Dear John may refer to: *

Dear John letter A Dear John letter is a letter written to a man by his wife or romantic partner to inform him that their relationship is over, usually because his partner has found another lover. The man is often a member of the military stationed overseas, alth ...

, a break-up letter to an absent boyfriend or husband

Film and television

* ''Dear John'' (1964 film), a 1964 Swedish film * ''Dear John'' (British TV series), a 1986–1987 British sitcom * ''Dear John'' (American TV series), a 1988–1992 American sitcom, originally based on the British show * ''Dear John'' (2010 film), a film based on the Nicholas Sparks novel (see below)

Literature

* ''Dear John'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Nicholas Sparks *"Dear John", a column written for ''The Stage'' (UK) newspaper by John Byrne *''Dear John: The Road to Pelindaba'', 2018 book about Mark Constantine's search for his father

Music

* "Dear John" (Hank Williams song), the A-side of the 1951 single "Cold, Cold Heart" * "

A Dear John Letter "A Dear John Letter", or "Dear John" is the name of a popular country music song, written by Billy Barton, Fuzzy Owen and Lewis Talley. It was popularized by Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard, and was a crossover country-pop hit in 1953. The song p ...

" or "Dear John", a 1953 song by Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard * "Dear John", a song by

Pat Boone Patrick Charles Eugene Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer and actor. He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in mo ...

, Dot Records 7" 45-16152, reached #44 in US charts in 1960 * "Dear John", a song by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth, from their self-titled debut album (1971) * "Dear John" by John Lennon, from ''

John Lennon Anthology ''John Lennon Anthology'' is a four-CD box set of home demos, studio outtakes and other previously unreleased material recorded by John Lennon over the course of his solo career from "Give Peace a Chance" in 1969 up until the 1980 sessions for ' ...

'' (1980) * "Dear John" (Status Quo song) (1982) * "Dear John", a song by Elton John from '' Jump Up!'' (1982) * "Dear John" (Eddi Reader song) from her 1984 eponymous album * "Dear John", an instrumental on the Freddie Hubbard album ''

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'' (1991) * "Dear John", a song by Cyndi Lauper from her 1993 album ''

Hat Full of Stars ''Hat Full of Stars'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released in 1993. The album was released 4 years after the singer's third studio album, '' A Night to Remember'', which received unfavorable reviews and h ...

'' * "Dear John", a song by Klymaxx from '' One Day'' (1994) * "Dear John", a song by Styx from their 1997 album '' Return to Paradise'' * ''Dear John'', a 1999 album by

Ilse DeLange Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born 13 May 1977), better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. As a member of The Common Linnets, she finished in second place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Biography Ilse An ...

* "Dear John Letter", a song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 album ''

Just Whitney ''Just Whitney'' is the fifth studio album by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released on November 27, 2002, by Arista Records. It was her first studio album to be released after her greatest hits compilation, '' Whitney: The Greates ...

...'' * "Dear John", a song by Aimee Mann from ''

The Forgotten Arm ''The Forgotten Arm'' is the fifth album by singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, with illustrations by artist Owen Smith. It was released by SuperEgo Records on May 3, 2005. It is a concept album, telling the story of two characters who run off with e ...

'' (2005) * "Dear John", a song by Ryan Adams from his 2005 album '' Jacksonville City Nights'' * "dearjohn", a song by Musiq Soulchild from the 2008 album ''

OnMyRadio ''OnMyRadio'' is R&B singer-songwriter Musiq Soulchild's fifth studio album. It was released on December 9, 2008. The album entered the ''Billboard'' 200 chart at number 11, selling 91,498 copies its first week. It entered the ''Billboard'' To ...

'' * ''Dear John'', a 2009 album by

Loney, Dear Loney Dear is the pseudonym of Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emil Svanängen (born March 26, 1979). He has self-released four albums of music in his native Sweden. His first major release came in February, 2007 in the U.S. ...

* "Dear John", a song by Amerie from '' In Love & War'' (2009) * "Dear John" (Taylor Swift song) (2010) * "Dear John", a 2010 song by

Jessie James Decker Jessica Rose James Decker (born April 12, 1988) is an American country pop singer. At age 15, after auditioning for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee, Decker began working with Carla Wallace of Big Yell ...

* "Dear John", a song by

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

from their 2016 album

Girl at the End of the World ''Girl at the End of the World'' is the 14th studio album by British rock band James. It was released on 11 March 2016, through BMG. The band spent three weeks in the Scottish Highlands working on new material for their album. Re-enlisting prod ...

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