100 Greatest Love Songs (Music Database

ARTISTTITLETIMEBPMYEARGENREDISC-TRACKDETAILS1

Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 4:31134.7 1992 Slow POWERTRK_018-01(details...)2

Elvis Presley Love Me Tender 2:46108.3 1956 Slow POWERTRK_013-02(details...)3

Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On 4:36 99.0 1997 Slow Dance HOTTRACK_059-18(details...)4

Journey Open Arms 3:19106.7 1982 Slow POWERTRK_039-10(details...)5

Wings Maybe I'm Amazed 3:51160.9 2001 TBD HOTSTUFF_002-08(details...)6

The Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody 3:36100.8 1966 Slow POWERTRK_024-10(details...)7

Lionel Richie & Diana Ross Endless Love 4:26121.7 1981 Slow POWERTRK_031-10(details...)8

Elton John Your Song 4:00117.9 1970 Slow POWERTRK_039-15(details...)9

The Jackson 5 I'll Be There 3:56 93.5 1970 Rock 1970s MOTOWN___G1B-18(details...)10

Aerosmith I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 4:50121.3 1998 TBD RADIO098_06A-02(details...)11

Etta James At Last 2:57 97.5 1961 Easy POWERTRK_106-18(details...)12

Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love 4:00105.1 1977 Slow POWERTRK_145-12(details...)13

Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U 5:08120.0 1990 Slow POWERTRK_015-19(details...)14

Olivia Newton-John I Honestly Love You 3:39125.0 1974 TBD DTRANDOM_022-17(details...)15

Billy Joel She's Got a Way 3:00145.1 1971 Rock 1980s BILYJOEL_GH2-06(details...)16

Frank Sinatra Fly Me to the Moon 2:28116.6 1964 Big Band FULLSWNG_002-13(details...)17

Faith Hill Breathe 4:09137.3 2000 Slow WOMNSONG_004-02(details...)18

Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes 5:25 89.5 1986 Slow POWERTRK_040-12(details...)19

Chicago If You Leave Me Now 3:50104.5 1976 Slow ESSENTLS_015-10(details...)20

Sonny & Cher I Got U Babe 3:09110.4 1965 Rock 1960s POWERTRK_056-15(details...)21

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John You're the One That I Want 2:50107.0 1978 Rock 1970s POWERTRK_048-01(details...)22

Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond You Don't Bring Me Flowers 3:16114.0 1978 Easy POWERTRK_017-18(details...)23

Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole Unforgettable 3:27112.3 1991 Easy POWERTRK_036-20(details...)24

Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight 3:39 95.4 1978 Slow POWERTRK_048-05(details...)25

Joe co*cker You Are So Beautiful 2:40122.2 1975 Slow POWERTRK_039-01(details...)26

Styx Babe 4:24 84.4 1979 Slow POWERTRK_007-11(details...)27

Rod Stewart You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) 4:28103.9 1978 Slow POWERTRK_129-07(details...)28

Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On 3:59 83.5 1973 Dance 1970s POWERTRK_132-05(details...)29

Willie Nelson Always on My Mind 3:31128.7 1982 Country POWERTRK_027-14(details...)30

Celine Dion Because You Loved Me 4:31120.0 1996 Slow Dance HOTTRACK_014-10(details...)31

Stevie Wonder You Are the Sunshine of My Life 2:51134.0 1973 Slow POWERTRK_052-11(details...)32

John Lennon Woman 3:24159.7 2003 TBD HOTSTUFF_025-20(details...)33

Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It for You 4:10131.2 1991 Slow POWERTRK_030-10(details...)34

REO Speedwagon Keep on Loving You 3:21 88.2 1980 Slow POWERTRK_054-15(details...)35

Carpenters Superstar 3:42 91.4 1971 Slow POWERTRK_149-05(details...)36

Barry White You're the First, the Last, My Everything 3:21130.4 1974 Disco ESSENTLS_008-19(details...)37

No Doubt Don't Speak 4:21152.0 1996 Slow POWERTRK_126-16(details...)38

Madonna Crazy for You 3:45 95.0 1985 Slow POWERTRK_022-10(details...)39

Bon Jovi I'll Be There for You 5:41148.1 1988 Rock 1980s BONJOVI__GH1-12(details...)40

Shania Twain You're Still the One 3:15134.1 2004 Country SHANIATW_GH1-09(details...)41

Kiss Beth 2:43121.8 1976 Slow POWERTRK_136-07(details...)42

Meat Loaf I'd Do Anything for Love [Single Edit] 5:15111.7 1993 Slow POWERTRK_038-16(details...)43

