Top 100 Best Love Songs of All Time
60. Joni Mitchell - "Help Me" (1974)
Joni Mitchell's "Help Me" is included on the album Court and Spark and became the singer-songwriter's only top 10 hit. It was recorded with the jazz band Tom Scott's L.A. Express. "Help Me" went all the way to #1 on the easy listening chart.
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59. Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From 'Titanic')" (1998)
Included as the memorable love them for the hit film Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On" turned into one of the biggest hit singles of all time. It went to #1 on pop charts around the world. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and took home four Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
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58. John Cougar Mellencamp - "Jack & Diane" (1982)
John Mellencamp wrote the song "Jack & Diane" basing it on Tennessee Williams' 1959 play Sweet Bird of Youth. He has also said the distinctive clapping in the song was not meant to be in the final recording. It was first included to help keep tempo. The rock song turned into a #1 pop smash and the biggest hit single of John Mellencamp's career.
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57. Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire" (1963)
Johnny Cash's wife June Carter Cash wrote "Ring of Fire" with singer-songwriter Merle Kilgore. She wrote it to describe her experience of falling in love with her future husband Johnny Cash. June's sister Anita released the first recording of the song. Johnny Cash's distinctive version including mariachi horns hit the top 20 on pop charts and hit #1 on the country chart.
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56. Stevie Wonder - "You Are the Sunshine Of My Life" (1973)
Stevie Wonder's ballad "You Are the Sunshine Of My Life" is a contemporary pop standard. It topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the easy listening chart. The song was nominated for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year Grammy Awards. It was the second single from the album Talking Book.
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55. Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - "A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" (1992)
This song refers to the love between Aladdin and Jasmine, the two primary characters in the hit Disney animated film Aladdin. In the film the song is sung by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga. However the R&B inflected version by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle became a #1 pop hit. It was the first song from a Disney movie to hit #1 on pop charts.
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54. Deborah Cox - "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" (1998)
"Nobody's Supposed To Be Here" was co-written by R&B star Montell Jordan. Canadian singer Deborah Cox took it all the way to #2 on the pop singles chart where it stayed for eight weeks but failed to reach the top. The song was also Deborah Cox's third #1 dance hit.
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53. The Pretenders - "I'll Stand By You" (1994)
Co-written by the Pretenders Chrissie Hynde and pop songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, "I'll Stand By You" has become a standard for expressing support when times are difficult. Girls Aloud took the song to #1 in the UK as a charity single in 2004 and Carrie Underwood recorded it in 2007 as part of the American Idol charity event Idol Gives Back.
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52. Rod Stewart - "Maggie May" (1971)
Rod Stewart says that "Maggie May" was written based on a true story about the first woman he went to bed with in 1961. Buried within the frustrations, is an emotional statement of appreciation and long-term connection. "Maggie May" became Rod Stewart's first solo #1 hit in the US.
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51. Basia - "Time and Tide" (1988)
Polish-born singer Basia Trzetrzelewska soared into the pop charts in 1988 with her pop hit "Time and Tide." Her album of the same name topped the jazz album chart as well as hitting pop charts.
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