The 50 Best Indie Love Songs

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February 11, 2021, 11:09 | Updated: February 1, 2022, 11:06

Independent love songs: The Cardigans, The Verve and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

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Get ready for Valentine’s Day with a half ton of indie love songs – songs for romance, songs for weddings, songs for when love is elusive…

Love is in the air! Valentine’s Day is upon us, so if you need the perfect playlist for that special someone, Radio X can help. Here are our favorite love ditties that you can play to your lover. Or listen while you drown your sorrows before heading home alone…

And don’t forget that all of these great tracks and more are available on the Radio X Indie Love Songs live playlist on Global Player…

Arctic Monkeys – 505
- Taken from the album: Favorite Worst Nightmare (2007)
- Nostalgic thoughts of Alex Turner in a mysterious hotel room.
- The perfect tune for: Remembering those special days…and nights
Ash – Daughter of Mars
- Taken from the album: 1977 (1996)
- An ode to an intergalactic lover, by young Tim Wheeler.
- The perfect tune for: Passing out in front of someone
Richard Ashcroft – A Song for Lovers
- Taken from the album: Alone with Everyone (2000)
- Britain’s greatest romantic ballad sends one for you all.
- The perfect tune for: A windswept evening full of romance
The Beatles – something
- Taken from the album: Abbey Road (1969)
- George Harrison’s perfect song for his wife Patti.
- The ideal melody for: Contemplating your other half with admiration.
Biffy Clyro – Much Horror (When We Collide)
- Taken from the album: Only Revolutions (2009)
- One of the Biff’s fainting love anthems, impeccably performed.
- The ideal melody for: Holding hands in the pouring rain.
Blink-182 – I miss you

“Don’t waste your time on me / You’re already the voice in my head.” They can rock, but here’s one of their sweetest moments.
Blur – All The Way

“Well, you and I fell in love…” They came to an end…of what, though?
Bon Iver – Skinny Love

“In the morning, I’ll be with you / But it will be of another kind.” Justin Vernon rings the changes.
David Bowie – “Hero”

“I will be king / And you will be queen / Although nothing will keep them away / We can beat them – just for a day” Bowie’s most inspirational and anthemic lyrics which were the title track of his 1977 album .
Buzzcocks – Never fell in love with someone you shouldn’t have

Because sometimes you don’t have to go.
Vests – Lovefool

Sometimes love makes you stupid, yes.
Gerry Cinnamon – Belter

“She’s playing with lightning / I’m a hundred miles high / Unleash the thunder / Like a god in the sky.”
Coldplay-Fix You

A song of strength and support from Mr. Martin: “The lights will guide you home / And set your bones on fire / And I’ll try to fix you.”
Courteeners – That Kiss

Liam Fray sums up the perfect moment exactly: “We probably shouldn’t have danced to that song.”
The Cure – Lovesong

“As far as I am, I will always love you.” Robert Smith wrote this for his wife’s wedding present.
Darkness – I believe in a thing called love

They may be dumb, but this song is perfect.
Elbow – The Bones of You

“And I am five years ago / And three thousand miles away.” Because sometimes you can’t get rid of those memories.
Florence + The Machine – Cosmic Love

Mrs. Welch sings of heaven’s love.
Foo Fighters – Everlong

Dave Grohl’s most tender and moving moment: “If everything could be this real forever.”
Les Fratellis – Whistle For The Choir

“Is it out of place if I were to be bold and say ‘You’ll be mine’?”
Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats

Jose turns electropop into acoustic bliss with this cover of Knife.
Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine

“She has a smile that seems to me / Reminds me of childhood memories.” Axl Rose writes beautiful lyrics on a hard rock tune.
Ben Howard – Only Love

“And I’ll be yours to keep / A wind in the shadows, a whale’s song in the depths.”
Vance Joy – Riptide

“I swear she’s destined for the screen / The closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer you ever seen, oh.”
The Killers – Read My Mind

“Can you read my mind?” Yes, try to understand what they think…
Kings Of Leon – On Call

Caleb is here for you. Even if he doesn’t look happy about it…
The Kooks – Naive

It sounds like an awkward relationship about to kick off.
The Lumineers – Ho Hey

“I belong to you, you are with me, you are my darling”
The Maccabees – Kisses toothpaste

“Rock me, I’ll rock you / I’ll win your heart with a woop-a-woo!” God, we miss those guys.
Mass Attack – Unfinished Synpathy

“You are the book that I opened / And now I must know much more.”
Muse – Happiness

Everything about you is so easy to love, says Matt Bellamy.
Nothing But Thieves – Real Love Song

“I got something about you, and it won’t go away,” sings Conor Mason, as he names all the ways his love is “real” — which includes listening to a lot of Nick Cave.
Oasis – Slide Away

“Let me be the one / that shines with you.” An epic love song from the Gallaghers, in this standout track from their debut album Definitely Maybe.
Razorlight – Golden Touch

Calm down Johnny! Take a cold shower or something.
Shed Seven – Chasing Rainbows

Rick Witter gets mad for someone.
Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight Tonight

Those strings! Marry me now!
The Smiths – There’s a light that never goes out

“What if a double-decker bus / Crashes into us / Dies by your side / Is such a heavenly way to die.” The most unlikely romantic feeling ever. courtesy of this track from the Queen Is Dead album.
Snow Patrol – Race

Others may try to top it, but the original is perfect.
The Stone Roses – Sally Cinnamon

Since the early years of the Roses. Is it a true story or just a found letter? “Then I put the letter back / Where it was found / In a jacket pocket / On a train in town.”
Suede – Stay Together

Brett Anderson sure knows how to do the heartbreaking anthem.
Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition

For some reason, this sums up a great summertime romance perfectly.
La Verve – Sonnet

“Yes, there is love if you will / Don’t sound like a sonnet, my lord.” Ashcroft breaks our hearts again.
Viola Beach – The Singing Boys

“And she told me she loved a boy who could sing / So I learned to sing.”
The Wannadies – You and Me Song

“You and me / Forever / And forever.” A good piece for when you’re at the top of your game.
Paul Weller – You Do Something To Me

The Modfather is all special in this timeless song from his 1995 album Stanley Road.
The White Stripes – Fell in love with a girl

It bears repeating.
Wolf Alice – Don’t Suppress Kisses

“Me and you were meant to be in love,” Ellie Rowsell sings in this shy, melancholic love token. “I look at your picture and I smile / Is it awful? I’m like a teenager / I might as well write all over my notebook.
Wolfman with Pete Doherty – For Lovers

“I’m running away with you / That’s all I do.” One of Pete’s sweetest moments.
Yeah yeah yeah – Cards

“Wait… they don’t love you like I love you.” So emotional, Karen O burst into tears.
Les Zutons – Valerie

The original version of this happy indie hit.