Your favourite love songs ?

[WildRosie]

Mine are all from the 1970s so apologies to those of us who aren't familiar with them. In no particular order, they are:

Just When I Needed You Most by Randy Vanwarmer
For The Good Times by Perry Como
The Last Thing On My Mind by Neil Diamond
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago
Where Is The Love ? by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Will You by Hazel O'Connor gets an honourable mention. Fabulous song, not quite a love song but not quite a power ballad either.

Here there and everywhere Beatles
Something Beatles
Walk in by Dionne Warwick
This guy in love with you Burt Bacharach
Lego house Ed sheeran
I Will Always Love You Dolly

Pale blue eyes - controversial, but I like the Kills version over velvet underground
Into my arms - Nick Cave and the bad seeds
That's how strong my love is - Otis redding

I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
Right Down The Line - Gerry Rafferty

It's Alright & Bring it in home to me, Sam Cooke
Warm and tender love, Percy Sledge
Oh Darling, Beatles

Bring it ON home 🙄

If i was your girlfriend- Prince
Most beautiful girl in the world - Prince
Adore - Prince
Nothing compares to you- Prince and Rosie Gained Version
Stevie Nicks - Sara
Nick Cave - Into to my arms
Gloria Estefan - Anything for you
Love will find a way- Lionel Richie
You give good love - Whitney Houston
Is this love - Whitesnake
Still in love with you - thin lizzy live version

Off the top of my head there's loads more

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Just a little bit more- Dr Hook
To love somebody- Keith Urban

I keep forgetting - Michael McDonald

Give me the reason - Luther vandross

Wings of speed - Paul Weller

I should also mention Still by The Commodores and Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill. There's so many but I can confidently say that If You Leave Me Now is my number one favourite.

Love Song - The Cure

Annie, John Denver.

How can you mend a broken heart - Al Green
End of the road - Boyz to Men
Just they way you are - Barry White
Someone like you - Van Morrison
More than Words - Extreme

Lady Grinning soul - Bowie
English Rose - The Jam
Aint no mountain high enough - Diana Ross
Never tear us apart - INXS

The Luckiest : Ben Folds
When I Fall in Love : Nat King Cole
It Had to be You : Harry Connick Jr

It Must Be Love - either the Madness or the Labi Siffre version

One Day Like This -Elbow

Take My Breath Away - Berlin

A Case of You - Joni Mitchell

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
A Different Corner - George Michael

The Cure - Love Song
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Lamb - Gorecki
Zero 7 - Destiny

So many others.

Chris Stapleton - Joy Of My Life
Luke Combs - Forever After All
Chris Young - Who I Am With You

I love loads of these but must give honorable mention to
Look What You Done For Me by Al Green. I think it's a fab married love love song and they're thin on the ground.

Why can't I be you / lovesong The Cure
Lovesong by the Damned
First Last and Everything for an overthetop laugh by Barry White. I actually quite like the lyrics.
Something's Gotten Hold if My Heart Marc Almond and Gene Pitney
Black is the Colour -particularly like Nina Simone's and Paul Weller's versions.
Into my Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I could go on....

Lovely thread [sets up playlist]

I will follow you into the dark by Death Cab for Cutie
Let's go fishing for a dream by Turin Brakes
Let's stay together by Al Green
Something so right by Paul Simon