100 Best Love Songs of All Time: The Ultimate Romantic Playlist for Your Wedding

There is an unbreakable bond between music and romance; love songs have the unique ability to convey emotions in such a special way. On your wedding day, music becomes even more meaningful, weaving through the fabric of your celebration and crafting some really unforgettable moments.

From your walk down the aisle to the first dance and every step between, the right love songs for weddings can elevate these moments, making them deeply personal. Love songs for weddings may resonate universally, yet they'll feel intimate, and could even reflect your personal journey.

Whether it's a heartfelt ballad that reminds you of how you met, or an upbeat melody that mirrors the joy of the day, the music you choose has the power to express so much.

If you want to create a bespoke playlist, or simply gather some love song inspiration for your special day, our list of 100 of the best love songs will set the perfect tone. We’ve found an eclectic mix of soulful wedding love songs, contemporary hits and some of the most iconic melodies ever written

• Best Love Songs of All Time
• Best Love Songs for Weddings
• Best Love Songs For Her
• Best Love Songs For Him
• Best Spanish Love Songs

Best Love Songs of All Time

Love songs have a way of transcending time, check out our top pick of everything from soulful ballads to iconic anthems. These love songs will set the mood for a romantic evening, an engagement party or throughout your wedding day. It’s time to get emotional with this mix of iconic hits and memorable modern sounds.

• At Last – by Etta James
  Best love song lyrics: At last, the skies above are blue / My heart was wrapped up in clover / The night I looked at you
• Make You Feel My Love – by Adele 

  Best love song lyrics: Know there's nothing that I wouldn't do / To make you feel my love
• Let’s Stay Together – by Al Green 
  Best love song lyrics: Let me, be the one you come running to / I’ll never be untrue / Oh baby / Let's, let's stay together
• Something – by The Beatles
  Best love song lyrics: Something in the way she moves / Attracts me like no other lover
• Nothing Compares 2 U – by Sinéad O’Connor
  Best love song lyrics: 'Cause nothing compares / Nothing compares to you
• God Only Knows – by The Beach Boys
  Best love song lyrics: God only knows what I'd be without you
• Can You Feel The Love Tonight – by Elton John
  Best love song lyrics: And can you feel the love tonight? / It is where we are / It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer / That we got this far

• Everywhere – by Fleetwood Mac
  Best love song lyrics: Oh, I / I want to be with you everywhere / Oh, I / I want to be with you everywhere
• Ain't No Mountain High Enough – by Diana Ross
  Best love song lyrics: Ain't no mountain high enough / Nothing can keep me / Keep me from you
• I Will Always Love You – by Whitney Houston
  Best love song lyrics: And I wish you joy and happiness / But above all this, I wish you love
• Can't Help Falling In Love – by Elvis Presley
  Best love song lyrics: Wise men say / Only fools rush in / But I can't help falling in love with you
• One Day Like This – by Elbow
  Best love song lyrics: Cause holy cow, I love your eyes / And only now I see the light

• I Love You Always Forever – by Donna Lewis
  Best love song lyrics: I love you always forever / Near or far, closer together
• Eternal Flame – by The Bangles
  Best love song lyrics: Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling / Do you feel my heart beating?
• No One – by Alicia Keys
  Best love song lyrics: No one, no one, no one / Can get in the way of what I'm feelin'
• Your Song – by Elton John
  Best love song lyrics: I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind / That I put down in words / How wonderful life is / While you're in the world

• Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
  Best love song lyrics:  And when you smile / The whole world stops and stares for a while / ‘Cause girl, you're amazing
• Lover – by Taylor Swift
  Best love song lyrics: I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want 'em all
• Beautiful Things – by Benson Boone
  Best love song lyrics: And I thank God every day / For the girl He sent my way
• You’ve Got The Love – by Florence and the Machine
  Best love song lyrics: Now and then, it seems that life is just too much / But you've got the love I need to see me through
• Halo – by Beyonce
  Best love song lyrics: Everywhere I'm looking now / I’m surrounded by your embrace / Baby I can see your halo / You know you're my saving grace

Best Love Songs For Weddings

Set the soundtrack to your celebration with these timeless hits. These melodies can take you down the aisle, and would be perfect ideas for your first dance.  Our best love songs of all time will provide the perfect backdrop to your love story.

