50 Best Lonely Night Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Songs for Lonely Nights on Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a certain kind of silence that hangs late at night when everyone else has gone quiet. Streetlights hum outside the window, the phone screen burns a little too bright, and every tiny thought seems to echo louder than it should. That’s when a song hits different. It doesn’t need to spell out the exact feeling word for word. Sometimes it’s a track that wasn’t meant for lonely hours at all, but the mood clings to it anyway. These are the songs you end up looping while the rest of the world fades out, the ones that make empty rooms feel like they have their own heartbeat.
The right track at night can tilt the whole atmosphere. A soft piano line that feels fragile and temporary. A beat that rattles the walls like someone else is awake too. It could be an old country ballad full of longing or an indie pop track pretending to be upbeat while the cracks show through. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all carry this strange magic in their own way. Even if the lyrics tell a completely different story, the tone slips in and twists everything until it fits the night perfectly.
When a song like that plays in the background of an Instagram Story, it does more than fill silence. It captures a weird mix of calm and ache that words don’t quite reach, a feeling that other people watching might recognize instantly even if they never say anything. These are the best lonely night songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Lonely Night Instagram Songs
1. 'All By Myself' by Celine Dion
2. 'Lonely' by Akon
3. 'Dancing On My Own' by Robyn
4. 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' by Hank Williams
5. 'Eleanor Rigby' by The Beatles
6. 'The Lonely' by Christina Perri
7. 'Scared to Be Lonely' by Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa
8. 'Alone Again (Naturally)' by Gilbert O'Sullivan
9. 'Mad World' by Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules
10. 'Only The Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)' by Roy Orbison
Lonely Night Social Media Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Another Lonely Night' by Adam Lambert
12. 'Solitary Man' by Neil Diamond
13. 'Ridin' Solo' by Jason Derulo
14. 'Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely' by The Backstreet Boys
15. 'Lonely Day' by System of a Down
16. 'So Lonely' by The Police
17. 'Alone' by Heart
18. 'Tired Of Being Alone' by Al Green
19. 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie
20. 'The Funeral' by Band of Horses
Songs for a Lonely Evening #21 to 30
21. 'Need You Now' by Lady Antebellum
22. 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac
23. 'Creep' by Radiohead
24. 'All I Want' by Joni Mitchell
25. 'Ain't No Sunshine' by Bill Withers
26. 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go' by Bob Dylan
27. 'Drowning Shadows' by Sam Smith
28. 'Somebody Else' by The 1975
29. 'I Miss You' by Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels
30. 'Goodbye to Love' by The Carpenters
Emotional Songs for Instagram #31 to 40
31. 'Half A Heart' by One Direction
32. 'Don't Say You Love Me' by Jin
33. 'I'm a Mess' by Ed Sheeran
34. 'All Out of Love' by Air Supply
35. 'Missing You' by LEISURE
36. 'Lonely Avenue' by Ray Charles
37. 'Lonely Street' by Emmylou Harris
38. 'Lonely People' by America
39. 'When The Stars Go Blue' by Ryan Adams
40. 'Between An Old Memory And Me' by Travis Tritt
Lonely Feelings for Social Media #41 to 50
41. 'Fade Into You' by Mazzy Star
42. 'The Loner' by Neil Young
43. 'One Is The Loneliest Number' by Three Dog Night
44. 'Blue Bayou' by Linda Ronstadt
45. 'Skeletons' by Travis Scott
46. 'I Don't Wanna Be Alone' by Naya Rivera ft. The Lonely Island
47. 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?' by Elvis Presley
48. 'Loneliness' by Annie Lennox
49. 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth' by Iron & Wine
50. 'Lonely Nights' by LEISURE
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