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These are the top 99 songs of all time from most played, most sales, most awards and overall just best song to listen to.<\/p>\n
Song lists are the toughest lists of all time as there are songs from every decade and genre that could be in here\u2026 Love songs might be the hardest of all due to it probably having the most songs out of any type.<\/p>\n
Not to mention that your favorite songs evoking emotion are typically ones that struck a chord with you personally, were popular during your era or happened during a special time in your life.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately my list doesn\u2019t know what song your first kiss was to, your wedding song or what song was on when you stared into Matt Muer\u2019s eyes… but here we are.<\/p>\n
Song that evoke emotion is an interesting concept in this list as as you will see, in this category especially, a ton of the best songs were theme songs from major movies.<\/p>\n
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This list is also lends itself more towards more positive love songs and not broken love or missing love etc\u2026 I have lists for all of those coming don\u2019t you worry. With that said, this list was put together from years of listening to music, reading up on every song and coming to a final conclusion.<\/p>\n
These aren\u2019t best selling ever, or a generic Billboard 100 list or some nonsense Karen from Topeka put together from her childhood but these songs are legit the best songs ever spanning across every genre.<\/p>\n
Let me tell you, I love music as much or more than anyone. I was the person making burnt CDs for my friends in the 90s (Spankaroo Hits 1-45) and making these 25+ song lists tested my love of music more than anything.<\/p>\n
I almost started hating music for a few weeks\u2026 I listened and researched tens of thousands of songs to make sure I perceived the correct song meaning or didn\u2019t miss a huge song from a certain era I didn’t know as much about\u2026 it was extremely tough and tedious.<\/p>\n
Imagine starting out a top 10 love songs and now it is top 99 with something to say about each one! I have written 40,000 words on music!<\/p>\n
With that said, there\u2019s still a chance I probably missed a great song here or there so let me know your thoughts! List your favorites in the comment section so we can make a 2.0 list and let\u2019s get some debate going!<\/p>\n
I wrote this list from #1 to #99 so I had to invert it when I published it. With that said, there are some newer songs at the end and I also had much less to write about the last 10 songs vs. the first 50.<\/p>\n
I swear this song was like a year old\u2026 is he still 12 years old?<\/p>\n
As getting to the end of the list you see more new songs that will definitely climb over the next few years.<\/p>\n
Worst Super Bowl performance of all time\u2026 see what happened! I started this list out so happily with a list is about love! Now I\u2019m hating on Maroon 5 even though this is a great song.<\/p>\n
Just kidding I have more to say\u2026 Gwen are you kidding me!?!? He must be really good in the\u2026 music studio.<\/p>\n
Honestly i\u2019m just running out of things to say. If you’re wondering I started with #1 and went the opposite way so you’re seeing the end of my writing not the start.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s speed it up some.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a unique song with a take on love that\u2019s important… and it throws shade at the church.<\/p>\n
One of my favorite Drake songs of all time\u2026 maybe 2nd behind Preach.<\/p>\n
I figured i\u2019d sneak in a different type of love song and throw a curveball\u2026 it\u2019s only been 80+ songs.<\/p>\n
Ron Pope sneaks in here and also has One Grain Of Sand, which is also amazing.<\/p>\n
This song really should be higher\u2026 this is so tough ugh. Do me a favor and mentally rank this one 15 spots higher. This song is about a long distance relationship if you were wondering.<\/p>\n
Little known song that should have gotten more play!<\/p>\n
TI makes the love song list! What a time to be alive.<\/p>\n
The most recent song on this list! It was so good it had a group chat of 8 guys talking about it.<\/p>\n
Pretty cute story, he wrote the song for a girl he met for the first time, was smitten and pledged a song to her. Hope it brought him buns cause that’s effort.<\/p>\n
He had a couple top love songs ever! He might be the best love song two-hit wonder of all time\u2026 he is, I\u2019m saying it right now.<\/p>\n
The world needs more Sean Paul songs\u2026 I might be alone in this but it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n
His voice isn\u2019t fair, thank God he\u2019s married.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s always nice to find a spot for Nelly in any musical list.<\/p>\n
This song will go higher as time goes on but tough to put it higher while it is relatively new.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re reading this\u2026 I love you Shania. Apparently not enough to put you #1 but\u2026<\/p>\n