• Perfect – by Ed Sheeran

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Darling, just hold my hand / Be my girl, I'll be your man / I see my future in your eyes
• All of Me – by John Legend

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: 'Cause all of me / Loves all of you / Love your curves and all your edges
• Marry Me – by Train

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Forever can never be long enough for me / To feel like I’ve had long enough with you
• Adore You – by Harry Styles
  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Just let me adore you / oh honey / I'd walk through fire for you
• Love Me Like You Do – by Ellie Goulding

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: You're the light, you're the night / You're the colour of my blood

• Lucky – by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Lucky I’m in love with my best friend / Lucky to have been where I have been
• A Thousand Years – by Christina Perri

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: I have died every day, waiting for you / Darling, don’t be afraid
• If I Ain't Got You – by Alicia Keys

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Some people want it all / But I don’t want nothing at all / If it ain't you, baby
• First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – by Leona Lewis

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: The first time ever I saw your face / I thought the sun rose in your eyes.
• Simply the Best – by Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek version)

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: You’re simply the best / Better than all the rest

• Everything – by Michael Bublé

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times / It’s you, it’s you
• Come Away With Me – by Norah Jones

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Come away with me in the night
• Shallow – by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us / We're far from the shallow now
• I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – by Aerosmith

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: I just want to stay in this moment forever
• Dancing in the Moonlight – by Toploader
  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Everybody’s feeling warm and bright / It’s such a fine and natural sight

• Paradise – by George Ezra

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: My love (my love) / My lover, lover, lover / I'm in paradise whenever I'm with you
• Only Love – by Ben Howard

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: Darling, you’re with me, always around me / Only love
• Wild Love – by James Bay

  Best love song for weddings lyrics: I wanna give you wild love / The kind that never slows down
• Toothpaste Kisses – by The Maccabees
  Best love song for weddings lyrics: So with toothpaste kisses and lines / Stay with me, I’ll stay with you
• Heartbeats – José Gonzàlez
  Best love song for weddings lyrics: The colours red and blue / We had a promise, babe / We were in love

Best Love Songs for Him 

Finding the perfect song to express your feelings can be exciting and meaningful. This section of love songs speaks directly to the bond you both share, with words and melodies that celebrate your connection. It’s a cool mix of soulful tracks, contemporary ballads and even some dance floor favourites.

• You’re My Best Friend – by Queen

  Best love song lyrics for him: You’re the best friend that I ever had / I've been with you such a long time
• Just the Way You Are – by Billy Joel

  Best love song lyrics for him: Don’t go changing to try and please me / I love you just the way you are
• I Knew I Loved You – by Savage Garden

  Best love song lyrics for him: I knew I loved you before I met you / I think I dreamed you into life
• More Than Words – by Extreme

  Best love song lyrics for him: More than words is all you have to do to make it real
• She’s in Love with the Boy – by Trisha Yearwood

  Best love song lyrics for him: She’s in love with the boy / And even if they have to run away

• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) – by James Taylor

  Best love song lyrics for him: How sweet it is to be loved by you
• She Loves You – by The Beatles

  Best love song lyrics for him: She says she loves you / And you know that can’t be bad
• I’ll Stand By You – by The Pretenders

  Best love song lyrics for him: I’ll stand by you / Won’t let nobody hurt you
• Every Breath You Take – by The Police

  Best love song lyrics for him: Oh, can't you see / You belong to me? / How my poor heart aches / With every step you take?
• She Believes in Me – by Kenny Rogers

  Best love song lyrics for him: And she believes in me / I’ll never know just what she sees in me

