Top 15 Most Popular Songs on Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is set aside to show the people you care about how important they are. Whether it's your significant other, your crush, your friends, or your ... read more...family, everyone deserves to feel a little love on Valentine's Day. And this February 14, let's show your lover how much you care by putting together a playlist of the most wonderful Valentine's Day songs. Here are the best love songs that are perfect for Valentine's Day.
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"Thinking Out Loud" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran for his second studio album (2014). Sheeran and Amy Wadge wrote it, while Jake Gosling, a longtime collaborator, produced it. It was released as the album's third single in the United States on September 24, 2014.
The song lasted 19 weeks in the top 40 in the United Kingdom before reaching number one in early November 2014. "Thinking Out Loud" received nominations for Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards, winning the latter two.
Songwriter: Ed Sheeran, Amy Wadge
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp-EO5I60KA -
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 sci-fi catastrophe film Armageddon, which starred lead singer Steven Tyler's daughter Liv.
This song went on to chart at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their first and only number-one single in the United States. The song also charted at number one in many other countries, including Australia, Ireland, and Norway. It sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.Songwriter: Diane Warren
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkK8g6FMEXE
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"Glad You Exist" is a song by Dan + Shay, an American country music duo. On February 5, 2021, it was released as the third single from their fourth studio album, Good Things.
Speaking about the song, Dan Smyers told The Country Daily that he chose the line "happy you exist" to express his appreciation for his wife Abby Smyers and to express his gratitude that she is alive at the same time as he is. He brought it to Shay Mooney, and the two began brainstorming ideas for a song about their friends, family, and fans.
Songwriters: Dan Smyers, Shay Mooney, Tayla Parx, Ryan Lewis, Jordan Reynolds
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQzcHDAbfm8
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Lionel Richie wrote "Endless Love", which was initially recorded as a duet between Richie and fellow R&B vocalist Diana Ross. The singers proclaim their "endless love" for one another in this ballad. It was covered by R&B artist Luther Vandross, who collaborated with fellow R&B singer Mariah Carey, as well as country singer Shania Twain.
Lionel Richie and Diana Ross's romantic musical stylings may persuade anyone that "endless love" is realistic. According to Billboard (an American music and entertainment magazine), the original version is the greatest music duet of all time.
Songwwriter: Lionel Richie
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bwwo7ctG10
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"You're Still The One" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the third single to be released from her third studio album, Come On Over (1997). It was Twain's first song to be released to pop radio in the United States on January 27, 1998.
"You're Still the One" spent nine weeks at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Twain's first top-ten success in the country. This song was nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1999, winning two. It won Best Country Song and Best Female Country Vocal Performance and lost Record of the Year and Song of the Year to fellow Canadian, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". It was ranked number 46 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s.
Songwriter: Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Shania Twain
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZH-emehxA
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"Just the Way You Are" is American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars's debut solo single. It is the lead song from Doo-Wops & Hooligans, his debut studio album (2010). The words of the song commend a woman's beauty. And If you're your own Valentine this year, then allow Bruno Mars to remind you: You're amazing, just the way you are!
At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, "Just the Way You Are" was named Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, as well as in the top five in several other countries. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it thirteen times platinum, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) seven times platinum, and Music Canada diamond (MC). It was also the best-selling digital single of 2011, selling over 12.5 million copies and joining an elite group of best-selling singles globally.
Songwriter: Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Khalil Walton, Khari Cain
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk -
"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a song written by Elvis Presley and recorded on his album Blue Hawaii (1961). The song was originally written from a woman's perspective as "Can't Help Falling in Love with Him", which explains why the first and third lines end on "in" and "sin" rather than phrases that rhyme with "you".
The song "Can't Help Falling in Love" appeared in Elvis Presley's 1961 film Blue Hawaii. It was covered by many other artists throughout the next five decades. Rolling Stone named it one of the best songs of all time, ranking #403 on the list's 2012 edition.
Songwriter: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGJTaP6anOU
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"Love Story" is a song written and sung by the American singer-songwriter, Taylor Swift. Big Machine Records released it on September 15, 2008, as the debut single from Swift's second studio album, Fearless (2008). "Love Story", inspired by a love interest who was unpopular among Swift's family and friends, is based on the plot of William Shakespeare's 16th-century play Romeo and Juliet. Contrary to Shakespeare's tragic climax, the two characters, Romeo and Juliet, end up in a marriage proposal in the song's tale.
