52 Greatest Love Songs Ever
Greatest Love Songs Ever: #1 “Love is Here to Stay”
The best love song written by the greatest American composer was his last. George Gershwin died unexpectedly of a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. He composed the music for “Love is Here to Stay” shortly before his death in 1937. What a love song for the ages!
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: Honorable mentions
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates I will announce the number one love song ever next Saturday, February 14th, Valentine’s Day, at Chuck’s Restaurant in their backroom. Des…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #2 “What the World Needs Now is Love”
“What the World Needs Now is Love” is the most unique song in this countdown of the 52 Greatest Love Songs Ever. What a magnificent work of art … a love song about love. Every other song on the list is a love song about a person or a relationship or even a relationship gone bad.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #3 “Can’t Help Falling In Love”
A song like “Can’t Help Falling in Love” tells us that love goes far beyond sexuality. It says that love is an exchange of lives. “I give my life to you, you give your life to me.” Or as God explains in the Book of Genesis, “two become one flesh.”
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #4 “As Time Goes By”
The American Film Institute ranks “As Time Goes By” as the 2nd greatest movie song ever, even though you only hear 51 seconds of this love song on screen. And yet those few seconds define the entire film. Without it, Casablanca wouldn’t be the classic film that it is.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #5 “The Way You Look Tonight”
“The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn’t stop, it was so beautiful.” That was reaction Dorthy Fields had to hearing the music to “The Way You Look Tonight” the first time. Her lyrics made it even better.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #6 “At Last”
“At Last’s” lyrics and music seamlessly become a single whole, much like two become one in a marriage, to proclaim the meaning of life, which is to love. We can’t find fulfillment in wealth and fame. It is only love that can do that. So on that day when love arrives, our heart has a simple response: “at last.”
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #7 “Dance Me to the End of Love”
The soulful lyrics & Jewish-inflected music of “Dance Me To the End of Love” intertwine to take you on a journey into the very heart of love. This is the most gut-wrenching song on our list of the 52 Greatest Love Songs Ever.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #8 “When I Fall in Love”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates We live in a restless world. Just this past week, a famous Hollywood actor and his wife had their throats slashed in…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #9 “I Say a Little Prayer”
For me, “I Say a Little Prayer” is the most fun song in this list of the 52 Greatest Love Songs Ever. (“Happy Together” is a close second.) The first three lines of the song suck you right in, and everyone knows them:
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