Unrequited Love Songs Recommended for High School Students | Love Songs to Listen to While Thinking of Your Crush
Introducing the best unrequited love songs for high schoolers!
Many of you who spend most of your day at school probably have someone you like at the same school.
While it’s exciting to see them every day, some of you may also be feeling that bittersweet ache: “We’re too close for me to confess,” or “I ended up liking the same person as my friend.”
The unrequited love songs selected in this article feature real, straightforward lyrics, so those of you in the thick of your youth are sure to love them.
Try finding the song that perfectly matches how you feel right now!
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Unrequited Love Songs Recommended for High Schoolers | Love Songs to Listen to While Thinking of Your Crush (71–80)
Spell On MeSHE’S
The ending theme for the TV Tokyo drama “The Rules of Love Comedy: The Uptight Woman and the Younger Man,” starring Chiaki Kuriyama, is “Spell On Me” by SHE’S, a four-member piano rock band.
Released in 2021 as their seventh digital single, the song was written specifically for the drama.
Its lyrics, filled with the sentiment “I could give up everything for you,” carry a poignant longing.
The music video, set in a movie theater, was also created around the motif of a man falling in love.
You are honeydew.Hinatazaka46
The lyrics, inspired by sweet and juicy melon, leave a strong impression.
They express the feelings of being in love in a distinctive way.
It’s the title track of Hinatazaka46’s 11th single, released in March 2024, with lyrics written by Yasushi Akimoto.
True to the group’s “happy aura,” it’s a positive, uplifting song.
When you spot your crush at school or around town, why not listen to this track to boost your mood? Even while feeling the pangs of unrequited love, it’ll make you feel like you can keep looking forward and do your best.
fireflyFujita Maiko
This song was used as the theme for the PlayStation game Hiiro no Kakera: Aizouban ~Akaneiro no Tsuioku~.
It likens a love that feels just out of reach—a delicate sense of distance—to fireflies softly glowing as they drift across the night sky.
A wistful vocal rides over a calm, gentle melody, and together they heighten the melancholy whether you want it or not.
It’s a bittersweet love song recommended for anyone struggling with the helplessness of unrequited feelings and the frustration of being unable to confess them.
Unrequited Love Songs Recommended for High Schoolers | Love Songs to Listen to While Thinking of Your Crush (81–90)
I miss you.UVERworld
The song with heartbreaking lyrics about breaking up with a lover in pursuit of one’s dreams is UVERworld’s “Koishikute.” Released in 2008 as their 11th single, it’s a ballad where vocalist TAKUYA∞’s voice really resonates with the heart.
From the gentle opening verse to the powerful chorus, the sound is compelling as well.
The way the distance grows between lovers because of prioritizing work and time with friends feels very real.
If you’re currently in unrequited love, once your feelings come true, make sure to devote plenty of time to your partner.
AitaiKato Miria
There are times when unrequited love makes you feel mentally worn down.
It’s even harder when the person you like already has someone they love or is in a relationship.
That’s when I want you to listen to this song: Miliyah Kato’s “Aitai.” Released in 2009, this track has maintained strong popularity—even being featured on THE FIRST TAKE in 2021.
That shows just how many people have had their hearts moved by it.
Feelings that won’t come true, no matter how strongly you wish—when simply carrying them hurts, try listening to this song.
Who’s the One That Made You So Cute? feat. Nagisa Shiranami (CV: Junya Enoki)HONEY WORKS
It’s a love song packed tight with the frustration of romance! It’s a track by the creator unit HoneyWorks, released in October 2024.
It’s part of the popular “Confession Executive Committee” series.
The song captures the bewildering feeling of noticing changes in the clothes and vibe of someone you like after seeing them again for the first time in a while, expressed with a breezy rhythm and down-to-earth vocals.
The jealousy and single-minded devotion really come through—and you can’t help but grin.
It’s included on the album “Confession Executive Committee -FLYING SONGS- Omoiai.”
Boys Don’t CryYOAKE
YOAKE’s 2023 track “Boys Don’t Cry” sings about the hazy feelings of unrequited love and the desperate wish for that love to come true.
It captures emotions everyone with a crush has felt: getting carried away by a tiny positive reaction and thinking, “This might actually work!”, or sinking into despair like life is over when there’s no response at all.
But what unites everyone with a one-sided love is the burning desire for their feelings to be fulfilled.
Let this song remind you to treasure the delicate stirrings of young love.