Extreme More Than Words 5:35 91.3 1991 Slow POWERTRK_032-10(details...)44

Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (I've Had) the Time of My Life 4:46108.6 1987 Rock 1980s POWERTRK_055-17(details...)45

Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart 4:25110.0 1996 TBD POBO1996_001-12(details...)46

Al Green Let's Stay Together 3:17102.2 1971 Slow POWERTRK_045-07(details...)47

Prince I Would Die 4 U 2:56135.4 1984 Rock 1980s PRINCE___GH2-07(details...)48

Sade By Your Side 4:34146.1 2000 TBD HOTSTUFF_013-11(details...)49

Bonnie Raitt I Can't Make You Love Me 4:45123.0 1991 Easy WOMNSONG_002-13(details...)50

Atlantic Starr Always 4:50130.9 1987 Slow POWERTRK_029-03(details...)51

Janet Jackson That's the Way Love Goes 4:26 97.6 1993 Dance 1990s JANETJCK_GH1-13(details...)52

Def Leppard Love Bites 5:47129.8 1988 Slow POWERTRK_043-15(details...)53

Barry Manilow Mandy 3:18106.0 1975 Easy POWERTRK_130-14(details...)54

Alicia Keys Fallin' 3:15191.9 2001 TBD HOTSTUFF_010-13(details...)55

The Pretenders I'll Stand by You 3:59134.0 1994 Slow POWERTRK_078-10(details...)56

Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 5:21121.8 1972 Slow POWERTRK_038-10(details...)57

Foreigner Waiting for a Girl Like You 4:50101.1 1981 Slow POWERTRK_043-03(details...)58

The Emotions Best of My Love 3:39115.6 1977 Disco POWERTRK_066-13(details...)59

Journey Faithfully 4:26129.0 1983 Slow POWERTRK_052-10(details...)60

Commodores Three Times a Lady 3:37152.7 1978 Slow POWERTRK_033-05(details...)61

Heart Alone 3:39 87.6 1987 Slow POWERTRK_091-16(details...)62

Mr. Big To Be With You 3:26 83.5 1991 Slow POWERTRK_015-02(details...)63

LeAnn Rimes How Do I Live 4:05128.2 1997 Slow WOMNSONG_004-15(details...)64

Modern English I Melt With You 3:49155.7 1984 Rock 1980s POWERTRK_017-06(details...)65

Christina Aguilera & Ricky Martin Nobody Wants to Be Lonely 4:09100.9 2001 TBD HOTSTUFF_015-19(details...)66

Goo Goo Dolls Iris 3:37157.4 1999 TBD RADIO099_06B-06(details...)67

Bangles Eternal Flame 3:54158.0 1989 Slow POWERTRK_109-10(details...)68

Boston More Than a Feeling 4:45109.0 1976 Rock 1970s POWERTRK_023-03(details...)69

INXS Never Tear Us Apart 3:04 96.8 1988 Slow POWERTRK_016-02(details...)70

The Partridge Family I Think I Love You 2:50101.3 1970 Rock 1970s POWERTRK_030-07(details...)71

Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love 5:33 92.1 1969 Rock 1960s POWERTRK_065-17(details...)72

Captain and Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together 3:24130.8 1975 Dance 1970s POWERTRK_032-03(details...)73

Vanessa Williams Save the Best for Last 3:39 96.1 1992 Slow POWERTRK_001-13(details...)74

Chaka Khan I Feel for You 4:06124.4 1984 Dance 1980s POWERTRK_022-05(details...)75

Peter Frampton Baby, I Love Your Way 4:50144.2 1976 TBD DTRANDOM_019-13(details...)76

Donna Summer Love to Love You Baby 3:24 95.9 1975 TBD DTRANDOM_014-15(details...)77Lisa Lisa & Cult JamAll Cried Out78

Edwin McCain I'll Be 3:54 95.3 1997 TBD HOTSTUFF_021-18(details...)79

Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine 5:55125.0 1988 Rock 1980s POWERTRK_046-06(details...)80

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Islands in the Stream 4:10101.8 1983 Country POWERTRK_007-18(details...)81

Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart 6:58132.2 1983 Slow POWERTRK_069-01(details...)82

Chris Isaak Wicked Game 4:48112.3 1991 Slow POWERTRK_061-05(details...)83

Boyz II Men I'll Make Love to You 3:57142.6 1994 Slow POWERTRK_024-05(details...)84

Cyndi Lauper Time After Time 3:59130.6 1984 Slow POWERTRK_090-05(details...)85

Wham!Careless Whisper 6:29153.1 1984 Slow POWERTRK_005-14(details...)86

Bruce Springsteen Secret Garden 4:24 86.9 1997 Slow Rock HOTTRACK_043-17(details...)87

