17 Songs For Secret Lovers & Secret Love Affairs

Last Updated on: February 1, 2023

For those who have ever had a forbidden relationship or one that you have to keep for secret, they know that the thrill that comes with it can be addictive. One may end up hanging on until things go south. Maintaining such relationships can be quite taxing. If you are in a secret love affair here is a list of songs you can relate to:

1. Carly Rae Jepsen – This Kiss

This is a single from the album Kiss (2012) and was produced by LMFAO member Redfoo and Matthew Koma. Lyrically, Carly decides to cheat on her current partner just so that she can get someone who is a lot more interesting. She reveals that the guy also has a partner but they both decided to ignore the fact that they are both seeing someone and choose not to mention it to each other.

 

2. Usher – Confessions

The song is a confession of a man to his lady about how he had a secret relationship with a mistress and ended up impregnating her. It is a continuation of Confessions Part 1 which talks about a man’s infidelity. Usher is confused about how he is going to break the news to his main girl and finally decides to just be a man and just drop the bombshell.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Usher shared this on how the song came about: “I’m in the studio, I get a call from this chick who I apparently had some relationship with, and she’s like, ‘I’m pregnant.’ So I chose to use my music and myself as the anchor for all of their stories. But obviously, I didn’t have a child running around.”

 

3. Trey Songz – Last Time

This is a track from the album Trey Day (2007). Lyrically, Trey sings about wanting to end his secret relationship with his side chick since things are getting too hot and he risks getting caught by his main chick. However, he wants to have one last session with her since he just can’t get enough of her.

 

4. Little Mix – Secret Love Song

The track is off the group’s third album Get Weird (2015). Generally, it is about a Romeo and Juliet situation where the couple are experiencing forbidden love hence are forced to keep their relationship a secret. They are not able to display their love publicly in the streets or on the dance floor. Jesy Nelson had this to say about the song:

It could be about couples that aren’t allowed to be together, or feel like they can’t be together. It could be about being in love with someone who doesn’t know you’re in love with them.

 

5. Zara Larsson – Uncover

This was Zara’s breakthrough single which ended up topping the Swedish charts and was certified six times platinum in Sweden. Lyrically, Zara sings about being in a relationship that is strong but it has been kept a secret from everyone. She uses the term “Far from the others, close to each other” to describe the secrecy of their relationship and how strong and intimate they are.

 

6. Anne Marie – Secret

The inspiration behind the song was actually Anne’s relationship which had been a secret away from the public eye. She was like, “Let’s just, you know, keep it between me and you, off of social media, outta everybody faces, everybody business, and let’s do us.” When she heard the beats to the song, she had just talked to this person so he was in her mind so she just proceeded to freestyle the first verse.

Anne Marie kept the relationship a secret because when people get in your business they can destroy things. If you don’t tell anyone then no one has the ability to mess what she has going on.

 

7. Avant – Lie About Us

In the song, Avant tries to convince his mistress to be patient before he can leave his current girlfriend and let the whole world know about them. The side chick is tired of sneaking around and she thought she was going to be able to wait for him to leave his lady but now she’s getting impatient. Avant is afraid of breaking his main chick’s heart but he knows it’s a step he has to go through with.

 

8. Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You

This is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin. It was originally a minor hit for Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. Whitney’s cover was able to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was her first #1 song.

Lyrically, Whitney sings about being the other woman. She is having a secret relationship with a married man who has a family that needs him there. Even though she doesn’t like not being his priority, she feels that no one man can be as good as him. She would rather just wait for her turn rather than find a man just for herself.

9. Halsey – Strange Love

This track is about one of Halsey’s relationships that still haunts her due to its discreet yet exploitative nature. It is rumored to be her relationship with Matt Healy, frontman of The 1975, which has never been confirmed. Halsey stated that some fans and artists have become too interested in this secret romance that she decided to do this song as a “f**k you” to everyone for trying to invade their personal privacy. She doesn’t owe anyone anything more than she’s willing to give.

 

10. Atlantic Starr – Secret Lovers

This song was able to peak at number 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and topped the Adult Contemporary chart. It is about two people who are each in a committed relationship cheating on their partners with each other. They are having a secret affair and are afraid of getting busted since this would destroy their happy homes. They need to be extra careful and not look guilty around each other’s significant other and avoid things like public displays of affection, blatant flirtation, or disappearing together while out with their partners.

 

11. Luther Vandross – Your Secret Love

The song is about Luther Vandross meeting this girl and they end up having a secret relationship where they have to pretend to just be friends around other people. However, he wonders if their secret love can ever be true love. It breaks his heart to be kept a secret. He blames her for not letting him know early that all she wants was a secret affair and now he just feels his love is being wasted.

 

12. Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend

The mistress is tired of waiting for the man to end his current relationship so she gives him advice on how to split with his girlfriend so they could end up being official.

13. Melanie Fiona – 4AM

In the track, Melanie describes her thoughts and emotions when she was sitting awake at 4am wondering where her partner is. He is not answering her calls and she feels like she might lose her mind. She thinks he is out there having a secret love affair with a dancer. After everything she has done for him, she feels like she doesn’t deserve to be treated by him this way.

 

14. John Legend – She Doesn’t Have To Know

The song is about a man and a woman having a secret relationship but also each of them cheating on their partners. They have to be as discrete as possible just in case someone is watching. The man asks the woman to sneak with him to DC where they can be publicly affectionate since no one there knows them.

 

 

15. Xscape – My Little Secret

This was the last single of the group before it broke up. It peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard’s R&B chart. It is about a relationship that is one the down low between two lovers who don’t want anyone else to be aware of they’re situation.

 

16. H.E.R feat Chris Brown – Come Through

The singers exchange verses about their urge to see one another. H.E.R asks Chris Brown to slide through on the low without being noticed in a remote location. This shows they want to keep the whole relationship a secret from the public eye.

The song is from the album Back Of My Mind (2021) and it peaked at #64 on the Billboard Hot 100.

 

17. Mariah Carey – Touch My Body

This is a fun track where Mariah sings about having physical relations with her partner on the condition that he keeps it a secret and away from public knowledge.