Reuniting with lost friends, lovers and family is often a blessing upon your day, dispelling the bleak and lonely voids born of social disconnection.
But when figures from our past haunt the background of our lives, appearing momentarily before being lost to the flood of faces again, sometimes it’s better not to have relaid eyes on them at all.
Our list of songs about seeing someone again covers it all, whether you’re reconnecting with friends after years of being apart, rekindling an old relationship or being followed by the daydreamed illusion of that one person you miss more than anything.
Songs About Seeing Someone Again
1. Grace Kelly – Good To See You Again
Grace Kelly’s 2022 track, Good To See You Again, blends a bright array of retro pop influences into a spellbinding modern mix.
This is one of those songs that carries an intoxicating summertime energy; the band capturing golden harmonies throughout every bar, before the saxophone outro solo dissolves into hypnotic, freestyle jazz.
Rich flavours harvested from the worlds of disco, R&B, soul and show-stopping 80s-style synth pop are overlayed masterfully upon a beat padded with bongos, giving refreshingly eclectic dimension to Grace Kelly’s naturally radiant sound.
This track was written during the pandemic as a reaction to the songwriter’s loss of contact with friends and fans.
Grace designs her lyrics to be cleverly conversational, relating not only to dire pandemic circumstances, but to any sun-beamed occasion letting you reconnect with someone for the first time in years.
2. Frank Sinatra – That Old Feeling
Frank Sinatra’s 1956 song, That Old Feeling, is swathed in the candlelit ambience of a bygone world, its sound evocative of late-night smokey jazz clubs occupied by the last dregs of men withered by loneliness and dreading the long, drunk walk home to nothing.
This is an anthem for old romantics who will never truly let go of what’s already gone, every time they’re met with the beautiful vision of their ex.
That Old Feeling progresses with a laid-back graduality, reflecting the narrator having all the time left in the world to lose himself in the endless thought of love, whilst before him stretches an endless expanse of loneliness instead;
“I saw you last night and got that old feeling… Once again I seemed to feel that old yearning, then I knew the spark of love was still burning, there’ll be no new romance for me, it’s foolish to start, ’cause that old feeling is still in my heart.”
3. Millie Jackson – Seeing You Again
Millie Jackson’s track Seeing You Again draws its power straight from the shattered soul of a heartbroken woman who unexpectedly catches a glimpse of her ex, sinking her deep beneath the waves of reminiscence upon the love they shared and ruined.
Millie opens her track with vibrant lyrics, capturing a darkly beautiful energy which echoes through every pulse, “Seeing you again was almost like the shock of snow in July,” her vocals inspired by the power of pain, threaded with the dreamy bliss of nostalgic memory.
Her lyrics paint a breathtaking scene and then carve it apart with heartbreak, crafting a cathartic soundtrack for any day overshadowed by the inescapable past;
“Seeing you again was almost like seeing sunrise in the west, I felt my body go weak all over and my, heart wasn’t strong enough to protest… I lost all my thoughts of other men from just seeing you again.”
4. Michael Bublé – I’ll Be Seeing You
I’ll Be Seeing You is a 1938 jazz song by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal.
This 1995 rendition by Michael Buble dusts the cobwebs from the orchestral jazzy ambience of the wartime era, its rosy harmony blending with Buble’s warm-hearted voice to create an uplifting take upon a song with a sad lyrical message.
This rendition is enchanting in every aspect, from its otherworldly sense of time-travel to the pure love entwined within every lyric.
Buble’s interpretation brightens the melancholy deeply settled within the track, transfers its lyrical meaning to a brighter place.
Lines which would usually reflect the ghostly embers of someone saying goodbye, instead transform to paint a picturesque scene of the day you finally reconnect with your lover or friend and tread your old footsteps together again; “I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places… In that small cafe, the park across the way.”
5. Billie Holiday – I’ll Be Seeing You
Billie Holiday’s 1944 rendition of the jazz track I’ll Be Seeing You is an absolutely stunning contrast to Buble’s luminescent interpretation.
Billie anchors this track in the pure sorrow majestically woven throughout the realms of jazz, summoning the song’s true, anguished meaning of seeing elusive flickers of your lover around you long after they’re gone.
She sings with the false, delusional sense of joy conjured by the shocking emptiness of heartbreak, which leads one to mindlessly reminisce and see their lost partner everywhere they should be, but no longer are;
“I’ll be finding you in the morning sun, and when the night is new, I’ll be looking at the moon, but I’ll be seeing you.”
6. Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth – See You Again
Wiz & Charlie slyly turn radio pop on its head in their 2015 hit, See You Again. They subdue their chorus entirely, letting it exist as a captivating sparse composition including only a piano lined by a powerful vocal hook, before electrifying every verse in a contrasting sunburst of energy.
This is a track about reconnecting with somebody you’ve been waiting to see for years, with the dream of keeping the relationship alive and strong despite differences arising between you in the past, its message secured in the honest, stable support of friendships;
“Who knew all the planes we flew, good things we been through, that I’d be standing right here talking to you… Something told me that it wouldn’t last, had to switch up, look at things different, see the bigger picture.”
7. Peaches & Herb – Reunited
Peaches & Herb’s 1978 track, Reunited is a soulfully retro R&B piece, crafted as a conversation between a separated couple meeting again in hopes of resparking their old relationship.
Peaches & Herb split their verses, showing how each half of the couple feels the same way after being faced with tumultuous breakup, followed by a span of reflection, loneliness and regret;
“I was a fool to ever leave your side, me minus you is such a lonely ride … I spent the evening with the radio, regret the moment that I let you go.”
The chorus stylistically connects the couple with a shared sentiment, making a song for any broken couple refreshing their relationship with peace and love;
“Reunited and it feels so good, reunited ‘cause we understood there’s one perfect fit, and sugar, this one is it, we’re both so excited ‘cause we’re reunited.”