I surprisingly don\u2019t have many 2000s R&B songs as there were so many! With that said, a few were by the artist we no longer talk about. This was a song about taking away a girl from someone not treating her right.<\/p>\n
This song was way higher when I thought Uncle Sam had the original\u2026 what did I tell you, some of making this list was super depressing. The Bad English version is not nearly as good… but it could be because I didn\u2019t know any better.<\/p>\n
This was a gem from the Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack and how most 80s kids learned the story. Is Indie Rock still a thing, it was so huge back then.<\/p>\n
The World Needs More David Gray.<\/p>\n
I think this is the catchiest song on the list.<\/p>\n
Again, the 90s are definitely the best decade for love songs. Mariah is one of my top 5 favorite voices of all time and probably top 2.<\/p>\n
Is Ed Sheeran the best love song creator over the last 5 years?<\/p>\n
I really was just trying to find a way to get a Lumineers or Of Monsters & Men song in here somehow. I wanted OM&M on the list but no one knows what any of their songs mean unless you’re on mushrooms and I wasn’t going to go that far for this article. I love OM&M btw.<\/p>\n
I almost forgot about this song! So good.<\/p>\n
This song was great but Backstreet Boys were better. Don’t believe me? Read a book, or an album sales chart.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m still reeling that the 98 Degrees song wasn\u2019t the original\u2026 here I was trying to throw 98 Degrees a bone and now I feel like I was cheated on. I really should have known better\u2026 there is no chance those guys had any creative talent. Due to this discovery I also took all 98 Degrees songs off the list.<\/p>\n
I really didn\u2019t want to put this song this high on the list but I think it was Billboard 100s most played songs in 1997.<\/p>\n
It is unsure if it was written for his second wife or Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of JFK. With that said, this song would have been higher if it wasn\u2019t the most overplayed song ever and an anthem for the Red Sox.<\/p>\n
Academy Award for Best Original Song and more! Also the theme song to Pearl Harbor\u2026 the movie. It was so tough between this song and Breath\u2026 either one could have been the higher one.<\/p>\n
Raise your hand if you were sad the original wasn\u2019t Ronan Keating from the Notting Hill soundtrack. This song was higher on my list until that point and now i\u2019m just sad, so I demoted it. The original is good too though, I just felt lied to. Where is Hugh Grant these days anyways and how was he a heart throb, he has to be in jail?<\/p>\n
Fact, I like every single Sean Paul song. If this isn\u2019t the best island love song for the beach, I want to hear what is.<\/p>\n
Had to get something harder in there. For the right person this is the perfect love song. We also need the NIN genre to make a comeback.<\/p>\n
This song had to be the creator of viral music videos right? It was the World Music Award Best Song of the year\u2026 and most mimicked music video ever.<\/p>\n
I wanted to put this song higher but it peaked at #14 on the South African charts so my hands were tied. I thought it was better too!<\/p>\n
Best love song to dance to absolutely. Won multiple R&B, Rap and Soul Train awards! I wonder if there is a list for White guys who won Soul Train awards?<\/p>\n
Slow song melodic Beyonce is 10x better than pop Beyonce\u2026 ya I said it. A nice song about her walls being taken down by her new angel and new love.<\/p>\n
This song was completely ruined by Smash Mouth. Did you know this song was actually written by Neil Diamond? If Smash Mouth didn\u2019t exist it would definitely be higher.<\/p>\n
Was Brad Paisley another pioneer in making country music more mainstream?<\/p>\n
There was Umbrella or We Found Love but this is the best song by far by Rihanna… and she\u2019s better than Beyonce\u2026 dramatic pause.<\/p>\n
Who thought the name of this song was BBQ Stain? Was Tim McGraw one of founders, along with Shania, of pop-country or making it more mainstream? This was the first country song I ever liked. The song recounts the narrator\u2019s youthful experience of falling in love for the very first time at age seventeen.<\/p>\n
Had to throw in a little rock and upbeat music.<\/p>\n
She had the best album of the year hands down. I miss her so much. It\u2019s about love but she isn\u2019t even sure how so I can\u2019t put it higher on the list.<\/p>\n
Highest most recent song to hit the list and Grammy for Record of the Year!<\/p>\n
This song spent 14 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after many critics thought her career was over. Proves to show that her voice could never be ended, top 3 female voices ever.<\/p>\n
Not your traditional love song but it\u2019s cash! The lyrics refer to marital fidelity, personal responsibility, as well as avoiding temptation and criminal behavior. Really everything that marriage in 2019 and beyond isn\u2019t… sorry that was harsh… harsh but true.<\/p>\n
I probably should have had Stevie higher on this list but I kept bumping it down as other songs jumped over. I apologize in advance to Stevie fans, he’s a musical genius.<\/p>\n
The best boy band of all time, unless you include the Beatles as a boy band. Yes kids, they were significantly better than N\u2019sync, google album sales and come back to me.<\/p>\n
The only song to tell it like it is\u2026 to get it her it will take money and lots of time, preach.<\/p>\n
To think Drake could have like 10 songs on this list\u2026<\/p>\n
Jackson looks back on his life with his wife. He describes their love from their first time together, through raising their children, and describes how he and his wife will “remember when” their children were young after they are grown.<\/p>\n
Sia has the most beautiful haunting voice ever. Her concert was also the most original and creative concert I have ever seen.<\/p>\n
Two of the generations best R&B acts with voices of angels eating freshly picked raspberries. This didn\u2019t seem like a 90s song but I guess so\u2026 wow the 90s truly was the love song decade\u2026 prove me wrong?<\/p>\n
Her voice is my #1 celebrity crush and probably favorite voice of all time. Does anyone\u2019s voice evoke emotion more than Keys? She literally puts everything into each word\u2026 I miss you Alicia.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t be the only person who didn\u2019t know The Archies were a band and not just the comic book. A comic book I read religiously.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think this song won any awards but it really should have. Where is Death Cab these days?<\/p>\n
Young\u2026er people rejoice! A song from your decade and on the Twilight soundtrack no less!<\/p>\n
I wanted to rank this song higher but it\u2019s about divorce and really isn\u2019t that positive. Such a beautiful song though so I had to include it.<\/p>\n
I always had this song near the top of my life and then I learned it wasn\u2019t even the original and it was so heartbreaking! This was originally a country hit for John Michael Montgomery, topping the Country charts! JMM has some sneaky good songs!<\/p>\n
She was before my time but damn she had some great songs. This song won Grammys and MTV Awards.<\/p>\n
This was so tough between this song and There You\u2019ll Be\u2026 however this song was first and put her on the map more for TYB to be even bigger.<\/p>\n
Not not about love between a man and a woman but love nonetheless… and it\u2019s beautiful. Speaking of his daughter, if you haven\u2019t seen her new (Dec. 2018) freestyle you need to check it out Eminem’s Daughter Freestyle.<\/a><\/p>\n One of the best songs of the decade. This song was written about love and how it can be a bomb, for good or bad. Written by the group whose lead singer was in one of the biggest power couples in music for a decade\u2026 before they broke up\u2026 and she started dating Blake fing Shelton.<\/p>\n Grammy for Song of the Year and theme song to City of Angels. Have a watch if you haven\u2019t seen. Nicolas Cage’s first mention of two in this list!<\/p>\n Maybe the best couple on earth are him and Crissy Tieghan. If you don\u2019t follower her on social media it\u2019s worth it, she\u2019s hilarious and self deprecating.<\/p>\n The 90s were huge for amazing love songs\u2026 especially 1997! Best year ever for love songs? Tell me a better one.<\/p>\n Maybe the most controversial love song on the list. I tried to keep it mostly positive but this is such a classic. Written by Eric Clapton and it was directed at Patti Harrison, wife of his good friend George Harrison\u2019s! Clapton was trying to lure her away from her husband, with whom he was good mates. I wasn\u2019t alive during this time but I assume it was a lot like the Kanye v Drake or 2pac v Biggie but between hippies.<\/p>\n Another person who needs to get back to making amazing songs. Grammy award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and #1 musical animal lover.<\/p>\n Maybe my second favorite song on this list. David Gray is the best artist to never be enormous. He has 5 of my favorite songs and one of the best sounds ever. Another movie theme song\u2026 know what it\u2019s from? The Girl Next Door.<\/p>\n Theme song to the movie Moulin Rouge\u2026 no not that terrible song with Missy Elliot and co. Alright actually it was a catchy song I won\u2019t hate. If you haven’t seen Moulin Rouge you are missing out.<\/p>\n Aerosmith, one of the best bands of all time and couldn\u2019t be left out. This song also could be top 10. Another soundtrack song with this one being from the movie Armageddon.<\/p>\n Did I ever tell you about the time I wrote an article about him for the Kamloops Daily News and said he outperformed the concert headliner… I feel like he must have read that and got the confidence to launch him where he is today. If you’re reading this Keith I’d like 3% royalties or at least a couple drinks. Another leader in bringing country music the mainstream. He might have the most country songs I like out of anyone on earth. You could put tons of his songs in this spot\u2026 I chose this one.<\/p>\n Tanned skin guys owe a ton to Enrique and Ricky Martin\u2026 before then it was the blonde surfer dudes killing with with BSB, N\u2019Sync, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Paul Walker\u2026 Just wanted to say thank you Enrique… thank you.