Valentine's Day may not be around the corner, but love can always be in the air any day of the week with the right songs. Sure, there are some classic ballads everyone knows, but love songs aren't all ...

Love songs can be sappy and sentimental, poignant or powerful. But some of the best have a slightly different twinkle that ...

Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance.

If you look at the Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about ...

We get it — pop music isn't for everyone, but if you give these 20 tracks a spin, you may find a few new favorites. From rising artists like Alec Benjamin and Tate McRae to legends including Britney ...

The pop songs you love might feel so catchy they’re magic, but their ability to get stuck in your head isn’t fairy dust and sparkles: it’s melodic math. Music researchers use melodic math to refer to ...

Taylor Swift has given the world some of the most popular love songs of modern times. A love song by a well-known indie band knocked her off of her feet. She said the tune was dark, but it managed to ...

In both life and music, the secret to success is love. This universal emotion stands out as the key protagonist in the most listened-to songs of all time. According to a study by Salvador Climent Roca ...

That title-page quotation from Stephen Merritt, a pop/rock singer-songwriter, arguably overstates the case but the importance of love songs is undeniable. In Love Songs: The Hidden History, American ...

More than a few pop bangers from 1975 were so good that just about everybody owned them on vinyl back in the day.