21 Irresistible Songs About Cheating

By Nancy Einhart
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If infidelity is bad, then why are songs about it so damn good? Without infidelity, our lives would be lacking the 21 excellent songs featured on this playlist. We'd miss out on such classic pop songs as "Irreplaceable" and "Cry Me a River," not to mention countless country anthems and irreverent rock and soul songs that celebrate or warn against cheating. Like movies about cheating, music has an uncanny ability to capture the sadness, anger, betrayal, giddiness, and guilt around infidelity. To borrow a phrase from a Luther Ingram song featured on this playlist, if loving songs about cheating is wrong, I don't want to be right.

  1. "Irreplaceable," Beyoncé
  2. "Wife Sitter," Swamp Dogg
  3. "Cheat," Jenny Toomey
  4. "Call Your Girlfriend," Robyn
  5. "Stay With Your Wife," Sheba Potts-Wright
  6. "We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning," Gram Parsons
  7. "Seeing Other People," Belle & Sebastian
  8. "Dirty Work," Steely Dan
  9. "Get Big," Okkervil River
  10. "How Do You Feel About Foolin' Around," Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson
  11. "Does He Love You?" Rilo Kiley
  12. "Cheating," The Animals
  13. "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right," Luther Ingram
  14. "The Other Woman," Loretta Lynn
  15. "Before He Cheats," Carrie Underwood
  16. "Cry Me a River," Justin Timberlake
  17. "Me and Mrs. Jones," Billy Paul
  18. "Jolene," Dolly Parton
  19. "Back Door Man," The Doors
  20. "Same Girl," R. Kelly, Usher
  21. "Angel in Your Arms," Millie Jackson

Click on the Spotify playlist below to listen or follow it on Spotify, along with our other POPSUGAR Love and Sex-curated playlists.