27 Best Songs About Love Triangles
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21. Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off by Panic! at the Disco
Song Year: 2005
The long title, Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off, was taken from the movie Closer with Natalie Portman.
The movie involves several characters sleeping around, and the song deals with the theme of cheating.
The narrator mentions imagery of his partner cheating, such as sheets, body sweat, and all the intricate details of what he imagined her doing with this other man.
22. Illicit Affairs by Taylor Swift
Song Year: 2020
About the inner workings of an affair, in which you’re trying to hide your traces, have to lie to your partner and friends, and like illicit drugs, it becomes almost addictive. It makes you feel bad, but you’re in so deep that you can’t stop.
The narrator is the perspective of the other woman, who now feels like she’s in love but also figures that the person she sees sneakily will never give up this life that he’s created.
It’s a poetic and hauntingly realistic picture of what an affair means to the person often forgotten in the story.
23. I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
Song Year: 1968
I Heard It Through the Grapevine starts with the narrator’s friend, Franky, telling him that he saw his lady sneaking into a hotel with another man.
This is a fitting segue into a song about how the narrator knows something’s up in the relationship and that his woman is sneaking behind his back.
It’s, unfortunately, a relatable song for many people who’ve found out about a third person “in” their relationship.
24. My Best Friend’s Girl by The Cars
Song Year: 1978
In My Best Friend’s Girl, The Cars sings about an attractive, alluring woman who catches the attention of many people.
The narrator is clearly into her, but he soon reveals she’s his best friend’s girlfriend.
Later, he also reveals that he used to date her as well. He still has feelings for her, resulting in conflicting, jealous emotions.
25. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Escape
Song Year: 1979
This interesting, cheeky song tells the story of a man finding an ad about a woman that sounds appealing. He starts writing to her and wants to meet up with her – behind his current wife’s back.
The relationship is getting stale and boring, so he wants to spice up his life with someone else.
Funny enough, the person he ends up meeting is, in fact, his wife!
26. Jolene by Dolly Parton
Song Year: 1973
Dolly Parton’s famous Jolene is an iconic and upbeat song with a catchy yet somber and desperate sound.
In the song, Parton describes a gorgeous, stunning green-eyed woman she’s jealous of, as she feels like she can easily steal her man away.
Because the lyrics describe the man talking about Jolene in his sleep, the listener can infer that this man sees her on the side and is only not with her because it’s Jolene’s final call.
27. Rumour Has It by Adele
Song Year: 2011
Adele tells the audience that people were spreading rumors about her sleeping with a taken man, which she thought was ridiculous.
However, she made art out of it by making a song where she takes this person’s perspective.
By the song’s end, she switches up the narrative and shares that she’s leaving this man for another man.
Top Songs About Love Triangles, Final Thoughts
Love Triangles are complicated and messy, often igniting confusion, sadness, pain, regret, or even revenge.
These songs about love triangles perfectly convey the ins and outs of love triangle situations. Which one resonates with a story in your life?
