Most Beautiful Songs of All Time
The title speaks for itself, but please try to include some variety as to which artist and time period you add. This list is for the most beautiful songs we've ever heard, not simply the most beautiful songs of our era.
The lyrics aren't the most complex or original, however, the melody is absolutely stunning. The harmonies are traditional but simply stunning! The mix of traditional melodies combined with the rich variety of instruments is just breathtaking! I don't know much about music, but November Rain has always struck me as one of the most gorgeous and melodic pieces of music I have ever heard. It's also surprising just how well Axl Rose's raspy voice goes with the song. It just all works so beautifully! Truly a masterpiece.
When you think Guns N' Roses, most would instantly think of the classics "Sweet Child O' Mine" or "Welcome to the Jungle"... But hidden under these more intense, fist-pumping rock songs lies truly one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard. "November Rain" is a sad, depressed but hopeful tune that deserves the title of most beautiful song of all time.
The best ballad of the best rock band of all time. Unusual story clothed in words, the extraordinary guitar solo performed by Slash, the entire composition, melody encroaching into the soul... And what more could you want? I'm really sure that the music of Guns N 'Roses will live forever!
Beats John Lennon's imagine because there are tons of people who feel this way...if you are in love you will consider it better than bohemian rhapsody
Hands down the most beautiful song ever, and this should top the list without question.. I know Cohen wrote it but I believe Buckley made it his own as well as he did it.
It's absolutely perfect, and only Jeff could make such a simple, elegant sound that makes all your troubles go away for seven minutes, with just an electric guitar and his flawless vocals.
While Jeff Buckley sings this Cohen song as well as anyone, it is the powerful emotions it evokes with such pithy yet deep and profound verse.
Over 480 artists to date have recorded this song and each has left the original words and music intact. That alone speaks volumes as to what a beautiful song it is and how much it has affected folks from all around the world.
Not only do I have a lot of nostalgia with this song, considering my dad played it on his cd when I was little, but I can't think of another song I've loved all my life. The lyrics are beautiful yet chilling, the lone guitar conveys a great beat, Buckley's vocals were seemingly made for this song... I could go on for hours...
Never have I heard a song being sung with so much passion and emotion. Cohen wrote it, yes, but Buckley didn't just take it to a whole new level - he took it further than anyone could ever imagine and turned it into a perfect masterpiece.I don't believe I will ever hear another song which comes close, certainly not in my lifetime anyway.
There is a lady who is sure all glitter is gold and she buying the stairway TO heaven and as we wind on down the road are shadow taller then are soul there was a lady we all now who shins white light and wants to show and if you listen really hard the truth well come at you atlast we're all is one and one is all and she's buying the stairway TO heaven...
HOW II THIS NOT NUMBER 1 ON EVERY MUSIC LIST!. besides the ones that talk about the worst songs.
Jimmy page, Robert plant, gonzo, and John Paul Jones are perfect. Some people say they sold there soul to the devil to get as good as they are. But I just they were just always awesome.
Every note, every rhythm, every single chords and the lyrics. Nothing can beat this song as the most beautiful song of all time. It has everything a song needs to send shivers down your spine. At this point it's just orgasmic.
This is an incredible piece of art. Why this isn't #1 is beyond me, but I cry every time I listen to this song. It has changes lives, and made bad days better. This song deserves a spot in at least the top three...
Simply the greatest song known to man. The lyrics just envelop you at the beginning, and they take you on for a wild ride. As you reach the end, you are deeply thinking about life and all of its wonders.
Wow, number 15! Really? This song is truly timelessly beautiful! The voice of Freddie mercury, the opera themed song, and the feels it gives you throughout the song is truely something beautiful! Definitely in the top five!
I like this song but I'm not sure if I would consider this beautiful? Lmao
Maybe the "mama" part but not the operatic section. Lol
This, I cannot stress to you enough, is PERFECTION! It all blends together to create a truly incredible experience for the listener. It should be in the Top 5, not 7!
X Japan is in general a band whose music makes you say: I like this, and nothing else. Had they started doing more in the west in the 80's and early 90's they would be a lot more known then they currently are. And Art of Life is their masterpiece. You see the 30 min runningtime and you say " Pfft, I'm not gonna listen to a song for 30 min" But once you get captured, you can do nothing but enjoy it. X Japan is THE band and Art of Life is THE song.
So many of X Japan's songs should be on this list, but that wouldn't leave any space for anyone else on it. Everything they have done is beautiful, including this one.
As the title says, this song tells you what life is in the most honest way. Listen to the lyric, feel the music, and you will say "yes, this is life"
The most incredible and touching song ever. It simply describes life, its turbulences and turnovers.
