Top 10 Best Love Songs of the '80s

Love songs in the '80s did not do subtle. They pleaded, pined, soared, and stared dramatically into the middle distance while you sat there acting like you were totally fine. When you put on the best ones, you are not just hearing romance, you are stepping into a world of slow dances, late-night phone calls, and feelings big enough to fog up every window in sight.

This is the kind of music that makes you want to text someone you absolutely should not text, then sing along anyway. You get aching ballads, sky-high choruses, and the sort of emotional chaos that somehow sounds amazing with a synth line behind it.

The Top Ten

  1. Yedhedho Ennam Valarthen - K.S. Chithra

    Really proud to have a Tamil song in the list.

    I can listen to this masterpiece over and over again.

  2. Heaven - Bryan Adams

    Beautiful and touching. This is my favorite Bryan Adams ballad.

    One of the best songs from the '80s.

  3. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins

    One of Phil Collins' best.

  4. Careless Whisper - George Michael

    I can listen to this masterpiece over and over again. Long live the classics!

    I love George Michael. It's one of my favorite songs of his.

    It's the same as my life.

  5. Still Loving You - Scorpions

    I adore this band, and I adore this song. It's one of their greatest ones.

  6. Angel - Aerosmith

    Perfect performance, deep lyrics. Fantastic track.

  7. Every Breath You Take - The Police

    Already a legendary love hit from 1983. Just amazingly beautiful.

    My most favorite song.

  8. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

  9. La Isla Bonita - Madonna

    My all-time favorite Madonna song. She performs it so well. You really feel her deep emotions. Nice lyrics.

  10. Knife - Rockwell

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    Saving All My Love for You - Whitney Houston

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    The Search Is Over - Survivor

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  13. Smooth Operator - Sade

    A very special and unique masterpiece from Sade. I adore this song.

  14. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder

  15. I Melt with You - Modern English

  16. Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

    Brilliant love track with a phenomenal vocal from the stunning Whitney.

    Nothing compares to her.

  17. All at Once - Whitney Houston

    Another amazing love song from Whitney. She's the true queen of love and romance songs.

  18. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

    Love this song.

  19. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

  20. Stuck on You - Lionel Richie

  21. Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner

    Love Foreigner!

  22. Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp

    Just a good song.

  23. I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne

  24. Straight from the Heart - Bryan Adams

  25. Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul

  26. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner

  27. Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon

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