# Challenge: the perfect love song

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-the-perfect-love-song/432452 "2008-01-05T23:47:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-the-perfect-love-song/432452/41 "2008-01-08T14:34:07Z")

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[QUOTE=ianzin]  
If you want something slightly more contemporary, albeit still over 25 years old, I’d suggest **“Songbird”** , a song usually credited to ‘Fleetwood Mac’ (‘Rumours’, of course) but it’s really a solo Christine McVie piece and should be credited as such. She wrote it, she sang it, she played the solo piano. And it’s very, very hard to beat.  
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I agree. It’s tough to come up with songs that aren’t schmaltzy and don’t express pain or heartbreak in some way…and this is one of them. Beautiful and pure.

I probably would never have thought of this song if I hadn’t just heard it on the radio, but Roxy Music’s **More Than This** is a classic.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-the-perfect-love-song/432452/42 "2008-01-08T15:03:21Z")

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[QUOTE=blondebear]  
“I Will” from The White Album.  
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Seconded!

Also:

**“God Only Knows”** by the Beach Boys ([lyrics](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beach+boys/god+only+knows_20013843.html))  
**“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy”** by Blood, Sweat, & Tears ([lyrics](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/blood_sweat_tears/youve_made_me_so_very_happy.html))  
**“Lovely Day”** by Bill Withers ([lyrics](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/rollbounce/lovelyday.htm))  
**“I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)”** by Stevie Wonder ([lyrics](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/steviewonder/ibelievewhenifallinloveitwillbeforever.html))

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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-the-perfect-love-song/432452/43 "2008-01-08T15:46:17Z")

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[QUOTE=Misnomer]  
**“I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)”** by Stevie Wonder ([lyrics](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/steviewonder/ibelievewhenifallinloveitwillbeforever.html))  
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Another good Stevie Wonder song for this would be [For Once In My Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUAy2EYcG0I).

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