How is this song not among the top 3?! There are a couple more I'd consider beautiful but seriosusly, this one is the one of the most beautiful songs EVER. Period. I'd consider Stairway to Heaven also beautiful and I am surprised that one is not even on the list! Imagine however should be #1. I mean, Summer'69 is an awesome song, I agree, but it is not anywhere near more beautiful than this song. Get real people!
Very simple song with a very powerful message.
If all the world could in the least consider this vision, it would be a very beautiful world indeed.
If you love this song then "Dreamer" by Ozzy Osbourne is also well worth a listen, as it too is a beautiful song that preaches much the same message.
I don't know how some songs found their way to top 10?!?! Simon & G? Madonna? Brian Adams? Aha?! You must be kidding me! Imagine should be in 1st spot, and never put down below #1 Where the hell is U2 "ONE"?! Whoever is voting on this page needs to have their ears examined
The message this song gives is what could be used at anytime in our lifetime, imagine if the world really was as peaceful as this beautiful song portrays?
Please people don't think I'm a hatter cause I'm not I love her voice it's very beautiful, it's just everyone say she can sing opera and she can't I know because I'm training right now to sing popera it's opera and pop mixed and that's what Jackie sings. Now please don't think I hate her or something she has raw talent, and can sing like an angle I just don't like she gets credit for something she can't do.
Jackie sings simply. There are no embellishments, and everything is understated.
The natural, pure beauty of her incredible voice is enough.
This song and Jackie's voice were made for each other.
Jackie has a voice of beauty and power. She doesn't have to speak English to bring off a message. Age does not matter it's the talent and she sure does have some. We shall all be proud of her and her success. She is amazing!
This gifted 13-year old prodigy is already being called "the most beautiful human voice ever recorded", and broke Michael Jackson's record as youngest artist in US chart history with a Top 2 and Platinum CD.
One time I was on a plane and the decent was happening. The plane lowered through the clouds, and I saw the sun appear over one of them. It was beautiful, especially since I was listening to this song on my iPod. Just gave a warm feeling to my heart.
Come, on this song epitomizes the meaning of "beautiful. " Such mundane words cannot begin to describe this masterpiece of a song.
Really beautiful song, makes feel different and good and I simply love it and that's all I need from a song!
One of the only beautiful songs with beats in the more modern generation.
Truly chilling. The harmony of these two voices is electrifying. Simon & Garfunkel will always be listed under the best vocalists of all time, and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" as well as "The Sound of Silence" are chilling reflections of said talent.
Beautifully written and performed, and able to give me chills over and over again. It starts quietly and builds to a passionate crescendo, with Garfunkel's angelic tenor soaring perfectly. A truly sublime song.
The most fantastically wonderful song I ever heard. You can hear the eternal faith and love he has for his wife and his devotion to her. All people should make such fine and pure works of wholesome virtue.
Where the hell is Hosianna Mantra? Where is Astral weeks? In terms of beauty, out of the current top 10, the only songs that deserve to be in the top 10 are this and Stairway to Heaven, and that too relatively speaking.
Beautiful. And that is all I can say.R.I. P the king of pop. I have always been a loyal fan of you and your talent ever since a young age and I will always be moved by your passion for music and entertainment.
I wish from the deepest bottom of my heart that this MJ song is always allover perpetual in my heart. My heart is much lover of this one...
Michael pulls so hard at the strings of my heart with every note of this song.
Great song, and amazing lesson, but there were really beautiful songs way back then.
This song gives you a break from all going wrong in life and lets you take a few minutes just to think about all that is beautiful. It manages to be happy without sugarcoting life and making the world seem like a dreamland. It's just real life, yet Louie makes you love every other damn human on the planet. A perfectly done song.
Beautiful, classic, timeless. For me this is the most beautiful song ever. Definitely in my top 5 all time favorites. Armstrong had a perfect voice for this song. If anyone had listened to this song and not been moved then their just dead inside. Pure gold classic.
This song is so calm, and it makes me feel the it's gonna be an okay day. It makes me realize that the life is an ocean. A couple of dirty drops of water don't make the ocean bad.
A timeless and beautiful classic no matter who sings it!
I thought clicking the vote button would allow me to vote, but it instead voted in favor of the song. This song is far too boring for this list in my opinion.
This is such an amazing song, deserves to be in the Top 5! This song is probably everyone's summer anthem, it's so beautiful and nostalgic. Please vote!
What can I say about its just an awesome song... My early summer was passed away only by listening such a great rock of bryan adams.
