13 Songs About Being The Other Woman
Being involved with a man who has a wife or girlfriend is not an ideal situation and can sometimes come with an unusual thrill. If you have ever found yourself in a situation where you are the other woman and need a playlist to resonate with your situation, here is a list:
1. Avant – Lie About Us
In the song, Nicole sings about being the other woman waiting for Avant to leave his girl and be with her. Avant tries to convince her to be patient before he can leave his current girlfriend and let the whole world know about them. The other woman is tired of sneaking around and she thought she was going to be able to wait for him to leave his lady but now she’s getting impatient. Avant is afraid of breaking his main chick’s heart but he knows it’s a step he has to go through with.
2. Ariana Grande – One Last Time
Ariana wants to spend one night with her ex-boyfriend to try and convince him to leave his new girlfriend and take her back. She admits to being unfaithful and knows she doesn’t deserve to get him back. She hopes that after spending one more night with her, she will forgive her, leave his current girl and take her back.
It is rumored that the song was written about Ariana’s affair with Nathan Sykes from The Wanted. At the time she was officially dating Jai Brooks from the Janoskians.
3. Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend
The other woman is tired of waiting and thinks it unfair that he keeps her waiting. She advises him on how to split up with his girlfriend so that she can end up as his official girlfriend. She then goes into detail about what to tell her at different stages of their break-up conversation and how he should respond based on how she reacts.
The song is part of the album Body Talk (2010).
4. Melanie Martinez – Pacify Her
The song is basically a homewrecker. The other woman is numb to love and doesn’t care about her actions. She is set on trying to free the man she is seeing from the grip of his girlfriend even though she doesn’t really love the boy herself. A pacifier is used to quiet a crying infant. Speaking to Fuse, Martinez had this to say about the song:
Cry Baby is basically a homewrecker, and steals a boy from a random girl, just because she feels like she has lost all hope in love, and is trying to flirt with people and hurt people’s feelings.
5. Pussycat Dolls – Don’t Cha
Lyrically the song is about a girl who is taunting a guy about his girlfriend asking if he wishes that the girlfriend he has was as hot as her. She is currently his side chick and is willing to keep their affair a secret and has accepted that they may never get the chance to officially date each other in the open.
The song debuted on the Hot 100 at #95 back in 2005 and eventually peaked at #2 thus making it their biggest hit.
6. Lizzo – Truth Hurts
The song was included in the 2019 film Someone Great and was able to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2019.
7. XScape – My Little Secret
The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it was the last single with the group before breaking up. The chorus of the song displays a relationship that is on the down low between two loves that don’t want anyone else to be aware of it. The other woman and the man’s girlfriend seem to know each other but the girlfriend doesn’t have a clue about the relationship. The secrecy of the affair excites the other woman.
8. Disclosure feat Lorde – Magnets
9. Whitney Houston – Saving All Of My Love For You
Lyrically, Whitney sings about being the other woman. She is having a secret relationship with a married man who has a family that needs him there. Even though she doesn’t like not being his priority, she feels that no one man can be as good as him. She would rather just wait for her turn rather than find a man just for herself.
10. Taylor Swift – August
The song describes an ill-fated summer romance and is believed to be the second part of folklore’s Teenage Love Triangle told from the point of view of the girl James cheated on Betty with.
The track is part of the album Folklore. It debuted at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
11. Halsey – Is There Somewhere
Halsey shows the listeners her point of view on falling in love with someone despite them being in a relationship and being their second choice. She promised herself that she wouldn’t fall in love with him but she actually has. She knows he is only participating for the physicality but she is still willing to pretend they are together. Halsey had this to say about the track:
“Is There Somewhere” is like a prologue to the EP ‘cause [it’s] called Room 93, and it basically just touches on like the human intimacy of hotel rooms and how it’s like an alternate universe. It kinda tells the story of a couple in a hotel room, experiencing like a tender moment together and the most notable line is “is there somewhere you can meet me?” because it’s like a frequently exchanged text message between myself and the person this song’s about, and it usually ending up being an hotel room.
12. Shakira – Don’t Bother
The track is from Shakira’s seventh studio album Oral Fixation. She sings from the point of the other woman. The man she was seeing just proposed to his girlfriend and this has made her so upset about not being proposed to instead. She starts stating the different qualities the woman has that she doesn’t and reassures herself that she will find someone better.
13. Adele – Rumor Has It
The song is part of the album 21 and became her fourth consecutive top twenty in the US peaking at #16. Slinky Winfield is the man who is the subject of the song. He left Adele for a Burberry model who Adele admits she might have amazing looks but looks deteriorate over time. She values personality more as it’s easier to connect with someone. There is a rumor being spread that he is leaving her for Adele.