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50 Best Country Songs About Needing You

Updated on September 2, 2025
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Carson suffers from a serious case of melophilia. Geeking out on her favorite music artists is her guilty pleasure.

Best Country Tracks on Needing You

There’s a strange tension when someone admits they need another person. It’s not always romantic, not always a plea, sometimes it’s more like a confession muttered under the breath. Country songs tend to lean into that kind of raw edge. The kind that feels too vulnerable but still gets sung loud in a truck with the windows down. Plenty of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs circle this space, but country has a way of stripping the polish off and letting it sting a little. Some tracks aren’t literally centered on that theme yet the mood still lands the same.

That need can sound like heartbreak, or comfort, or a night where nobody wants to be alone. It shows up in slow ballads with cracked voices and in uptempo tracks that pretend to sound carefree but hide a weight underneath. The best songs carry that contradiction where longing sneaks in even when the rhythm is upbeat. There’s something almost messy in that mix, like the singer is trying to convince themselves of one thing while the lyrics keep telling the truth anyway.

Not every track feels straightforward. A few lean into nostalgia, others disguise the ache under a singalong chorus, and some hit right in the middle of silence when you don’t expect them. That unpredictability keeps the theme from getting tired, because the ways a song says “I need you” never really come out the same twice. These are the best country songs on needing you.

Top 10 Needing You Country Songs

1. 'Need You Now' by Lady A

2. 'I Need You' by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

3. 'How Do I Live' by LeAnn Rimes

4. 'Bless the Broken Road' by Rascal Flatts

5. 'I Swear' by John Michael Montgomery

6. 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton

7. 'Amazed' by Lonestar

8. 'Speechless' by Dan + Shay

9. 'God Gave Me You' by Blake Shelton

10. 'You're Still the One' by Shania Twain

Country Songs About Missing Someone #11 to 20

11. 'Carrying Your Love with Me' by George Strait

12. 'You'll Think of Me' by Keith Urban

13. 'I Run to You' by Lady A

14. 'In Case You Didn't Know' by Brett Young

15. 'Forever and Ever, Amen' by Randy Travis

16. 'The Bones' by Maren Morris

17. 'Don't You Wanna Stay' by Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson

18. 'My Best Friend' by Tim McGraw

19. 'A Woman Like You' by Lee Brice

20. 'I'm Already There' by Lonestar

Feeling of Needing You Songs #21 to 30

21. 'You Had Me from Hello' by Kenny Chesney

22. 'Better Together' by Luke Combs

23. 'I Cross My Heart' by George Strait

24. 'She's Everything' by Brad Paisley

25. 'Yours' by Russell Dickerson

26. 'I Love You' by Martina McBride

27. 'To a T' by Ryan Hurd

28. 'Then' by Brad Paisley

29. 'Die a Happy Man' by Thomas Rhett

30. 'When You Say Nothing at All' by Alison Krauss and Union Station

Emotional Country Music About Needing Someone #31 to 40

31. 'I'm Gonna Love You Through It' by Martina McBride

32. 'From the Ground Up' by Dan + Shay

33. 'Dibs' by Kelsea Ballerini

34. 'Me and You' by Kenny Chesney

35. 'Give It Away' by George Strait

36. 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift

37. 'Every Light in the House' by Trace Adkins

38. 'Chasin' You' by Morgan Wallen

39. 'My Girl' by Dylan Scott

40. 'I See You' by Luke Bryan

Songs About Longing for Someone #41 to 50

41. 'You Look So Good in Love' by George Strait

42. 'Austin' by Blake Shelton

43. 'Nobody But You' by Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani

44. 'You Make It Easy' by Jason Aldean

45. 'When It Rains It Pours' by Luke Combs

46. 'I'm Gonna Getcha Good!' by Shania Twain

47. 'Love You Anyway' by Luke Combs

48. 'Just a Kiss' by Lady A

49. 'Love Can Build a Bridge' by The Judds

50. 'It Ain't My Fault' by Brothers Osborne

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