A lovely unrequited love song

[Unrequited Love Songs] Recommended for women! Classic tracks that boost your motivation for love

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We’re introducing one-sided love songs recommended for women!

Unrequited love can have exhilarating moments that make your heart race, as well as painful times when you almost regret falling in love.

When your feelings are all over the place, don’t you feel like listening to songs that capture the same emotions you’re going through?

In this article, we’ve gathered one-sided love songs that have overwhelming support from women, from tracks overflowing with love to songs that hold those feelings back.

We’ve picked tunes that portray unrequited love from various angles, so you’re sure to find at least one you can relate to.

Be sure to check them out!

[Unrequited Love Songs] Recommended for Women! Classic Tracks to Boost Your Romance Motivation (81–90)

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Chocolation / Tensions [Lyric Video]

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A sweet and bittersweet love song from the music duo Tensions! The diary-like lyrics, which capture a girl’s feelings as she struggles to express herself and wishes the other person would notice sooner, make this track especially memorable.

Even though she knows being straightforward is best, she’s afraid of getting rejected and losing the relationship, and when the person is right in front of her, she panics—that’s the tricky part of unrequited love.

For anyone wrestling with the haze of a one-sided crush, this song is packed with moments you’ll relate to.

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Oku Hanako – Unrequited Love

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A song whose melody and lyrics, woven by Hanako Oku, resonate deeply with anyone harboring a bittersweet love.

The delicate wish for “If only time could stop,” and the earnest plea of “Even being just friends is fine,” are expressed with nuance.

Released in April 2005, this track marked Hanako Oku’s major-label debut.

It is also included on the album “Hanako Oku ALL TIME BEST” and has long been cherished as one of her signature songs.

If you want to feel the sweetness and the bitterness of unrequited love at the same time, this is a song you should definitely listen to.

Let Hanako Oku’s voice stay close to you as you nurture your feelings of love with care.

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At the sound of the chimeayaho

By the Sound of the Chime / ayaho [Music Video]

At the sound of the chimeayaho

A cute love song packed tight with sweet-and-sour feelings of romance.

Singer-songwriter ayaho, who also performs as the guitar-vocalist of the girl band Lala, released it in 2021.

When you have a crush, waves of sweet, happy moments and lonely, painful ones come one after another, don’t they? The lyrics, which capture those true-to-life emotions, are sure to resonate with everyone.

It’s a must-listen for lovestruck teenagers—a pop, heart-fluttering song that sings of dazzling, sparkling feelings of love.

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More Than Friends, Less Than Lovers – Kanau Matsumura [Official Music Video]

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This is a song by Kanau Matsumura that portrays the frustration of being unable to move a relationship forward and the inner conflict about potentially breaking the status quo.

It will likely resonate especially with those who want to move beyond friendship or those whose feelings go unnoticed by the other person.

The addition of strings to the gentle acoustic sound seems to express a swell of emotion.

The words that confess it would have been better not to become friends at all than to suffer this inability to move forward convey a painful heart with stark honesty.

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Official HIGE DANDism – Pretender [Official Video]

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The one song that cemented Official HIGE DANDism’s popularity, “Pretender.” Chosen as the theme song for the film The Confidence Man JP: Romance, it became a major hit as a track that portrays a heartrending unrequited love.

Alongside the feelings of longing for someone, it depicts the realization that you are not that person’s destiny.

For anyone experiencing a love that won’t come true, the lyrics pierce the heart.

What’s wonderful about this song is that even at the moment of accepting everything and letting the love go, it still describes the other person as beautiful.

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Jun Shibata – Unrequited Love

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This is the fourth single released by Jun Shibata in 2003—a slightly bittersweet unrequited love song that wrestles between the desire to hold on to hope for the other person and the wish to finally give up.

You’ll be drawn in by her clear, translucent voice and the beautiful tones of the piano.

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Unrequited Love Songs: Top Picks for Women! Classic Tracks to Boost Your Romance Motivation (91–100)

mutual unrequited loveDXTEEN

DXTEEN | 'Mutual Crush' Official MV (Theme Song for the Drama 'I Joined a Group I’m Not Close With on the School Trip')

mutual unrequited loveDXTEEN

It’s a heart-tickling youth love song packed with the sweet, bittersweet flutter of the moment when love begins to move.

Released in September 2025 as DXTEEN’s 6th single, the track portrays that delicate distance between two people who like each other but can’t quite take the next step.

It also drew attention as the theme song for the drama “I Joined a Group I’m Not Close With on the School Trip.” The initial rush of romance and the thrill of feeling the gap slowly close with someone you like are vividly expressed through the members’ fresh, breezy vocals.

Give it a listen when you want to move your relationship forward.

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