Whitesnake Is This Love 4:41180.1 1987 Slow POWERTRK_159-18(details...)88

Dido Thank You 3:38160.0 1999 TBD HOTSTUFF_016-15(details...)89

Cheap Trick I Want You to Want Me 3:38103.1 1979 Rock 1970s POWERTRK_030-03(details...)90

Brian McKnight Back at One 3:20129.9 1999 TBD HOTSTUFF_015-13(details...)91

Elvis Costello Alison 3:21 88.6 1978 TBD HOTSTUFF_027-06(details...)92

Air Supply All Out of Love 4:02109.6 1980 Slow POWERTRK_020-16(details...)93

Pat Benatar We Belong 3:43135.2 1985 Rock 1980s LETTROCK_085-11(details...)94

*NSYNC This I Promise You 4:44 83.0 2000 TBD HOTSTUFF_015-11(details...)95

Roxette It Must Have Been Love 4:20161.3 1990 Slow POWERTRK_065-10(details...)96

Andy Gibb I Just Want to Be Your Everything 3:43 97.0 1977 Dance 1970s POWERTRK_161-14(details...)97

Christopher Cross Think of Laura 3:26 86.1 1983 Easy DTRANDOM_036-12(details...)98

LL Cool J I Need Love 5:22 88.2 1987 TBD DEFJAM___G1B-12(details...)99

Enrique Iglesias Hero 4:11152.0 2002 Rock 2000s NOWCANDA_007-03(details...)100

Poison Every Rose Has It's Thorn 4:19140.1 1988 Slow POWERTRK_086-10(details...)

100 Greatest Love Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins) (2024)

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What is the #1 love song of all time? ›

"I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston | Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 14 weeks (1992)

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Who sang the best love song ever? ›

#	ARTIST	TITLE
1	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You
2	Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender
3	Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On
4	Journey	Open Arms

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What's the biggest one-hit wonder of all time? ›

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What is the number one most romantic song? ›

"Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers.
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin. ...
"Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley. ...
"Faithfully" by Journey. ...
"Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. ...
"All of Me" by John Legend. ...
"My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. ...
"At Last" by Etta James. ...

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What is considered the greatest love song ever written? ›

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1. “ I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston. ...
2. “ All of Me,” John Legend. ...
3. “ Your Song,” Elton John. ...
4. “ Thinkin Bout You,” Frank Ocean. ...
5. “ At Last,” Etta James. ...
6. “ Running Up That Hill,” Kate Bush. ...
7. “ I've Got You Under My Skin,” Frank Sinatra. ...
8. “ Drops of Jupiter,” Train.

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Feb 13, 2023

Which is the greatest love story of all time? ›

Greatest Love Stories Of All Time

Pride and Prejudice. by Jane Austen, Anna Quindlen (Introduction) ...
Jane Eyre. by Charlotte Brontë, Michael Mason (Introduction) ...
Gone with the Wind. by Margaret Mitchell. ...
Romeo and Juliet. ...
Wuthering Heights. ...
Outlander (Outlander, #1) ...
Persuasion. ...
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)

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What is the oldest love song ever recorded? ›

The oldest known love song is the love song of Shu-Sin, which was discovered in the library of Ashurbanipal in Mesopotamia. It was about both romantic and erotic love. Prior to the discovery of the love song of Shu-Sin, Solomon's Song of Songs from the Bible was considered the oldest love song.

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What is the best song to send someone you love? ›

75 love songs that'll make you feel all the feels

'Exchange' by Bryson Tiller. ...
'Tryna Be' by Giveon. ...
'Always and Forever' by Luther Vandross. ...
'Earned It' by The Weeknd. ...
'Die With You' by Beyoncé ...
'I'll Make Love to You' by Boyz II Men. ...
'My Boo' by Usher and Alicia Keys. ...
'Adorn' by Miguel.

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What is the longest number one song of all time? ›

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond.

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What is the highest grossing single song of all time? ›

The Guinness World Records named the holiday single "White Christmas" (1942) by Bing Crosby as the best-selling single worldwide. According to Guinness, "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies. The single is known as the "best-selling single of all time". It was released before music charts were created.

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What is the biggest hit song of all time? ›

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.

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What is one romantic song that everyone knows? ›

"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1992)

Her unrivaled vocal ability and intense emotional performance makes Houston's "I Will Always Love You" (which was originally a Dolly Parton hit) the greatest love song of all time. Listen to "I Will Always Love You" here.

100 Greatest Love Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins) (2024)

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