<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Remember" (1978) </Td> <Td> "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write' Em)" (1981) </Td> <Td> "Sheila" (1981) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Remember" (1978) </Td> <Td> "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write' Em)" (1981) </Td> <Td> "Sheila" (1981) </Td> </Tr> <P> "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write' Em)" is a song written by Greg Kihn and Steve Wright and recorded by American rock band The Greg Kihn Band . It is the first single from the band's fourth studio album, RocKihnRoll (1981). The song's musical style encompasses pop rock and power pop . </P> <P> It celebrates the quality of break - up songs in rock's earlier times, as the narrator laments both his recent breakup and the fact that they don't write good breakup songs anymore . </P>

Who sings they don't write like that anymore