Unrequited love breakup songs in Western music. Recommended masterpieces and popular tracks.

Now You’re Not HereSwing Out Sister

Swing Out Sister – Now youre not here No Scrub LIVE

I think everyone has felt, after breaking up with someone they deeply love, that they want to quickly forget their feelings for that person.

I really like lyrics that seem to speak on behalf of people with those feelings.

I think it’s a song that many girls can relate to.

GirlThe Beatles

Girl (Remastered 2009)

The Beatles’ lyrics grow deeper with each album.

This song from their mid-period album Rubber Soul tells its story in a narrative style, letting you sink into a simple, picture-book-like world.

Throughout, it’s achingly poignant and filled with wistful melancholy, yet it’s a highly polished track that never loses its charm no matter how many times you listen.

P.S. I Hope You’re Happy ft. blink-182The Chainsmokers

The Chainsmokers – P.S. I Hope You’re Happy (Lyric Video) ft. blink-182

This is a song by The Chainsmokers, a New York–based DJ and singer-songwriter duo.

It’s an unrequited love song about a man who regrets breaking up with his ex and still loves her.

The mix of cheering on his ex, who has found a new love, and the lingering feelings he can’t let go of is heartbreaking, isn’t it? Perhaps it makes you feel that the next love will surely be a good one.

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just my imaginationThe Temptations

The Temptations-just my imagination

A song that describes the feelings of a man who is deeply in love with a girl.

In reality, she doesn’t know him, and it’s an unrequited love.

The Rolling Stones covered this song in 1978 on the album Some Girls.

I Wish You Loved MeTynisha Keli

Tynisha Keli – I Wish You Loved Me (Official Music Video) | Warner Records

This song captures the raw feeling of a bittersweet one-sided crush! It’s about a timid girl who wants to be more than friends but can’t be honest about her feelings because she doesn’t want to push him away.

The straightforward lyric, “I wish you loved me too,” really hits home in this heart-wrenching unrequited love song.

366 daysHY

HY – 366 Days (Official Music Video)

This song puts the feeling of being unable to forget a past lover into ultra-straightforward lyrics.

It was the theme song for the 2007 drama Akai Ito, so many of you might already know it.

ImagineJohn Lennon

IMAGINE. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) – John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers) HD

Some women in their thirties may feel that they want to look beyond their own heartbreak to something bigger and get through this period.

If that’s how you feel, try immersing yourself in the world of John Lennon’s “Imagine,” which can guide you toward an ideal world.