16 Songs About Relationship Problems and Arguments
In every relationship, at one point or another, an argument is guaranteed to pop up due to different issues that arise. Sometimes relationships undergo major problems that may be hard to solve hence leading to long periods of conflict. If you find yourself in such a situation, here is a list of songs that you can resonate with:
1. Maroon 5 – Wait
In this upbeat pop song, Adam Levine asks a girl to stay and hear him out while she is leaving. He wants to make up for the times he was a bad boyfriend to her and tries to make her stay. In the first verse of the track, he shows up at an event that he was invited to so that he can talk to his girl. Her mother’s dirty looks at him indicate that the two are not on good terms.
The song is part of the album Red Pill Blues released in 2017.
2. Hailee Steinfeld – Rock Bottom
This song is about two people who shouldn’t be together but are still unable to let go and move on despite their relationship hitting rock bottom. “Rock bottom” is a term used to mean the lowest someone can get where they have nothing to lose.
In an interview, Hailee that the song to her represents some sort of absolute rollercoaster any relationship can be. The person you love so much drives you absolutely insane but you let them because you love them.
3. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Young Blood
The track is about the push and pulls of a relationship. They sing about the power that your partner has over you and you feel like a puppet to them. You end up doing whatever just to please them. You are in a place where you’ve broken up but your partner keeps opening the door up a little bit and you end right back in.
4. Mariah Carey – Angels Cry feat Ne-Yo
Angels Cry is a song from Mariah’s 12th studio album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. The remix which features Ne-Yo was intended for her remix album known as Angels Advocate, however, it was ultimately not released.
Lyrically, the duo sings about a relationship that is damaged. They regret letting the relationship drift into a storm and not solving the problems instead they kept throwing blame at each other. They are holding out hope that it can be salvaged and want to try again to make things right.
5. Rudimental – These Days
Rudimental sings about reflecting on the troubles of a past relationship. There is also hope that when all the dust is settled you can meet and laugh about the times you spent together.
Macklemore also sings about how he has no regrets about having the chaotic relationship he had with his ex-girlfriend since it has helped him find his way in life and he feels like he couldn’t have done it without her. He thought they would end up married but things changed.
6. Pink – Just Give Me A Reason
The song won a Grammy for the best Pop Duo/Group Performance. It is the third single from P!nk’s album, The Truth About Love released in 2012. The relationship between the couple has hit a rough patch but it can still be salvaged if their love is strong enough.
The listeners are given two perspectives of a relationship. One party thinks the relationship has started to fall apart and is losing feelings. The other party thinks it’s just a bad period and they can fix what is wrong in their relationship.
7. Anne Marie – Heavy
This song deals with the perils of a crumbling relationship. It is from the album Speak Your Mind released in 2018. The relationship has deteriorated to the point where they don’t care what is happening and they also don’t have a clue what went wrong that brought them to that point.
Things have gotten so bad that the relationship has started to feel heavy and they don’t know how to revive it.
8. Ariana Grande – Almost Is Never Enough
The track is about a couple’s relationship, played by Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes, which hadn’t gone right. They don’t feel the relationship while in it but it appears they want to find the spark that was lost. The term ‘almost is never enough’ has been used to symbolize that you need to put effort to make a relationship work.
At the time when the song came out, Nathan and Ariana were dating but they broke up a couple of months later.
9. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants
Selena pours out her emotions as she explains her account of her relationship with Justin Bieber and justified why she remained with him for long despite the issues in the relationship. She followed her heart during a period when she should have followed her head.
In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, Selena explained that the biggest problem she was having during her time with Justin was identity. She was trying to figure out what she was doing but felt like she was constantly being kicked down. She ended up making some decisions that weren’t great and so did Justin.
10. Maroon 5 – Girls Like You
The song is about a couple reconciling after things not going right in their relationship. They had been fighting during the weekend and started mending fences during the week. They now feel they are in a good place.
The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Cardi’s third #1 single and Maroon 5’s fourth. It ended up spending 52 weeks on the chart.
11. NeYo – When You’re Mad
Here Ne-Yo sees the bright side of things whenever his girl gets mad at him and they start fighting. The song is part of the album “In My Own Words” released in 2006.
12. Khalid – My Bad
Khalid sings about the various communication problems in the relationship. The arguments between him and his partner have worsened and he is at a point where he is tired of facing the difficulties.
The song is from Khalid’s second studio album Free Spirit which was released in 2019. He stated that he wrote it in less than 10 minutes after hearing the beat.
13. One Republic – Let’s Hurt Tonight
14. The Chainsmokers – Kills You Slowly
This song talks about a couple that is fighting and on edge trying to salvage what’s left of a broken relationship. They put on fake personas and try to hold in arguments, fights and disagreements to please others.
15. The Chainsmokers – Do You Mean
The track is part of the World War Joy album.
16. Ne-Yo – Mad
In this song, Neyo sings about not wanting to argue anymore and wanting to solve all the issues before they go to bed. He hates how they won’t talk and he wants that to change. He realizes that they are fighting without any thought as to why since their argument was prompted by mixed emotions and a bland reason to be mad at each other.
Ne-Yo acknowledges that relationship aren’t always straight forward. Some days there will be disagreements and fights but at the end of the day, he just wants him and his partner not to go to sleep angry at each other.