• To Make You Feel My Love – by Bob Dylan

  Best love song lyrics for him: I could offer you a warm embrace / To make you feel my love
• Kiss Me – by Sixpence None the Richer
  Best love song lyrics for him: Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight / Lead me out on the moonlit floor
• When A Man Loves A Woman – by Michael Bolton
  Best love song lyrics for him: When a man loves a woman / Can't keep his mind on nothin' else / He'd trade the world / For the good thing he's found
• Because You Loved Me – by Celine Dion

  Best love song lyrics for him: You were my strength when I was weak / You were my voice when I couldn’t speak
• The One – by Kodaline 
  Best love song lyrics for him: You make my heart feel like it's summer / When the rain is pouring down

• The Me And You Song – by The Wannadies
  Best love song lyrics for him: You and me, always and forever / You and me, always and forever
• Me And You Vs The World – by Space
  Best love song lyrics for him: Me and you against the world now / Look up there in the sky now / See those stars well they're shining just for us
• Dancing in the Moonlight – by Toploader
  Best love song lyrics for him: Dancing in the moonlight / Everybody's feelin' warm and bright / It's such a fine and natural sight
• I'll Stand By You – by The Pretenders
• Best love song lyrics for him: I'll stand by you / Won't let nobody hurt you / I’ll stand by you
• The Bones – by Maren Morris
  Best love song lyrics for him: Baby, I know any storm we're facing / Will blow right over while we stay put / The house don't fall when the bones are good

Best Love Songs for Her

This is a selection of love songs about tenderness, friendship and passion. These love songs will make you smile and maybe even inspire you to serenade her! Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry, and others will make you head straight for the dance floor!

• Endless Love – by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross

  Best love song lyrics for her: You will always be my endless love
• She’s Always a Woman – by Billy Joel

  Best love song lyrics for her: She hides like a child but she's always a woman to me
• Wonderful Tonight – by Eric Clapton

  Best love song lyrics for her: And then she asks me, Do I look alright? / And I say, Yes, you look wonderful tonight
• She – by Elvis Costello

  Best love song lyrics for her: She may be the love that cannot hope to last / May come to me from shadows of the past
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – by The Police

  Best love song lyrics for her: Every little thing she does is magic / Everything she does just turns me on

• Lady – by Kenny Rogers

  Best love song lyrics for her: There’s so many ways I want to say I love you
• Have I Told You Lately – by Van Morrison

  Best love song lyrics for her: Have I told you lately that I love you?
• She’s Like the Wind – by Patrick Swayze

  Best love song lyrics for her: Feel her breath on my face / Her body close to me / Can't look in her eyes / She's out of my league
• Lady in Red – by Chris De Burgh

  Best love song lyrics for her: I've never seen you looking so lovely as you did tonight / I’ve never seen you shine so bright
• When You Say Nothing at All – by Ronan Keating

  Best love song lyrics for her: You say it best when you say nothing at all

• For the Love of a Woman – by Gregory Porter

  Best love song lyrics for her: More than a woman / Modern-day / Deity / Yes she is / More than a woman
• Isn’t She Lovely – by Stevie Wonder

  Best love song lyrics for her: Isn’t she lovely / Isn’t she wonderful
• Always on My Mind – by Willie Nelson

  Best love song lyrics for her: You were always on my mind
• Breathe – by Faith Hill

  Best love song lyrics for her: I can feel you breathe / Watching over me
• Babe – by Take That 
  Best love song lyrics for her: Babe  I'm here again / I tell you I'm here again / Where have you been

• You To Me Are Everything – by The Real Thing 
  Best love song lyrics for her:  I'd do anything for you, your wish is my command / I could move a mountain when your hand is in my hand
• Keep On Loving You – by REO Speedwagon 
  Best love song lyrics for her: And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you / ‘Cause it's the only thing I want to do / I don't want to sleep, I just want to keep on lovin' you
• She’s Electric – by Oasis 

  Best love song lyrics for her: There's lots and lots for us to do / She is electric, can I be electric too?
• Lights Down Low – by Max
  Best love song lyrics for her: Oh, turn the lights turn the lights down low / Yeah, now I'm feeling you breathing slow
• Time After Tome – by Cyndi Lauper 
  Best love song lyrics for her: If you're lost, you can look and you will find me / Time after time / If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting / Time after time

Best Spanish Love Songs 

Renowned for their passionate lyrics, Spanish love songs feature some evocative melodies. From traditional ballads to modern chart-toppers, these songs beautifully express love in all its forms. For your wedding day, Spanish love songs can add a vibrant, emotional dimension – perfect for dancing for and creating a party atmosphere.

