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[Western Music] The ultimate collection of love songs: a roundup of timeless, heart-touching classics

Editor-in-Chief, RAG MUSICHane Keisuke
Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC. JFC-certified fact-checker. After working in a music studio and handling wedding sound, joined the RAG MUSIC editorial team in 2016. Experienced with a variety of instruments: marching band in elementary school, clarinet in junior high school wind ensemble, and drums in a band from high school onward. Drawing on my own musical activities and the experience gained through my work, I produce daily articles, including various song introductions, features on music festivals around the country, and live reports. In music, I enjoy not only rock from Japan and abroad but, lately, a wide range of J-pop as well.

In the Western music scene, countless songs themed around love have been released over the years.

Among them are many tracks that portray various aspects of romance—joyful relationships, heartbreak, unrequited love, and more.

In this article, we’ll introduce a selection of ultimate, standout love songs from Western music—true gems among the classics.

We’ve focused on timeless hits that everyone knows, so take this opportunity to give them another listen.

If you listen while reading the parallel translations, you’ll likely find yourself even more emotionally immersed.

[Western Music] The Ultimate Love Songs Collection: A Roundup of Heart-Touching Classics (81–90)

Lovin’ YouMinnie Riperton

loving you minnie riperton

Lovin' YouMinnie Riperton

Minnie Riperton, who has an exceptionally wide five-and-a-half-octave vocal range.

In the chorus of this song, you can hear her ultra-high notes.

Many listeners will relate to the lyrics about how loving you makes my life beautiful.

Once you find someone to love, you might even find yourself able to hit those high notes too!

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You Were Meant For MeJewel

Jewel – You Were Meant For Me HQ

You Were Meant For MeJewel

Even though the relationship is over, I still can’t shake the habits from when he and I were together.

Even my smallest gestures are exactly the same as when he was with me.

This Jewel song vividly portrays days that can never be forgotten and wounds that won’t heal.

Jewel’s sweet, aching voice seems to echo through the room—a highly relatable song that many women have experienced at least once.

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Baby IAriana Grande

Ariana Grande – Baby I (Official Video)

Baby IAriana Grande

I’m totally in love with you.

I mean, it’s like, I’m so into you it’s crazy—and that feeling comes through blatantly in the lyrics.

A song where the emotions come across so directly.

And it’s sung by Ariana Grande.

I highly recommend it as a love song for girls who are in love.

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My Heart Will Go OnCéline Dion

Céline Dion – My Heart Will Go On (from the 2007 DVD “Live In Las Vegas – A New Day…”)

My Heart Will Go OnCéline Dion

A famous song familiar as the theme of Titanic.

Its theme—that no matter how far apart they are, if their feelings connect, two people’s love can become eternal—overlaps well with the two who met a tragic end in Titanic.

Celine Dion delivers it tenderly with her powerful vocal prowess.

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HeavenGotthard

Gotthard – Heaven (Videoclip)

HeavenGotthard

It’s not that the chord progression is particularly elaborate, nor that the performance is exceptionally skilled.

And yet, it pierces the heart in an irresistible way—that’s the ultimate love song! This track embodies that feeling.

This band is really great.

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