Songs About

Songs About Missing Someone

The empty side of the bed, the unanswered text, the song that comes on at the wrong moment. These are the ones for when someone is gone and the distance aches.

Updated 2026

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    Missing You by John Waite 1984

    Insisting he is fine while the song says otherwise.

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    Hello by Adele 2015

    Reaching out across years and a long silence.

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    Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor 1990

    Counting the days since they walked out.

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    I Miss You by Blink-182 2003

    A late-night plea dressed in minor chords.

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    Miss You by The Rolling Stones 1978

    Longing with a disco pulse.

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    Far Away by Nickelback 2005

    A vow to close the distance, finally.

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    I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston 1992

    Goodbye and devotion in the same breath.

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    Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd 1975

    Aching for someone no longer in reach.

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    All I Want by Kodaline 2013

    Quiet heartbreak over an absence.

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    Photograph by Ed Sheeran 2014

    Keeping someone close through a picture.

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    Need You Now by Lady A 2010

    It is a quarter after one, and the missing won't stop.

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    Come Back... Be Here by Taylor Swift 2012

    The ache of watching someone fly home without you.

Long distance

For miles between you and the person you want.

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    Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's 2006

    A whole world apart, held together by one song.

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    Long Distance by Bruno Mars 2010

    So close on the phone, so far in every other way.

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