Love is one of the main forces that move the world, a feeling that unites us with people and makes them want to stay together. Loving someone is one of the situations that usually generate the most emotions, and with greater intensity. And these emotions can range from the purest happiness to the deepest pain, something that has inspired numerous arts.
Among them is music, which most people use as a means of expressing their feelings, emotions and deepest thoughts on the matter. In this article we will review a brief selection of 25 love songs (and heartbreak) that are moving.
Below we will see a total of 25 songs that talk about love (and heartbreak) in very different ways: the feelings that the loved one awakens, unrequited love, a breakup or the wish that it had not happened or the overcoming a relationship are some examples of this.
1. I will always love you (Whitney Houston)
A classic of romantic songs, in it Whitney Houston tells us about an immortal love that, however, must face its end. It is a sad farewell in which the desire is expressed that the loved person do well in life and be happy, while their presence and the love they have for them remain in their memory.
2. Boig per tu (Sau)
A Catalan song of a melancholic nature, which tells us about the feeling of being madly in love (literally boig per tu means crazy for you in Spanish) with someone who does not correspond to us or in which the relationship faces difficulties (a fight or even an imminent breakup).
This song from 2014 tells us about a relationship that is failing, in which love has been lost and communication is lacking. A relationship in which one of the parties is still in love and that I would have done anything to keep the bond, but who is accepting that the time has come to say goodbye. A sensation that is also exemplified in the official video clip through an elderly couple in which she has died, a young couple in which she decides to end the relationship in his absence, and a girl who observes how her parents have a destructive relationship.
4. All of me (John Legend)
A relatively recent song, from 2013, in which the singer expresses absolute love for the person he loves, adoring everything about him, as well as the desire and emotion of giving and giving oneself totally to each other.
5. Stay (Rihanna)
This song by Rihanna exemplifies the case of a couple that is about to separate, but in which both They retain strong feelings for their partner and deep down they would like the other to stay by their side.
6. I don’t want to miss a thing (Aerosmith)
Mythical and well-known song by Aerosmith that accompanied the movie Armageddon, and in which the desire to not miss anything in the relationship is expressed, wanting to take advantage of every moment with the loved one and make each one of them something eternal, because moving away It brings out longing for every aspect of her/him.
7. Someone like you (Adele)
A well-known Adele song that tells us about a broken relationship in which one of the parties observe how the other has found happiness with a new partner feeling great sadness and melancholy towards what was and telling the new partner that he wishes her the best and not to worry, he will find someone who means as much to the singer as her ex-partner.
8. Give me love (Ed Sheeran)
Ed Sheeran has a large number of love songs in his repertoire. Among them, songs like Perfect or the present Give me love stand out. In the latter the singer asks for love, feeling alone while trying to stay in a relationship that no longer exists.
9. Total eclipse of the heart (Bonnie Tyler)
Well-known song by Bonnie Tyler that expresses the strength of a love that has been maintained for a long time, and the desire and need to preserve it and/or recover the intensity of what our partner made us feel.
The prodigious voice of the French singer makes this song one of the most romantic, telling us about how the interaction with the person we love, the contact of their voice, their skin or simply their image makes our heart race happily and allows us to see the world as something beautiful .
11. Up where we belong (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes)
This song, which was chosen as the central theme of the well-known film An Officer and a Gentleman, tells us about love and how it takes us towards our destiny, overcoming the difficulties that exist along the way to achieve get together to the place where we belong
12. With or without you (U2)
Song by the band U2 that expresses the impossibility of living both with the loved one and without them referring to a stormy relationship that leaves the person confused, on the one hand wanting more and on the other wanting to run away from it.
13. When a man loves a woman (Percy Sledge)
This old song, which has been performed by multiple artists since, expresses different sensations and feelings of the person singing it towards a woman with whom they are in love, as well as how love makes other things stop being important.
14. Without you (Mariah Carey)
Classic song that expresses the pain and suffering at the idea that a relationship is ending, the knowledge that the flame is going out and that there is no turning back despite the refusal to forget how important that person has been to us
15. Take my breath away (Berlin)
When we are in love it is not unusual to feel that just seeing that person takes our breath away. This song tells us about those sensations that the loved one provokes in us, or the simple desire for someone to awaken that sensation in us.
16. Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Ballad in which love is expressed towards a person who is special and unique to us, who brings together everything we always want and that we do not believe we deserve. The desire to have that person in our arms. Someone who, although not perfect, is perfect for us and with whom we dream of having a future.
17. Can’t help falling in love (Elvis Presley)
One of Elvis Presley’s best known songs, The singer tells us how he couldn’t help but fall in love and how you want to share your life with the person who makes you feel that way even though it is something hasty.
The Rolling Stones have great songs, one of those dedicated to love being “Angie”. In it we are told how, despite Angie being a wonderful person, love and the relationship are increasingly deteriorating. Basically it is reminiscent of a conversation prior to a breakup, in which a review is made of what the relationship has meant and that the time has come to say goodbye.
19. I was love to love you (Queen)
Freddy Mercury also has a large number of songs dedicated to love. Among them we find I was born to love you, in which he expresses your desire to have something with that person that makes you think you were born to love them
20. Summertime Sadness (Lana del Rey)
This song by Lana del Rey is not particularly popular, and after it it has been interpreted and remixed by other authors, but the truth is that it reflects a lesbian love story with a tragic ending. It is a farewell to the suicide of one of the members of the couple, the one who remains alive remembering everything it has meant to her before undertaking the same action.
21. Woman against woman (Mecano)
A song that refers to the suffering of a couple of women, one of them fearing the repercussions and social judgment they would suffer if their relationship became visible. It reflects fear and the need to break through and live love regardless of the opinions of others.
22. When I was your man (Bruno Mars)
Melancholic song by Bruno Mars, in which he remembers the mistakes you made during your relationship with your partner and her desire that, even though she is no longer with him but has found another partner, he values her and does for her what the singer did not do at the time: make her happy.
23. Stay with me (Sam Smith)
Song that tells us about a relationship in which one of the parties has a vision of the relationship as something sporadic or temporary, while the other would like it to be maintained and stay with him. Although generally associated with romantic love, the truth is that it can be applied to a large number of types of relationships.
24. Angels (Robbie Williams)
Another of the authors with a large number of songs dedicated to love is Robbie Williams, author of songs like Feel or the present Angels. In the latter the singer talks about the importance of love of having someone to love or an ideal of love, when it comes to feeling strong, safe and supported.
25. The Scientist (Coldplay)
Coldplay song that refers to the self-reproach that a person makes for not having taken advantage of the relationship and the desire to go back to the beginning, when everything was starting, it was exciting and going well.
