This is a song you could add to any anniversary orValentine’s Day playlist. “And if you had a bad week, just let me touch your cheek. Oh, and I'll be there waiting when you get frustrated. I know things are changing, but, darling, I'm saying I'll be singing you in all of my songs.” Say no more.
31. “Home,” Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
The conversation breaks in this song make it feel like you’re eavesdropping on the couple you wish you could be a part of at your local coffee shop.
32. “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” Aerosmith
This song has evolved into “catchy grocery store tunes,” but the appeal is undeniable.
33. “The Way You Look Tonight,” Fred Astaire
It’s the small things about a person you really fall in love with — a laugh, a nose wrinkle, a smile. And Fred agrees.
34. “Everywhere,” Michelle Branch
Every angsty in-love teen was blasting this song in 2001.
35. “My Girl,” The Temptations
“I don't need no money, fortune, or fame, I've got all the riches baby one man can claim. Well I guess you'd say, what can make me feel this way — my girl, my girl, my girl.” It’s an earworm, not to mention rosy and wholesome.
36. “Come Away With Me,” Norah Jones
The idea of escaping the daily monotony, jetting off with someone you love with no responsibilities or worries… it’s the total dream, and Norah Jones thinks so, too.
37. “Perfect,” Ed Sheeran
If the song title didn’t give it away, Ed Sheeran waxes poetic about the beauty of falling in love at a young age: “Cause we were just kids when we fell in love, not knowing what it was. I will not give you up this time.”
38. “Make You Feel My Love,” Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan doesn’t have to describe going to the ends of the Earth to prove his feelings for whichever lucky person was the inspiration behind this song — it’s the small gestures (like a warm embrace) that make all the difference.
39. “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion
The Priestess of Pop puts beautiful words to the act of standing by someone, no matter what life throws.
40. “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
Chances are, you read that song title and then sang it back to yourself a second time. There are few people who haven’t heard this song, be it at a wedding, a dance, or on the radio. Love is all around, friends!
41. “Adore You,” Harry Styles
Harry Styles has a way with words that’s both descriptive and deceptively simple: “You don't have to say you love me, I just wanna tell you somethin.’ Lately you've been on my mind.” It’s a whole lot of sentiment in just a couple of sentences.
42. “Want You Back,” Haim
There’s some serious regret and retrospection happening in this love song: “Just know that I want you, I'll take the fall and the fault in us. I'll give you all the love I never gave before I left you.” Oof.
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