All Rights Reserved. ), Warning: If you've never heard this song by Peter Gabriel before, it'll likely bring you to tears. Not sure we need to say anything further. The key changes. Prince’s 11 minutes of pure passion about being with the one you love as the world comes to an end was originally supposed to be a collab with Stevie Nicks. A list of love songs wouldn't be complete without the incorrigibly smooth sounds of R&B king Miguel. Younger fans will also remember the song played an important role in Charles and Liza's first kiss.
This contemporary love song from Beyonce wasn't the singer's first romantic rodeo. Sufjan Stevens provided it with the wistful, Oscar-nominated "Mystery of Love.". Just try not to smile while listening to this one, we dare you! Either way, it's a win-win. Titanic. Okay, that's unfair; don't expect any help here unless the only love songs you've enjoyed since 1990 are Mariah Carey's "Vision Of Love" and Seal's "Kiss From A Rose." "If you just realize what I just realized then we'd be perfect for each other and we'd never find another," sings Caillat in this 2007 hit and what feels like an interpretive reading of my middle school diary.
But this song feels somehow different from the artist's love songs of years past. Combining airy optimism with perfect bubblegum vibes, Katy Perry scored a win with this DGAF anthem. Aww. Folk rocker Brandi Carlile (and one-fourth of the soon-to-be-huge country supergroup The Highwomen) shows off her range from beginning to middle to end in her 2007 song. If you don't immediately think of the heartbreaking raft scene (think: "I'll never let go, Jack!") Did this song really come out in 2016? The language of love can be translated in many ways, but the most universal?
1 in the U.K. in the ‘80s. The song tells of the extreme lengths a man will go for the woman he loves. Beyoncé gave it an update for the film Cadillac Records in 2008. Could The Shape of Water even exist without the "No Ordinary Love" video? ), The early 2000s brought us a lot of memorable romantic songs, but one of the biggest gems was quite possibly this hit from American rock band, Train. While writing the soundtrack for the 2004 box-office success that was Friday Night Lights, Explosions in the Sky composed "Your Hand in Mine," a track so beautiful and emotional, it transforms into something undoubtedly romantic in composition.
In the canon of greatest duets of all time, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s 1981 Motown classic, a love ballad that explains itself in its title, is tops. It's a comforting image of unconditional support that both grammar and math nerds can relate to. Well, it's fine by us if you keep singing this song forever, Andy. If anyone knows how to sing a love song, it's Thomas Rhett. Sure, "Your Hand in Mine" is lyricless and wholly instrumental, but hear us out. Music. Adele's paean to former loves earned a Grammy and hit #1 in over 20 countries. From Aretha Franklin to Taylor Swift, these breakup songs will heal your heart. Its lyrics are sweet, its instrumentals are warm—it’s just the tune we want to spend life slow dancing to.