Western love songs about long-distance relationships. Long-distance love songs from around the world dedicated to couples.

Love Me Like You DoEllie Goulding

Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (Official Video)

This song by British singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding is famous as part of the soundtrack for the film Fifty Shades of Grey, which portrays a passionate and complicated relationship.

Set to a sweeping melody, it sings of uncontrollable emotions that intensify with every touch and the resolve to step together into the unknown.

Many listeners will be moved by the protagonist’s willingness to surrender completely to the other person, declaring their presence to be a sacred light.

Released in January 2015, the track spent four consecutive weeks at number one on the UK charts and was later included on the album Delirium.

If you listen to it when you want to reaffirm the blazing love you feel for your partner, it just might deepen the bond between you.

Come Back… Be HereTaylor Swift

Come Back…Be Here

Have you ever had a sudden moment when you miss your partner so much that you find yourself wishing, “I want you here right now”? This song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift captures exactly those earnest feelings of a long-distance relationship.

Featured on her October 2012 album Red and later re-recorded, it conveys, with aching clarity, the frustration of a distance that can’t be bridged by phone calls alone, set against an acoustic backdrop.

Anyone who has felt the growing anxiety and loneliness while apart will immediately recognize this pain.

On nights when you can’t hold back the urge to see the one you love, this song will surely be by your side.

If the World Was EndingJP Saxe & Julia Michaels

JP Saxe – If the World Was Ending (Official Video) ft. Julia Michaels

This is a duet by JP Saxe from Canada and Julia Michaels, who is active in the United States.

It tells a bittersweet what-if story: if the world were ending, you’d rush to your ex—even though there’d be no reason to see each other anymore.

Over a gentle piano, their conversational vocals bring out an undying love for each other that tightens your chest.

Released in October 2019 and later included on the EP “Hold It Together,” the song’s message resonated widely, even inspiring a charity project featuring many artists.

If you’re longing for someone you can’t see, you may find your own feelings reflected in this aching love.

Distance And TimeAlicia Keys

Distance and Time

A gem of a ballad by Alicia Keys from the United States, quietly included on the acclaimed masterpiece The Element of Freedom, released in December 2009.

It portrays physical distance and the passage of time standing in the way, as if testing the hearts of lovers.

Even as they feel the frustration and loneliness of being unable to meet, a calm yet steadfast love presses upon the heart, assuring that their bond never wavers.

Anyone who has experienced a long-distance relationship will know all too well the mix of aching sadness and tenderness.

Don’t you feel that, if you listen closely to the gentle tones of her piano, it makes you believe that no matter how far apart you are, your hearts remain connected?

Vanilla TwilightOwl City

Owl City – Vanilla Twilight (Official Music Video)

A gemlike ballad performed by Owl City, the solo project of American musician Adam Young.

Included on the 2009 album Ocean Eyes, the track later earned platinum certification.

Under a vanilla-colored twilight sky, the earnest longing of someone gazing at the stars alone and wishing “please stay by my side” seeps deep into the heart alongside shimmering synth tones.

Anyone who’s experienced the loneliness of a long-distance relationship will understand this frustration all too well—you might even find yourself wanting to reach out to someone special.