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 (41–50)
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A 100% pure love song about a first romance.
The lyrics are so cute they’ll make you smile without realizing it.
It carefully portrays the process of falling in love and conveys the happiness that comes with it.
When you fall in love, the gestures and quirks of someone who once seemed ordinary become endearing.
Even if you’re in tears over a crush right now, this song will remind you of how it felt when you first fell for someone.
[Unrequited Love Songs] Heart-wrenching love songs for you who are going through a painful romance (51–60)
Even if it’s nothing special, I’m thinking of you.Te ga kuriimu pan
A song by Te ga Cream Pan that sings of the heartbreak of an unrequited love.
The pure feelings—wanting not to trouble the other person, yet still wanting to keep on loving them—resonate deeply.
Released in August 2021, the track reached No.
9 on LINE MUSIC’s real-time ranking.
Its clear, gentle vocals and relatable lyrics are captivating.
It’s a song that will comfort not only those in unrequited love, but anyone in love.
Why not listen to it while thinking of someone you care about?
I need to talk to you.Adachi Kana
A song about unrequited love and heartbreak, “Hanashi ga Aru” (“I Need to Tell You Something”).
Released by Kana Adachi in 2019, it was used as the ending theme for AbemaTV’s ‘Kyou, Suki ni Narimashita’ (‘Today, I Fell in Love’).
The lyrics depict a painful crush and feelings that are hard to express.
There may be more people than you’d expect who, like in this song, never managed to confess and ended up parting ways.
If you listen to it after a heartbreak, you’ll surely relate and feel your chest tighten.
Ah, geez.Saucy Dog
Saucy Dog is a three-piece rock band that gained attention with the massive 2021 hit Cinderella Boy.
Their 10th major digital single, “Aa, Mou,” was selected as the theme song for the TV Asahi/TELASA special drama Dekinai Futari and as a collaboration track with Morinaga’s DARS.
Many listeners will likely see themselves in the lyrics, which capture the emotional ups and downs of unrequited love.
Its refreshing ensemble—anchored by a guitar stroke that lingers in your ears—ironically adds to the heartache, making it a track with a clear, transparent feel.
Unrequited lovemiwa
Miwa is known for her energetic, lively image.
Her love songs, filled with down-to-earth feelings, are popular among women of her generation.
This song, “Kataomoi” (“Unrequited Love”), is a love ballad about a hopeless romance that conveys a piercing sense of longing—quite different from her usual upbeat image.
When you fall for someone, you end up overthinking even the tiniest things and letting fun fantasies run wild, don’t you? It’s a moving unrequited-love song packed with the real feelings of being in love.
KoiAndrop
A single-hearted love song about thinking of one person, always.
No matter the season or the moment, having someone you love turns everything into something special.
While you’re in unrequited love, you want your ideal future to always have that person by your side, don’t you? And even if something carries the one you love far away… if they’re irreplaceable, you’ll be able to go anywhere to find them.
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This is an unrequited love song about falling for a woman who likes someone else—being tossed around by her circumstances, yet feeling overjoyed whenever we manage to meet, which only makes the feelings grow unstoppable.
Even when it hurts, those feelings of love don’t just stop so easily, do they?