75 Best Songs About Unrequited Love To Heal Your Broken Heart
Add these to your heartbreak recovery playlist ASAP.
Getty Unrequited love isn't something anyone wants to experience, and the best songs about unrequited love prove just that. Unfortunately, life and love do not allow us to make our own rules.
Pouring your whole heart out to someone is probably the most vulnerable and nerve-wracking feeling to experience. Not only are you putting your heart on your sleeve, but you're openly admitting to someone how much you care about them.
Sometimes there is a happy ending that many of us strive for. The sweet moment they grab you by the waist and say, "Where have you been all my life?" That is what we all want, isn't it?
But sometimes we get the complete opposite and end up in a one-sided love situation where those feelings are not returned and you're left with a broken heart.
Unrequited love is a genre in itself in the music world.
With hundreds of hits and classics, we've curated a list of the best songs about unrequited love to get you through this heartbreaking time.
75 Best Songs About Unrequited Love
1. "You Belong With Me" by Taylor Swift
2. "Bad Religion" by Frank Ocean
3. "Little Bit (Remix)" by Lykke Li ft. Drake
4. "Not In That Way" by Sam Smith
5. "Shiver" by Coldplay
6. "Tiny Vessels" by Death Cab for Cutie
7. "You Don't Know Me" by Ray Charles
8. "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked The Musical, sung by Idina Menzel
9. "Need Ur Love" by Charli XCX
10. "If" by Janet Jackson
11. "Creep" by Radiohead
12. "Stephen" by Kesha
13. "Waiting in Vain" by Bob Marley
14. "Could've Been" by H.E.R. ft. Bryson Tiller
15. "Notion" by Tash Sultana
16. "Chasing Pavements" by Adele
17. "Lost Boy" by JADEN
18. "Grenade" by Bruno Mars
19. "Better Now" by Post Malone
20. "I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz
21. "The Motion" by Drake
22. "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt
23. "Catalina" by Rosalía
24. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins
25. "Nothin' On You" by B.O.B. ft. Bruno Mars
26. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police
27. "Just My Imagination" by The Temptations
28. "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie
29. "Jessie's Girl" by Rick Springfield
30. "One for My Baby" by Frank Sinatra
31. "Dancing on My Own" by Robyn
32. "Cry for You" by September
33. "Amorfoda" by Bad Bunny
34. "Sorry" by Maria Mena
35. "I Want The One I Can't Have" by The Smiths
36. "Cornerstone" by Arctic Monkeys
37. "Ain't No Way" by Aretha Franklin
38. "He Needs Me" by Nina Simone
39. "Love Is a Losing Game" by Amy Winehouse
40. "Rocket Love" by Stevie Wonder
41. "Just A Friend To You" by Meghan Trainor
42. "Call Out My Name" by The Weeknd
43. "Without Me" by Halsey
44. "Liability" by Lorde
45. "Tears" by Clean Bandit ft. Louisa Johnson
46. "I'm a Mess" by Beba Rexha
47. "Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon
48. "To Be With You" by Mr. Big
49. "Love Stinks" by The J. Geils Band
50. "Layla" by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon with Derek and The Dominoes
51. "Crush" by Mandy Moore
52. "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen
53. "Damn Good Friends" by Elle Varner
54. "Put You In A Song" by Keith Urban
55. "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon
56. "Closer Than You Might Believe" by Alanis Morisette
57. "Why Don't You Love Me" by Beyoncé
58. "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne
59. "Can I Be Him" by James Arthur
60. "Why Can't This Be Love" by Van Halen
61. "Hello" by Lionel Richie
62. "Jubel" by Klingande
63. “All Her Favorite Fruit” by Camper Van Beethoven
64. “The Heart Wants What It Wants” by Selena Gomez
65. “Surrender” by Billy Talent
66. “You Are Not Alone” by Michael Jackson
67. “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” by Meatloaf
68. “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak
69. “Almost Lover” by A Fine Frenzy
70. “Adore” by Cashmere Cat ft. Ariana Grande
71. “Foolish Games” by Jewel
72. “I’ll Go to My Grave Loving You” by the Statler Brothers
73. "Fallingforyou" by The 1975
74. "Under the Same Sun" by Ben Howard
75. "Something" by Julien Baker
Destiny Duprey is a writer who covers music, self-care, and astrology.