50 Best Rock Songs About Getting Back Together

Rock Songs That Capture the Feeling of Getting Back Together

There’s something strange that happens when two people circle back to each other. It’s not exactly nostalgia, not full-blown relief either, but something blurry in between. You catch a song on the radio and the air shifts. A riff hits the same way a familiar glance used to. The moment stretches, and suddenly the past feels half-alive again. These tracks live in that strange in-between space where comfort meets hesitation, where old emotions start to spark before you decide if that’s good or bad.

Nobody eases back into love like a music video. It’s weird texts, awkward reunions, too-loud laughter to fill the silence. The music always gets there first, sneaking in through the car stereo or some late-night playlist. Some of these songs are built from heartbreak turned hopeful, others weren’t written for second chances at all, yet they slide right into the theme like they were meant for it. They sit in that zone where regret mixes with rhythm, where chords lean into memory instead of trying to fix it.

Not every reunion feels cinematic. Some are clumsy, half-hearted, or doomed before they start, and that’s part of why these tracks hit. They echo the push and pull that happens when you try to rewind time while pretending not to care. The mix pulls from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that tap into that uneasy rush of rekindling something familiar. Some tracks drift near the edges of the theme, but the feeling they carry fits too well to leave out. Here are the best rock songs for getting back together.

1. 'Open Arms' by Journey

2. 'Baby Come Back' by Player

3. 'Is This Love' by Whitesnake

4. 'If You Leave Me Now' by Chicago

5. 'The Flame' by Cheap Trick

6. 'The Great Pretender' by The Platters

7. 'I Want You Back' by Graham Parker

8. 'Keep on Loving You' by REO Speedwagon

9. 'Calling All Angels' by Train

10. 'Angel' by Aerosmith

11. 'I Remember You' by Skid Row

12. 'Starting Over' by John Lennon

13. 'Nothing Compares 2 U' by Sinéad O'Connor

14. 'Love of a Lifetime' by FireHouse

15. 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' by Phil Collins

16. 'Hold On' by Kansas

17. 'Faithfully' by Journey

18. 'I Go Crazy' by Paul Davis

19. 'Always on My Mind' by Elvis Presley

20. 'Still in Love with You' by Thin Lizzy

21. 'More Than Words' by Extreme

22. 'How Much I Feel' by Ambrosia

23. 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' by Foreigner

24. 'Every Road Leads Back to You' by Bette Midler

25. 'Coming Home' by Scorpions

26. 'Wild Horses' by The Rolling Stones

27. 'Stay' by Lisa Loeb

28. 'Running Back' by Thin Lizzy

29. 'I'll Be There For You' by Bon Jovi

30. 'Coming Back to Life' by Pink Floyd

31. 'Here Without You' by 3 Doors Down

32. 'Since You Been Gone' by Rainbow

33. 'You're The Inspiration' by Chicago

34. 'The Way We Used To Be' by R.E.M.

35. 'Heaven' by Warrant

36. 'The Best of My Love' by Eagles

37. 'Love Will Keep Us Alive' by Eagles

38. 'Home Sweet Home' by Motley Crue

39. 'Maybe I'm Amazed' by Paul McCartney

40. 'Back To The Old House' by The Smiths

41. 'Missing You' by John Waite

42. 'Halah' by Mazzy Star

43. 'Back in Baby's Arms' by Allen Toussaint

44. 'You Were Meant for Me' by Jewel

45. 'Still Loving You' by Scorpions

46. 'Borderline' by Thin Lizzy

47. 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' by U2

48. 'The Heart of the Matter' by Don Henley

49. 'Crying' by Roy Orbison

50. 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith