# What are your favorite HAPPY love songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070 "2011-06-02T09:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/1 "2011-06-02T09:10:29Z")
Love songs that make you smile and maybe even tear up because they seem to capture that feeling of love so well. No emo or sadness allowed! “Hallelujah” and “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” are both banned. 🙂 My personal favorites are: “When I’m 64”. I know some people think it’s sappy, but it tugs at my heartstrings. The idea of wanting to happily grow old with your beloved is just so perfectly captured in this song. “You and I”. My friends played this at their wedding and it was lovely. I love the simplicity and the silliness of it. PS - I promise I will listen to every song posted. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/2 "2011-06-02T09:11:38Z")
Lou Reed, “Perfect Day.” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/3 "2011-06-02T09:44:19Z")
[_Top Of The World_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crWGGy2oBT0) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/4 "2011-06-02T09:49:26Z")
[Young Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz-FoGp3p0s), Mystery Jets. It’s actually not a happy _love_ song, since he never gets the girl: he wrote her number on his hand “but it came off in the rain”. But it’s pretty much the happiest song I’ve ever heard. And for a pop song it’s surprisingly musically sophisticated - the more you listen to it, the more layers are revealed. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/5 "2011-06-02T11:08:38Z")
My Girl - The Temptations (written by Smokey) Motown is full of these. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/6 "2011-06-02T11:14:11Z")
[“In Spite of Ourselves”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8) by John Prine and Iris Dement ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/7 "2011-06-02T11:21:04Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > [“In Spite of Ourselves”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8) by John Prine and Iris Dement That made me laugh out loud. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/8 "2011-06-02T12:10:26Z")
_Make Me Smile_, Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/9 "2011-06-02T12:45:43Z")
[Don’t Get Me Wrong](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Bj8wrXslk) by The Pretenders ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/10 "2011-06-02T12:52:41Z")
Everybody, Ingrid Michaelson Banana Pancakes, Jack Johnson Do You Remember, Jack Johnson What I Like About You, The Romantics ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/11 "2011-06-02T13:02:44Z")
There’s a ton of songs from the 1920s-30s that are all about how adorable and sweet the man one loves is – they’re so cute, and you don’t really get songs praising men for being sweet nowadays. [Lovable and Sweet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p1b6ydes9s) is the best example. And I love singing this song – [Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJufqP6sHDQ) > [@](#): > > The coffee is steaming, > Oh boy what I’m dreaming > While I’m cooking breakfast > For the one I love. > My baby likes bacon, > And that’s what I’m making! > While I’m cooking breakfast > For the one I love. > Our life has been so nice and chummy > Right from the start > When I won his tummy, I won his heart. > My baby is happy, no wonder I’m happy > While I’m cooking breakfast for the one I love. So cute! ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/12 "2011-06-02T13:28:31Z")
_Life, in a Nutshell_ - Barenaked Ladies _Hey Julie_ - Fountains of Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/13 "2011-06-02T13:44:33Z")
You’re The One That I Want I Just Called to Say I Love You ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/14 "2011-06-02T13:55:32Z")
It’s goofy, but I love “The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA”. Shoot me. I also love “All I Want Is You”, first heard it in _Juno_. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/15 "2011-06-02T13:59:53Z")
Is “Time in a Bottle” happy? I love that song, but the mere fact of my love for it makes me think it must be, at best, bittersweet if not downright melancholy. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/16 "2011-06-02T14:00:20Z")
Smile by Uncle Kracker _You make me dance like fool, Forget how to breathe Shine like gold, Buzz like a bee Just the thought of you can drive me wild Oh, you make me smile_ TJ McCloud is also great, almost all of his songs are sweetly sentimental. Another Day in Love is especially nice: _He smiles and he makes a joke about her freckles And for miles they drive singing love song all the way Her feet up on the dashboard Leaving footprints on the glass It’s just a, another day in love_ I am kind of crazy about making happy CD mixes for the car, let me know if you want me to PM you any playlists, don’t want to hijack the thread unnecessarily! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/17 "2011-06-02T14:02:34Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > _Hey Julie_ - Fountains of Wayne > [@](#): > > They got me running round in circles like a dog around a track > But when I get back home you’re always there to rub my back Love that song! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/18 "2011-06-02T14:02:53Z")
Please remember not to quote more than one verse of any song. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/19 "2011-06-02T15:39:52Z")
_Silly Love Songs_ ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/20 "2011-06-02T23:46:52Z")
“Then He Kissed Me” by the Crystals: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cE_jOD2Fxvs/hqdefault.jpg "Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE_jOD2Fxvs) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070.md?page=2)