100 Best Rock Songs About Friends and Lovers

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We find courage for the craziest and wildest adventures with friends. Indeed, with friends around we feel invincible. In every circle of friends, there’s a strong bond formed by an emotional connection. Love, joy, pain, and sorrow, close friends share it all. There never really is a secret in friendship and love. When a close-knit relationship develops between you and a friend, you tend to hang out with that friend more often than with other members in your group.

While you sure do love your group of friends, it’s that special friend that gets your undivided attention all the time. Gradually, feelings start developing towards that friend and before you know it cupid strikes. When friends become lovers the equation can change dramatically. And yes, rock songs resurrect emotions to a whole new level.

The list below showcases a diverse collection of rock songs about friends and lovers. If you have a view, opinion, or song suggestion, let us know in the comments section.

Top 10 Best Rock Songs About Friends and Lovers

1. “More Than Words”—Extreme
2. “When You Love a Woman”—Journey
3. “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”—Bryan Adams
4. “Can’t Fight This Feeling”—REO Speedwagon
5. “I’ll Be There For You”—The Rembrandts
6. “Waiting for a Girl Like You”—Foreigner
7. “Chasing Cars”—Snow Patrol
8. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”—Starship
9. “I Remember You”—Skid Row
10. “Love Hurts”—Nazareth

Sentiments About Friendship In Rock Songs

While songs about friendship and love have been written by singers and songwriters in different genres of music, the feeling of listening to rock songs about friends and lovers is truly magical, especially when you have rock songs playing. Soft ballads that narrate a lyrical story about feelings for a friend or a lover take you down memory lane.

A number of rock songs associated with relationships that deal with a friend or lover, strike an emotional connect with listeners. Feelings of tenderness, nostalgia, or sadness are expressed in an emotively confessional manner in numerous rock songs. In ballads, lyrics blend poetically with soulful strains of acoustic music to create a dreamlike imagery for listeners. Certain songs essay the sentiments about friends dying in a truly introspective manner.

#11—20

11. “The Scientist”—Coldplay

12. “Can We Still Be Friends”—Todd Rundgren

13. “Is This Love”—Whitesnake

14. “The Search Is Over”—Survivor

15. “Love of My Life”—Queen

16. “I Will Wait”—Mumford and Sons

17. “Accidently In Love”—Counting Crows

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18. “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”—Poison

19. “I Don’t Wanna Let You Go”—Weezer

20. “Don’t Ever Let It End”—Nickelback

Rock Ballads About Friends and Lovers

Typically in rock ballads about friends and lovers, the lyrics pertain to thoughts or memories of the protagonist reminiscing over past events of personal life. A number of rock love songs aesthetically describe moments of a past relationship either with a friend or lover, and the circumstances leading them to drift away.

When loyalties change in friendship, sometimes, there can be a rift between friends, and such situations are poetically explained in numerous ballads. While certain songs showcase the maturity individuals show to understand perspectives in a relationship, many songs portray the state of mind when feelings towards someone are not expressed.

#21—40

21. “Head Over Feet”—Alanis Morissette

22. “Your Guardian Angel”—The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

23. “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”—Aerosmith

24. “Like a Friend”—Pulp

25. “Something to Talk About”—Bonnie Raitt

26. “Don’t Let Me Down”—The Beatles

27. “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”—The Police

28. “Layla”—Eric Clapton

29. “Wild Horses”—The Rolling Stones

30. “Still Got the Blues for You”—Gary Moore

31. “You and Me”—Alice Cooper

32. “Right Here Waiting”—Richard Marx

33. “Iris”—Goo Goo Dolls

34. “All My Friends”—LCD Soundsystem

35. “Dear God”—Avenged Sevenfold

36. “Have I Told You Lately”—Van Morrison

37. “I Want to Know What Love Is”—Foreigner

38. “First Time”—Lifehouse

39. “That Thing You Do”—The Wonders

40. “Heroes”—David Bowie

Rock Songs About Unrequited Love

A number of rock songs about friends and lovers touch upon varied sentiments associated with unrequited love. Lyrics in certain songs bring forth a sympathetic element questioning the listener’s perspective. Songs that express deep feelings about an ex girlfriend or ex boyfriend often hit the right notes with listeners.

