I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner

[TheTecknician]

For those who weren't born or don't remember and those that do, it's an incredible forty years since this song reached Number 1 in the UK. A bit of a classic really. I'm not at all keen on power ballads by and large but IWTKWLI really hits home.

I also like Feel Like Makin' Love by Bad Company and All I Need by Beth Nielsen Chapman.

Any other power ballad favourites?

Take my breath away- Berlin

Mary J Bligh and and George Michael Always

Hungry heart - Bruce Springsteen

And probably one that hasn’t been mentioned

Snuff by Slipknot

Immensely sad once you know the backstory

She does sing it really well but I prefer Frankie Goes To Hollywood's version. Sends shivers down my spine!

Wind beneath my wings - Bette Midler

Two different songs with the same title - released about a year apart! Both good.

Another seal -kiss from a rose vote

Eternal flame - the bangles
Vienna - ultravox
Show me heaven - Mariah Mackee??(not sure)

Not 80s but Unbreak my heart - Toni Braxton is a belter

Is Hazy Shade of Winter a power ballad? I quite the Umbrella Academy version of that.

Cherish - Kool and the Gang

All by myself by Eric Carmen is very powerful!

Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville - Don't Know Much.
Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram - Somewhere Out There

Not to be mistaken with Hewie Lewis and the News.

Ah sorry, I missed this.

I didn't even spell his name right.

That was my song, my first dance at my wedding!

Does M People - Search for the hero count?

< desperately tries to redeem herself >

How do you define a power ballad? Some people are just listing their favourite 80s pop songs.

I might make a Spotify with all of these on it and share the link.. mumsnet bangers playlist 🤣

Amazed - Lonestar

I Won't Let You Down - Ph.D
Duel - Propaganda
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime - The Korgis
I Should Have Known Better - Jim Diamond

I hereby proclaim The Mr Blobby song to be a power ballad.

Bet you're missing those rules now!

Love hurts and scars, love wounds and mars /Any heart not tough or strong enough/To take a lot of pain/Take a lot of pain/Love is like a cloud/Holds a lot of rain...etc 1960 Everley Brothers, Nazareth and loads since..