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
- “More Than Words”—Extreme
- “When You Love a Woman”—Journey
- “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman”—Bryan Adams
- “Can’t Fight This Feeling”—REO Speedwagon
- “I’ll Be There For You”—The Rembrandts
- “Waiting for a Girl Like You”—Foreigner
- “Chasing Cars”—Snow Patrol
- “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”—Starship
- “I Remember You”—Skid Row
- “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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