29 (More) Great Love/Missing You Songs [Exclusive]

I have to say that I am extremely surprised by the amount of attention our first installment of 29 Great Love/Missing You Songs (which you can check out HERE).  The amount of Google searches for things like “miss you songs” or “missing you songs” is almost astonishing!  We have even made the 1st page for searches, which as we all know, is the only ones we really look at.  This sort of makes me sad.  But it also makes me happy.  It is a juxtaposition between wondering if the hundreds of people looking something like this are either missing somebody they love and are currently associated with, or if they lost somebody special that they can never get back.  And in all actuality, both are fine reasons to find solace in music to sooth one’s soul.  Therefore, I am overall a very happy man to know that so many people are sharing and enjoying my wife and my opinions on great songs about love and longing.  So with that being said……

Today, as this post goes live, my wife and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary as a married couple.  That’s right, an entire decade of togetherness.  And if you remember the prouess of the last list of great tracks to miss some one to, it was for my wife’s 29th birthday (so systematically disregarded, but ultimately obvious).  And it doesn’t take a algerbra fanatic to understand that this means that my wife and I have been married since we were teenagers.  Well, you can know that of her, and assume the same for me.  Actually, I am 10 months younger than my wife (and yes, I rub it in her face every day we get closer to 30!), meaning I was 18 years old.  In fact, I was married to my wonderful wife exactly one week after I graduated from Kelso High School in 2003.  So yes, it has been a long time, and through thick and thin, we have prevailed as lovers and friends.

And so celebrate our love, and to share it with all of you, we have both conjoined thoughts and created another list of great songs to miss the one you love, or simply love the one you love.  I also obviously want to extend a warm and loving Anniversary announcement to my beautiful wife Melissa Trembath.  You are the countess of my heart, and my reason to intake oxygen and exude energy in any manner.  I am shit without you.  I hope you know this day in and day out.  I love you.

And the rest of you…….Enjoy!

Also be sure to check out our original 29 Great Love/Missing You Songs from last April.

*as always, this is not all inclusive, and in no apparent order.  i also realize that some of these choices might be a bit too “obvious” to the hipster crowd out there.  that being said, feel free to leave a comment or two with your own choices and maybe they could make the next round, should we have another round.  so again, enjoy!*

A Band Of Horses – “No Ones Going To Love You”

Andrew W.K. – “She Is Beautiful”

Avalanche City – “Love, Love, Love”

Banana and Louie – “Come Home Baby”

The Beach Boys – “God Only Knows”

Blitzen Trapper – “The Tree”

Cake – “I Want To Love You Madly”

The Cerny Brothers – “Don’t You Run Away From Me”

Death Cab For Cutie – “I Will Follow You In To the Dark”

The Decemberists – “I 4 U & U 4 Me”

Eagle Eye Cherry – “Save Tonight”

Elliott Smith – “Say Yes”

Everclear – “I Will Buy You A New Life”

Good Old War – “Loud Love”

The Head and the Heart – “Honey Come Home”

Iron & Wine – “Love and Some Versus”

Lotte Kestner – “Halo”

MGMT – “Electric Eel”

Motley Crue – “Without You”

Pete Droge – “If I Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)”

Pete Droge – “Beautiful Girls”

Pete Townsend – “Let My Love Open the Door”

Ray LaMontage – “You Are the Best Thing”

Ryan Adams – “Wish You Were Here”

Tonic – “Sugar”

Trespassers William – “Different Stars”

The Velvet Underground – “I’m Sticking With You”

Ween – “I’ll Miss You”

The Young Immortals – “Photograph”