:07Number 5. Depeche Mode, Personal Jesus
01:10Personal Jesus emerged amid Violator-era turmoil.
01:15Its success amplified frictions, preceding Alan Wilder's 1995 exit and reshaping Depeche Mode.
01:21Number 4. Simon and Garfunkel, The Only Living Boy in New York
01:27While Garfunkel pursued acting, Simon cut The Only Living Boy solo, deepening alienation and
01:33presaging Simon and Garfunkel's split.
01:36Number 3. Abba, The Winner Takes It All
01:39The Winner Takes It All distilled Björn and Agnetha's divorce anguish, spotlighting the strain
01:45that, while not decisive, foreshadowed Abba's hiatus.
01:48Number 2. Rage Against the Machine, Renegades of Funk
01:52Rage Against the Machine faced conflicts particularly over their cover's album, Renegades.
01:59Zack De La Rocha quit pre-release, nixing tours and catalyzing audio slaves' formation with Cornell.
02:05Number 1. Fleetwood Mac, Go Your Own Way
02:09Go Your Own Way chronicled Buckingham and Nix's breakup, intensifying intra-band friction
02:15that fueled lineup upheavals and Fleetwood Mac implosions.
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