• Perfecto Para Ti – by Luis Fonsi
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Eres perfecta para mí / Como el sol para la luna. (You are perfect for me / Like the sun for the moon)
• Te Amo – by Piso 21
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Te amo, te amo, desde el primer momento. (I love you, I love you, from the very first moment)
• Tú Amor Me Hace Bien – by Marc Anthony
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Tú amor me hace bien / Tu amor me desarma. (Your love does me good / Your love disarms me)
• Todo de Ti – by Rauw Alejandro
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Es que me gusta todo de ti / De to’as tus partes. (I like everything about you / All your parts)
• El Perdón – by Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Si te vas, yo también me voy / Si me das, yo también te doy. (If you leave, I’ll leave too / If you give me, I’ll give you too)

• No Me Acostumbro – by Wisin & Ozuna
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Dime si piensas en mí como yo pienso en ti. (Tell me if you think of me like I think of you)
• Te Regalo – by Carla Morrison
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Te regalo mis ojos para que veas lo hermoso. (I give you my eyes so you can see how beautiful)
• Un Año – by Sebastián Yatra & Reik
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Yo te esperaré, nos sentaremos juntos frente al mar(I’ll wait for you, we’ll sit together by the sea)
• Bailando – by Enrique Iglesias
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Bailando, bailando / Tu cuerpo y el mío llenando el vacío. (Dancing, dancing / Your body and mine filling the void)
• Contigo – by La Adictiva
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Contigo quiero todo, y nada es lo que sobra. (With you, I want everything, and nothing is left out)
• Robarte un Beso – by Carlos Vives & Sebastián Yatra
  Best love Spanish song lyrics: Robarte un beso que me llegue hasta el alma. (Steal a kiss from you that reaches my soul)
• Amor Completo – by Mon Laferte
  Best love Spanish song lyrics: Te amo, y quiero estar contigo hasta que me muera. (I love you, and I want to be with you until I die)
• Amigos Con Derechos – by Reik & Maluma
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Te acuerdas de aquella noche, la primera vez. (Do you remember that night, the first time)
• No Me Acostumbro – by Wisin & Ozuna
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Dime si piensas en mí como yo pienso en ti. (Tell me if you think of me like I think of you)
• Beso – by Rosalía & Rauw Alejandro
  Best love song lyrics: Aunque me vayas sin decir adiós / Yo te guardo un beso(Translation: Even if you leave me without saying goodbye / I save a kiss for you)

• Culpables – by Karol G & Anuel AA
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Y si somos culpables, ¿qué le vamos a hacer?(Translation: And if we are guilty, what are we going to do about it?)
• Darte un Beso – by Prince Royce
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Si pudiera bajarte una estrella del cielo(Translation: If I could bring you a star from the sky)
• Hasta la Raíz – by Natalia Lafourcade
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Sigo cruzando ríos, andando selvas, amando el sol(Translation: I keep crossing rivers, walking through jungles, loving the sun)
• Eres – by Café Tacvba
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Eres lo que más quiero en este mundo(Translation: You are what I love most in this world)
• Me Enamoré – by Shakira
  Best Spanish love song lyrics: Me enamoré, me enamoré / Lo vi solito y me lancé(Translation: I fell in love, I fell in love / I saw him alone, and I went for it)

So there you have it - the 100 best love songs of all time! Which one is your favourite? If you're still looking for inspiration, what about our most popular wedding songs?