# Most romantic song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679 "2003-02-12T22:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/1 "2003-02-12T22:23:27Z")
With Valentine’s Day coming up, what do you think is the most romantic song of all time? I’ve been challenged to write a short story for Valentine’s Day, I want to center it round a song which one character sends another when they are apart. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/2 "2003-02-12T22:26:46Z")
I’ve always liked Longer by Dan Fogelberg, Time In A Bottle by Jim Croce and Just the Way You Look Tonight by Jerome Kerns and Dorothy Fields. Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/3 "2003-02-12T22:29:07Z")
I didn’t fully read your second sentence. How about Somewhere Out There by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram. [lyrics](http://www.yimpan.com/Songsite/Lyric/index.asp?sid=6589). Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![I\_Brian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I\_Brian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Brian)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/4 "2003-02-12T22:31:47Z")
Most romantic song of all time? Why, that’s easy. “There’s no one quite like Grandma” by St. Winnifred’s School Choir. Second - “The Birdie Song”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/5 "2003-02-12T22:33:31Z")
“Je L’Aime a Mourir” - Francis Cabrel “Something” - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/6 "2003-02-12T22:39:18Z")
[_Come What May_](http://www.spynets.net/lyrics_details.php?ID=169). It was literally written for the purpose of communication when the lovers are apart. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/7 "2003-02-12T22:57:10Z")
These are all good, but my personal favorite is “Unchained Melody”. Gets me every time. ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/8 "2003-02-12T23:37:11Z")
I would say “Things We Said Today” by the Beatles. This should work for what you are looking for ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/9 "2003-02-12T23:48:23Z")
Certainly “Face Down, Ass Up” by 2 Live Crew must be in the top 5. ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/10 "2003-02-13T02:16:49Z")
Ooh, if it didn’t have to be for a story about separated lovers, I would nominate Suddenly Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors. As it is, I will second Unchained Melody. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Natural](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@Mr\_Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Natural)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/11 "2003-02-13T03:24:08Z")
“I Love You” by the Climax Blues Band ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/12 "2003-02-13T04:45:29Z")
Making Love Out of Nothing At All, Air Supply The Search is Over, Survivor Don’t Know Much, Linda Ronstat and Aaron Neville If you Say My Eyes Are Beautiful, Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/13 "2003-02-13T04:48:36Z")
I think that “Screaming Infidelities” by Dashboard Confessionald is pretty good. At least my GF seems to think so, as to quote her: “If you play that song for me, I will have sex with you.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/14 "2003-02-13T05:04:15Z")
Theme from “Elvira Madigan”, Mozart, Piano Concerto Number 21 in C Major. ---
**Author:** ![Liz03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Liz03](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liz03)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/15 "2003-02-13T05:11:28Z")
I think “I will be right there waiting for you” by Bryan Adams is a good one, it’s one of my favorite songs ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/16 "2003-02-13T05:44:02Z")
I’ve always liked “To Make You Feel My Love” and “The Red Strokes,” both by Garth Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/17 "2003-02-13T06:37:24Z")
“In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/18 "2003-02-15T02:30:27Z")
“Oh My Love” by John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/19 "2003-02-15T02:33:43Z")
As Time Goes By. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679/20 "2003-02-15T02:37:26Z")
I’ll third “Unchained Melody”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-romantic-song/154679.md?page=2)