# Unrequited love songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 22, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451 "2008-04-22T20:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/21 "2008-04-24T15:33:36Z")
[We All Fall In Love Sometimes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yhs6-nNDLE) Especially poignant since it’s really about the relationship between Elton John and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/22 "2008-04-24T15:45:02Z")
[Someone Else’s Story](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/chessnewyork/someoneelsesstory.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/23 "2008-04-24T15:53:04Z")
Flavor of the Weak by American Hi-Fi Her boyfriend He don’t know Anything about her He’s too stoned Nintendo I wish that i could make her see She’s just the flavor of the week ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/24 "2008-04-24T17:38:46Z")
_Water From The Moon_ -Céline Dion ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/25 "2008-04-24T18:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=Lionne] _Water From The Moon_ -Céline Dion [/QUOTE] She’s so not my kind of music, but I love this song on an obsessive level. Good pick! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/26 "2008-04-24T20:03:37Z")
_Don’t Stand So Close to Me_ - Police ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/27 "2008-04-24T22:22:18Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] _Don’t Stand So Close to Me_ - Police [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t exactly call this ‘unrequited’ love - as it is apparent that both parties are definitely interested. Hopefully, it was a case of unconsumated love though. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/28 "2008-04-24T22:27:51Z")
one of my favs: [I Got Id](http://www.theskyiscrape.com/website/wikijam/index.php/I_Got_Id) by Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/29 "2008-04-24T22:57:20Z")
[“Rimini,”](http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/verse/p3/rimini.html) by Kipling. (Kindasorta.) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/30 "2008-04-25T00:17:23Z")
3 Doors Down - _Kryptonite_. It’s the theme song for the relationship between my daughter’s mother and I. I’ve made it the ringtone when she calls. It’s desensitized me somewhat. somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/31 "2008-04-25T00:23:08Z")
Am I the only one who hears the title of this thread to the tune of Three Dog Night’s “Old Fashioned Love Song”? ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/32 "2008-04-25T01:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Am I the only one who hears the title of this thread to the tune of Three Dog Night’s “Old Fashioned Love Song”? [/QUOTE] Well, you might have been, until just now 😉 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/33 "2008-04-25T04:45:49Z")
[Ralph Stanley- Little Maggie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gO3Q2sCBeE) [Human League- Together in Electric Dreams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLgI6vS_NSw) ---
**Author:** ![FreeByAnyMeans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@FreeByAnyMeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeByAnyMeans)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/34 "2008-04-25T06:24:38Z")
[Everybody Plays the Fool - The Main Ingredient](http://www.imeem.com/dabreeze/music/gspnIL7e/the_main_ingredient_everybody_plays_the_fool/) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/35 "2008-04-25T17:02:51Z")
_Angels Would Fall_ by Melissa Etheridge. “I’ll come by and see you again/I’ll be such a very good friend/Have mercy on my soul/I will never let you know/where my mind has been.” _Losing My Religion_, though it’s a little more obsess-y. But, c’mon. . .definitely. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/36 "2008-04-25T17:16:35Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] [We All Fall In Love Sometimes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yhs6-nNDLE) Especially poignant since it’s really about the relationship between Elton John and his lyricist, Bernie Taupin. [/QUOTE] Correct me if I’m wrong but Bernie Taupin is straight and, as far as any history I’ve collected on the two shows,\* there has never been anything approaching a romantic frisson between the two. This seems more apparent given Taupin writes the lyrics and, even if John were pining for Bernie, he would not have been able to verbally express it in their collaboration. - Can’t access the link from work right now. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/37 "2008-04-25T17:52:34Z")
[“Memory Leaves Town”](http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/8656/tn-memoryleavestown.html) by the Nields. Which contains a perfect summary of the whole unrequited love bit: Why do I follow? Considering the times He has forgotten He’s seen me at my best And looked right through me And (this shows my age), Diary by Bread. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/38 "2008-04-26T03:36:13Z")
I just downloaded _Behind the Wall of Sleep_ by the Smithereens. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/39 "2008-04-27T20:08:35Z")
“The Poor Side of Town” by Johnny Rivers. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451/40 "2008-04-28T00:17:34Z")
“He Doesn’t See Me” by Sarah Brightman on the “La Luna” album. “You Don’t Know Me” by Kenny Loggins on the “Celebrate Me Home” album. I second and third (“Long, Long Time” by Linda Ronstadt on the “Silk Purse” album. Oh, waaaah! I’m glad I’m happily married… Those unrequited loves were so hard. One or two were so soul-crushing, I nearly died from a broken heart! Gonna go cuddle my honey. Our love is requited!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unrequited-love-songs/446451.md?page=3)