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[2025] Tear-Jerking Love Songs by Western Bands: A Roundup of Recommended Hits
Love, encounters, and farewells.
Capturing those heart-stirring moments in song, talented artists around the world have created countless wonderful love songs.
From heartwarming ballads to powerful rock anthems, classic tracks by Western bands have always stayed close to our hearts across the ages.
Of course, the moments that move us differ from person to person, so this time we’ll introduce a wide range of love-themed songs by popular bands—from the latest hits and buzzworthy tracks to timeless classics—in all their many forms of “love.”
[2025] Tear-Jerking Love Songs by Western Bands: A Recommended List of Popular Tracks (1–10)
RelationshipsHaim
Haim, the three-sister rock band captivating the world with a California-sunshine sound, have skillfully woven 70s rock and 90s R&B into their music and have been nominated for Grammys.
The tear-jerking love song I want to recommend from them is a track released in March 2025.
It’s the lead single from their currently in-progress fourth album, portraying the paradox of love: despite your feelings, you just can’t bear the complexity of the relationship.
Its raw depiction of that inescapable pain cuts deep into the listener’s heart.
The music video also drew attention for featuring actor Drew Starkey.
It’s a song that stands beside anyone grappling with the kind of complicated love that hurts precisely because you care.
Not Strong Enoughboygenius
Formed by three brilliantly talented artists who represent the contemporary US indie scene—Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus—boygenius is a band of rare caliber.
This track from their acclaimed 2023 March release, The Record, captures the piercing feeling of being unable to meet a loved one’s expectations.
While it’s a confession of being too weak to be your partner, it also reveals overconfidence beneath the surface—beautifully portraying the contradictory sway between self-loathing and self-affirmation.
The song won Best Rock Song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2024.
It’s a masterpiece that empathizes with the complex emotional state of suffering over one’s own inadequacy precisely because you care so deeply in love.
WonderwallOasis
A Britpop track released in 1995 by the British rock band Oasis.
It was rumored to be about Noel Gallagher’s then-girlfriend, Meg Mathews, but Noel himself later denied this.
The track reached the Top 10 on charts around the world.
HeavyFlorence Road
Florence Road is a band drawing major attention in Ireland’s rock scene.
Formed by childhood friends and endorsed by Olivia Rodrigo, their song here captures the inescapable heaviness of the heart that can come with love.
Inspired by the vocalist’s own turbulent two weeks, the track’s roaring, grunge-tinged guitars and emotive vocals tighten the listener’s chest.
Released as their debut single in March 2025, the song was later included on the EP “Fall Back.” Recommended for those seeking a companion to the real, not-just-sweet aches of love.
Oh CarolineThe 1975
The 1975 are a defining presence in the UK rock scene since the 2010s.
One track from their landmark October 2022 release, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, features a shimmering, danceable sound reminiscent of the ’80s.
Yet in stark contrast to its bright tone, the song depicts painfully deep devotion to a loved one and a desperate plea to mend a relationship.
Its earnestness—suggesting the narrator feels worthless without the other person—hits straight to the heart.
Peaking at No.
29 on the UK Singles Chart, this song may move you to tears with its urgency when you’re aching over an unrequited love.
Immerse yourself in the world of its lyrics.
ChangePale Waves
Pale Waves are a rock band from Manchester, England, who have gained popularity with a wide musical range spanning from indie pop to pop punk.
Released in November 2020, this track is a pivotal song from their second album, Who Am I?, which marked a major shift in the band’s sound.
The theme centers on an irreparable crack that has formed in a relationship with a loved one.
The piercing realization that things can never go back to how they were is sung over a nostalgic melody reminiscent of 2000s pop rock.
Its acoustic tones seem to further amplify the protagonist’s anguished cry from the heart.
Highly recommended for anyone struggling with a disconnect in their relationship and feeling a profound sense of loneliness.
Blame BrettThe Beaches
The Beaches are an alternative rock band from Canada and a powerhouse act that won Group of the Year at the 2024 Juno Awards.
Among their works, the lead single from their 2023 album “Blame My Ex” is somehow tear-jerking despite its sly, off-kilter tone.
Born from the vocalist’s real-life experience, the song is a breakup anthem that depicts a protagonist who has closed off her heart due to the pain of separation.
The lyrics, in which she declares to whoever she meets next that “my attitude is my ex’s fault,” might sound like mere bravado at first.
Yet beneath that lies a heartrending cry to never be hurt again, and it tightens your chest to witness it.
Many listeners will likely find themselves resonating with this almost painfully self-protective stance.
It’s a classic that gives voice to the helpless anguish of heartbreak from a slightly different angle.