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Songs About Unrequited Love

Loving someone who does not love you back is one of music's oldest wounds. These are the songs for the longing, the pining, and the quiet ache of being unseen.

Updated 2026

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    Creep by Radiohead 1992

    Watching someone perfect from the outside.

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    Someone Like You by Adele 2011

    Still in love with someone who has moved on.

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    I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt 1991

    The hardest truth, sung with total grace.

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    Hopelessly Devoted to You by Olivia Newton-John 1978

    Devotion with no sign it will be returned.

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    The One That Got Away by Katy Perry 2010

    A love that slipped through, replayed forever.

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    Crazy by Patsy Cline 1961

    Crazy for loving someone who will not stay.

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    You Belong with Me by Taylor Swift 2008

    Pining for the one who is with somebody else.

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    Foolish Games by Jewel 1995

    Giving everything to someone careless with it.

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    Make You Feel My Love by Adele 2008

    Offering a love that may never be taken up.

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    Iris by Goo Goo Dolls 1998

    Willing to give it all just to be known.

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    She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5 2004

    Loving someone who keeps her distance.

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    Every Breath You Take by The Police 1983

    Obsession passing itself off as devotion.

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