19 Songs About Getting Back Together
Broken relationships sometimes are not meant to stay broken forever. We resolve our differences and end up getting back together. Here is a list of songs that talk about such a scenario:
1. Katy Perry – Never Really Over
The song is off the album Smile and her second collaboration with Zedd. It primarily talks about dealing with the end of a relationship and the possibility of the couple getting back together to have it fall apart again. Katy wants to put a limit between her and her ex but sometimes during the heartbreak period when the relationship has ended, it is very common for the line to be crossed by texting or checking them up on social media.
The inspiration behind the song could be her on and off relationship with Orlando Bloom who after three years proposed to Katy Perry on Valentine’s Day of 2019.
2. Ed Sheeran – LEGO House
Ed uses the Lego metaphor by saying a strong house is built through trial and error. Once you learn from your mistakes, you get better at creating something that works. This lesson can be applied to relationships whereby there will be good and bad times. However, instead of just giving up we should try and work it out plus be supportive of each other.
3. James Bay – Hold Back The River
During one of his headliner performances in London, Bay was really hoping to get back together with his family & friends. He felt so alone when the show ended.
4. Toni Braxton – Unbreak My Heart
Even though Toni didn’t like this song too much it ended up winning her a Grammy Award for “Best Female Pop Vocal Performance” in 1997. She had some disliking for the track because she didn’t want another “heartbreak track”. However, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for 11 weeks.
Lyrically, Toni begs her ex-lover to take her back so as to end the pain she is feeling inside after their breakup. She feels that joy has left her life and life has become cruel without him beside her.
5. Mariah Carey – We Belong Together
Lyrically, Mariah sings about having deep regret after letting go of her significant other. She realizes that no one out there could match up to him and she feels she has no one to lean on to. She is begging him to take her back since she believes they belong together.
6. Blake Shelton – Bring Back The Sunshine
7. Lionel Richie – Stuck On You
The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was his first country music hit. In the track, Lionel has been separated from his lover for a while and has now just realized that he can’t stop thinking about her. Lucky for him, his lover was still waiting for him to get back together with her.
8. Taylor Swift – How You Get The Girl
The song was advice to a guy who wants to get a girl back. She suggests better tactics than the ones her former lovers seemed to have used on her. It is rumored to be about the on and off relationship between Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. In an interview with radio.com, Taylor had this to say about the track:
The song ‘How You Get the Girl’ is a song that I wrote about how you get the girl back if you ruined the relationship somehow and she won’t talk to you anymore. Like, if you broke up with her and left her on her own for six months and then you realize you miss her. All the steps you have to do to edge your way back into her life, because she’s probably pretty mad at you. So it’s kind of a tutorial. If you follow the directions in the song, chances are things will work out. Or you may get a restraining order
9. Taylor Swift – I Wish You Would
Taylor Swift stated on her Tumblr blog that she wrote this song a couple of months after her and Harry Styles had broken up and decided to become friends again. This was the first time she had become friends with an ex to the point where they were comfortable enough to talk about why the relationship didn’t work out.
Harry told her that he bought a house one road adjacent to hers right after they broke up. He was tempted many times to stop at her house and see her but he never did. This song was inspired by this incident. It is about while he was in the car making the decision to get out of the car and see her, she was sitting in her bedroom wishing he would make the move and go back to her.
10. John Newman – Love Me Again
John asks his lover to take him back after a massive mistake on his part. He broke the woman’s heart and is reflecting upon it. He had done a number of terrible things to her emotionally and feels as though he had corrupted the innocent person she once was with his actions.
John misses her and wants to push himself to become a better person worthy of being her companion again.
11. Taylor Swift – Come Back Be Here
Taylor Swift wrote about this guy she met and they started seeing each other. Then suddenly he had to go away hence they were in a long-distance relationship. She wanted him to get back to her.
The song is speculated to be about Harry Styles from One Direction.
12. Ellie Goulding – Goodness Gracious
This track is about someone who keeps going back to their ex because they are desperately in love even though the on/off relationship is toxic and doomed to fail. In an interview with Rolling Stone, she had this to say about the song:
I’ve been in situations where I knew someone wasn’t right for me, yet I kept bringing them back. The song is about dissing yourself for not thinking straight and not being fair.
13. Trey Songz – Song Goes Off
This is a single from the album Tremaine (2017). Trey sings about wanting to get back together with a girl with whom he has had an intimate history. He pours his heart out to her after bumping into her and he is convinced that it’s not just by chance they met.
14. Zayn – Better
This is the lead single from his third studio album Nobody Is Listening. It gives hints to his then ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid asking her to give their relationship a second chance and find a way back to love.
15. Chris Brown – Crawl
The song is about a relationship that is in shambles. Chris wants them not to rush anything as they try and fix what is broken. He begins by going back to the basics of his relationship with this girl starting with the bare essentials it takes for it to grow until they are ready to take it to the next level.
Chris Brown stated that the song is not about his ex-girlfriend Rihanna or any of his previous relationships.
16. Lanco – Greatest Love Story
This is a story of childhood friends who started dating when they were teenagers. They broke up after high school and each went their separate way. However, the singer couldn’t stop thinking about her and spent his days hoping one day she would come back to him.
After four years, they reconnected. She had broken up with her college boyfriend at the time. The singer discovered she still had feelings for him so he went ahead and proposed to her.
17. Maroon 5 – Sugar
This is a single off the album V. In it, Adam Levine compares the subject of the song to sugar. He feels like he is hurting without her and really needs her love.
18. Selena Gomez – Back To You
This is an upbeat track where Selena sings her heart out and expresses her love for her ex-lover. She is ready to get back to him even though he may hurt her once again.
The chorus of the track is a reference to Selena Gomez’ relationship with Justin Bieber and hers with The Weeknd. She dated the Weeknd for a couple of months and then was later spotted with Justin.
19. Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say
The song is primarily an apology song about a man who cheated on his girl and now feels sorry after getting caught. He begs his girlfriend to give him another chance and he promises to do anything for her. Jason Derulo revealed that he drew inspiration from his brother’s real-life experience:
Basically, my brother called me one day and said, ‘I cheated on my girl, but I love her so much and I hope she’ll give me one more shot’. I found his story really compelling, so I just went into the studio and tried it out. You know, people go through that kind of thing every day, which is why the song is so relatable. She did take my brother back though and they’re actually engaged now, so it all worked out good in the end.”