Make yourself comfortable and let me sooth your ears with ninety minutes of romantic tracks from my music library about love, heartbreak and regret. Enjoy!
| Title | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Queen | “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” was Queen’s first song to top the US charts. Mercury composed it while taking a bath in a hotel in Munich. |
| Ain’t No Doubt | Jimmy Nail | ‘Ain’t No Doubt’ is written by Jimmy Nail, Danny Schogger and Charlie Dore, featuring additional vocals from Sylvia Mason-James. |
| Listen to Your Heart | Roxette | “Listen to your heart” by Swedish duo Roxette is written by Per Gessle and Mats Persson. Seven different versions of the song were released such as the original album version; the “Swedish Single Edit” and a slightly edited version included on subsequent greatest hits compilations. The song lyrics are inspired by a close friend of Gessle’s, who was in “emotional turmoil, stuck between an old relationship and a new love. |
| Baby I’m a Fool | Melody Gardot | Melody Gardot is an acclaimed vocalist, known for her dusky mix of jazz, Brazilian traditions, folk, and artful pop. According to Gardot, the lyrics are about “two coquette people who won’t admit they are in love with each other”. |
| For You | Serena Ryder | The Canadian singer-songwriter Serena Ryder wrote “For You” as part of her 2012 album Harmony, coming out of a depression as a vibrant, spiritual songwriter. |
| Just The Way It Is Baby | The Rembrandts | “Just The Way It Is Baby” is about a woman named Leah who The Rembrandts, Danny Wilde and Phil Solem, double dated. |
| How ’bout Us | Champaign | “How ’bout Us” written by vocalist and keyboard player Dana Walden, had originally appeared in1975 as the B side of the Water Brothers Band single “Have You Ever Been Lonely?”. Champaign re-recorded and released it in 1981 and became their biggest hit single. |
| This Will Be (an Everlasting Love) | Natalie Cole | “This Will Be” a 1975 classic soul hit by Natalie Cole, was written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy. |
| Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees | Marcia Hines | “Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees” by Marcia Hines, released in 1977, was written by Jeff Barry and Tom Snow. Marcia Hines is an American-Australian singer, actress, and TV personality. |
| Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word | Elton John | “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” is a song performed by Elton John, with lyrics by Bernie Taupin, released in 1976, featuring Stevie Wonder, who played the harmonica on the track. |
| Am I Forgiven? | Rumer | “Am I Forgiven?” is a track from Rumer’s (born Sarah Joyce) debut studio album, “Seasons of My Soul,” which was released in 2010. |
| That Look You Give That Guy | Eels | “That Look You Give That Guy” is a track from Eels’ album “Hombre Lobo”, written by Mark Oliver Everett (E) and released in 2009. Eels is an American rock band formed by singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, often known simply as “E.” |
| Wicked Game | Chris Isaak | “Wicked Game” is a song written and performed by Chris Isaak, originally released on his 1989 album “Heart Shaped World.” The song gained widespread recognition and popularity when it was featured in the David Lynch film “Wild at Heart” in 1990. |
| I Can’t Make You Love Me (ft. Bruce Hornsby) | Bonnie Raitt | “I Can’t Make You Love Me” is a one of the greatest ballads in contemporary music that was released as part of Bonnie Raitt’s 1991 Grammy Award winning album “Luck of the Draw”. The songwriters, Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin, crafted a timeless ballad that explores the pain of unrequited love and the acceptance of a relationship’s inevitable end. |
| When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman | Dr. Hook | “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show was released in 1978 and written by Even Stevens and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama. |
| Escape (The Pina Colada Song) | Rupert Holmes | “Escape” written and performed by Rupert Holmes on his album “Partners in Crime” released in 1979 earned two Grammy Awards in 1980 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Song of the Year. |
| 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover | Paul Simon | “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” written and performed by Paul Simon is of his Grammy Award winning album “Still Crazy After All These Years” in 1976. The song earned Paul Simon also the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 1976. The drum part is played by one of the most influential drummers of all time, Steve Gadd , who recorded many other legendary drum tracks like “Aja” and “Nite Sprite”. |
| Would I Lie To You | Charles & Eddie | “Would I Lie to You?”, released in 1992 and written by Mike Leeson and Peter Vale, is performed by the American R&B duo Charles & Eddie, consisting of Charles Pettigrew and Eddie Chacon. |
| Why | Carly Simon | “Why” by Carly Simon is a song written and produced by the Chic hitmakers Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards wrote “Why” for the 1982 comedy film Soup For One, for which they did the soundtrack. |
| Would You…? | Touch and Go | “Would You…?” by Touch & Go, written by David Lowe, was released in 1998. One-hit wonder Touch & Go is a British jazz-pop ensemble founded in 1998 by television composer David Lowe, veteran radio presenter and music journalist Charlie Gillett, and co-founder of Oval Music, Gordon Nelki. The other band members are vocalist Vanessa Lancaster and multi-instrumentalist James Lynch. |
| My Boy Lollipop | Millie | “My Boy Lollipop”, originally a hit in late 1956 for Barbie Gaye (including a saxophone solo) was covered in 1964 by the Jamaican seventeen year old singer Millie Small, adding a ska style and featuring a harmonica solo. |
| Feel the Need in Me | The Detroit Emeralds | “Feel the Need in Me” was originally released in 1972 by the Detroit Emeralds, written by band member Abrim Tilmon. The Detroit Emeralds was an American R&B vocal group originally composed of Abrim Tilmon, Ivory Tilmon, and James Mitchell. |
| No Milk Today | Herman’s Hermits | “No Milk Today” by Herman’s Hermits was released in 1966 and written by future 10cc member Graham Gouldman, who got the inspiration for the song by his father, telling about his visit to a friend of his and noticed the milk bottle on the doorstep with the note, ‘no milk today’. |
| Colour My Life | M People | “Colour My Life” is a song by British band M People, released in 1992, written specifically for lead vocalist, 25-year-old Heather Small and the first M People track she ever recorded. |
| You And Me | Spargo | “You and Me” was Dutch band Spargo’s first hit, released in 1980, written by vocalist and keyboard player Ellert Driessen and featuring Lilian Day Jackson as lead vocals and percussion. |
Sources
The information sources of the song facts include, but are not limited to, Wikipedia, songfacts.com, discogs.com, secondhandsongs.com, YouTube and artists’ related websites.