"Love Story", a pop radio hit, was the first country song to top the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 list. It has sold over six million copies in the United States and over eighteen million copies globally.
Songwriter: Taylor Swift
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXzVF3XeS8M
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"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song written by Alex North and Hy Zaret. North composed the music for the little-known prison picture Unchained (January 1955), hence the song's title. It has subsequently become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the twentieth century, with the Righteous Brothers performing it in 1965.
After its debut, the Righteous Brothers' version, featuring a solo by Bobby Hatfield, became the jukebox standard among the hundreds of versions created. Hatfield altered the melody in the final stanza, and many later covers are based on his version. When it was featured in the 1990 picture Ghost, the Righteous Brothers' album saw a second surge in popularity. It was ranked 27th on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list of best melodies in American cinema in 2004.
Songwriter: Alex North, Hy Zaret
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYj2hex99gY -
Leon Bridges contemplates romantic destiny on “Beyond”, a soulful track from his upcoming second LP, Good Thing, released in 2018. In the chorus, "I'm scared to death that she might be it / That the love is real, that the shoe might fit", the R&B artist sings over a spare acoustic guitar figure and thumping kick drum. The song progressively builds in intensity, culminating with a succession of falsetto swoops and layered backup voices.
And there's nothing more exciting than a new romance when there's a chance that someone might just be your everything - and beyond!
Songwriter: Leon Bridges
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCb73oulN1o
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"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973. The country single was published in 1974 as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's choice to start a solo career.
The song was a commercial success for Parton, reaching the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart twice: initially in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for the soundtrack of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Houston's hit spent 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a new record at the time, and went on to become one of the best-selling singles of all time[2] and the best-selling single by a woman.
Songwriter: Dolly Parton
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU
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Thomas Rhett on "Die A Happy Man": I wrote it about my wife. The fact that Thomas Rhett's award-winning country ballad is based on his real-life love story with his wife adds to its romance.
"Die a Happy Man" is a song written and sung by Thomas Rhett, an American country music performer. Valory Music Group released it as the second single from his second studio album, Tangled Up, on September 28, 2015. The song was written by Rhett, Sean Douglas, and Joe Spargur.
The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, becoming his highest-charting single on that chart and topped the Hot Country Sóng chart on November 14, 2015.
Songwriter: Thomas Rhett, Sean Douglas, Joe Spargur
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2CELiObPeQ
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"You Are the Best Thing" is the lead single from American folk singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne's album Gossip in the Grain, which was released on August 26, 2008, by Stone Dwarf Music, LLC, under license to RCA/JIVE Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
The song peaked at number five on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs list and is presently his lone Billboard Hot 100 single, peaking at number 90. Share this sweet melody with the best thing that ever happened to you—whether it's your BFF, your partner,...Songwriter: Ray LaMontagne, Danny Holland
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkntWssHboY
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"If I Ain't Got You" is a song by Alicia Keys from her second studio album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). The song is about "how material things don't nourish the spirit," and was inspired by the 2001 death of singer Aaliyah, the terrorist September 11 attacks, and other events in the globe and Keys' life. The single cover features Keys in a manner comparable to Man Ray's 1924 painting Le Violon d'Ingres.
"If I Ain't Got You," released as the album's second single on February 23, 2004, peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second consecutive R&B chart-topper, standing atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for six weeks. At the 2005 Grammy Awards, the song garnered two nominations: Song of the Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, which it won. It is one of Keys' favorite songs, according to her.
Some people want everything, but Alicia Keys wants nothing if she doesn't even have her special someone.
Songwriter: Alicia Keys
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju8Hr50Ckwk
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"My Girl" is a soul music song written by the Temptations and recorded for the Gordy (Motown) record label and it became the Temptations' first number one record in the United States. It is now their hallmark song.
Robinson's wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson, inspired him to write "My Girl". The Temptations' 1965 album The Temptations Sing Smokey includes the song. The Library of Congress chose the song for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2017 because it is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
"My Girl," with its distinctive introduction and unfettered expression of joy, would go on to become one of Motown's most well-known and successful hits. In 1998, "My Girl" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Songwriter: Smokey Robinson, Ronald White
Link to listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eepLY8J4E6c