Thoughts about failed relationships and breakups have been expressed beautifully in rock songs from different genres. In certain songs the different aspects of unrequited love tell a sympathetic story through poetic references. Tragic elements expressed in songs about love and breakups connect well with listeners. The events narrated through lyrics in many rock songs stem from personal experiences of singers and songwriters.

#41—60

41. “Creep”—Radiohead

42. “No Matter What”—Papa Roach

43. “The Reason”—Hoobastank

44. “I Love My Friends”—Foster the People

45. “The Crown of Love”—Arcade Fire

46. “Angel”—Aerosmith

47. “Sorry”—Buckcherry

48. “With A Little Help from My Friends”—Joe Cocker

49. “I’ll Stand By You”—The Pretenders

50. “You’re My Best Friend”—Queen

51. “Far Away”—Nickelback

52. “Shiver”—Coldplay

53. “Fell In Love with a Girl”—The White Stripes

54. “It’s a Heartache”—Bonnie Tyler

55. “Take Over the World”—Courtneers

56. “I Live My Life for You”—Firehouse

57. “Wonderwall”—Oasis

58. “Here Without You”—3 Doors Down

59. “You’ve Got the Love”—Florence and the Machine

60. “Shining Light”—Ash

#61—80

61. “For Lovers”—Wolfman feat Pete Doherty

62. “Lover You Should’ve Come Over—Jeff Buckley

63. “In My Life”—The Beatles

64. “Thunder Clatter”—Wild Cub

65. “Hearts Burst Into Fire”—Bullet For My Valentine

66. “The Book of Love”—The Magnetic Fields

67. “So Far Away”—Avenged Sevenfold

68. “Yellow”—Coldplay

69. “There is a Light That Never Goes Out”—The Smiths

70. “Valerie”—The Zutons

71. “Bones of You”—Elbow

72. “Love Is On the Way”—Saigon Kick

73. “With Or Without You”—U2

74. “Only Love”—Ben Howard

75. “Love Out of Lust”—Lykke Li

76. “Anytime”—McAuley Schenker Group

77. “You’re the Inspiration”—Chicago

78. “Stay Together”—Suede

79. “Bloom”—The Paper Kites

80. “House of Cards”—Radiohead

#81—100

81. “Love Bites”—Def Leppard

82. “Sweet Child O’ Mine”—Guns N’ Roses

83. “Maps”—Yeah Yeah Yeahs

84. “Nights in White Satin”—The Moody Blues

85. “All I Want Is You”—U2

86. “We’re Going to Be Friends”—White Stripes

87. “Everlong”—Foo Fighters

88. “Sweet Disposition”—The Temple Trap

89. “Lady”—Styx

90. “Up Where We Belong”—Joe Cocker

91. “Angel Eyes”—The Jeff Healey Band

92. “Thinking About You”—Puddle of Mudd

93. “Snuff”—Slipknot

94. “Love Will Keep Us Alive”—Eagles

95. “You Do Something to Me”—Paul Weller

96. “How Good It Was”—Courteeners

97. “Toothpaste Kisses”—The Maccabees

98. “You Make Loving Fun”—Fleetwood Mac

99. “Love of a Lifetime”—Firehouse

100. “Crazy On You”—Heart

Other Notable Rock Songs About Friends and Lovers

• “I Found You”—Alabama Shakes
• “Screaming Infidelities”—Dashboard Confessional
• “Falling Slowly”—Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
• “Say Yes”—Elliot Smith
• “The Luckiest”—Ben Folds
• “Still Loving You”—Scorpions
• “Eternal Flame”—The Bangles
• “Let Her Go”—Passenger
• “You and Me”—Lifehouse
• “Baby I Love Your Way”—Peter Frampton
• “Awake”—Secondhand Serenade
• “First Cut is the Deepest”—Sheryl Crow
• “Alison”—Elvis Costello
