# Songs: I Love Her, She Loves Him **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805 "2012-09-15T18:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/1 "2012-09-15T18:37:08Z")
So in short succession, I heard on the radio “Watching Her Watching Him” by Eric Hutchinson and “Love Lies Bleeding” by Elton John, so it got me in a mood. What are songs about a singer singing about his/her love for another, who in turn is interested in someone else. I’m less interested in songs about Jealousy or Winning Her/Him Back, and more songs about acceptance, observation, or recognition of the truth of a situation that the singer can do little about (whether it be unrequited or regretful). Great American Songbook, classic rock or recent hits, what songs fit the bill for you? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/2 "2012-09-15T18:49:09Z")
J. Geils Band, Love Stinks: > [@](#): > > You love her, > But she loves him. > And he loves somebody else. > You just can’t win. ---
**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/3 "2012-09-15T18:55:30Z")
Rick Springfield Jessie’s Girl sprang to mind instantly.. I’m old.. > [@](#): > > Jessie is a friend, yeah, I know he’s been a good friend of mine > But lately something’s changed that ain’t hard to define > Jessie’s got himself a girl and I want to make her mine > > And she’s watching him with those eyes > And she’s lovin’ him with that body, I just know it > Yeah ‘n’ he’s holding her in his arms late, late at night ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/4 "2012-09-15T19:25:37Z")
James Blunt’s _You’re Beautiful_ sort of fits ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/5 "2012-09-15T19:35:45Z")
“Not That Girl” from Wicked. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/6 "2012-09-15T19:41:14Z")
[“Anna (Go to Him)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihsfVEFvrxA) by Arthur Alexander and later covered by the Beatles. It was also the inspiration for a great _Married with Children_ episode. Al hears it on the radio but can’t identify it. The only part of the song he can recall is “hmmm hmmm him” (hmmm in place of the actual words). He eventually does identify it and buys the record, but Kelly’s date accidentally destroys it. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/7 "2012-09-15T19:45:41Z")
The thread title immediately brought to my mind the lyric “I think of her, but she thinks only of him,” from the Beatles’ “Baby’s in Black.” ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/8 "2012-09-15T21:58:50Z")
Diary by Bread I think meets all of your criteria. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5E0jGyvdE) ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/9 "2012-09-15T22:05:57Z")
Layla? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/10 "2012-09-15T22:38:44Z")
**My Best Friend’s Girl** , The Cars ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/11 "2012-09-16T01:24:54Z")
Belle & Sebastian’s “Jonathan David.” \*I know you like her Well, I like her too, I know she likes you It’s not as if I’m being sent off to war There are worse things in this world There’s still room in my wooden horse for two I was Jonathan to your David, you’re still King \* ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/12 "2012-09-16T01:59:48Z")
[Symarip - Stay With Him](http://youtu.be/1fGLA_n2dfA) ---
**Author:** ![Quixie\_in\_Dixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9de053/32.png) [@Quixie\_in\_Dixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quixie_in_Dixie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/13 "2012-09-16T02:25:42Z")
**Journey** Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’ When I’m alone all by myself You’re out with someone else Lovin’, touchin’, squeezin’ each other ☹ Na na na na na na Na na na na na 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/14 "2012-09-16T03:04:03Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > [“Anna (Go to Him)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihsfVEFvrxA) by Arthur Alexander and later covered by the Beatles. My single favorite vocal performance by John Lennon, in spite of the confused lyric: “…You say he loves you more than me, so I will set you free, go to him…” The other guy loves you more than he loves me. Kinky. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/15 "2012-09-16T03:42:55Z")
CeeLo’s “Forget You” IOW… ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/16 "2012-09-16T12:45:23Z")
Gladys Knight & the Pips’ “If I Were Your Woman”: You’re like a diamond But she treats you like glass Yet you beg her to love you And me you don’t ask The Grass Roots’ “Midnight Confession”: A little gold ring you wear on your hand Makes me understand There’s another before me, you’ll never be mine I’m wasting my time ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/17 "2012-09-16T13:52:02Z")
“How” by Guy Sebastian How could he ever love you The way I could? Oh, and how could he ever hold you The way I would? If you only knew Each night what I go through While my heart is breaking You’re out making Someone else’s dreams come true ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/18 "2012-09-16T14:31:41Z")
_It’s My Party (And I’ll Cry if I Want To)_, Leslie Gore ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/19 "2012-09-16T14:59:25Z")
And for the out-of-left-field answer, The Archies _Circle of Blue_ > [@](#): > > I love you and you love him and he loves somebody else > The three of us, so much in love > And yet, we’re all on the shelf > ‘Round and ‘round the wheel keeps turnin’ > While our hearts are always yearnin’ > For a dream that never will come true ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805/20 "2012-09-16T15:01:15Z")
[Mr. Brightside](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGdGFtwCNBE) - The Killers [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-i-love-her-she-loves-him/634805.md?page=2)