50 Best Country Songs About Unrequited Love

Top Country Tracks on One-Sided Love

There’s a strange kind of ache that comes with loving someone who doesn’t see you the same way. It’s not heartbreak exactly, not hope either, but something stuck between the two. You catch yourself replaying conversations, hearing lyrics that land a little too close, and the right song kicks in at the wrong moment. The kind of song that makes a quiet room feel louder or a long drive stretch even longer. These tracks carry that feeling, spinning it into melodies that sting and soothe at the same time.

Some of these songs lean into country storytelling, while others spill over into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that share the same lonely pulse. A few tracks might not be literally about unreturned feelings, but they still hit that nerve, speaking to that quiet yearning nobody talks about out loud. It’s messy, sometimes dramatic, sometimes soft and almost too honest, and each song lingers long after the last note fades.

Unrequited love doesn’t follow a script, and neither do these tracks. They wander through bittersweet memories, late-night realizations, and the spaces between what you wanted and what actually happened. Here are the best country songs for those caught in that quiet storm of wanting someone who never turns their head your way.

1. 'He Stopped Loving Her Today' by George Jones

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

3. 'Whiskey Lullaby' by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

4. 'I Can't Make You Love Me' by Bonnie Raitt

5. 'Tonight I Wanna Cry' by Keith Urban

6. 'I Fall to Pieces' by Patsy Cline

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

8. 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' by Hank Williams

9. 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline

10. 'Just to See You Smile' by Tim McGraw

11. 'Don't Close Your Eyes' by Keith Whitley

12. 'What Hurts the Most' by Rascal Flatts

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

14. 'Always on My Mind' by Willie Nelson

15. 'The Dance' by Garth Brooks

16. 'Goodbye Time' by Blake Shelton

17. 'Loom' by Zach Bryan

18. 'Friends' by John Michael Montgomery

19. 'It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You' by George Strait

20. 'Wish I Didn't Know Now' by Toby Keith

21. 'Mercy' by Brett Young

22. 'You Didn't' by Brett Young

23. 'Something in the Orange' by Zach Bryan

24. 'Every Light in the House Is On' by Trace Adkins

25. 'Travelin' Soldier' by The Chicks

26. 'I Can Still Make Cheyenne' by George Strait

27. 'Long Black Veil' by Johnny Cash

28. 'Fire Away' by Chris Stapleton

29. 'That's Not My Truck' by Rhett Akins

30. 'Picture to Burn' by Taylor Swift

31. 'Chasin' You' by Morgan Wallen

32. 'What If I Never Get Over You' by Lady A

33. 'Need You Now' by Lady A

34. 'The Little Girl' by John Michael Montgomery

35. 'Ours' by Taylor Swift

36. 'You're Gonna Miss This' by Trace Adkins

37. 'I Loved Her First' by Heartland

38. 'My Little Girl' by Tim McGraw

39. 'If I Ever Get You Back' by Morgan Wallen

40. 'I Can't Love You Back' by Easton Corbin

41. 'Don't Take The Girl' by Tim McGraw

42. 'The Man Who Loves You The Most' by Zac Brown Band

43. 'In My Daughter's Eyes' by Martina McBride

44. 'You'll Always Be My Baby' by Alan Jackson

45. 'My Father's Daughter' by Jewel

46. 'You Can't Lose Me' by Faith Hill

47. 'Concrete Angel' by Martina McBride

48. 'The Rest of Our Life' by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

49. 'Slow Down' by Nichole Nordeman

50. 'I Drive Your Truck' by Lee Brice