144 Songs About Reunited Love and Getting Back Together Again

Second Chances: The Relationship Do-Over

Never say "never" when it comes to second chances at love. You might believe love has fizzled. You might have gone your separate ways, putting time and distance and perhaps even other lovers between you.

But if you still have positive or longing memories about your ex, it's possible that love could reignite between you just when you thought the flame had nearly burned out. I've known people who divorced, married other partners for brief stints, then remarried each other. Stranger things have happened. It's amazing what forgiveness and second chances can do.

If you're thinking of getting back together with a past love, make a Reunited Love Playlist. We've got a long list of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs to get you started.

1. "Whatever It Takes" by Lifehouse

Although we can only guess what the man in this 2007 alt-rock song did to disappoint his sweetheart, his apology is sincere and contrite. Committed to making their relationship his first priority, he asks for another chance:

I'll do whatever it takes
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down.
And if you give me a chance
Believe that I can change
I'll keep us together whatever it takes.

2. "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green

The narrator in this classic 1972 R&B tune explains to his lover that she makes him feel brand new. Are they at a fork in the road in their relationship? He seeks to spend his life loving her, good times and bad, happy and sad. While other people get caught in a repeated cycle of breakups and makeups, he just wants to tough it out together.

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3. "Picture" by Kid Rock (Featuring Sheryl Crow)

The estranged couple in this country-crossover track from 2002 have cheated on one another. Evidently they didn't mean it, however, because thoughts about getting back together consume them. A photograph of happier times reminds them that they are better together than apart.

4. "Austin" by Blake Shelton

The woman in this touching 2001 country track left her lover without saying goodbye, then waited a whole year before calling him. Although she left no forwarding information, the man assumed that his honey went back to Austin because she had repeatedly talked about the city.

When she finally called his number, she heard an outgoing message on his answering machine that ended with, "And P.S. If this is Austin I still love you." It's a melt-your-heart beautiful song that shows that forgiveness and love can lead you back to where you were always supposed to be.

5. "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb

Regret and longing are a recipe for reuniting with a sweetheart you still love deeply. In this 1978 ballad, a couple had a quarrel after he strayed. The breakup made them both realize that they needed one another and were willing to put their relationship above all else.

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6. "Baby Come Back" by Player

This 1977 soft rock hit is a classic "please let's just work it out" song. The narrator spends all his time and his money trying to forget the woman whom he is no longer dating. He tries in vain to put on a brave face and wear a smile while his heart aches for her. Willing to accept the blame for what went wrong in their relationship, the heartbroken man begs his ex for one more chance:

Baby come back, any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you.
Baby come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong, and I just can't live without you.

7. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago

Even lovers may need to take a break from one another, particularly when one of them has made a mistake that violates the other's trust. So says this 1982 soft rock ballad about one lover who is desperately trying to make up for past transgressions.

He promises to make it up to her and do right. Would you take him back?

8. "Change My Mind" by One Direction

In this 2012 pop number, a couple has broken up, but they're spending time together at a party and there's still chemistry between them. As everyone else leaves, they find themselves laughing, dancing, taking photographs, and wondering whether they should press rewind on their broken relationship.

9. "Un-break My Heart" by Toni Braxton

Released in 1996, this Grammy Award-winning R&B ditty is a soul-searing request from a heartbroken woman to her former sweetheart. She begs him to come back into her life.

According to her, rekindling their love affair can undo the tears, pain and loneliness that set in when he left her. Does she seem too desperate, or is it just me?

10. "Love Won't Run" Steve Holy

The narrator in this touching 2011 country ballad senses that his beloved is about to tell him painful news that would tear apart most couples. He recognizes that she is scared about confessing what she's done.

He reassures her, however, that their love is stronger than any mistake she may have made. Urging her to lay it all on the line, he promises to stand beside her and help repair their relationship:

I won’t run, and I won’t hide.
I won’t turn away. I just wanna make things right.
Baby, I’m right here, and I ain't going anywhere.

11. "Let's Just Fall In Love Again" by Jason Castro

Wouldn't it be nice if lovers in turmoil could ask for a relationship do-over, going back to the very beginning of their courtship? That's what this 2010 pop release is about: falling in love all over again, right from the moment they met. Imagine the things that you'd do differently knowing what you know now.

12. "Come a Little Closer" by Dierks Bentley

This sizzling country ballad from 2005 centers on an estranged couple. The man wants his former sweetheart to step a little closer—to bridge the distance that divides them—so they can touch. He hopes that there is still a chance that they might reunite and figures that mutual forgiveness might be found by "strippin' it down back to the basics" of sweet surrender.

13. "Pillow Talk" by Zayn Malik

This hot 2016 pop number emphasizes that every couple has arguments that divide them. However, their shared physical and emotional intimacy can reunite them. The bed they share represents the microcosm of their relationship: both pure and raw, paradise and a war zone.