Well what a week it has been for SA. One minute we are out and about enjoying ourselves and thenext minute we are in lockdown wearing no pants, scrolling our phones incessantly and not
showering. Just me? Ok. Fine.
I do tend to use music as a form of therapy for these moments of angst and uncertainty –
specifically, making playlists. It brings me a great sense of nostalgia and joy.
Did anybody listen to 5AD love song dedications with Richard Mercer back in the day? Just me, again? I was obsessed. I remember putting it on the radio in the car drive home after swimming lessons. When I was around seven, I decided that I would call up and request a song for my brother who was away on school camp. I chose ‘To The Moon And Back’ by Savage Garden. I was cool.
I’ve always been drawn to music about love, so I would like to share a list of my favourite love
songs of all time (in no particular order). These could be used for a wedding, or they could be used to cry to whilst you’re alone in the middle of the night, eating ice cream straight out of the tub. You make the rules.
1. Something – The Beatles – 1969
2. A Sunday Kind Of Love – Etta James - 1960
3. Just Like Heaven – The Cure – 1987
4. Baby Love – The Supremes – 1964
5. God Only Knows – The Beach Boys – 1963
6. I Only Have Eyes For You – The Flamingos – 1959
7. Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - 2010
8. Nightminds – Missy Higgins – 2004 - (link HERE)
9. Love Came To Me – Dion & the Belmonts – 1962
10. Breathless – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – 2004
11. Mystify – INXS – 1987
12. Into My Arms – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – 1997
13. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton – 1974
14. Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding – 1966
15. Best of My Love – The Emotions – 1977
16. Millionaire – Chris Stapleton – 2017
17. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper – 1983
18. Love Will Keep Us Alive – The Eagles – 1994
19. Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers- 1965
20. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green – 1971
21. Be My Baby – The Ronnettes – 1963
22. My Girl – The Temptations – 1964
23. Lover – Taylor Swift – 2019
24. Hey Ho – The Lumineers – 2012
25. I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie – 2006
26. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap – 2008
27. Here Comes Your Man – Pixies – 1987
28. Gravity – John Mayer – 2005
29. It Must Be Love – Madness – 1981
30. Our House – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – 1970
31. A Case Of You – Joni Mitchell – 1971
32. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room – John Mayer – 2006
33. With Or Without You – U2 – 1987
34. A Beautiful Mess – Jason Mraz – 2008
35. Angels – John Farnham – 1993
36. Fill You In – Josh Pyke – 2005
37. Don’t Get Me Wrong – The Pretenders – 1986
38. Wildflower Honey – The Stray Birds – 2012
39. Everlong – The Foo Fighters – 1997
40. Songbird – Eva Cassidy – 1998
41. You Are The Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne - 2008
42. If I Laugh – Cat Stevens – 1971
43. Hello, I Love You – The Doors – 1968
44. Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin – 1968
45. You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor/Carol King - 1971
46. Universally Speaking – Red Hot Chili Peppers – 2002
47. The Most Exalted Potentate of Love – The Cramps – 1984
48. Waterfall - The Stone Roses - 1989
49. Let's Get Lost - Chet Baker - 1956
50. All Of Me - Billie Holiday - 1954
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