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- Bright Eyes, ‘First Day Of My Life’ (2005) Quite a lovely sentiment to this acoustic ditty: the first day you met that special someone, that was when your life truly began.
- David Bowie, ‘Heroes’ (1977) Bowie’s most-streamed track after his death, this is an epic paean to the redemptive qualities of romantic love, which can make superheroes of us all.
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, ‘Home’ (2009) A love-up indie-folk duet between singers Alex Ebert and Jade Castrinos, who were in a relationship at the time, this features the unforgettable line, “Home is wherever I’m with you.”
- Dolly Parton, ‘I Will Always Love You’ (1974) Though Whitney Houston’s belted-out cover of Dolly Parton’s biggest tearjerker is just as iconic, there’s a certain melancholy resignation to the country-tinged original – a song about saying goodbye to someone you love so that they can thrive without you.
- Tom Eames
- Roxette - It Must Have Been Love. Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (Official Music Video) It's easy to forget that this song was originally Christmas-themed, with the full title being 'It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)'.
- Chicago - If You Leave Me Now. Chicago - If you leave me now - 1977 (HQ) This was the song that brought Chicago to a truly mainstream audience, reaching the top spot in the UK and US in 1976.
- Wet Wet Wet - Love is All Around. Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (Official Video) Director Richard Curtis approached the band to record a cover of this Troggs song, and it ended up becoming one of the biggest hits in UK chart history.
- Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything • TopPop. Released in 1974, 'You're the First, the Last, My Everything' spent two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
- Jennifer Lance
- "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1992) Contrary to popular belief, Whitney Houston was not the first artist to perform this powerful chart-topper (though some will argue she did it the best).
- "All of Me" by John Legend (2013) Chrissy Teigen, you lucky, lucky girl. If you need to know what love is, look no further than this romantic song by her brilliant singer-songwriter husband, John Legend.
- "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys (1966) "God only knows what I'd be without you," sing the Beach Boys in this 1966 hit about a man who feels lost without his woman.
- "I'm On Fire" by Bruce Springsteen (1984) Bruce Springsteen is known for a lot of things, but writing cheesy love songs isn't one of them. Fortunately, the rock icon released this slow, guitar-led tune in 1984, and the world ate it up.
- Tom Eames
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- Fat Larry's Band - 'Zoom' Fat Larry's Band - Zoom (Official Music Video) A Smooth favourite, this is a classic ballad that brings us right back to a school disco slow dance.
- Madonna - 'Crazy for You' Madonna - Crazy For You (Official Music Video) You'd be forgiven for not remembering the movie this song came from (it was Vision Quest).
- Stevie Wonder - 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (Music Video) This became Stevie's biggest ever hit in 1984, and topped the charts in 19 different countries.
- REO Speedwagon - 'Keep on Loving You' REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (Official Music Video) One of the early examples of the 1980s rock power ballad, it was also one of the first videos played on MTV.
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