15 Songs About Kissing and Locking Lips
Kissing is a physical form of showing intimacy in a relationship or showing affection to a loved one. The first one in a new relationship is always electric and stimulates feel-good sensations throughout your brain.
A kiss can mean a wide variety of things such as a sign of passion, an apology or just an innocent gesture. Below is a list of songs about kissing:
1. Usher – Good Kisser
The track is from the album UR released in 2014. Lyrically he sings about a girl he met who really stood out in terms of kissing. He states he has been all over the world and kissed a lot of girls but none of them kiss like her.
2. Shania Twain – When You Kiss Me
The song is off the album Up! which was released in 2002. The song is about falling in love to the point where the singer thought she found the one. She feels like she can grow old with him and she will love him forever.
When he kisses her, she feels like nothing else in the world matters at that moment.
3. Lady Antebellum – Just A Kiss
The song is about Hillary Scott and drummer Chris Tyrell’s goodnight kiss when they started dating each other. They don’t want to ruin their relationship by taking things too fast hence a goodnight kiss is just enough for them.
When asked about the song, Hillary had this to say, “We love writing songs from personal experience, and this is definitely one of those songs. There is so much excitement at the beginning of a new relationship … all the butterflies and that optimistic feeling that this person could be ‘the one.’”
4. Carly Rae Jepsen – This Kiss
The track is from her second studio album Kiss which was released in 2012. It peaked at #86 on the Hot 100. It was produced by LMFAO members Redfoo and Matthew Koma.
Lyrically, Carly sings about cheating on her current partner with someone who is a lot more interesting.
5. Soulja Boy – Kiss Me Thru The Phone
The song is off Soulja Boy’s debut album iSouljaBoyTellem (2008). It is one of his biggest hits, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the track, Soulja sings to his girlfriend who he really misses since they can’t be together physically. He really wants to be with her but he can’t so the next best option is for her to kiss him through the phone.
6. Rihanna – Kiss It Better
The song tells the story of a broken relationship. Despite not being together anymore, Rihanna wants his ex to ‘kiss it better’ with it not being the lips. She misses sleeping with him so she challenges him to swallow his pride and step out his comfort zone and proceed to take her back.
“Kiss It Better” peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart back in 2016.
7. Shakira – Can’t Remember To Forget You
The uptempo track is mainly about trying to forget someone who is bad even though you love the person. The singers sing about making the effort to remind themselves not to repeat the mistakes they had made when it comes to the guy. However, the way he makes them feel they end up getting a selective memory that just remembers the good parts of his that they enjoy and not the negative ones that affect them.
8. Chris Brown – Kiss Kiss
This is the second single from Chris Brown’s sophomore album Exclusive and the first collaboration with T Pain. The accompanying music video tells the story of a jock Chris and nerd Chris fighting for the same girl. Nerd Chirs ends up winning.
The song debuted at #100 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and later peaked at #1. It also earned a Grammy nomination in 2008.
9. Beyonce – XO
The pop-infused track was dedicated to Jay Z and Beyonce’s fans. It describes the reliability of their love for her and how much she appreciates it. In written form, X is a kiss and O is a hug. Beyonce sings about her love for Jay Z.
10. Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl
The song is believed to have catapulted Katy Perry to stardom after becoming her first biggest worldwide hit. It peaked at the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a total of seven consecutive weeks.
Lyrically, Katy sings about her experience kissing a girl for the first time and narrates some of the reasons why she did so. She says she did it out of curiosity and it was all spontaneous.
11. One Direction – Kiss You
This is the third single from the album Take Me Home. It describes the feelings of a teenage crush hence bringing back the nostalgia of that crush you had in high school.
12. Doja Cat – Kiss Me More
This is Doja’s first collaboration with SZA and is part of her third studio album Planet Her. She basically sings about kissing and encourages her partner to keep his tongue in motion by moving it as if he is trying to write his name with the tip on his partner’s tongue. Doja also shares that she can kiss very deeply reaching all the way back to her lover’s wisdom tooth.
The advice to spell your name can be found in most teen magazines since the 80s. The song debuted at #7 on the Hot 100.
13. Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa – One Kiss
Lyrically, the song talks about the power of one kiss. It says it’s all that is needed to fall in love with her.
The collaboration came about after Calvin reached out to Dua on Twitter after she released her song “Figures”. She went out to LA which was meant to be just one day but ended up being a whole week.
14. Kid Rock – First Kiss
This is the lead single off his tenth studio album, First Kiss. It is about a boy’s first crush in high school which leads to his first kiss. Kid Rock takes a trip down memory lane when he was a teenager. He had a crush on a girl called Jenny Clayton who he used to carry in his first truck.
Kid Rock wishes he could go back to those times when life was simple. He had fewer responsibilities, no money and just time to spend with a couple of friends.
15. Prince & The Revolution – Kiss
This is the lead single from the album Parade after being included as an afterthought. The beat just uses three instruments: guitar, bass and drum.
Lyrically, Prince tries to tell a girl who he is interested in that money, popularity and astrological signs are not important to him. All he needs from her is her time and kiss. He is satisfied with just that.