an ode to no one/infatuation/songs

Here is the compiled list of songs about infatuation, or in certain contexts, these songs can be converyed to be about infatuation. If you have any more to add, you can do so by emailing me, or leaving a message in the tagboard, guestbook, or guestmap!

  • Animotion - Obsession**** [lyrics]
  • Jann Arden - Could I Be Your Girl [lyrics]
  • Jann Arden - Thing For You [lyrics]
  • Jann Arden - Wonderdrug [lyrics]
  • Jann Arden - Wishing That [lyrics]
  • Jann Arden - You Don't Know Me
  • Ash - Lost in You [lyrics]
  • Ash - Shining Light
  • The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life [lyrics]
  • Bif Naked - Everything [lyrics]
  • Blondie - Atomic [lyrics]
  • Blondie - I Want You**** [lyrics]
  • Blur - You're So Great [lyrics]
  • The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Canyons of Your Mind*** [lyrics]
  • David Bowie - Rocknroll with Me
  • Jeff Buckley - Everybody Here Wants You [lyrics]
  • The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love With Someone (You Shouldnt've)*** [lyrics]
  • Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me [lyrics]
  • The Cranberries - Linger [lyrics]
  • The Cure - Just Like Heaven [lyrics]
  • Datblygu - Y Teimlad***
  • Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease [lyrics]
  • The Doors - Hello, I Love You* [lyrics]
  • Bob Dylan - I Want You [lyrics]
  • Bob Dylan - To Be Alone With You [lyrics]
  • The Eels - Jeannie's Diary* [lyrics]
  • Flashlight - Sonia Bianchi [lyrics]
  • Garbage - #1 Crush [lyrics]
  • Garbage - YouLook So Fine [lyrics]
  • Goo Goo Dolls - Iris [lyrics]
  • The Goops - I Want You****
  • Ed Harcourt - She Fell Into My Arms [lyrics]
  • Debbie Harry - I Want That Man [lyrics]
  • PJ Harvey - Missed****
  • PJ Harvey - Rub Til It Bleeds****
  • PJ Harvey - Rid of Me****
  • Hole - Doll Parts [lyrics]
  • Joan Jett - Crimson and Clover [lyrics]
  • Juliana Theory - Infatuation [lyrics]
  • KD Lang - The Consequences of Falling [lyrics]
  • Annie Lennox - Cold** [lyrics]
  • Sondre Lerche - Don't be Shallow
  • Peggy Lee - How Deep is the Ocean***
  • Lisa Loeb - Snow Day*
  • Courtney Love - But Julian, I'm a Little Bit Older Than You [lyrics]
  • Courtney Love - Uncool [lyrics]
  • Madonna - Crazy For You [lyrics]
  • Manic Street Preachers - Can't Take My Eyes Off You [lyrics]
  • Manic Street Preachers - Little Baby Nothing [lyrics]
  • John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo [lyrics]
  • Moldy Peaches - Nothing Came Out** [lyrics]
  • Marilyn Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved By You [lyrics]
  • New Order - Temptation [lyrics]
  • Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug [lyrics]
  • No Doubt - Bathwater [lyrics]
  • Sinead O'Connor - I Want (Your Hands On Me)****
  • OK GO - It's Tough To Have A Crush
  • Liz Phair - Why Can't I* [lyrics]
  • Phantom Planet - Always On My Mind*
  • Plasmatics - Want You Baby
  • The Rapture - Infatuation
  • The Rolling Stone - Beast of Burden
  • The Rolling Stone - She's a Rainbow
  • Savage Garden - I Want You
  • Semisonic - Secret Smile
  • Shudder to Thin Feat. Jeff Buckley - I Want Someone Badly [lyrics]
  • Sloan - Can't Face Up
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
  • The Smashing Pumpkins - Beautiful
  • The Smiths - Ask***
  • Snow Patrol - Spitting Games
  • Super Furry Animals - Fire in My Heart***
  • Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By*
  • Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight
  • Lorna Vallings - Taste [lyrics]
  • The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
  • Martha Wainwright - Lolita**** [lyrics]
  • Lucinda Williams - Essence [lyrics]
  • Lucinda Williams - I Just Wanted To See You So Bad [lyrics]
  • Lucinda Williams - Those Three Days**** [lyrics]
  • Lucinda Williams - Sweet Side**** [lyrics]
  • Hawksley Workman - No Sissies [lyrics]
  • Hawksley Workman - Jealous of Your Cigarette [lyrics]
  • X-Ray Specs - Obsessed With You
  • Zuckerbaby - Bellybutton Queen

    For good measure, here is a list of songs about unrequited love and anti-obsession, since it comes with the territory.

  • Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me [lyrics]
  • The Donnas - I Didn't Like You Anyway [lyrics]
  • Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing [lyrics]
  • Elton John - We All Fall In Love Sometimes [lyrics]
  • Liz Phair - Fuck and Run [lyrics]

     

     

    * recommended by Lia
    ** recommended by Kat
    *** recommended by Katie
    **** recommended by Ken