50 Best Country Songs About Secret Crush
Country Songs That Capture the Feeling of Hidden Crushes
There’s a strange kind of thrill in carrying feelings no one else knows about. It’s not clean or easy. It’s watching someone laugh across a crowded bar, or standing in a kitchen where every word you say feels like it carries a secret weight. Country music has a way of pinning that hush to the wall, wrapping it up in steel guitars and small-town hush. Some songs in this space are plain-spoken about it, while others never actually name the thing at all but you can feel it pulsing underneath the melody.
A crush kept quiet doesn’t sound like fireworks. It sounds like heartbeats under the noise of everyday life. The shuffle of boots on the floor while pretending not to stare. That quiet ache has been woven into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs for decades, and even when the lyrics wander into other stories, the theme still slides through. These tracks aren’t polished romps into romance. They’re messy, hesitant, caught somewhere between wanting and silence.
The charm lies in how those moments get turned into music people hum when nobody’s looking. Not every song here spells it out. Some circle the edges, others lean into longing, and a few live in that strange middle where nothing gets said out loud but everything hangs in the air. All of them carry the same restless pulse, and that’s where the list of the best country songs that fit the secret crush mood begins.
Top 10 Country Crush Songs
1. 'You Belong With Me' by Taylor Swift
2. 'Tearin' Up My Heart' by Old Dominion
3. 'I Do' by Morgan Evans
4. 'Head Over Boots' by Jon Pardi
5. 'Check Yes Juliet' by We The Kings
6. 'Crush' by Madeline Merlo
7. 'Eyes On You' by Chase Rice
8. 'I Hope You're Happy Now' by Lee Brice
9. 'What Ifs' by Kane Brown featuring Lauren Alaina
10. 'Somebody Else Will' by Justin Moore
Country Songs About Crushes #11 to 20
11. 'Good As You' by Kane Brown
12. 'Whiskey Glasses' by Morgan Wallen
13. 'Heaven' by Kane Brown
14. 'Love Me Like You Used To' by The Lacs
15. 'I Don't Wanna Live Forever' by ZAYN and Taylor Swift
16. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert
17. 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline
18. 'I honestly love you' by Olivia Newton-John
19. 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift
20. 'Stuck Like Glue' by Sugarland
Country Music Hits About Hidden Affection #21 to 30
21. 'Secret Love' by Hunter Hayes
22. 'One Thing Right' by Marshmello and Kane Brown
23. 'Die a Happy Man' by Thomas Rhett
24. 'Beautiful Crazy' by Luke Combs
25. 'Best Shot' by Jimmie Allen
26. 'I Don't Want This Night to End' by Luke Bryan
27. 'Stay' by Sugarland
28. 'Somebody's Heartbreak' by Hunter Hayes
29. 'I Hope' by Gabby Barrett
30. 'Need You Now' by Lady A
Country Songs About A Secret Love #31 to 40
31. 'Wanted' by Hunter Hayes
32. 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' by Jake Owen
33. 'Drunk on You' by Luke Bryan
34. 'The Girl of My Best Friend' by Elvis Presley
35. 'The Best Day' by Taylor Swift
36. 'Hey Stephen' by Taylor Swift
37. 'Picture to Burn' by Taylor Swift
38. 'Love Me Less' by JP Saxe
39. 'Tear Drops on My Guitar' by Taylor Swift
40. 'My Best Friend' by Tim McGraw
Country Music with a Secret Crush Theme #41 to 50
41. 'You'll Think of Me' by Keith Urban
42. 'Blue Ain't Your Color' by Keith Urban
43. 'It's a Love Thing' by Keith Urban
44. 'Whiskey and You' by Chris Stapleton
45. 'Fire Away' by Chris Stapleton
46. 'I Wish I Could Break Your Heart' by Cassadee Pope
47. 'Complicated' by Carolyn Dawn Johnson
48. 'The Way I Loved You' by Taylor Swift
49. 'Getaway Car' by Taylor Swift
50. 'Forever and Always' by Taylor Swift
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