50 Best Country Songs About Waiting for Someone
Top Country Tracks on Waiting for Someone
There’s a strange space people end up in when waiting for someone. It doesn’t really land on hope and it doesn’t fully sink into regret. You hover somewhere between the two, checking the time, replaying conversations, filling the silence with background noise. Country music has always known that space well. It leans into the ache of standing still while the world keeps moving. These tracks live there, where patience feels heavy and the pause carries its own kind of weight.
Some of these songs might not be literally tied to the act of waiting, but they echo the feeling anyway. The long highway stretches, the porch lights left on, the letters that never showed up. That same energy has threaded through pop, rock, country, and R&B songs for decades, but country music adds a plainspoken honesty that makes the delay feel sharper. It’s not polished or romanticized. It’s raw enough to remind you how waiting always stretches longer than it should.
The best of these tracks keep you in that moment without trying to resolve it. They sit with the tension, the slow burn, the stubborn hope that won’t leave. They feel like the soundtrack for anyone stuck in the in-between. Here are the best country songs on waiting for someone.
Top 10 Waiting Country Songs
1. 'Wait Up for Me' by Brett Eldredge
2. 'Waitin' On a Woman' by Brad Paisley
3. 'I'll Wait For You' by Joe Nichols
4. 'Would You Wait For Me' by Brett Young
5. 'Come Home Soon' by SHeDAISY
6. 'The Longer The Waiting' by Josh Turner
7. 'Waiting For Tonight' by Jennifer Lopez
8. 'Come Back Song' by Darius Rucker
9. 'What Are We Waiting For?' by for KING & COUNTRY
10. 'If I Ever Get You Back' by Morgan Wallen
The Best Country Songs for Waiting #11 to 20
11. 'Austin' by Blake Shelton
12. 'The Truth' by Jason Aldean
13. 'She Wouldn't Be Gone' by Blake Shelton
14. 'Love You Too Late' by Cole Swindell
15. 'I Still Believe in You' by Vince Gill
16. 'I'll Take Your Roses' by John Berry
17. 'If I Had Any Pride Left at All' by John Berry
18. 'Anymore' by Travis Tritt
19. 'I Told You So' by Randy Travis
20. 'Hello Darlin'' by Conway Twitty
Popular Country Songs on the Theme of Waiting #21 to 30
21. 'If It's the Beaches' by The Avett Brothers
22. 'Amy's Back in Austin' by Little Texas
23. 'Two Dozen Roses' by Shenandoah
24. 'Round Here Buzz' by Eric Church
25. 'Home' by Dierks Bentley
26. 'I'm Not the Devil' by Cody Jinks
27. 'Stay Strong' by Danny Gokey
28. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show
29. 'I'm Gonna Get You' by John Michael Montgomery
30. 'Lonely For You Only' by Midland
Top Country Hits About Waiting for a Person #31 to 40
31. 'Unchained Melody' by The Righteous Brothers
32. 'Time After Time' by Quietdrive
33. 'I'll Be Waiting' by Adele
34. 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved' by The Script
35. 'Where You Belong' by The Weeknd
36. 'Waiting For Love' by Avicii
37. 'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri
38. 'I'll Be Waiting' by Lenny Kravitz
39. 'Don't Let the Old Man In' by Toby Keith
40. 'Wait' by Hunter Hayes
Country Song Selection for Patience #41 to 50
41. 'Patience' by Guns N' Roses
42. 'Tired of Waiting for You' by The Kinks
43. 'Waiting For the Man' by The Velvet Underground
44. 'I'm Waiting For The Day' by The Beach Boys
45. 'Waiting on You' by Weezer
46. 'Waitin' For Superman' by The Flaming Lips
47. 'Hanging On the Telephone' by Blondie
48. 'The Waiting' by Tom Petty
49. 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)' by Aretha Franklin & George Michael
50. 'You Can't Hurry Love' by The Supremes
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