We're not going to write you a love song, but we can certainly recommend some. The best love songs evoke feelings across the swinging pendulum of love, from just meeting and getting to know each other ...

Music just has a way of moving people. Whether to motivate, console or inspire, there is something about song lyrics that really makes a person think differently. And when it comes to the best song ...

These nostalgic love songs from the 1990s will transport you back to the era of burning a CD for the object of your affection.

The lyrics of “Ask Me Why” are so incredibly romantic. In the song, one person is singing to another about how glad they are that they found love together. The person is even moved to tears. There ...

Ella Langley and Riley Green's "You Look Like You Love Me" sounds like a country throwback, but the lyrics recall a different era of songwriting, as well. The boozy, piano-led, love (for a night) song ...

“You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs,” sang Paul McCartney. He was responding to John Lennon, who, when the Beatles broke up, told the world, “All Paul ever wrote were ...

These three country songs, all released in 1989, are among the saddest country songs that have ever been released.

Millie’s Spotify playlists were dropping hints. Weren’t they? By Lily Goldberg If you want to think I’m a narcissist for assuming Millie’s Spotify playlists were about me, go ahead. In any case, they ...

Paul McCartney knows a thing or two about writing love songs. But the former Beatle has faced criticism from some who feel he’s perhaps written too many love songs, with some that skew “soppy.” “I ...

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