I'll never get tired of it. It always gives off such an intense nostalgic vibe and is just a great song overall
The best song of Michael Jackson's solo career. Period! It's so emotional and the message it sends is so touching! It always surprises me that on most lists with the best Michael Jackson songs, this song ranks relatively lower than some other Michael Jackson songs. There is no way Billie Jean, Dirty Diana and Bad are better songs, for example. You pay no attention to the lyrics if you think so.
I sang this to my whole school once... they were throwing roses at me... haha pretty weird, I claim this song, Song of the SUmmer of 2010
It's sad to see al these children suffer, but the song is amazing. I personally think this should be #1
This song is the best. Forever will you and your songs be engraved in my heart Michael.
In thirty years time, this will still be at the top. Most songs that are now in the top ten won't even be remembered by then. That's not to say they're not nice or even moving in their way, bur they just aren't in the same league as Beethoven or, for that matter Bach/Gounod (Ave Maria) or even Franz Xaver Gruber/Joseph Mohr (Stille Nacht - Silent Night)
Never goes out of style. Still lovely as ever.
The most beautiful composition in my eyes.
So strong, without any words. So beatiful.
This is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard those vocals are god like and magical Dio truly was a god with his voice R.I.P.
RJD was a great talent, and the world is better off for his being here.
A definition of beautiful
Amazingly written
Credits to john lennon great songwriter and wife beater
I want this song to be played at my funeral when I die
Nothing’s gonna change my world...
Good song, but beautiful, maybe, but if you want beautiful songs, stick with music like Baroque or Mozart.
Yet Sarah McLachlan’s songs are like some of the last truly beautiful songs you’ll ever hear, and they were made after the Beatles.
It's so beautiful, melody and lyrics, and I read recently that it was Paul McCartney's favorite as well.
Great song, but Beautiful?
Gimme a break.
Amazing lyrics
This song is AMAZING! It's so emotional, and reminds me of the people I've lost. Especially the line "I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone." This song is gorgeous, and should definitely be at the top of the list.
Perhaps the last Truly beautiful song. It has a magical vibe and takes sadness the way it should and on a whole new level.
It chills you and makes you think about the loss of a loved person and your stresses in life.
This song has an unknown realm that takes our hearts away. One must listen to this song when he is alone. It gives 'too much pain' and of course it is 'too much real'.
The most touching and beautiful song in the world. Amy is queen.
Love walks in is beautiful because its not saying your in love. It is explaining how someone feels when they fall in love. And then you sense a change nothing feels the same nothing feels the same its like an alien just pulls a string and love comes walkin in.
David lee Roth is a great enertainer he left Van Halen because of what Eddie did for Michael Jackson Then they asked Sammy Hagar to Join to be honest Sammy was already famous and did not need to join. But we are glad he did some of the best original music for Van Halen came from Sammy's contributions. None of the 4 album's that Sammy did with Van Halen are on the Van Halen site, although they all went number one. None of the albums from David did that, but over time have sold like they have.
I said David is an enertainer Sammy is a musician big difference
Sammy Hagar was the best thing that ever happened to Van Halen. Too bad there were so many hard-core David fans out there because Sammy puts him to SHAME and Sammy is still rocking and still has all his hair.
Why is this on the list of beautiful songs?
This song does NOT make any sense as beautiful.
For me it's the most beautiful song ever written. It speaks to the soul.
How could such a beautiful song be so far down on the list?
This song is so beautiful, I love Coldplay.
Simply the greatest song of all time.
A song so beautiful, it sends shivers down your spine. a feeling of euphoria washes over you, that's how beautiful this song is
Probably one of the last good songs made.
A cerebral piece of introspection.
Best guitar solo of all time.
I've never heard another song better at describing love. I think it perfectly encapsulates how wonderful helplessly falling completely in love with someone is.
Earth-shakingly beautifully. It takes the theme of love to a whole other level. It's not about sex, or money, just pure unadulterated love.
One of the greatest songs of Beyoncé..it absolutely great song and thank you Beyonce for singing such a wonderful and heart touching song...lovely song for al the time
This - I believe- is the "never-ever-fade" type of songs for many generations to come. Thanks
The feeling this song gives you it's unbelievable. A true masterpiece
An epic song about stories and their storytellers.
Surpised to see this pretty high it should be higher though
I would listen to it, but it shouldn’t be on here.
This just should be number one! My favorite song in the world!
Nothing that would put this song on the list.
This song is still perfect
None better. A top contender!
This needs to be way higher, its one of the most beautiful songs of all time
This should be number one. And then the list should end.
Love it but latest trick is better.
BIA are for me one of the most beautiful songs ever written.I can't really explain it,it just hit me in the stomach so I get a lumb in my throat every time I hear it.Mark Knopfler have a special gift regarding that.
And I agree,this one should be way up higher.