33 Songs About First Love, from Puppy Love to Drivers License

What is the best song about first love?

"Fifteen" by Taylor Swift and "Teenage Dream" by Katy Perry are the best-known modern songs about first love, "Strawberry Wine" by Deana Carter is the country classic and "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo is the defining song about first heartbreak. For something older, "Puppy Love" and "Young Love" are the 50s and 60s originals.

Songs called First Love

1. "First Love", Adele: from her debut album, 19.
2. "First Love", Hikaru Utada: one of Japan's best-loved ballads.
3. "My First Love", Avant featuring KeKe Wyatt: an R&B duet from 2000.

Teenage and high school love songs

4. "Fifteen", Taylor Swift: a look back at a first high school romance.
5. "Our Song", Taylor Swift: a teen couple and the song they share.
6. "Love Story", Taylor Swift: a fairy-tale first romance.
7. "Teenage Dream", Katy Perry: young and carefree.
8. "Sk8er Boi", Avril Lavigne: a high school love story.
9. "What Makes You Beautiful", One Direction: a teen crush anthem.
10. "Hey There Delilah", Plain White T's: young love across the miles.
11. "Teenage Dirtbag", Wheatus: an awkward, hopeless crush.
12. "Crush", Mandy Moore: a bubbly early-2000s crush song.

Classic songs about young love

13. "Puppy Love", Paul Anka: written about Annette Funicello, later a hit for Donny Osmond.
14. "Young Love", Sonny James: a 1957 number one.
15. "I Want to Hold Your Hand", The Beatles: innocent early romance.
16. "Be My Baby", The Ronettes: the girl-group classic.
17. "Wouldn't It Be Nice", The Beach Boys: young lovers impatient to grow up.
18. "My Girl", The Temptations: pure Motown joy.
19. "Brown Eyed Girl", Van Morrison: memories of a young romance.
20. "Your Song", Elton John: a young man's simple, heartfelt love song.
21. "Only You", The Platters: a 50s doo-wop classic.

Country songs about first love

22. "Strawberry Wine", Deana Carter: a summer romance and a coming of age.
23. "Something Like That", Tim McGraw: a first summer romance.
24. "Butterflies", Kacey Musgraves: the jittery feeling of new love.
25. "Remember When", Alan Jackson: a whole love story from the very beginning.
26. "Fishin' in the Dark", Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: a summer-night romance.

Nostalgic first love songs

27. "Summer of '69", Bryan Adams: a first band and a first love.
28. "Jack & Diane", John Mellencamp: two teenagers in a small town.
29. "Night Changes", One Direction: young love and time passing.
30. "Summer Nights", from Grease: two sides of a summer fling.

Songs about first heartbreak

31. "Drivers License", Olivia Rodrigo: the first heartbreak anthem of a generation.
32. "The First Cut Is the Deepest", Sheryl Crow: her take on a Cat Stevens song.
33. "Happier", Ed Sheeran: seeing an old love happy with someone new.

Marrying your first love

For couples who married their high school sweetheart, the right song often comes from the year they met. "Remember When", "Fifteen" and "Your Song" work for an anniversary slideshow, and the song from your prom or first date is even better. See our anniversary songs for more.

First love songs for prom or homecoming

"Teenage Dream", "Love Story", "What Makes You Beautiful" and "Night Changes" are still prom staples, decades or years after their release. See our prom songs for more.

Songs about a first crush

A crush comes before the relationship, and these songs live in that nervous in-between: "Crush", "Teenage Dirtbag", "Butterflies" and "What Makes You Beautiful". They are fun picks for a teen party or a lighthearted slideshow of school photos.

First love songs for a reunion

For a high school reunion playlist, mix the hits from your graduation year with first love favorites like "Summer of '69", "Jack & Diane", "Fifteen" and "Strawberry Wine". Expect a few people to sing every word and a few others to quietly look across the room.

A first love from a parent's view

Watching a son or daughter fall in love for the first time is its own feeling. Parents often share "Fifteen" with a teenager going through a first heartbreak, since it looks back on that age with kindness. For more, see our songs for my daughter.

First love vs falling in love

Songs about first love look back at something young and new, often with nostalgia; songs about falling in love capture the feeling at any age. For the second kind, see our songs about falling in love, and for the one you are sure of, our songs about soulmates.

Why first love songs stay with us

First love usually happens in our teens, when music matters most, so the songs from that time become tied to the memory for good. Hearing one years later can bring back a face, a car or a summer night in seconds, which is why these songs show up at reunions, anniversaries and milestone birthdays.

A song for your first love

If you are still with your first love, a personalized song can tell your story from the beginning: where you met, the first date, the song on the radio and everything since. It makes a moving anniversary or Valentine's Day gift.

How to create a love song

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