• “I’ll Be There for You”—Bon Jovi
• “Revelry”—Kings of Leon
• “Home”—Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
• “Never Tear Us Apart”—Inxs
• “Do You Realize”—The Flaming Lips
• “Goodbye My Lover”—James Blunt
• “Almost Paradise”—Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
• “Letter from a Friend”—Blues Traveler
• “Better Together”—Jack Johnson
• “I’ll See You in My Dreams”—Giant
• “Friday, I’m In Love”—The Cure
• “Changes”—Black Sabbath

• “Kiss Me”—Sixpence None The Richer
• “The Flame”—Cheap Trick
• “When I’m With You”—Sheriff
• “Save Your Love”—Great White
• “When I See You Smile”—Bad English
• “My Friends Over You”—New Found Glory
• “Just Take My Heart”—Mr. Big
• “What I Have To Offer”—Eels
• “You and I”—Scorpions
• “Friends, Lovers or Nothing”—John Mayer
• “The Apologist”—R.E.M.
• “Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)”—Vertical Horizon
• “For You”—Sharon Van Etten
• “She’s Gone”—Steelheart
• “Don’t Know What you Got (Til It’s Gone)”—Cinderella
• “Something”—The Beatles
• “Use Somebody”—Kings of Leon
• “Love Drunk”—Boys Like Girls
• “I Will Follow You into The Dark”—Death Cab For Cutie
• “Tongue Tied”—Grouplove
• “First Day of My Life”—Bright Eyes
• “Heaven in Your Eyes”—Loverboy
• “More Than Words Can Say (I Need You Now)”—Alias
• “This Love”—Maroon 5
• “All BY Myself”—Eric Carmen

• “Baby Loves Me”—Eels
• “Love Is Here”—Starsailor
• “I Won’t Hold You Back”—Toto
• “Always”—Bon Jovi
• “Trying Not To Love You”—Nickelback
• “Could Have Been Me”—The Struts
• “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad”—Def Leppard
• “We’ve Got Tonight”—Bob Seger
• “Straight to You”—Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• “I’m Yours”—Jason Marz
• “Baby Come Back”—Player
• “Wicked Game”—Chris Isaak
• “Heaven”—Warrant
• “Last To Know”—Three Days Grace
• “Regret”—Fiona Apple
• “Don’t Speak”—No Doubt
• “Everything”—Lifehouse
• “All Out Of Love”—Air Supply
• “My Understandings”—Of Mice & Men
• “Knife”—Rockwell
• “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started”—Bryan Adams
• “I Was Only Joking”—Rod Stewart
• “When You’re Gone”—Avril Lavigne
• “How Deep Is You Love”—Bee Gees
• “The Day I Met You”—Lillian Axe

• “If You Needed Somebody”—Bad Company
• “Keep On Loving You”—REO Speedwagon
• “Heaven”—Bryan Adams
• “Miles Away”—Winger
• “So Far Away”—Dire Straits
• “Only”—Yellowcard
• “Go Your Own Way”—Fleetwood Mac
• “Love is a Battlefield”—Pat Benatar
• “That Kiss”—Courteeners
• “Carrie”—Europe
• “Never Let Me Go”—Florence and the Machine
• “I’ll Never Let You Go”—Steelheart
• “Nothing Compares 2 U”—Sinead O’ Connor
• “Time Makes Two”—Robert Cray
• “Fall For You”—Secondhand Serenade
• “Everytime You Go Away”—Paul Young
• “You Give Love a Bad Name”—Bon Jovi
• “We used To Be Friends”—The Dandy Warhols
• “Love Song”—Tesla
• “You’re The One”—The Black Keys
• “The People That We Love”—Bush
• “In It for Love”—Richie Sambora
• “The Only Exception”—Paramore
• “I Will Possess Your Heart”—Death Cab For Cutie
• “The Love I Live For”—Hinder

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