25 love songs that will make you cry

Several pieces of music sung by artists of yesterday and today: Lana del Rey, Whitney Houston, Queen...

Love is one of the main forces that move the world, a feeling that unites people and makes them want to stay together. Loving someone is one of the situations that most emotions, and with greater intensity, tend to generate. And these emotions can range from the purest happiness to the deepest pain, something that has served as inspiration for numerous arts.

Among them, music, which most people use as a means of expression of their feelings, emotions and deepest thoughts about it. In this article we will review a brief selection of 25 love songs (and disaffection) that are touching.

25 love songs

Here we will see a total of 25 songs that talk about love (and heartbreak) in many different ways: the feelings aroused by the loved one, an unrequited love, a breakup or the wish that it had not happened or the overcoming of a relationship are some examples of this.

I will always love you (Whitney Houston)

A classic of romantic songs, in this song Whitney Houston tells us about an immortal love that, however, must face its end. It is a sad farewellIt is a sad farewell, in which she expresses the wish that the loved one will do well in life and be happy, remaining her presence and the love she has for her in her memory.

Boig per tu (Sau)

A Catalan song with a melancholic character, which talks about the feeling of being madly in love (literally boig per tu means crazy for you in Spanish) with someone who does not correspond to us or when the relationship is facing difficulties (a fight or even an imminent breakup).

3. Say Something (A Great Big World)

This song from 2014 tells us about a relationship in which love has been lost and there is a lack of communication. A relationship in which one of the parties is still in love and that would have done anything to maintain the bondbut is accepting that the time has come to say goodbye. A feeling that is also exemplified in the official videoclip through an elderly couple in which she has died, a young couple in which she decides to end the relationship in his absence and a girl who observes how her parents have a destructive relationship.

4. All of me (John Legend)

A relatively recent song, from 2013, in which the singer expresses an absolute love for the loved one, adoring everything about them, as well as the desire and emotion of giving and surrendering totally to each other.

5. Stay (Rihanna)

This song by Rihanna exemplifies the case of a couple that is about to separate, but in which both of them have strong feelings for their partner. still have strong feelings for their partner and deep down they wish the other would stay by their side.

6. I don't want to miss a thing (Aerosmith)

Mythical and well-known song of Aerosmith that accompanied the movie Armageddon, and in which is expressed the will of not missing anything of the relationship, wanting to take advantage of every moment next to the loved one and to make of each one of them something eternal, because to move away makes that the longing of every aspect of her/him comes up.

7. Someone like you (Adele)

A well-known song by Adele that tells us about a relationship that has ended, in which one of the parties observes how the other has found happiness with a new partner. observes how the other has found happiness with a new partner, feeling a great sadness and melancholy towards what wasThe new partner, feeling a great sadness and melancholy towards what was and indicating to the new partner that she wishes her the best and not to worry that she will find someone who means as much to the singer as her ex-partner.

8. Give me love (Ed Sheeran)

Ed Sheeran has a large number of love songs in his repertoire. Among them stand out songs like Perfect or the present Give me love. In the latter the singer asks for love, feeling lonely while trying to stay in a relationship that no longer exists.

9. Total eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)

Well-known song by Bonnie Tyler that expresses the strength of a love that has long been maintained, and the desire and the need to keep it and/or recover the intensity of what our partner made us feel.

10. La vie en rose (Edith Piaf)

The prodigious voice of the French singer makes this song one of the most romantic, telling us about how the interaction with the loved one, the contact of her voice, her skin or simply her image makes our heart accelerate happily and allows us to see the world as something beautiful.

11. Up where we belong (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes)

This song, which was chosen as the main theme of the famous movie "Officer and a Gentleman", talks about love and how it takes us to our destiny, overcoming the difficulties that exist along the way to achieve our destiny. to arrive together at the place where we belong.

12. With or without you (U2)

Song by the band U2 that expresses the impossibility of living both with and without the loved oneIt refers to a stormy relationship that leaves the person confused, on the one hand wanting more and on the other hand wanting to run away from it.

13. When a man loves a woman (Percy Sledge)

This old song, which has been interpreted by many artists afterwards, expresses different sensations and feelings of the one who sings it towards a woman he is in love with, as well as how love makes everything else become unimportant.

14. Without you (Mariah Carey)

Classic song that expresses the pain and suffering at the idea that a relationship is ending, the knowledge that the flame is going out and that there is no turning back despite the refusal to forget what is important. the refusal to forget how important that person has been to us..

15. Take my breath away (Berlin)

When we are in love it is not rare to feel that just seeing that person makes us short of breath. This song talks about those sensations that the loved one provokes in us, or the simple desire that someone awakens that sensation in us.

16. Perfect (Ed Sheeran)

Ballad in which love is expressed towards a person who for us is special and unique, who brings together everything we always want and do not think we deserve. The desire to have that person in our arms. Someone who, although not perfect, is perfect for us and with whom we dream of having a future.

17. Can't help falling in love (Elvis Presley)

One of Elvis Presley's best known songs, the singer tells us how he couldn't help falling in love, and how he wishes to share his life with a woman he loves.and how he wants to share his life with the person who makes him feel that way, even though it's a bit hasty.

18. Angie (The Rolling Stones)

The Rolling Stones has great songs, being one of them dedicated to love "Angie". In it we are told how despite Angie is a wonderful person, love and relationship are increasingly deteriorated. Basically it reminds us of a conversation before a sentimental rupture, in which a review is made of what the relationship has meant and that the time has come to say goodbye.

19. I was love to love you (Queen)

Freddy Mercury also has to his credit a great number of songs dedicated to love. Among them we find I was born to love you, in which he expresses his desire to have something with that person. his desire to have something with that person that makes him think that he was born to love her..

20. Summertime Sadness (Lana del Rey)

This song by Lana del Rey is not particularly popular, and after it has been interpreted and remixed by other authors, but the truth is that it reflects a lesbian love story with a tragic ending. It is a farewell before the suicide of one of the components of the couple, remembering the one who is left alive all that has meant for her before undertaking the same action.

21. Woman against woman (Mecano)

A song that refers to the suffering of a couple of women, one of them fearing the repercussions and the social judgment they would suffer if their relationship became visible. It reflects the fear and the need to open up and live love independently of the opinion of others.

22. When I was your man (Bruno Mars)

Melancholic song by Bruno Mars, in which he recalls the mistakes he made during his relationship with his partner and his wish that, although he is no longer with him but has found another partner, he will value her and do for her what the singer did not do at the time: make her/him happy.

23. Stay with me (Sam Smith)

Song that talks about a relationship in which one of the parties has a vision of the relationship as something sporadic or fleeting, while the other would like it to be maintained and stay with him. Although usually associated with romantic love, it can be applied to a wide range of relationship types.

24. Angels (Robbie Williams)

Another songwriter with a large number of songs dedicated to love is Robbie Williams, author of songs like Feel or the present Angels. In this last one the singer talks about the importance of loveIn the latter, the singer talks about the importance of love, of having someone to love or an ideal of love, in order to feel strong, safe and supported.

25. The Scientist (Coldplay)

Coldplay song that refers to the self-reproach that a person makes for not having taken advantage of the relationship and the desire to return to the beginning, when everything was starting, it was exciting and going well.