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Musicians aesthetically showcase different expressions of love. A number of singers and songwriters have articulately described the way they feel about love through songs. The word “love” in song titles may convey different aspects related to the literal meaning of the term or a broad-based perspective of a more in-depth understanding in a figurative manner. In certain songs, the term “love” is used as a form of comparison to highlight a personal experience.

What Does “Love” in a Song Title Mean?

Every song that has the word “love” in the title narrates a perspective. Singers and songwriters often utilize a creative mindset to tell an imaginative story based on fictional events. A number of musicians also cite their real life experiences about love in a metaphorical manner. Through songs, musicians bring to life descriptive elements of different emotions associated with love.

Certain songs exquisitely showcase the consequences of unrequited love and the state of being it leads to. With love as an expression, musicians may also portray varied feelings experienced in a relationship. Singers and songwriters often express their belief about affection, warmth, protectiveness and respect in a lucid manner through a sequence of events in lyrics. Dimensional elements of love are presented in song titles to showcase a deep concept or idea.

Symbolism: Love in Songs

The word “love” is symbolic of feelings and emotions. Certain singers and songwriters have used the term to denote the fundamental nature of existence, reality and knowledge through an analytical approach with lyrics. Musicians with a philosophical view point have showcased varied aspects of love in songs with a rational, theoretical, metaphysical, and logical understanding.

In certain songs, complex aspects of a relationship are showcased with love being the centrifugal element. A number of musicians in different genres have described the different stages of love and the feeling associated with it. While the message about love in songs is diverse, the core elements symbolize:

• Happiness
• Joy
• Apprehension
• Romance
• Anxiety
• Feelings
• Responsibility
• Emotions
• Togetherness
• Warmth
• Sleeplessness
• Possessiveness
• Euphoria
• Sharing
• Affection
• Tenderness
• Dependency
• Empathy
• Attachment
• Caring
• Intimacy
• Fondness

The list below showcases an epic collection of rock songs, pop songs, country songs, alternative songs, indie songs, R&B songs, hip-hop songs, blues songs and dance songs with the word “love” in the title. If you have view, opinion, or song suggestion, let us know in the comments section.

Top 10 Best Songs With Love in the Title

1. “Stupid Love”—Lady Gaga
2. “All Your Need is Love”—The Beatles
3. “Can’t Help Falling In Love”—Elvis Presley
4. “I Love Me”—Demi Lovato
5. “The Only Way to Love”—Vanessa Carlton
6. “I Want to Know What Love Is”—Foreigner
7. “Love Yourself”—Justin Bieber
8. “I Will Always Love You”—Whitney Houston
9. “Nobody’s Love”—Maroon 5
10. “Drunk in Love”—Beyonce featuring Jay-Z

#11—20

11. “What If I Told You That I Love You”—Ali Gatie

12. “Cuz I Love You”—Lizzo

13. “Love”—Lana Del Ray

14. “Bigger Love”—John Legend

15. “Same Old Love”—Selena Gomez

16. “Love Story”—Taylor Swift

17. “Tell Me You Love Me”—Demi Lovato

18. “Love Lies”—Khalid

19. “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)”—Adele

20. “Love”—Kendrick Lamar

#21—40

21. “Love Myself”—Hailee Steinfeld

22. “Used to Be (L.O.V.E.)”—Chelsea Collins

23. “Love Me Harder”—Ariana Grande and The Weeknd

24. “True Love”—Coldplay

25. “Kill This Love”—Blackpink

26. “Love You Like That”—Canaan Smith

27. “Real Love”—Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne

28. “Love Me Like You Do”—Ellie Goulding

29. “Steady Love”—India Arie

30. “How Deep Is Your Love”—Calvin Harris and Disciples

31. “Love Incredible”—Cashmere Cat featuring Camila Cabello

32. “You Give Love a Bad Name”—Bon Jovi

33. “Love Song”—Sara Bareilles

34. “I’ll Never Love Again”—Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

35. “Love Yourself”—Sufijan Stevans

36. “International Love”—Pitbull featuring Chris Brown

37. “Love You Like a Love Song”—Selena Gomez & the Scene

38. “As Long As You Love Me”—Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean

39. “My Love”—Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne

40. “We Found Love”—Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris

#41—60

41. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”—Queen

42. “We Need Love”—John Legend

43. “It Must Have Been Love”—Roxette

44. “Love Her Madly”—The Doors

45. “Endless Love”—Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

46. “Give Me Love”—Ed Sheeran

47. “Crazy Stupid Love”—Cheryl

48. “Say You Love Me”—Jessie Ware

49. “I Need Your Love”—Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding

50. “Faded Love”—Tinashe featuring Future

51. “Baby Be My Love Song”—Easton Corbin

52. “Two People Fell in Love”—Brad Paisley

53. “I Just Called to Say I Love You”—Stevie Wonder

54. “Tough Love”—Jessie Ware

55. “When Love Takes Over”—David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland

