When was best love song released

Keeping in our uptempo, groovy streak, "Best of My Love" is a classic found on movie and TV soundtracks across the decades for good reason.

You'll be humming " Oh-o-oho, you've got the best of my love" all day after revisiting this track. Listen to "Best of My Love" here. Sliding into the category of "love advice," this Otis Redding track needs no introduction. It was already considered a classic, and was solidified in pop culture history when Donkey belted it out in "Shrek" and then sampled for Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Otis.

Listen to "Try A Little Tenderness" here. Queen's discography is chock-full of classic hits, but none fits best on the "love song" category than this tune. Listen to "If You're Not the One" here. Elvis Presley's original will always remain the most beloved among many cover versions, from UB40 to Ingrid Michaelson and more.

Listen to "Can't Help Falling in Love" here. Foreigner's biggest hit is also one of the greatest love songs of all time thanks to its eager rock ballad groove. You might now associate Tina Turner's "The Best" with Pepsi or Applebee's thanks to its commercial appeal, but this song is the ultimate statement of devotion and deserves to be remembered as such. Listen to "The Best" here. Listen to "All My Life" here. Listen to "Take My Breath Away" here.

The simple pleasures of finding love are perfectly expressed in this Beatles song. To be able to just reach out and hold the hand of a person you love is really all one needs, right?

Prince's greatest hits are peppered with a joyous and infectious sense of love, but perhaps none more than the devoted single "I Would Die 4 U. Listen to "I Would Die 4 U" here.

Like others on our list, The Smiths are music legends. Yet another '80s classic to grace our list, "Time After Time" is the sweetly nostalgia-driven pop song that's a karaoke classic even for "The Office's" Kelly Kapoor. Listen to "Time After Time" here. Let's face it — a dozen Stevie Wonder songs could be on this list.

But the joyous tempo and simple romantic message of "For Once in My Life" helps put it over the edge of other Stevie classics.

This follow-up hit to "End of the Road" is the perfect ode to doting upon a loved one. Blending the romantic and physical aspects of love, this sexy "Boyz II Men" '90s jam belongs on every love playlist. No, Sinead and Prince , nothing compares to this song. Both versions are commendable and stunning in their own right, but Sinead O'Connor's holds a special place in the legacy of heartache-fueled artistry.

Listen to "Nothing Compares 2 U" here. No one can belt out a great "baby! People of all ages can likely sing along to most of this romantic ballad thanks to its use in movies and TV across the decades. Listen to "Kiss From A Rose" here. No other song can sweep you up faster into daydreams about frenzied and absorbing love the way "Just Like Heaven" does. The Cure is '80s alt-rock at its finest, and this song is one of their best.

Listen to "Just Like Heaven" here. When the beat kicks into "I Love You Always Forever," you realize what a true bop this '90s pop single truly is. Lewis seems to channel Cindy Lauper's magic, just a decade later and with slightly more pizzazz. Written for Eddie Cantor to sing—in blithe blackface—in the movie Whoopee! Though Nina Simone recorded her version in , it became an unlikely chart hit in the U. The irony of this commercial connection is keen, since the song itself represents a rejection of material and cultural distractions.

With matter-of-fact majesty, she restores the love song, in a sense, to its own values. The National is a band best known for its alternately stately and ravaged examinations of existential dread and anxiety—in short, they're far from lovey-dovey. But this track from their breakout album, 's Boxer proves that they're aware of love's curative powers.

Harry Connick Jr. Ray Charles knows the feeling. Grand Ole Opry decided to pursue a solo career, became quite the sensation in While the lyrics to this early aughts classic are fairly repetitive, they become almost like a mantra. We all have those moments when our lives play out like the last five minutes of a CW season finale before the shocking cliff-hanger, natch. Time slows down, all other noises fade. You exchange glances. Your heart flutters.

The synthesized strings kick in it was , after all. Though we could have put many a Mimi love song on this list, her smash single made the cut for its classically Carey assurance that come what may, love will triumph.

Otis, you slay us. And the tune, the arrangement, is complex, mercurial, fluttering and diving, able to create a rush from routine. This is the one that will make Senator Blue Ivy weep ages from now. Before she was coming out and wanting the world to know, Diana first staked a claim on disco by virtue of this supreme Motown cut. Just how many times did this song appear on mix CDs made for dorm-room crushes in the aughts?

Plus, who doesn't love Friday? Love is a sweet and splendid thing, but boy, oh boy, can it get dramatic—the rush of endorphins washing through your body when you fall in love, the pangs of pain and fear and longing that can follow. There is a biblical aspect to its spirituality and passion; the fact that love is the only thing that matters in the end.

This song gets the job done in something like eight lines, a quarter of which are also the title. Short and sweet. When Frankie Knuckles gave it a piano house remix in , a new generation went crazy for the song: now artists ranging from Mary J. Blige to KT Tunstall have recorded versions, but none of them reach the thrilling heights of Chaka as she hits the final chorus.

It's one of the better hits on her highly-praised album, Sweetener. Yet here we are. If Drake is the resident good guy for Millennial fans, Khalid is the resident good guy of the Gen-Zs.

In less than two years, the year-old has crafted an authentic, wholesome image for himself, showcasing his incredible talent beginning with last year's release of his debut studio album, American Teen.

The momentum continued in when he dropped his EP, Suncity , which includes feel-good, I-love-love hits like "Better. The "Let It Go" singer once an opening act for Hozier is now an acclaimed performer back with another soulful single off his new album, Electric Light. As Lena Dunham so eloquently put it , "The new Lana song is perfect. Why are all the songs I wanna cry about boys to produced by my ex-boyfriend CC jackantonoff.

It's rip-your-heart-out-worthy, but just focus on how good it is and you won't feel sad. After much anticipation, Nicki released her fourth studio album Queen this summer. Surprisingly, most people don't seem to be talking about "Come See About Me"—a rare, intimate look at Nicki's soft side. It's slow, emotional, and I absolutely need more of this.

When your dad repeatedly tells you to put on "I'll Never Love Again," you know it's a song for the ages. Cry alone in your room to it, but first see A Star Is Born — where the song originates from—to make sure you get every single tear you can out of it. Honestly, it was hard to choose between this and " Shallow , " so don't me. Do not sleep on Daniel Caesar. I repeat: Do not sleep on Daniel Caesar. He's been around for a few years now and is so incredibly talented, and "Who Hurt You? The song is sexy and cool.

Plus, Caesar's angelic vocals will probably remind you of Frank Ocean. You'll see what I mean.