Cheating songs in Western music. The world’s forbidden love and infidelity songs.
Have you ever found yourself in a “forbidden love”? Love between adults is complicated.
An affair with someone who’s married—a relationship that should never cross the line.
And yet, that line exists close to everyone, which is precisely why it carries such a mysterious allure, doesn’t it? There are countless love songs out there, but I’ve carefully selected some Western tracks perfect for those of you intrigued by infidelity.
Most of them are in English, so if you find any you like, try doing a detailed translation into Japanese.
You’ll hear the music in a whole new way.
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Cheating Songs in Western Music: The World's Forbidden Love and Infidelity Songs (51–60)
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be RightBobby “Blue” Bland
This song became instantly famous through Luther Ingram’s cover.
“This relationship might be wrong.
Maybe there’s no future for us.
But if loving you is a sin, then I don’t need to be pure.” It’s a soulful track that portrays two people who, despite the criticism around them, steel themselves to carry on their affair.
Lips of an AngelHinder
It’s a million-selling single that recorded over 3.6 million copies sold in the United States.
Have you ever found yourself unable to forget a former lover, even though both of you are already with someone else? The image of two people whispering to each other over the phone late at night is enough to make your chest tighten.
RunawayKanye West
This is “Runaway,” from Kanye West’s 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
It’s a song from before he became as famous as he is now.
He sings about the feelings of a man who cheated and became hated by the public.
At the time, he was facing a huge public backlash.
That’s likely why he created a song with this kind of theme.
He seemed to be in a rough place mentally then, and many of his songs from that period have a dark tone.
How Can I Tell HerLobo
There are people who have a partner devoted solely to them, yet find their feelings drifting to someone else.
Someday they’ll have to confess, but they don’t know how to reveal the affair.
The anguish of such a man is sung with a tender, heartrending tone.
A Woman Needs LoveRay Parker Jr.
A 1981 song by guitarist and singer-songwriter Ray Parker Jr.
It sings about the nonsense of the idea that “even if a man cheats, the woman will wait,” and the importance of loving women.
The song carries the message that the right to need love is equal for both men and women.