There's love that declares itself quietly, love that speaks poetically, love that is longing, yearning, desperate, heartbroken. But this, here, is love soaring, triumphant, shouted to the rooftops; it's love that won't be denied. Does she love you? You better...

Mostly in this series the songs of love are clearly distinguishable from the songs of heartbreak. But here's one that mixes it. Overtly, the heartbreak is over and things are on the up: 'The love that we knew is living...

Another of the great songs in this category, courtesy of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - 'Love Hurts'. It starts with a suitably quiet statement of the pain love can bring, then (just past the minute mark) the two voices...

You think of good love songs as songs of high emotion, songs with a certain heart-wrenching or heart-rending or heart-uplifting intensity, right? Not necessarily. They come in many shapes. They can be light and humorous. Today's choice is 'You're The...

There are at least two reasons for today's choice. One is that you need something a bit syrupy somewhere in a series on love songs, and this one is - a bit. The other is personal to me and WotN...

Themes of popular music reflect the dominant shared values of our society, which are not necessarily the same as the dominant experiences. So while there are innumerable songs about marital infidelity from the point of view of the person being cheated upon, one of the few love songs I can think of of told from the

Here's the story. There are these two lists, songs of love and songs of heartbreak, and I'm looking to see what's been left out - as ya do. Then, remembering the principle 'Never overlook an opportunity for a new series',...

Well, it's not heartbreak exactly, and if it's love, it's love on the way out. But it belongs to this series and how. It's one of the true accents of love - the regret, the resignation, the what could have...

Another one from across the Channel (and there'll be more): 'I will hide you, and I will protect you, but, my love, don't leave me... My love, I will wait for you all my life. I will think only of...

You can't have an acceptable list of great love songs and not have any in French and not have any by Edith Piaf. So I'm putting her up early, with 'L'Hymne à L'Amour'. The whole world can go to Hell...