31 Songs About Getting Back Together With Your Ex & Reunited Love

“I Want You Back” by The Jackson 5

Song year: 1969

This classic song has an upbeat and fun feeling about it. The lyrics talk about asking for one more chance with their love, saying that they want their partner back to reunite their relationship.

“Beggin’” by Madcon

Song year: 2007

As can be interpreted from the song title, this song is about someone begging their ex to take them back. The lyrics take the listener through the emotions of when they thought they had everything, to now when they are begging their ex to get back together.

“Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by Journey

Song year: 1983

This song is about a couple breaking up and going their separate ways. The lyrics indicate that the singer is still in love with this person and tells them that if they get hurt in this new relationship, he still loves them.

The narrator seems to have accepted that this person he loves has moved on, but he will always be there for her if she ever needs him again.

“P.S. (I’m Still Not Over You)” by Rihanna

Song year: 2006

In this Rihanna song, she is remembering an ex and wondering how he is doing now that they haven’t spoken for so long. She hasn’t been able to stop thinking about him and is still not over him.

In the song, she writes him a letter to ask him the questions she has and find some closure. Possibly, she was hoping that this letter would spark something in him too so they could get back together.

“Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” By Arctic Monkeys

Song year: 2013

In this song, the narrator is talking about someone that he loves. He’s trying to contact this person, and they won’t answer their phone. It seems that this person he loves only ever calls when they’re high and might not actually love him.

The narrator keeps wondering, though, how to find this person and talk to them to see if maybe there is a chance that they could be in love with each other.

“Thinking of You” by Katy Perry

Song year: 2009

This Katy Perry song is about her missing an ex. In the song, she is with someone new, but everything that she does with this new person just reminds her of her ex, with whom she is still in love.

“Glass” by Thompson Square

Song year: 2011

“Glass” is a perfect example of two people who used to be together coming back and successfully reuniting their love. The lyrics of this song talk about how the two fell apart from each other and walked down different paths.

However, these people’s separate paths from each other eventually led them back together. They are two people with different personalities and experiences, but they are able to use what they have learned along the way to build their relationship back.

“Grenade” by Bruno Mars

Song year: 2010

This song is about someone who puts a lot of work into a relationship, only for the other person to throw it all away. At the end of the day, though, the narrator is still in love with this person and would be willing to die for them.

While the narrator suspects that the person they are singing to would not die for him in return, he hopes that this display of love and sacrifice will be enough to bring them back together.

“The Flame” by Cheap Trick

Song year: 1988

In this song, the narrator is talking about losing the love of their life. Even though this person is gone, the singer is saying that they will go wherever they go and give them whatever they want to demonstrate their love for them.

They will be an everlasting “flame,” staying with them forever as a reminder of their relationship.

“Whatcha Say” by Jason Derulo

Song year: 2009

In this classic song, Jason Derulo is owning up to the mistakes of his past relationship with someone. He talks about how he should have treated her better, that he now misses her, and longs for their relationship together.

In the song, he says that he doesn’t want her to leave him even though he got caught being unfaithful. He wants them to get back together and says that he will treat her better once they reunite.