Top 15 Yearning Songs

The songLord Huron wish they could undo the start of a relationship because the ending now hurts too much.

Best forIt is for missing a person and wishing you could change the whole story.

The songColdplay sing from the point of view of someone who may have pushed their partner away and still wants another chance.

Best forIt fits when the thing you want most is one more honest conversation.

The songArctic Monkeys turn a love poem into a direct promise of devotion and wanting to belong close to someone.

Best forIt is for a crush or love that feels serious before you have even said much about it.

The songConan Gray wants someone who is already drawn to another girl named Heather.

Best forIt captures wanting someone while watching them choose somebody else.

The songJeff Buckley sings about loving someone deeply while knowing the relationship arrived too late or could not last.

Best forIt belongs to feelings that are beautiful and painful at the same time.

The songMazzy Star sing about wanting to get close to someone who stays distant and unreadable.

Best forIt is for the quiet ache of not being able to reach the person you care about.

The songThe Goo Goo Dolls sing about wanting one person to truly see them and understand who they are.

Best forIt is for wanting to be known by someone, not just noticed by them.

The songCigarettes After Sex remember a love that felt so powerful it made the outside world disappear.

Best forIt keeps the feeling close and private, like a memory you do not want to share.

The songTom Odell is too emotionally exhausted to give new love what it deserves.

Best forIt understands wanting love while feeling too hurt to let it in.

The songMitski holds love close as the part of herself that cannot be taken from her.

Best forIt is gentle for when love feels bigger than anything you can say out loud.

The songPatrick Watson leaves the feeling open with a small piano piece that can sound like a message left behind.

Best forIt gives longing room to be quiet instead of turning it into a huge scene.

The songsombr looks back on a connection that moved from romance into a more distant friendship.

Best forIt is for missing the closeness you had before things changed names.

The songBillie Eilish knows someone loves her but cannot return it, even though letting them go hurts.

Best forIt fits when the feeling is real but the relationship cannot be.

The songThe Neighbourhood imagine wanting to stay close to someone while the world outside feels cold.

Best forIt is for wanting warmth from one person when everything else feels distant.

The songColdplay sing with complete devotion about seeing someone as rare and worth everything.

Best forIt feels like a simple, full hearted kind of wanting.