# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/21 "2011-06-03T01:02:40Z")
An oldie, but goodie: [Happy Together](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEURntrQOg), by The Turtles. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/22 "2011-06-03T01:04:47Z")
“I’ll Stand By You”-Pretenders “When You Love A Woman”-Journey ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/23 "2011-06-03T01:53:21Z")
“I Love You”, Climax Blues Band “When You’re Old and Lonely”, J.D. Souther “Fallin’ in Love”, Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds “Sweetheart”, Franke & The Knockouts ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/24 "2011-06-03T01:53:58Z")
[“Gamble Everything for Love”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reIDepQzVJY) by Ben Lee. Not mainstream, but a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/25 "2011-06-03T02:16:29Z")
Second Happy Together. Will add Natalie Cole’s [This Will Be.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0R8STZIxY) - This will be, you and me, yes-sir-ee, eternally Hugging and squeezing and kissing and pleasing Together forever, through rain or whatever\* And a special shout out to Earth Wind and Fire’s [September.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfLEc09tTjI) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/26 "2011-06-03T02:35:58Z")
_The Sweetest Thing I’ve Ever Known is Loving You_ by Juice Newton _Do Ya_ and _Hold Me_ by KT Oslin And I **was** was going to mention _The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA_ but **Zsofia** beat me to it, so nyeah! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/27 "2011-06-03T02:59:43Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > [“In Spite of Ourselves”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8) by John Prine and Iris Dement That was pretty awesome, and I need to get my folks to give it a listen. :p:p Here’s my contribution; makes me pumped every time I hear it, which is quite often; one of my favorite songs ever, and definitely top 5 or ten for love songs. 🙂 [This is my uploaded version, which is my favorite; I uploaded it because I couldn’t find a non-live version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVFGtzxRHdo) Not that there is anything wrong with him singing live… And currently there’s a version with him and Brian Wilson, with Wilson filling in a lot that apparantly _someone_ thought was missing. I so absolutely adore the song just as it is that I had to share that one first. 🙂 I hope you like it as much as I do. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/28 "2011-06-03T03:06:06Z")
That’s an easy one. The Cure- [Friday I’m In Love.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2nLEhUcZ0) Dressed up to the eyes It’s a wonderful surprise To see your shoes and your spirits rise Throwing out your frown And just smiling at the sound And as sleek as a sheik Spinning round and round Always take a big bite It’s such a gorgeous sight To see you eat in the middle of the night You can never get enough Enough of this stuff It’s Friday, I’m in love That part and the little laugh at the end make me giggle every time. (^\_^) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/29 "2011-06-03T03:14:36Z")
Be My Baby, the Ronettes ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/30 "2011-06-03T03:17:58Z")
This isn’t just the happiest love song ever, it’s the happiest anything ever [“I’m Into Something Good”, Herman’s Hermits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV1WHC4NLA0) ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/31 "2011-06-03T03:38:32Z")
Pure joy: [Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bAliqnJMGI) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/32 "2011-06-03T03:41:57Z")
It’s silly but I like [λ♥[love]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mktl_7Hr4GA). ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/33 "2011-06-03T03:55:12Z")
“Let’s Stay Together” -Al Green HazelNutCoffee, Wikipedia lists over 30 “You and I”'s. Which is your favorite? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/34 "2011-06-03T05:09:16Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > Pure joy: [Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bAliqnJMGI) Oooh, another great call! I haven’t heard that one in a long time; time to remedy that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/35 "2011-06-03T05:24:45Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > “Let’s Stay Together” -Al Green > > HazelNutCoffee, Wikipedia lists over 30 “You and I”'s. Which is your favorite? Ingrid Michaelson. Although I also like Wilco’s. I’ll be away for the long weekend (it’s Memorial Day here) but I’ll have a lovely playlist for next week thanks to this thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/36 "2011-06-03T05:59:34Z")
**installLSC** , I actually owned that Herman’s Hermits record. I loved it and I’m not ashamed. Love songs are rare for her, but these two bring a smile to my face every time. Love the circus/waltzy type music. (Don’t let the monsters scare you away, they have stories behind them that make them very cool once you know. To the uninitiated they’re weird and creepy, but they’re not.) [“Come Here”](http://youtu.be/hZEp5hZ1ij4) [“If Love Is A Game, I Win”](http://youtu.be/gcOzJ10iQAs) She has a few other “love songs” but they’re quite a bit weirder. Those are the most straightforward ones. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/37 "2011-06-03T06:54:20Z")
[I Only Want To Be With You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRLncsEC3LU) by Dusty Springfield ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/38 "2011-06-03T09:53:08Z")
Kiss Me by Sixpence [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YcNzHOBmk8) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/39 "2011-06-03T13:23:53Z")
Oh, I forgot, I also love “Lay You Down” by, er, Conway Twitty - the whole song is really sweet: “There’s so many ways your sweet love’s made this house into a home You’ve got a way of doing little things that turn me on Like standing in the kitchen in your faded cotton gown With your hair done up in curlers, I still love to lay you down” It’s really funny, because it’s all about “Hell, I’m just going to come out and say it, I love banging you!” but it’s about a real love through the decades and people who still desire each other. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/40 "2011-06-03T13:57:55Z")
[Hope For Us All](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX0lvw78NCQ) by Nick Lowe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070.md?page=3)