50 Best Rock Songs About Liking Someone
Rock Tracks That Capture the Rush of Liking Someone
There’s that jittery rush that hits when you start catching feelings and don’t quite know what to do with them. It’s clumsy, a little electric, kind of thrilling in a way that feels like standing too close to a speaker. You’re replaying their laugh in your head, scrolling back through messages, pretending to be casual while your brain’s on fire. The right track can bottle that whole thing up—the mixed signals, the heartbeat spike, the little flash of panic when you think they might feel it too. Some of these songs were never meant to soundtrack a crush, but they end up fitting anyway.
Rock has a strange way of twisting that tension until it feels alive. Think sweaty gigs, cheap beer, that half-smile across the crowd. There’s something messy and human in the way guitars bend around yearning. A lot of these songs lean into confusion and charm instead of smooth pickup lines. Some flirt, some ache, some fall apart halfway through trying to say what they mean. The best ones sound like late-night texts that never got sent, all fuzz and feeling.
Not every lyric spells it out, but you can hear it hiding in the chords. A few tracks even slip in from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that somehow carry the same pulse. They may not be literally written for this moment, yet they match that spark that hits when liking someone feels too big to name. Here are the best rock songs for that exact feeling.
Top 10 Liking Someone Rock Songs
1. 'Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)' by Buzzcocks
2. 'I Wanna Be Adored' by The Stone Roses
3. 'Just Like Heaven' by The Cure
4. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Queen
5. 'Teenage Dirtbag' by Wheatus
6. 'My Sharona' by The Knack
7. 'I Want You to Want Me' by Cheap Trick
8. 'Come On Eileen' by Dexys Midnight Runners
9. 'First Date' by Blink-182
10. 'She Loves My Automobile' by ZZ Top
Rock Music About Developing Feelings #11 to 20
11. 'Do You Wanna Know?' by Arctic Monkeys
12. 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' by The Smiths
13. 'Something' by The Beatles
14. 'In Bloom' by Nirvana
15. 'The World at Large' by Modest Mouse
16. 'The Great Pretender' by The Platters
17. 'You Shook Me All Night Long' by AC/DC
18. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
19. 'All the Small Things' by Blink-182
20. 'I'll Be There for You' by Bon Jovi
Best Rock Tracks About Adoration #21 to 30
21. 'Good Times Bad Times' by Led Zeppelin
22. 'Dreamer' by Ozzy Osbourne
23. 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' by The Darkness
24. 'Kiss Me Deadly' by Lita Ford
25. 'Crimson and Clover' by Tommy James and the Shondells
26. 'Can't Stand Me Now' by The Libertines
27. 'You Really Got Me' by The Kinks
28. 'A Girl Like You' by Edwyn Collins
29. 'Jessie's Girl' by Rick Springfield
30. 'I Want You' by Bob Dylan
Rock Songs Expressing Interest #31 to 40
31. 'I Don't Want to Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith
32. 'Friday I'm in Love' by The Cure
33. 'Where Is My Mind?' by Pixies
34. 'The Way You Make Me Feel' by Michael Jackson
35. 'Wonderwall' by Oasis
36. 'Hey Ya!' by Outkast
37. 'Lovesong' by The Cure
38. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy
39. 'You Are the Best Thing About Me' by U2
40. 'I Think I Love You' by The Partridge Family
Favorite Rock Songs About Attraction #41 to 50
41. 'Starlight' by Muse
42. 'Maps' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
43. 'Take a Chance on Me' by ABBA
44. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen
45. 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' by The Beatles
46. 'She's Not There' by The Zombies
47. 'Our House' by Madness
48. 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers
49. 'Sweet Child o' Mine' by Guns N' Roses
50. 'I'm a Believer' by The Monkees
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