Looking for more recent love songs.
August 19, 2015 6:05 AM Subscribe
What are your favorite love songs from the last five-ten years?
I'm making qlmommy a romantical, mushy playlist for our 25th (!) anniversary.
The plan is to send her songs throughout the day.
I have songs from when we were kids, but am lacking on more recent material.
I think the most recent song I have is First Day of My Life by Brighteyes.
And, I'm going to add Make You Better by The Decemberists.
But, I need more.
So, what are your favorite love songs?
I'm making qlmommy a romantical, mushy playlist for our 25th (!) anniversary.
The plan is to send her songs throughout the day.
I have songs from when we were kids, but am lacking on more recent material.
I think the most recent song I have is First Day of My Life by Brighteyes.
And, I'm going to add Make You Better by The Decemberists.
But, I need more.
So, what are your favorite love songs?
Mirrors by Justin Timberlake
All of You by John Legend
Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer
Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
posted by Hermione Granger at 6:20 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
All of You by John Legend
Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer
Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
posted by Hermione Granger at 6:20 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Passcode, by Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies' latest album Silverball - 2015)
posted by TinWhistle at 6:22 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by TinWhistle at 6:22 AM on August 19, 2015
Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for Your Eyes - Kristen Andreassen
posted by BoscosMom at 6:32 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by BoscosMom at 6:32 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Sara Bareilles I Choose You
Dave Matthews Band You and Me
Michael Bublé Close Your Eyes
(Happy Anniversary!)
posted by kimberussell at 6:39 AM on August 19, 2015
Dave Matthews Band You and Me
Michael Bublé Close Your Eyes
(Happy Anniversary!)
posted by kimberussell at 6:39 AM on August 19, 2015
The Postal Service, Such Great Heights
posted by The Gooch at 6:45 AM on August 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by The Gooch at 6:45 AM on August 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
Paramore - Still Into You is a great love song for folks who have been together a long time.
"I should be over all the butterflies
But I'm into you (I'm into you)
And baby even on our worst nights
I'm into you (I'm into you)
Let 'em wonder how we got this far
'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all
Yeah, after all this time I'm still into you"
posted by Rock Steady at 6:48 AM on August 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
"I should be over all the butterflies
But I'm into you (I'm into you)
And baby even on our worst nights
I'm into you (I'm into you)
Let 'em wonder how we got this far
'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all
Yeah, after all this time I'm still into you"
posted by Rock Steady at 6:48 AM on August 19, 2015 [2 favorites]
Beautiful Morning Light - Fruit Bats
Sea of Love - Cat Power (Tom Waits cover)
You Sure Look Swell - Sondre Lerche
The Nearness of You - Norah Jones (cover of an older song, but beautiful version)
Stubborn Love - The Lumineers
posted by monologish at 6:52 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Sea of Love - Cat Power (Tom Waits cover)
You Sure Look Swell - Sondre Lerche
The Nearness of You - Norah Jones (cover of an older song, but beautiful version)
Stubborn Love - The Lumineers
posted by monologish at 6:52 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Carly Rae Jepsen's newest single, Run Away With Me, is pure pop gold and pretty gorgeous. (And I'm not generally a pop guy.)
posted by General Malaise at 6:54 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by General Malaise at 6:54 AM on August 19, 2015
The Luckiest -- Ben Folds (and then watch the movie, too -- muuushy).
posted by AwkwardPause at 6:57 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by AwkwardPause at 6:57 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Songs I find ridiculously romantic:
Be Your Girl - Teedra Moses
Chosen - Blood Orange (maybe not totally lovey dovey, but definitely makeout music)
Sure Thing - Miguel
I'd Do It All Again - Corinne Bailey Ray
Turn On The Lights - Future (maybe not an obvious pick, but for me this is just swoonily romantic)
Shower - Becky G (fizzy, joyous pop music about being giddily, stupidly in love)
Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman (the most romantic song you'll ever hear about slicing off a fingertip)
Skydiver - Cassie (the closest thing Mr Fish and I have to an 'our song')
XO - Beyonce (DUH)
And if you want to amp it up with some major (and very explicit) Makeout Point tracks, I'm a big fan of Teyana Taylor's Do Not Disturb.
posted by nerdfish at 7:05 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Be Your Girl - Teedra Moses
Chosen - Blood Orange (maybe not totally lovey dovey, but definitely makeout music)
Sure Thing - Miguel
I'd Do It All Again - Corinne Bailey Ray
Turn On The Lights - Future (maybe not an obvious pick, but for me this is just swoonily romantic)
Shower - Becky G (fizzy, joyous pop music about being giddily, stupidly in love)
Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman (the most romantic song you'll ever hear about slicing off a fingertip)
Skydiver - Cassie (the closest thing Mr Fish and I have to an 'our song')
XO - Beyonce (DUH)
And if you want to amp it up with some major (and very explicit) Makeout Point tracks, I'm a big fan of Teyana Taylor's Do Not Disturb.
posted by nerdfish at 7:05 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Lucky Now by Ryan Adams
Change of Time by Josh Ritter
posted by backwards guitar at 7:13 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Change of Time by Josh Ritter
posted by backwards guitar at 7:13 AM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Personal and the Pizzas - Never Find Me
what. most people don't put garage punk on their sappy mixtapes?