<\/p>\n Bon Jovi was one of the top heartthrobs in the 80s with one of the most unique styles in rock music, able to serenade you or step it up giving love a bad name.<\/p>\n This song is about stealing someone away, so it’s not so positive. However, it\u2019s also about someone who doesn\u2019t feel loved enough so it makes the list! Who even is Mr. Big? Is he still alive? Does he have a real name like Charles or something? What does he do now? So many questions.<\/p>\n Rimes was killing it in the late 90s. This Was Academy of Country Music\u2019s Single Record of the Year. There was a cover done by Trisha Yearwood, which was used in the movie Con Air with Nicolas Cage. Nicolas Cage gets so much grief but he had some classics and was mentioned twice in this list! I don’t think I mentioned any other actors.<\/p>\n My favorite part about making this list was all of the incredible unique voices over the years. Seal one of the top 5 male R&B voices ever?<\/p>\n Won Academy Award for Best Original Song, Grammy\u2019s Song Of the Year\u2026 this song won pretty much everything.<\/p>\n This really could be in the top 10. Not to mention he probably would have gotten more attention if he wasn’t competing in R&B with the artist we don\u2019t talk about.<\/p>\n Academy Of Country Music song of the year.<\/p>\n Debate #1\u2026 Shania created pop-country and made country music mainstream right? #2 Her and Gwen also created midriffs? #3, her husband has to be the leader of “out-kicking his coverage league” right?<\/p>\n One of the most unique voices of all time and she needs to come back! Tracy wrote this about her mother and her father who was struggling financially and in life. It was hard for him to create the kind of life that they dreamed of with their lack of education and opportunities that were available\u2026 In a sense I think they came together thinking that together they would have a better life working with and for one another.<\/p>\n Jewel or a voice like Jewel needs to come back on the scene, like tomorrow. If you are a fan and haven\u2019t seen her karaoke undercover prank then it is a must watch. If it doesn\u2019t evoke an emotion out of you then you aren\u2019t human. I just watched again for the 23rd time cause it\u2019s been a couple years – Jewel Karaoke.<\/a><\/p>\n I feel like this might be the most loved song on earth. Not one person can say \u201cI don\u2019t like this song.\u201d<\/p>\n This song won everything but a BET award in 1997. I\u2019m pretty sure every person has cried to this song.<\/p>\n Nope, not just the song from Happy Gilmore… it actually won a Grammy for Record of the Year among others.<\/p>\n Not a relationship love song but an incredible song nonetheless. Love the message and beautifully sung by a group with a few hits over time!<\/p>\n This song is a touch sexual but\u2026 they are arguably the best R&B group of all time right?<\/p>\n Hard not to rank this one high with Elvis arguably being one of the top 5 musicians to ever live!<\/p>\n This is my personal favorite and was maybe the best song of 1997!<\/p>\n This is a hard one to argue or place correctly as well\u2026 it could be #10, #5, or even #1!<\/p>\n Really this song could be #1, it often is… but I had to make a choice. What’s crazy is the top two songs are from the same year!<\/p>\n This is near a no brainer. Whitney has arguably the most beautiful voice to ever grace this earth and this song has been people\u2019s wedding song one million times over. It was also the main song for the movie The Bodyguard.<\/p>\n31. Glycerine – Bush (1994)<\/h4>\n
30. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls (1998)<\/h4>\n
29. All Of Me – John Legend (2013)<\/h4>\n
28. I\u2019ll Be – Edwin Mccain (1997)<\/h4>\n
27. Layla – Derek & The Dominoes (1970)<\/h4>\n
26. I Will remember you – Sarah McLachlan (1995)<\/h4>\n
25. This Year\u2019s Love – David Gray (1998)<\/h4>\n
24. Your Song – Ewan Mcgregor (2001)<\/h4>\n
23. I Don\u2019t Want to Miss A Thing – Aerosmith (1998)<\/h4>\n
22. Your Everything – Keith Urban (1999)<\/h4>\n
21. Hero – Enrique Iglesias (2001)<\/h4>\n
20. Always – Bon Jovi (1995)<\/h4>\n
19. To Be With You – Mr. Big (1991)<\/h4>\n
18. How Do I Live – LeAnn Rimes – (1997)<\/h4>\n
17. Kiss From A Rose – Seal (1994)<\/h4>\n
16. Everything I Do – Bryan Adams (1991)<\/h4>\n
15. Back At One – Brian McKnight (1999)<\/h4>\n
14. Amazed – Lonestar (1999)<\/h4>\n
13. You\u2019re Still The One – Shania Twain (1998)<\/h4>\n
12. Fast Car – Tracy Chapman – (1988)<\/h4>\n
11. You Were Meant For Me – Jewel (1995)<\/h4>\n
10. Stand By Me – Ben E. King – (1961)<\/h4>\n
9. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion (1997)<\/h4>\n
8. Endless Love – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross (1981)<\/h4>\n
7. I Believe – Blessid Union of Souls (1995)<\/h4>\n
6. I\u2019ll Make Love To You – Boyz 2 Men (1994)<\/h4>\n
5. Can\u2019t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley (1969)<\/h4>\n
4. K-Ci and JoJo – All My Life (1997)<\/h4>\n
3. Ain\u2019t No Mountain – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1966)<\/h4>\n
2. November Rain – Guns N\u2019 Roses (1992)<\/h4>\n
1. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston (1992)<\/h4>\n