50 Best Country Songs About Wanting a Girl

Best Country Tracks for When You Want Someone Bad

There’s a restless kind of feeling that comes with wanting someone you can’t stop thinking about. It’s not straight-up heartbreak, not full-blown love either, but that messy stretch of late-night texts and overthinking everything they say. You might be leaning against a truck in a gravel lot or sitting alone on the porch, waiting on headlights that never show, and the right song sneaks in. The kind that makes your chest tighten because it feels like the singer stole your private thoughts and set them to a fiddle and steel guitar. These tracks get at that wild mix of hope and frustration, where you can’t tell if you’re falling in too deep or just spinning your wheels.

Nobody sails through that kind of longing with a perfect plan. It’s missed calls, fake smiles when you run into them at the bar, the hum of a jukebox cutting through a crowded room while you’re pretending you don’t care. And somewhere in that haze, a song comes on that nails the moment. Maybe it’s a country ballad dripping with tension. Maybe it’s a twangy anthem that turns all that craving into a shout-along chorus. Some of these tracks aren’t literally centered on this kind of situation, but they still fit the mood in a way that feels right when you’re caught up in it.

The energy here isn’t soft or clean. It’s messy, electric, sometimes fun in a way you’ll only understand later. These songs sit in that headspace and crank the volume on it. You’ll hear echoes of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs in the mix, but they all circle the same restless pull. Here are the best country songs for when you’re stuck wanting a girl and can’t shake it.

1. 'Your Man' by Josh Turner

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

3. 'Speechless' by Dan + Shay

4. 'Bless the Broken Road' by Rascal Flatts

5. 'Die a Happy Man' by Thomas Rhett

6. 'I Swear' by John Michael Montgomery

7. 'Amazed' by Lonestar

8. 'I Just Want to Dance with You' by George Strait

9. 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift

10. 'She's Everything' by Brad Paisley

11. 'I Melt' by Rascal Flatts

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

13. 'Yours' by Russell Dickerson

14. 'Check Yes or No' by George Strait

15. 'Forever After All' by Luke Combs

16. 'The Good Ones' by Gabby Barrett

17. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Dwight Yoakam

18. 'Wanted' by Hunter Hayes

19. 'I Wanna Be Your Man' by Brett Eldredge

20. 'Somebody's Got Me' by Mitchell Tenpenny

21. 'God Gave Me You' by Blake Shelton

22. 'Better Together' by Luke Combs

23. 'I Love The Way You Love Me' by John Michael Montgomery

24. 'Nobody But You' by Blake Shelton

25. 'Need You Now' by Lady A

26. 'I'd Love You All Over Again' by Alan Jackson

27. 'This Kiss' by Faith Hill

28. 'A Woman Like You' by Lee Brice

29. 'I Cross My Heart' by George Strait

30. 'Tennessee Whiskey' by Chris Stapleton

31. 'The Bones' by Maren Morris

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

33. 'I Can Love You Like That' by John Michael Montgomery

34. 'This Is Us' by Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus

35. 'Cruise' by Florida Georgia Line

36. 'Lost in This Moment' by Big & Rich

37. 'It's Your Love' by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

38. 'Chasin' You' by Morgan Wallen

39. 'When I Said I Do' by Clint Black

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

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

42. 'H.O.L.Y.' by Florida Georgia Line

43. 'Take My Name' by Parmalee

44. 'Beautiful Crazy' by Luke Combs

45. 'I Don't Dance' by Lee Brice

46. 'I Run to You' by Lady A

47. 'With a Woman You Love' by Justin Moore

48. 'We Danced' by Brad Paisley

49. 'My Person' by Spencer Crandall

50. 'I Love You' by Martina McBride