This Post is for your opinion of the best love songs of all time. Note I said LOVE song and not an ANTI-LOVE song. Let’s keep it to love songs. This way for people like me who enjoy great love songs (I CAN’T be the only one) they can get exposure to great ones.
Top 5 Love Songs for me.
Nothing Else Matters- Metallica (their BEST song)
Here without you -3 Doors Down
3.If You’re not the one- Daniel Bedingfield
4.Journey- Open Arms, and Seperate Ways (tie)
5.NSync- Something Like you (Hey, give them props for their harmonies)
If You Leave Me Now—Chicago
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me–Johnny Mathis
Earth Angel–The Temptations
Bridge Over Troubled Water–Simon and Garfunkle
Almost Paradise–Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
Whenever You’re on my Mind- Marshall Crenshaw
Frederick-Patty Smith
Wonderful-Colin Blunstone
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me-Mel Carter
I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash
(If you ask me tommorrow, it’ll probably be 5 different songs)
The Way You Look Tonight–Tony Bennett
I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)–Stevie Wonder
Tupelo Honey–Van Morrison
Pictures of You–The Cure
With Or Without You–U2
The last two are because I have a taste for “tortured” love songs.
Till the Rivers All Run Dry - Don Williams
If You See Her, Say Hello - Bob Dylan
Picture of You (Without Me) - George Jones
Annie - Ronnie Lane
Nothin’s Gonna Pull Us Apart - Graham Parker
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
With Body and Soul - Bill Monroe
Ask - The Smiths (possibly stretching it a bit)
Are You The One That I’ve Been Waiting For - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Tracks of my Tears - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Most rock songs are lust songs. Love songs are quite rare.
Back in the day, the only true writer of love songs was John Sebastian with The Lovin’ Spoonful. “Darling, Be Home Soon” is the best and truest love song ever.
The naysayers are right that the Tin Pan Alley/Broadway songwriters (whose names you almost never hear) are better than 95% of the pop music writers. Anyone who’s watched all the different Disney flicks can tell instantly which one’s the wanted a pop star (Elton John, Sting, Phil Collins) and which ones were by the others.
We’ve Got Us - Steve and Eydie
Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straights
The look of Love - Dusty Springfield, has to be the greatest love song ever.
Looking throught the eyes of love - G
I just wanna make love to you - Etta James.Totally lust song.
It also depends upon the relationship, love can cover a lot of ground,
The Living Years - Mike & the Mechanics would not be considered a love song in many minds, but it is when you think more deeply.
RikWriter, I don’t think the Temptations wrote Earth Angel, although you might be saying that you like that version best. The writers are Jesse Belvin and Curtis Williamson.
The Penguins had the most remembered version of that song (IMHO)in 1955. I saw them in concert once! Here is a reference:
Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler? version
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - Righteous Brothers
Four Strong Winds - Ian & Sylvia
Time After Time - Tuck and Patty
Love Is Just a 4 Letter Word - Joan Baez version
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
This is a love song with so many aspects: between lovers, a mother/father first seeing a newborn; an adoptee or parent giving a child up for adoption, then reuniting.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
This is a love song with so many aspects: between lovers, a mother/father first seeing a newborn; an adoptee or parent giving a child up for adoption, then reuniting.
My one and only all time favourite love song that says all you need to say:
Stand By Me Ben E King.
When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we see
No, I won’t be afraid
Oh, I won’t be afraid
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me, so
Darling darling stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me