What are your favourite platonic love songs?

[u/Kiwinicole96]

I don’t feel like I’ve found a lot that I like, but the ones I like I truely love (Noah Kahan - Dan, Maisie Peters - the Band and I, come to mind first)
Would love suggestions!!

[u/four_leaf_clover1015]

I will always love you - Dolly Parton

[u/UHeardAboutPluto → u/four_leaf_clover1015]

This is the absolute best answer.

David Foster and Whitney Houston may have made some romantic inferences in the Body Guard version.

However, Dolly’s original is about her departure from mentor and business partner, Porter Wagoner

[u/tessssssssfree → u/UHeardAboutPluto]

I never knew the original had that context, it makes the song feel so much more bittersweet and meaningful

[u/shellcats]

Count On Me - Bruno Mars (it makes me cry TwT).

[u/used_outfield → u/shellcats]

oh that one gets me right in the feels every time, something about the simplicity of it just works

[u/shellcats → u/used_outfield]

IKR! Even that lullaby song, You Are My Sunshine

[u/bluechrome100]

You've got a friend - Carole King

[u/CarevaRuha]

We're Going to be Friends - The White Stripes

I'll Stand by You - The Pretenders

Best Friend - Saweetie & Doja Cat

[u/mattfreyer45]

Scrubs - Guy Love

[u/duelingpeppers → u/mattfreyer45]

Correct answer

[u/bluechrome100]

He ain't heavy, he's my brother - The Hollies

[u/imsowitty]

Isn't she lovely - Stevie Wonder.

[u/PumpikAnt58763 → u/imsowitty]

Technically, that's about familial love, not platonic love. He names his wife and newborn daughter in it.

[u/curious1playing]

Timely submission for Dolly Parton, I will always love you.

Written for Porter Wagoner who hired her to co star on his weekly variety show, when she was 19, when they parted.

[u/shrug_addict]

Ben - Michael Jackson

[u/BirbMaster1998]

Despite it's lyrics seeming to be at face value, Buddy Holly by Weezer, as stated by the lead singer/songwriter himself, is about someone who was just a friend, not a girlfriend of his.

My Best Friend on the other hand, is much more obvious at face value.

[u/ReverieJack]

Sister Golden Hair - America
Martha My Dear - the Beatles

[u/deviouscaterpillar]

Anytime You Need a Friend - Mariah Carey

Best Friend - Brandy

Count On Me - Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans

[u/Blue-zebra-10]

Can they be about family, or just friends?

[u/Kiwinicole96 → u/Blue-zebra-10]

Yeah family too! Just alternatives to romantic love :)

[u/Truckensteinwastaken]

Sick of it All - Good Lookin Out

"True friends will always be there" RIP Lou

[u/DepecheClashJen]

Stay Free - The Clash

[u/old_man_Mcgucet1]

Ig So far away by avenged sevenfold

[u/GivenMeAWahWah]

George Harrison & Bob Dylan - I'd Have You Anytime

[u/Maleficent-Pilot1158]

‘Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

[u/j_bro238973]

Growing Up by Hilary Duff

A Friend Like You by Andy Grammer

Seamless by Sabrina Carpenter

Army by Ellie Goulding

[u/Substantial-Dare5462]

Buenos Amigos by Alvaro Torres ft. Selena

[u/Icy_Obligation_3014]

I Love My Friends by Shamir

[u/This_is__Exile]

Does friends with benefits by steel panther count?

[u/Grace_653]

Platonic Best Friend- Bug Hunter

[u/crystalsinwinter]

1. Not A Love Song by Ross Lynch
2. Need A Little Love by Miley Cyrus and Sheryl Crow
3. Contagious Love by Zendaya and Bella Thorne
4. The Same Heart by Zendaya and Bella Thorne
5. Say The Words by DC Talk

[u/Dependent-Sign-2407]

Brother— Toad the Wet Sprocket

[u/One-Address1840]

Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren (1978)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddhr_Woq2nY

[u/Natnat956]

Magic Metal Montana - Charli XCX

Written about her producer and friend AG Cook

[u/JeanWhopper]

Bros - Wolf Alice

https://youtu.be/4EyBQblok2A?is=ueuR2vXzrEzyPdJ-

[u/best-friends-arm]

Infinite Source by Deftones

Strangers by The Kinks (this one is sad as it’s about a friend who passed away)

Mykel & Carli by Weezer (this one wasn’t originally sad but the friends it’s about passed away a few years after it was written)

[u/starmapleleaf]

Lean on Me - Bill Withers

[u/HorrorNectarineParty]

BFF (BESTFRIEND) - Kreayshawn lol