# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/41 "2011-06-03T14:32:26Z")
Alison Krauss-“Looking in the Eyes of Love” > [@](#): > > Looking in the eyes of love I can see forever > I can see you and me walking in this old world together > Lord my heart’s found a home > I’ve been dreaming of > Now that I’ve found you > I’m looking in the eyes of love Blues Traveler-“The Best Part” > [@](#): > > You see my engines blown and it is time to punt > And there’s an element of danger pulling off this stunt > But the survey says that I don’t seem to mind > And you’re the adventure I’m trying to find > There’s a whole lot of things that other people have said > But I don’t care if I’m correct or if it’s all in my head > So damn the torpedoes and cock a doodle-doo! > And to top it all of you know the best part is… > That I love you Rufus-“Walkin’ In the Sun” > [@](#): > > Oh, the wind is at my back > And I’m sailin’ on a ship that’s overdue > Well I’ve blown so many chances > I ain’t gonna blow this one with you > I’ve seen enough bad times to know > Good times have begun > And even a blind man can tell when he’s walkin’ in the sun Catie Curtis-“Kiss that Counted” > [@](#): > > You say, “It must be 4 AM” > And I say, “If I don’t kiss you now > I will never sleep again” > > Yours was the kiss that counted > The one that mattered > My life before me undone > This would be the kiss that counted > The one that shattered my defenses > Bringing me emotion and devotion Cheryl Wheeler-“Gandhi/Buddha” > [@](#): > > I must’ve been Gandhi or Buddha or someone like that, > I must’ve saved lives by the hundreds everywhere I went. > I must’ve brought rest to the restless, fed the hungry too, > I must’ve done something great to get to have you. David Wilcox-“Kindness” > [@](#): > > Yes I love your beauty > I love your sexy moves > But more I love your honesty > You always tell the truth > I love your vision of the future > Your hope that never dies > But it’s your kindness that clears my skies Hothouse Flowers-“Your Love Goes On” > [@](#): > > Set me free, let me know > When I’m dying, let me grow > Push me up, don’t let me fall > You give me the best damn thing of all > > Your love goes on and on… Josh Rouse-“It Looks Like Love” > [@](#): > > She sends a little photograph > That she shot in the nude > She doesn’t wear a conscience > She doesn’t play by rules > She turn me on with it every night > And in the daytime too > I’m flying at her like I never played > Like some clueless fool > > There goes that melancholy feeling again > It looks like love is gonna find a way > And just when you stop believing in it > It looks like love is gonna show its face > Hey hey hey Kate Wolf-“Give Yourself to Love” > [@](#): > > I’ve walked these mountains in the rain and learned to love the wind; > I’ve been up before the sunrise to watch the day begin. > I always knew I’d find you, though I never did know how; > Like sunshine on a cloudy day, you stand before me now. > > You must give yourself to love if love is what you’re after; > Open up your hearts to the tears and laughter, > And give yourself to love, give yourself to love. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/42 "2011-06-03T14:54:44Z")
I made a list of all my favorite love songs that didn’t involve breaking up, unrequited love, or loving so much it hurt. It was still pretty long, so I weeded out all the ones with even a modest twinge of longing, as that adds a bit too much poignancy to really be considered a _happy_ love song (even if they weren’t sad either). That left me with just a few: [G. Love & Special Sauce - Baby’s Got Sauce](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDqADZygseM) [I’m Just a Lucky So and So (here done by Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCjiBvLOgz4) [Boyz II Men - I’ll Make Love To You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV8vB1BB2qc) (the ultimate in 90s baby-making music!) ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/43 "2011-06-03T15:16:54Z")
:smack: Forgot me some Van Morrison [Crazy Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DQgasMmtcs&feature=fvst) ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/44 "2011-06-03T15:43:48Z")
“Walking on Sunshine” - Katrina and the Waves ---
**Author:** ![Parenchyma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Parenchyma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parenchyma)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/45 "2011-06-03T16:21:41Z")
Talking Heads’ [Naive Melody (This Must be the Place)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2s7UHUrBw) > [@](#): > > Out of all those kinds of people > You got a face with a view > I’m just an animal looking for a home > Share the same space for a minute or two > And you love me till my heart stops > Love me till I’m dead > Eyes that light up, eyes look through you > Cover up the blank spots > Hit me on the head > ah ooh ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/46 "2011-06-03T16:42:17Z")