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:14 AM on August 19, 2015
what. most people don't put garage punk on their sappy mixtapes?
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:14 AM on August 19, 2015
Come to Me by Goo Goo Dolls
Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran duet
posted by rw at 7:23 AM on August 19, 2015
Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran duet
posted by rw at 7:23 AM on August 19, 2015
Magic - Coldplay
posted by fuse theorem at 7:24 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by fuse theorem at 7:24 AM on August 19, 2015
Another by Norah Jones, "Turn Me On"
And it's probably a little old for your list, but how about Dave Matthews Bands's "Crush"?
posted by Gelatin at 7:33 AM on August 19, 2015
And it's probably a little old for your list, but how about Dave Matthews Bands's "Crush"?
posted by Gelatin at 7:33 AM on August 19, 2015
These tunes (from a previous Ask about creating a playlist for 'The One') but also "Red Right Ankle" by The Decemberists, which probably holds some kind of record for being the song I've cried over the most, usually without even needing to actually listen to it.
oh, adhere to me
for we are bound by symmetry
and whatever differences our lives have been
we together make a limb
Happy anniversary!
posted by divined by radio at 8:16 AM on August 19, 2015
oh, adhere to me
for we are bound by symmetry
and whatever differences our lives have been
we together make a limb
Happy anniversary!
posted by divined by radio at 8:16 AM on August 19, 2015
I have two Imelda May songs if you wanna go a bit more Rockabilly, Inside Out and Kentish Town Waltz.
posted by KernalM at 8:26 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by KernalM at 8:26 AM on August 19, 2015
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Untitled (hidden track from Fever to Tell)
posted by thebots at 8:46 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by thebots at 8:46 AM on August 19, 2015
Halo by Beyoncé?
posted by LoonyLovegood at 8:47 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by LoonyLovegood at 8:47 AM on August 19, 2015
Here's a link to a lyrics video of that Yeah Yeah Yeahs song because I realized it might be tough to search for!
posted by thebots at 8:56 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by thebots at 8:56 AM on August 19, 2015
I Want You by Luke James
Adorn by Miguel
#Beautiful by Mariah Carey and Miguel
Lovin' You Long Time by Mariah Carey
Rather Be by Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
posted by maura at 9:12 AM on August 19, 2015
Adorn by Miguel
#Beautiful by Mariah Carey and Miguel
Lovin' You Long Time by Mariah Carey
Rather Be by Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
posted by maura at 9:12 AM on August 19, 2015
oh and 103 by Whispertown 2000
and the very best:
Won't You Come Over? by Devendra Banhart
posted by monologish at 9:27 AM on August 19, 2015
and the very best:
Won't You Come Over? by Devendra Banhart
posted by monologish at 9:27 AM on August 19, 2015
Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. My wedding song :)
posted by Sara_NOT_Sarah at 9:33 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by Sara_NOT_Sarah at 9:33 AM on August 19, 2015
I'm currently in love with this love song: Meghan Trainor - Like I'm Gonna Lose You ft. John Legend
posted by dawkins_7 at 9:43 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by dawkins_7 at 9:43 AM on August 19, 2015
Darren Hayman And The Long Parliament - Henrietta Maria
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:44 AM on August 19, 2015
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:44 AM on August 19, 2015
I'm not married yet and don't really have wedding planning fantasies, but Three Rounds and a Sound by Blind Pilot will absolutely be played at my hypothetical future wedding.
posted by catoclock at 12:28 PM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by catoclock at 12:28 PM on August 19, 2015 [1 favorite]
Bloc Party - Sunday
Magnetic Fields - It's Only Time
posted by emmling at 4:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
Magnetic Fields - It's Only Time
posted by emmling at 4:33 AM on August 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
For a slight twist, how about the uncensored version of Love Song (Language warning)
Love Song by Amiel
posted by Diag at 1:45 AM on August 22, 2015
Love Song by Amiel
posted by Diag at 1:45 AM on August 22, 2015
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Marry You by Bruno Mars
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
posted by PuppetMcSockerson at 6:12 AM on August 19, 2015