9 Songs About Falling In Love Unexpectedly
Love isn’t a thing that should be found but it finds us when we are ready to take it and welcome it into our life. It happens in ways you can never imagine and you end up being with someone you didn’t even expect. Below is a list of songs about falling in love unexpectedly:
1. Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
The track is the lead single from Demi Lovato’s fourth album Demi, released in 2013. The song is about falling in love and taking that risk. Initially, Demi was afraid to fall in love and had put her walls up but this new guy comes along that makes Demi flustered around him and can’t think properly. She also finds herself unable to do anything when the boy is around.
The song also details the emotions one experiences as one free falls into love despite trying all means not to.
2. Keri Hilson – Knock You Down
The song is the fourth single from Keri Hilson’s 2009 album In A Perfect World. The main message in the song is that you don’t expect to fall in love, it just happens. Keri sings about how she suddenly fell deep in love that she started to plan out her future with the guy.
Neyo, on the other hand, used to play girls and do what he wanted as a bachelor but suddenly this girl walks into his life and he wants to put his player days behind him. Kanye sings about Kim Kardashian and how she was the woman of his dream despite her at the time dating New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush.
3. Jamie Lawson – Wasn’t Expecting That
The song was written in a retrospective manner. Jamie tells the story of the growth of his relationship with a woman from the moment they met to the moment they parted ways. He shares what happened in between at each stage of the love. He sings about how he wasn’t expecting to fall in love with her that fast.
The track is from the 2015 album Jamie Lawson.
4. Taylor Swift – Invisible Strings
The song references an east Asian folk myth about a red thread of fate tying two soulmates. The legend speaks of an invisible red string that ties together two people who were meant to meet no matter how far apart they live or how different their lives are. Taylor suggests that the relationship she is singing about was destined to happen despite not seeing any clues.
It is off the album Folklore, released in 2020, and debuted at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.
5. Usher – U Got It Bad
This is the second single off the album All About U and was able to hit the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Lyrically, the song is about a true story about a girl brought in the studio by his then co-producer Jermaine Dupri. Usher kept getting distracted by her but she left after an argument. A while later they started talking on the phone which prompted Dupri to kick Usher out of the studio because he got it completely bad.
6. Beyonce – Halo
“Halo” is one of the hit tracks off the 2008 album I Am…Sasha Fierce and one of her most vocally demanding songs. It took home Best Female Pop Vocal Performance award at the 52nd Grammy Awards and was one of 2009’s best-selling singles.
Lyrically, the song is about falling in love again after swearing to herself not to fall for anyone anymore. She had built a metaphorical wall around her heart to keep her guard up in a relationship. However, in this relationship, her walls dropped without a struggle hence releasing herself from her emotional bondage.
7. Taylor Swift – Everything Has Changed
The song is basically about realizing your life has flipped upside down after falling for someone new and all of a sudden your entire perspective on the world changes.
Taylor Swift fell for this new guy after spending time with him and now just wants to know him better. Ed Sheeran has put up walls between himself and other people which symbolizes trying to protect yourself after being hurt by a previous relationship.
8. Katharine McPhee – Terrified
This is the 6th track off the album Unbroken released back in 2010. Katharine uses a shooting star to express how emotions were flowing through her. A shooting star comes unexpectedly and quickly.
9. Avril Lavigne – Falling Fast
The country-pop song is from the album Avril Lavigne released in 2013. Lyrically it is about falling in love faster than you expected and just hopping it lasts. Avril is also hoping the feeling is mutual and wants it to progress into a relationship.