Unrequited Love Song: A heartrending love song dedicated to you who are going through a painful romance
When you have an unrequited crush and feel like “it hurts, I want to cry,” you want to listen to songs that share those feelings, right?
In this article, we’ll introduce “tear-jerking unrequited love songs” we recommend just for you.
From the latest hits to timeless classics, every track is a gem with heartrending lyrics that sink deep into your heart.
“If I confess, we can’t go back to how we were.” “I know I should give up, but I still like you.” “We broke up, but I can’t bring myself to hate you.”
If you’re hurting from unrequited love in any of these ways, please give these songs a listen.
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[Unrequited Love Songs] Heart-wrenching love songs for you who are going through a painful romance (21–30)
unrequited loveGENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE
It’s a truly captivating song with lyrics about unrequited love, sung in a sweet and gentle voice.
When you’re crushing on someone, you find yourself elated or deflated by their every little move, and even your own actions become guided by your awareness of them… that fluttery excitement, right? The lyrics of this song capture those moments, and I think many people will relate to them.
You don’t listen to rock.aimyon
If you’re in unrequited love and struggling to get your feelings across to the person you like, this might be the song that brings you to tears.
It’s a track by Aimyon, the singer-songwriter behind many hits like “Marigold” and “Naked Heart,” released as her third single in 2017.
Perhaps thanks to her powerful vocals, the emotions woven into the lyrics feel like they leap straight into your mind.
It’s always nice when you and your crush share the same taste in music, isn’t it? How about the person you like?
[Unrequited Love Songs] Heartbreaking love songs for those going through a painful romance (31–40)
The end of lovemafumafu
A song by Mafumafu, the singer-songwriter also known from the musical unit After the Rain.
It tells the story of a bittersweet love: going to a summer festival with someone you like, but lacking the courage to confess and letting it end there.
I’m sure many people have had a similar experience.
The lyrics are packed with delicate, true-to-life feelings, like memories of a fleeting love from school days.
If you’ve ever given up on a crush at a festival, please give it a listen.
esperanzaNishino Kana
A bittersweet unrequited love song about a hopeless crush.
The person I like already has someone they love.
I’m just a close friend, the one they confide in.
The more I care about him, the sadder I feel wondering why he loves someone who isn’t me.
If only we had met sooner, maybe I could have been his girlfriend… That’s a thought that often comes up when you’re in a one-sided love.
They say love is all about timing, but it makes me wish I could turn back time and trade places with my rival.
raspberryMarushii
This is a song by Marcy that portrays someone who, while realizing their feelings won’t be returned, still wishes for their unrequited love to come true.
The tug-of-war between wanting to see the person and not wanting to—precisely because they understand how painful one-sided love can be—elicits strong empathy.
Within the refreshing band sound, the sharp tone of the guitar evokes the heartache that grows alongside their deepening affection.
It’s a song that candidly depicts the lack of emotional cohesion: the desire to make unrequited love come true ends up causing suffering, while the wish to be freed from that suffering coexists at the same time.
NAOHY
NAO, sung by HY’s female vocalist, Nakasone.
The title means “thinking of you over and over.” Even after a breakup, you can be thrown off by someone acting just like they used to.
That’s why you can’t give up, and your feelings only grow stronger.
It’s a heartbreaking love song about an unrequited love that can’t come true.
Nakasone’s moving vocals will bring you to tears.
It’s a real tearjerker for anyone who once thought, “There’s no one else but this person!”—and maybe still feels that way now.
beetle (specifically, a rhinoceros beetle)aiko
“Kabutomushi” is the fourth single by aiko, released in 1999.
While the rhinoceros beetle is considered the strongest among insects, it’s actually very soft if you peel off just one layer of its shell.
This led to the idea that it might be a lonely creature, and the song is said to express a self who protects herself and puts on a brave face in love.
It is a highly popular love song.