love songs

Top 10 love songs- from ‘billboard.com’

1.    "Endless Love" Diana Ross & Lionel Richie (1981)

2.    "I’ll Make Love to You" - Boyz II Men (1994)

3.    "How Deep Is Your Love," Bee Gees (1977)

4.    "We Found Love" - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (2011)

5.    "Silly Love Songs" - Wings (1976)

6.    "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston  (1992)

7.    "Let Me Love You" - Mario (2005)

8.    "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" - Stevie B  (1990)

9.    "Best of My Love" - The Emotions (1977)

10.  "I Can’t Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles 

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History

Ancient love songs- One of the earliest known love song writers was a high priestess in ancient Mesopotamia back in 2250 BC named Enheduanna, who wrote sexually charged love songs to her Sumerian gods, like this evocative line that sounds a bit like a modern rap lyric:

“I will lay out mighty love clothes
I know how exactly
I will look so fine
I will make you feel like a king”

Medieval love songs- Medieval love songs were famously monophonic — meaning there was just one melodic line and they either sang it alone or repeated it on their instrument (most likely a lute or viol).

 

Modern times- ‘There’s a love song for every style and a love song for every lover.’

 

Traditions - In India, the word raga, which is a well-known form of Indian classical music, refers to the “act of colouring”, which is a metaphor for the creation of love, desire and passion in the listeners. In China, love songs appeared in the Shijing, the body of ancient folk songs and poems compiled by Confucius in around 500 BCE. In the Middle Ages, the Middle East saw a deep tradition of female slaves singing love songs to their masters, which would eventually influence European music in a big way. And then of course, you have Bollywood.