Best love songs of all time??

[flytrap]

In your opinion, what are the Best Love Songs ever created? Out of 10, how do these songs rate in terms of personal enjoyment, technical perfection, and cultural impact? I love love songs. I love the love songs everyone loves- Fast Car, Just Like Heaven, The Best. Cultural impact is the most important category imo: A Love Song that captures humanity is one that has everyone singing along. (if your uncle in mouthing along in the corner, the artist has done their job!)

[jadis]

Apropos of Just Like Heaven, someone sent me this insta story

https://instagram.com/stories/codydad420/3172466634626783158?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[jimmy jazz]

Unchained Melody
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
Beatles - She Loves You
Drifters - Saturday Night at the Movies
Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love
Joe Cocker - Up Where We Belong
Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek to Cheek
Elton John - Your Song
David Bowie - Heroes

Some of my favourites.

[Lisnaholic]

Some interesting choices there, jimmy jazz!
I think I would've chosen a different one by Dylan though: perhaps To Ramona or If You See Her, Say Hallo

Here's a popular love song: over-the-top syrupy, but who can deny that that's one of love's main ingredients:

Never gonna win in a World's Greatest Love Song competition, but this is an absolute personal winner for me:-

And I shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry
"Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite and I don't know why"
And you shall take me strongly in your arms again
And I will not remember that I ever felt the pain
We shall walk and talk in gardens all misty wet
All misty wet with rain, down
And I will never, never, never grow so old again

Oh, whoa-oh, sweet thing
Oh, whoa-oh, you sweet thing, sweet thing

[SGR]

Two off the top of my head:

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<-------------- This song by this guy.

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[Mindy]

[Saulaac]

I'm not sure about "of all time" but this one could have been, for a brief moment in 1975.

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[Paul Smeenus]

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[Saulaac]

I'm going with 'Backwards' by Caravan.
Oops I thought that was another round of Cryptic Song Lyrics, ribbons.

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Good one, Sir Saulaac.  There's a Knight in the love song thread.   

[Meatwad]

Mr Bungle - Pink Cigarette