# Why Are So Many Pop Songs About Romantic Love?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-pop-songs-about-romantic-love/759735 "2016-07-12T18:11:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-pop-songs-about-romantic-love/759735/41 "2016-07-14T10:22:40Z")

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Ah yes, inspirational songs are some of my favorites and you usually get the best ones during kids movies.

Stan Bush used to be the king of that kind of stuff during the 80s. He was your go-to guy for inspirational montage music. Although the biggest hit from that sub-genre ever is Eye of the Tiger, of course.

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**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-pop-songs-about-romantic-love/759735/43 "2016-07-19T23:37:20Z")

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Speaking of 80s genre non-trad music topics, there was a movie from 2006 called BoyTown, named after a fictional huge boy band from the 80s. When the band members hit middle age, they decided they could still do boy band schtick but aim it at middle-aged mums.

Here is [Special Time of the Month](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6SyUySsxyg), an, er, unusual topic for a pop song.

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