> [@Parenchyma](#): > > Talking Heads’ [Naive Melody (This Must be the Place)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf2s7UHUrBw) Absolutely!! Plus, _Lovesong_ by The Cure > [@](#): > > However far away > I will always love you > However long I stay > I will always love you > Whatever words I say > I will always love you > I will always love you [Copied from MetroLyrics.com](http://www.metrolyrics.com/love-song-lyrics-the-cure.html#ixzz1OERfMjBn) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/47 "2011-06-03T17:03:41Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > [“In Spite of Ourselves”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8) by John Prine and Iris Dement And speaking of John Prine… “Unlonely”. (John Prine is not the first person who comes to mind when you think “happy love songs”… but there’s something endearing about this rather grumpy and sardonic guy doing a love song.) "[You Make Me Feel Good"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E7iqWfWsOw)by the Zombies. [“Surprise, Surprise”](http://www.lyricstime.com/caravan-surprise-surprise-lyrics.html) and “[Love To Love You (and Tonight Pigs Will Fly)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvoknnosdE)” by Caravan [“Michelle’s Song”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUAyhErcciQ) by Elton John [“Emily’s Song”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAWWR7g7vAE) by the Moody Blues. (This one, however, is about a father’s love for his infant daughter.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/48 "2011-06-03T17:10:39Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > 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. I didn’t realize there was a recent song titled “Hallelujah”. So I was wondering why the Ray Charles [song](http://www.lyricsdepot.com/ray-charles/hallelujah-i-love-her-so.html) didn’t qualify as a happy love song. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/49 "2011-06-03T21:56:04Z")
Frente doing [Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depxWQ-okWM) from the Flintstones. Can’t get sappier than that, but they make it sound really good. ---
**Author:** ![LibraSEG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@LibraSEG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibraSEG)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/50 "2011-06-04T21:49:05Z")
You Without Me by Eddie Tadross A seriously under-appreciated song and singer. This song just makes me smile no matter what. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdTnVxGLdS0&feature=BFa&list=FLSjFrlFgkC5M&index=12](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdTnVxGLdS0&feature=BFa&list=FLSjFrlFgkC5M&index=12) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/51 "2011-06-05T00:01:36Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > [_Top Of The World_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crWGGy2oBT0) This was my first thought too Others I like include _The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)_ - Juice Newton _You_ - The Carpenters _Morning Train (Nine To Five)_ - Sheena Easton ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/52 "2011-06-05T00:18:12Z")
“Close To You” - Carpenters. “Because” - Dave Clark Five. “Happy Together” - Turtles. Any of a dozen early Beatles songs. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/53 "2011-06-05T00:24:16Z")
Nuts, should have read the other posts first. Strong second for “My Girl.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/54 "2011-06-05T01:50:02Z")
Happy Together! I just love the Turtles, they had a lot of great songs. This Will Be. An everlasting love, so sweet and optimistic. At Last by Etta James - maybe not happy, it’s beyond happy into, well, ecstasy. We’ll Sing In The Sunshine - hey, it’s really happy if you don’t pay close attention to the words! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/55 "2011-06-05T02:42:49Z")
“Whenever I see your smiling face, I have to smile myself, because I love you.” Smiling Face, James Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/56 "2011-06-05T15:12:57Z")
Matt White [Best Days](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfchPk4t8Ks) _Do you believe In love at first sight? I think you do We’re lying naked under the covers Those are the best days of my life_ Jack Johnson [Better Together](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57d4_b_YgI) \*I believe in memories They look so, so pretty when I sleep Hey now, and when I wake up, You look so pretty sleeping next to me But there is not enough time, And there is no, no song I could sing And there is no, combination of words I could say But I will still tell you one thing We’re better together. \* Joshua Radin [Lovely Tonight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snf5vOAZrMM) _You are lovely tonight You, dear, will guide me into the morning light You are lovely tonight Lay here beside me - I see the rest of my life with you_ Marc Broussard [Where You Are](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnTYNGcQFAo) \* Your skin is like the moonlight Dancing in the midnight Your touch is sweet as candy Your kisses they taste so fine, so fine and I want to love you better You don’t have to be alone I want to let you know forever’s waiting right here at home\* ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/57 "2011-06-06T17:14:11Z")
“[She’s Just My Style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ntCcf9Ewk)” by Gary Lewis & the Playboys “[Colours](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqnLYsvRwtM)” by Donovan "[Reasons for Waiting"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iybAyDFrhhI) by Jethro Tull ---
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“Some Kind of Wonderful” by Grand Funk Railroad _When I hold her in my arms, You know she sets my soul on fire. Oooh, when my baby kisses me, My heart becomes filled with desire. When she wraps her lovin’ arms around me, About drives me out of my mind. Yeah, when my baby kisses me, Chills run up and down my spine._ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/59 "2011-06-06T21:09:17Z")
[Humdrum](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Co2fVMWTNs), by the Corrs. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070/60 "2011-06-06T21:32:13Z")
“Cinammon Girl” by Neil Young. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdtUDaBfRA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-happy-love-songs/584070.md?page=4)