Music Blogs

Top 15 Love Songs of All Time

Posted Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:41am PST by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

On Valentine's Day you won't find a shortage of love songs. You'll hear them on the radio all day long, and just about every blogger breathing oxygen will have their own special Valentine's Day list. I'm just one of them.

This list of love songs is not compiled based on sales or votes, but on my own personal ideas about what makes a timeless love song. 

When selecting these songs I required each one to be an uplifting or positive love song. There are so many great songs about heartbreak and longing, but I tried to focus on songs that convey a feeling of being in love. The very best of these were inspired by the songwriter's real life feelings about someone, and although I will admit a couple of them may rub up close to the cheese-line, there's no denying every song conveys the emotion of romantic love powerfully.

So although your personal picks will be different than mine, this playlist is a perfect listen on Valentine's Day.

Top 15 Love Songs of All Time

   1. At Last - Etta James   

   2. I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone   

   3. I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For Cutie   

   4. Let's Stay Together - Al Green   

   5. L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole   

   6. You Send Me - Sam Cooke   

   7. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley   

   8. Have I Told You Lately? - Van Morrison   

   9. Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson   

   10. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers   

   11. My Girl - The Temptations   

   12. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack   

   13. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton   

   14. Fever - Peggy Lee   

   15. Forever And Ever, Amen - Randy Travis

31 Comments

1. Yahoo! Music User -
Aw jeez...I sure will be glad when this Hallmark holiday is over!

2. DUDE -
I agree with #1....Let's all get laid and be done with it!!

3. Yahoo! Music User -
Thanks for the advice, DUDE. I just got done and I am smoking a cigarette.......Hey, wait!.....Was that supposed to involve another person?

4. Yahoo! Music User -
Okay, okay!!! My wife got upset and wanted me to tell everyone that I was just joking around and I am actually happily married to a beautiful lady....Sorry!

5. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Good list Robert, and nice comments by our favorite posters, DUDE and jake.

But I question why Marvin Gaye isn't on the list, and...if this gets posted on the Yahoo! front page, I predict a lot of:

"Etta sucks" comments.

6. Yahoo! Music User -
i like heart break songs better than lovey-dovey songs

7. Yahoo! Music User -
where is "The Rain Song" and "Thank You", from Led Zeppelin?

8. mRsZ.Me-AmAZing -
this aint nun up to date put som recently songs on there

9. Yahoo! Music User -
ok cool now we can get on with our lives knowing these wonderful love songs!

10. Dadd -
I;m lost! is romance still alive in this 21st century Lieway: of life.

11. Yahoo! Music User -
nothing

12. sattar b -
keep pece alwas in world

13. Yahoo! Music User -
where is Metallica or Rush in all of this .....its a crime

14. Danielle -
I love dancing with the dogs and the dish towel as I listened, Great picks for this ole romantic

15. dorothea g -
Love is hard to find in this day and age.Hopefully everone will find happyness in life.

16. janicec -
WHAT THE HECK ARE ALL OF YOU TALKING ABOUT!

17. janicec -
ELVIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SING A LOVE SONG.

18. Chris -
Thre Doors Down.. Here without you! You blew it! lol

19. Chris -
"THREE" lol

20. Chris -
Lenny Kravitz...Will I ever see you again?
Page:  1 | 2 
Leave Your Comment
You must sign in to leave a comment
Select a Blog Posts
And The Winner Is...
by Chris Willman
26
As Heard On...
by Rebecca Harper, Hulu
46
Chart Watch
by Paul Grein
141
Framed
by John Kordosh
119
GetBack
by Shawn Amos
332
Hip-Hop Media Training
by Billy Johnson, Jr.
221
List Of The Day
by Rob O'Connor
332
Maximum Performance
by Lyndsey Parker
167
Musictoob
by Andy Pemberton
181
New This Week
by Dave DiMartino
123
Reality Rocks
by Lyndsey Parker
579
Rock's Backpages
by Philip Norman (1970)
191
Stop The Presses!
by Us Magazine
85
That's Really Week
by Lyndsey Parker
124
The Blender Burner
by Blender Magazine
27
The MOJO Blog
by Bill DeMain
88
The NME Blog
by Luke Lewis
48
The Spin Blog
by David Marchese
77
The Y! Music Playlist Blog
by Robert of the Radish
514
Video Ga Ga
by Lyndsey Parker
70
Viva NashVegas
by Wendy Geller
58

For tenor from Malta, a star-making role?

AP
Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:01am PST

AP - There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generation… More »

More Music News