50 Best Rock Songs About the Other Woman
Rock Songs That Capture the Other Woman Energy
There’s a certain charge that runs through songs tangled in forbidden corners. It’s messy, heady, full of glances that last too long and decisions that unravel lives in slow motion. The story never feels clean. There’s guilt humming under the chords, thrill layered with disgust, the kind of ache that turns confession into performance. You can hear it in the riffs that bite harder than they should, in the lyrics that sound like someone trying to talk themselves out of something they already did. These tracks hang in that tension, refusing to smooth it out or make it sound romantic.
Some of them deal with the triangle head-on. Others circle around it, slipping through metaphors, pretending the problem lives somewhere else. A few weren’t even written with this in mind, but they catch that pulse anyway—the one that throbs with want and denial and the slow realization that nobody comes out clean. They sit somewhere between truth and performance, and maybe that’s what makes them so sharp. They echo those moments when the air feels too thick, the silence between two people too loud.
These aren’t the kind of songs that ask for sympathy. They live in the gray, feeding off the chaos that turns heartbreak into art. Some might fall under pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but they all carry that same sting, that same sideways glance that knows exactly what’s going on. A few may not spell it out, yet they belong in the same storm. Here are the best rock songs tied to the other woman energy.
Top 10 Infidelity Rock Songs
1. 'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette
2. 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers
3. 'Lyin' Eyes' by Eagles
4. 'Dirty Work' by Steely Dan
5. 'Back Door Man' by The Doors
6. 'Lips of an Angel' by Hinder
7. 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia
8. 'Misery Business' by Paramore
9. 'Heart Turns to Stone' by Foreigner
10. 'Second Chance' by .38 Special
Rock and Alternative Tracks About Secret Affairs #11 to 20
11. 'Don't Stop' by Fleetwood Mac
12. 'Little Lies' by Fleetwood Mac
13. 'Your Love' by The Outfield
14. 'Pictures of Matchstick Men' by Status Quo
15. 'Got to Choose' by Kiss
16. 'The Great Pretender' by The Platters
17. 'Careless Whisper' by George Michael
18. 'Wake Up Call' by Maroon 5
19. 'In Too Deep' by Genesis
20. 'I'm Not The Only One' by Sam Smith
Cheating and Relationship Drama Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off' by Panic! At The Disco
22. 'Babooshka' by Kate Bush
23. 'Possession' by Sarah McLachlan
24. 'Pillow Talk' by Lil Dicky
25. 'Last to Know' by Three Days Grace
26. 'Into Temptation' by Crowded House
27. 'Always the Last to Know' by Del Amitri
28. 'Bigamist' by The Cult
29. 'I Will Possess Your Heart' by Death Cab for Cutie
30. 'She Don't Have to Know' by John Legend
Top Rock and Crossover Songs About Betrayal #31 to 40
31. 'The Other Woman' by Ray Parker, Jr.
32. 'Down Low' by R. Kelly
33. 'Where Is My Mind?' by Pixies
34. 'Me and Mrs. Jones' by Billy Paul
35. 'The Dark End of the Street' by James Carr
36. 'Unfaithful' by Rihanna
37. 'Be My Mistake' by The 1975
38. 'The Bed's Too Big Without You' by The Police
39. 'Creep' by Radiohead
40. 'Picture' by Kid Rock featuring Sheryl Crow
Favorite Modern and Classic Love Triangle Tracks #41 to 50
41. 'Illicit Affairs' by Taylor Swift
42. 'The Weekend' by SZA
43. 'The Logical Song' by Supertramp
44. 'Human' by The Human League
45. 'Say Something' by A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera
46. 'I Wish' by Carl Thomas
47. 'The Other Girl' by Halsey and Kelsea Ballerini
48. 'Kissing a Fool' by George Michael
49. 'As We Lay' by Shirley Murdock
50. 'I'm Gonna Miss You in the Morning' by Quincy Jones featuring Luther Vandross & Patti Austin
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