18 Songs About Being There For Someone

Last Updated on: February 27, 2023

Life is challenging at some point and having someone to be there for us. If you want someone special in your life to know that they can always count on you no matter what, here is a list of songs you can use to show about being there for someone.

1. Enrique Iglesias – Hero

This is a serenading song where Iglesias convinces his significant other that he will always be there for her even in hard times. He also questions the reciprocity of her feelings for him and wants that they position themselves as each others’ emotional savior. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Enrique had this to say about the track:

I wrote that song a year and a half ago. It’s just a love song. When it came out three weeks before September 11th, the reaction to the song was good. The song talks about helping the one you love. Everybody needs a song like that sometime in their lives.

 

2. Ed Sheeran – Put It All On Me

Ed Sheeran and Ella Mai collaborated for the first time and sing about someone they love and how they can always rely on them. When you have had a hard day and you feel drained they want to be that person to help rejuvenate their partners.

 

3. One Republic – Rescue Me

The track is part of the album Human released in 2021. The concept of the song is that in every friendship there’s a give and take but sometimes you have to wonder if the love you give is the love you’ll get. It depicts the vital importance of a sincere relationship to human well-being.

 

4. Brandy – Right Here

This is the lead single from Human and peaked at number 34 on Billboard 100. Brandy sings about being there for her significant other. She assures him that she will help slow things down when life comes at him fast and things get overwhelming. Even when the world turns its back on him she will be there with him and never abandon him.

 

5. Avril Lavigne – Keep Holding On

This is a powerful ballad from her album The Best Damn Thing. The song is about her expressing to another person that no matter who they may be, they aren’t alone and that they’ll make it through together.

 

6. Bill Withers – Lean On Me

The song talks about how pain in an inevitable part of life and it’s also temporary. During this period, the singer is willing to give emotional support to a friend since they are not strong. He will help them carry their burdens during that period and he also expects that he will also need the same type a help when the time ultimately comes.

Bill also gives the advice that when you are in a rough patch, you need to get over yourself and accept that to fix your problems, you have to accept that you have issues that can only be remedied by a friend.

 

7. Bruno Mars – Count On Me

This is the fifth single from Doo-Wops And Hooligans, his debut studio album. Bruno sings about giving assurance to his friend that he will be there to rescue him should get stuck in life. He gives the lesson that you know you have a good friend when they are there for you even when the going gets tough.

 

8. Rachel Platten – Stand By You

Platten wrote the track along with Jack Antonoff. It is a song for those who feel lonely in their battles in life, depressed and feel like everything is falling apart. The main message is that no matter what happens, they are not alone. Someone is there to stand by them and find a way to break through.

The song is part of the album Wildfire (2016).

 

9. Charlie Puth – One Call Away

This was the lead single from Charlie’s debut album Nine Track Mind. It was meant for those who are in love with somebody but don’t get to see that person every day. Speaking to iHeart, Charlie had this to say about the song:

One Call Away is about anybody who is in love with somebody, and doesn’t get to see that person every single day. That’s the e-cards that people used to send to you over email. I feel like people use them more as memes now. Well, this is your musical meme for not seeing a person that you love so dearly for a really, really long time.

 

 

10. Carrie Underwood – I’ll Stand By You

Throughout the song, Carrie implies that she will be the support for the people that need her. She encourages people to confide in her since she too has experienced hard times. When someone has experienced the same aspects of life as another, oftentimes it is easier to connect and confide in them.

 

11. Whitney Houston – Count On Me

In the track, Whitney is basically asking her friend not to be afraid to call on her when she is feeling weak or going through problems. She is willing to help her carry her burdens and be strong for her. She reassures her that together they can get through anything.

 

12. Mariah Carey – Anytime You Need A Friend

This song peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is part of the 1993 album Music Box. Mariah is asking her friend to believe in her and that she will be there to provide love anytime the friend feels lonely.

13. Devin Dawson – All On Me

The song was on Devin’s first album, Dark Horse and they wrote it together with Jacob Durrett and Austin Smith. Devin sings to his partner assuring her that he is always ready to unburden her from her problems and she shouldn’t hesitate to ask him. He is always ready to give her a shoulder to cry on and she shouldn’t; let the ups and downs of life destroy her from the inside.

 

14. Major Lazer feat Justin Bieber – Cold Water

It is about coming together to face adversity and to say that you have your partner’s back no matter what the situation is. Life is hard and sometimes it feels like we are drowning in our problems. Justin offers to stay by his lover’s side and be her lifeline. He compares sticking with her through the hard times with jumping into cold water.

The song is part of Major Lazer’s fourth studio release, Music Is The Weapon.

 

15. Avicii – Hey Brother

The song is about growing up in wartime while his dad died during the Vietnam War. He imagines his dad as an older brother who is very protective over him. We get to see the message of the importance of family and how they can be there for you when you need them most.

The track was inspired by the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? It is part of the album True (2013).

 

16. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone

The phrase life leaving you high and dry means leaving someone in a difficult situation where they are unable to do anything about it. Philips tells the other person he will be there for them should life take this sort of direction. He is willing to go above and beyond to make them well.

 

17. Jess Glynne – I’ll Be There

This is the lead single from her sophomore album Always In Between. She drew some of the inspiration from a time back then when she was 21 and going through a really hard time. Everyone was at university creating their paths but she wasn’t an academic and her focus was music. She lost a lot of relationships with her friends because of her insecurities and self-doubt. There was a period of six months when she felt really alone.

 

18. Justin Bieber – Hold On

The song is about how Selena felt alone when she was in a relationship with Justin Bieber. The strain was caused by their conflicting tour schedules at the time. When they broke up Selena had trouble facing the media and paparazzi.