As Bob Marley once famously said One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. This Valentine's Day whether paired up or single, what better way is there to express love than through music? Here is a subjective list of the top ten love songs to help celebrate love's holiday.
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Written by George Harrison and from the album “Abbey Road,” many speculate Harrison wrote it for his wife at the time, Pattie Boyd.Romantic lyrics:
Somewhere in her smile she know/ That I don’t need no other lover/Something her style that show me/I don’t want to leave her now/You know I believe and how.
REUTERSEric Clapton wrote this song for Pattie Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend Paul and Linda McCartney’s party.Romantic lyrics:
I feel wonderful/because I see the love light in your eyes/and the wonder of it all/is that you just don’t realize/how much I love you.
ReutersRobert Smith wrote the song for his then fiancée Mary, as a wedding present.Romantic lyrics:
However far away I will always love you/however long you stay I will always love you/whatever words I say I will always love you/ I will always love you.
ReutersThe piano man said that he has chosen to keep his past to himself and has called off the publication of his memoir titled, “The Book of Joel”. ReutersCanadian singer Celine Dion turns 44 on March 30, 2012. ReutersWhile this song gained fame in 1998 by appearing in the opening sequence of the film “The Big Lebowski,” it is of Dylan’s most loving songs.Romantic lyrics:
The man in me will do nearly any task/and as for compensation, there’s a little he would ask/take a woman like you/to get through to the man in me.
ReutersThis song released in 1973 was ranked #281 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Romantic lyrics:
I feel like this is the beginning/though I’ve loved you for a million years/and if I thought our love was ending/I’d find myself drowning in my own tears.
REUTERSElton John cites this song as one of his favorites and plays it at most of his concerts. In an interview he once said, “I don’t think I have written a love song as good since.”Romantic lyrics:
And you can tell everybody this is your song/it may be quite simple but now that it’s done/I hope you don’t mind that I put it down in words/ how wonderful life is while you’re in my world.
ReutersWritten just before The Beatles broke up, McCartney once told reporters that this is the song he would like to be remembered for in the future.Romantic lyrics:
“Baby I’m amazed at the way you’re with me all the time/maybe I’m afraid of the way I leave you/baby I’m amazed at the way you help me sing my song/you right me when I’m wrong/maybe I’m amazed at the way I really need you.
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