Connection is ingrained into our nature, so why is it so complicated to maintain?
From reconnecting with lost lovers, to sparking an internet relationship, our list of songs about connections will pair you with a song for your situation, no matter who you’re trying to get in touch with.
Songs About Connection
1. Electric Light Orchestra – Telephone Line
ELO’s iconic Telephone Line details a lonely night spent waiting by the phone waiting for your lover’s response.
In their authentic blend of vintage ambience overlayed with avant garde musical futurism, ELO’s track is a timeless work of art, tied together by the dialing tones of telephone connection, swelling Queen-like harmonies, backed by lush landscapes of strings interspersed with innovative synths and space-age sound effects.
Their heartbreaking message is linked to its lyrics, “Hello, how are you? Have you been alright through all those lonely nights? That’s what I’d say. I’d tell you everything, if you’d pick up that telephone … OK, so no one’s answering… I’ll just sit tight, through the shadows of the night, let it ring forever more.”
2. Adele – Hello
Adele’s #1 comeback song Hello seeks to reconnect with a lost lover by talking through all the residual trauma that’s been left rotting away inside your heart.
She calls to her ex after years of gut-wrenching disconnection, in a tired attempt to catch up on life and find some level ground in the aftermath of a relationship.
As always, Adele’s track is fuelled with raw emotion, its lyrics capturing the thoughts of anyone trying to respark a dim connection with your ex, for the sake of moving on.
3. OneRepublic – Connection
Connection by OneRepublic is about reconnecting with your old self to find a better future.
Between their lines of self-transformation, “Maybe I should try to find the old me, take me to the places and the people that know me,” OneRepublic embed the natural human longing for partnership in a world which, despite swarming with so many people, proves impossible to find meaningful and lasting connections within;
“These days, my waves get lost in the oceans, seven billion swimmers, man I’m going through the motions, sent up a flare, I need love and devotion… Real friends, good friends hard to find, lets face it.”
4. 6LACK – Disconnect
6LACK’s track Disconnect reverses the concept of connection. This track is beautifully subdued to show the lack of energy left within a disconnected relationship, while harnessing a sound that wavers and wanes in reflection of its lyrical story.
6LACK resists using aggression within his lyrics, while keeping his track tastefully sparse, as if half of it is purposely missing and lost with the faded connection.
This only makes Disconnect’s lyrics cut cleanly like a hot knife through the heart of his woman, “We got problems we ain’t gettin’ over, I think we breakin’ up… I think we had enough, like I can’t hear you, I’m falling out of love. I’m tryna work it out, but we got a disconnect.”
5. Elton John – Your Song
Elton John’s 1971 hit, Your Song, is often listed amongst the greatest love songs in the world, for its profound sense of true love – the deepest connection of all.
Elton’s bashful love-letter details his adoration in a way which is suggestive of having found ‘the one,’ “It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside, I’m not one of those who can easily hide … I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is when you’re in the world.
Your Song remains a breathtaking track about finding the person you want to spend your life with, centred around the honest communication that builds the foundation of any lasting connection.
6. Wilbur Soot – Your New Boyfriend
Internet sensation Wilbur Soot harkens back to the golden age of homemade YouTube content with his online hit, Your New Boyfriend.
As memeable as the track is, its indie rock soundscape houses a modern twist to ‘songs about connection.’
Soot crafts his lyrics around internet connection, specifically a futile attempt to win back your ex by sliding into their DMs, encrypting lines such as “But he’s in your bed and I’m in your Twitch chat … How on earth could I be saved, when I’m one click away from insane,” to tell the cruel life story of anyone who fails at connecting via the internet as much as in real life.
7. Justin Bieber – Company
Justin Bieber’s 2016 single Company is a song that hungers to deepen the connection between you and your crush, while eliminating the pressure of commitment which often hunts you down.
Bieber’s lyrics are cutely romantic enough to steal a girl’s heart, lapsed with a sense of honesty that could draw anyone under your spell, “Let’s end each other’s lonely nights, be each other’s paradise.”
Company is rich with the ambience of carefree summer nights, while showing even a loose connection can be just as nourishing and intimate as a profound, life-changing romance.
8. Dylan – Nothing Lasts Forever
Dylan centres her song around romance that spirals insufferably into disconnection. There are always two ends to a romantic connection, and sometimes one side becomes a little too attached, too quickly for the other to bear.
Nothing Lasts Forever describes that smothering feeling of a clingy partner whose instant ignition of love is too much to handle.
Dylan’s bubblegum pop hit is loaded with the biting, pessimistic notion that every connection will slowly rust with time, “You think that we’re falling into love, but I’m not, so get up. Don’t be so dramatic, come on get it together, when you gonna figure out that nothing ever lasts forever.”
9. Central Cee – Commitment Issues
Central Cee connects honestly with his girl through his grime track Commitment Issues, sparking a heart-to-heart about his inability to connect with any meaningful romantic depth.
He illustrates his commitment issues that are trailed by heartbreak and disaster, alongside his frail aspiration to dedicate loyalty to his relationship;
“I got commitment issues, but I’m tryna fix that for you.. I wanna be there for you, I knew that the day I saw you.. I gotta take my time with love so we gotta take it slow,” while starkly illuminating how music culture unceasingly breaks down connections, “Every time that I rap ‘bout hoes, I know that you hate those lyrics.
I don’t believe in love, but that doesn’t mean I don’t take you serious.” This is a song for anyone with too many connections in a culture that encourages excessive, fake love.