From the listener’s point of view, the answer to the question what makes a perfect love song is easy. It’s a song that melts your heart, unlocking feelings that surprise you because they’ve been ...

If you look at the Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now ...

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 ...

Inspired by Brian Wilson’s emotional vulnerability, God Only Knows turned complicated love into one of the Beach Boys’ most ...

Love is in the air! With all kinds of X's and O's floating around, there's no time to waste planning this year's Valentine's Day celebration. Whether you spend the heart-shaped holiday drinking bubbly ...

Even on an album that largely got away from him, Paul McCartney was able to pull it together and deliver a ballad that can make even the coldest hearts swoon. The album was Press to Play, released in ...

Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on ...

There’s only one thing that beats a good country music marathon—and that’s one exclusive to country love songs. The genre certainly bares no shortage of gushy lyrics set to twangy, guitar-picked tunes ...