The upcoming nuptials of my cousin and his wife-to-be inspired me to put together a comprehensive list of love songs/songs about love. I’ve been working on a playlist entitled “songs for your honey” over the past few months and it seemed like an appropriate time to get my act together and publish it to 8tracks. I decided not to limit myself to a single CD’s worth of songs and instead included tracks from a variety of genres and time periods. I came up with 64 songs that make me think about my sweetie. The initial thought was to include “When I’m Sixty Four” in the mix, but 8tracks limits you to two songs per artist and I chose two different Beatles songs. Finding so many songs about love was not a challenging task, as musicians seem to really love writing about L-O-V-E. And how wonderful to listen to all of these songs that ooze so much emotion. Some of it gushy and mushy, some sweet and tender, some simple and to the point, and some just plain raw. I’m sure that there are many, many other songs that I failed to include. I encourage you to share some of your favorite love songs. Perhaps I can publish volume 2 sometime in the future.
For now, enjoy the love…
http://8tracks.com/mixes/339593/player_v3
1. Come Into My Life – Jimmy Cliff
2. You Are The Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne
3. My Love Is – Willie John
4. I Found My Everything – Mary J Blige
5. You’re All I Need To Get By – Aretha Franklin
6. Lucky (feat. Colbie Caillat) – Jason Mraz
7. Romeo’s Tune – Steve Forbert
8. You’re My Home – Billy Joel
9. Sea Of Love – Cat Power
10. You Mean Everything To Me – Shawn Mullins
11. Lean On Me – Beth Orton
12. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
13. Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love – Pink Martini
14. Nothing I Can Do – Ben Taylor
15. Make You Feel My Love – Adele
16. All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
17. Not Fade Away -The Rolling Stones
18. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor
19. We Walk The Same Line – Everything But The Girl
20. Ice Cream – Sarah McLachlan
21. I Was Brought To My Senses – Sting
22. As – Stevie Wonder
23. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer
24. Your Smiling Face – James Taylor
25. Summer In The Sandbox – Domestic Problems
26. We Are In Love – Harry Connick, Jr.
27. Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
28. Shine On – Entrain
29. Crazy Love – Van Morrison
30. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
31. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding
32. True Companion – Marc Cohn
33. She’s Got A Way [live] – Billy Joel
34. Since I Met You Baby – Ivory Joe Hunter
35. The Things We Do For Love – 10cc
36. Tell Me ‘Bout It – Joss Stone
37. What Am I Gonna Do With You – Barry White
38. Thank You – Bonnie Raitt
39. Beyond The Blue – Joan Armatrading
40. All Around Us – Donavon Frankenreiter
41. Be My Honeypie – The Weepies
42. Better Together – Jack Johnson
43. Can’t Help Falling In Love (Live At Daytrotter) – Ingrid Michaelson
44. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
45. Dance Me to the End of Love (Bonus) – The Civil Wars
46. Dream A Little Dream Of Me – The Mamas & The Papas
47. Fallin’ For You – Colbie Caillat
48. Hold You In My Arms – Ray LaMontagne
49. Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
50. Honey – Erykah Badu
51. I Love You – Sarah McLachlan
52. If The Stars Were Mine – Melody Gardot
53. Loving You – Paolo Nutini
54. Need Your Love So Bad – Fleetwood Mac
55. Say Hey (I Love You) – Michael Franti & Spearhead
56. Sweet Pea – Amos Lee
57. Warm Ways – Fleetwood Mac
58. You and I – Ingrid Michaelson
59. Dancing in The Moonlight – Toploader
60. January Wedding – The Avett Brothers
61. The One Who Love You The Most – Brett Dennen
62. From the Clouds – Jack Johnson
63. What the World Needs Now Is Love – Jackie DeShannon
64. (Just Like) Starting Over – The Flaming Lips
My Musical Muses 