Greg Kihn Band-the Breakup Song (they Dont Write Em) -
The song was born from a real-life heartbreak. After a grueling gig, Greg Kihn returned home to find his first wife had moved all his belongings onto the lawn in the rain. He and Steve Wright retreated to a Japanese restaurant to commiserate. While there, an elderly patron remarked, "They don't write 'em like that anymore," a phrase Kihn and Wright turned into a hit song in roughly .
Kihn intentionally kept the songwriting straightforward, wanting to move away from the "intellectual" rock trends of the late 1970s—typified by bands like and Pink Floyd —in favor of a classic, relatable "boy meets girl, boy loses girl" theme. Musical Style and Themes Greg Kihn Band-The Breakup Song (They Dont Write Em)
The track is a quintessential example of and pop rock , characterized by: The song was born from a real-life heartbreak