56. “Bleeding Love”—Leona Lewis

57. “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”—The Darkness

58. “Crazy in Love”—Beyonce featuring Jay-Z

59. “Is This Love”—Whitesnake

60. “Find Your Love”—Drake

#61—80

61. “Love Me Do”—The Beatles

62. “Savaged Love (Laxed –Siren Beat)”—Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo

63. “Love is on the Way”—Saigon Kick

64. “Who You Love”—John Mayer featuring Katy Perry

65. “Say Hey (I Love You)”—Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring Cherine Anderson

66. “How to Love”—Lil Wayne

67. “Lose You to Love Me”—Selena Gomez

68. “Make You Feel My Love”—Adele

69. “The Power of Love”—Jennifer Rush

70. “Skinny Love”—Birdy

71. “Only You Can Love Me This Way”—Keith Urban

72. “Love of a Lifetime”—Firehouse

73. “I’m Still in Love with You”—Sean Paul featuring Sasha

74. “This is Love”—will.i.am featuring Eva Simmons

75. “Somebody to Love”—Queen

76. “When A Man Loves a Woman”—Percy Sledge

77. “Rhythm of Love”—Plain White T’s

78. “What’s Love Got to Do with It”—Tina Turner

79. “I Love Rock n’ Roll”—Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

80. “Addicted to Love”—Robert Palmer

#81—100

81. “True Love”—Pink featuring Lily Allen

82. “Hate That I Love You”—Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo

83. “Love of My Life”—Queen

84. “I’ll Make Love to You”—Boyz 2 Men

85. “Love Lockdown”—Kanye West

86. “Your Love”—Nicki Minaj

87. “Love in Vain”—Robert Johnson

88. “I Will Love You Always Forever”—Donna Lewis

89. “Love the Way You Lie”—Eminem featuring Rihanna

90. “And I Love Her”—The Beatles

91. “Summer Love”—Justin Timberlake

92. "I Wanna Love You"—Akon featuring Snoop Dogg

93. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”—Elton John

94. “Love Like This”—Natasha Bedingfield

95. “Whole Lotta Love”—Led Zeppelin

96. “Love Bites”—Def Leppard

97. “Bye Bye Love”—The Everly Brothers

98. “I Love It”—Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX

99. “Love in an Elevator”—Aerosmith

100. “Where Is the Love”—The Black Eyed Peas

Other Notable Songs With Love in the Title

• “Love I’m Given”—Ellie Goulding
• “You Don’t Know What Love Is (Just Do as You’re Told)”—The White Stripes
• “Love Will Keep Us Together”—Captain & Tennille
• “Dj Got us Fallin’ in Love”—Usher featuring Pitbull
• “Love Me Land”—Zara Larsson
• “I Love You”—Billie Eilish
• “Love Somebody”—Lauv
• “Don’t Let My Love (Bring You Down)”—Elizabeth
• “Love Me Again”—John Newman
• “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love”—Barry White
• “I Love College”—Asher Roth
• “Love You Too Much”—Lucky Daye
• “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You”—George Benson
• “Love Me Tender”—Elvis Presley
• “Help Us to Love”—Tori Kelly featuring The Hamiltones
• “Love Galore”—SZA featuring Travis Scott
• “I Need Your Love Tonight”—Elvis Presley
• “Love Potion No. 9”—The Clovers
• “Modern Love”—David Bowie
• “Ily (I Love You Baby)”—Surf Mesa featuring Emilee
• “Sunshine of Your Love”—Cream
• “Love Without End, Amen”—George Strait
• “Crazy to Love You”—Decco and Alex Clare
• “Satellite of Love”—Lou Reed
• “All Out of Love”—Air Supply
• “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free”—Sting
• “Love Is”—Alannah Myles
• “This Ain’t a Love Song”—Bon Jovi
• “In Love with a Girl”—Gavin DeGraw
• “Sexy Dirty Love”—Demi Lovato
• “Let Me Love You”—DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber
• “My Love”—Little Texas
• “Crazy Love”—Van Morrison
• “Higher Love”—Steve Winwood
• “Send Her My Love”—Journey
• “Love is Pain”—Fergie
• “When Love Finds You”—Vince Gill
• “Stubborn Love”—The Lumineers
• “I Love My Country”—Florida Georgia Line
• “Tainted Love”—Soft Cell
• “Sexy Love”—Ne-Yo
• “Love Ain’t For Keeping”—The Who
• “Gravity of Love”—Enigma
• “You Can’t Hurry Love”—The Supremes
• “Fell In Love with a Girl”—The White Stripes
• “The End of Love”—Florence and the Machine
• “I Still Love You”—Lil Suzy
• “Radar Love”—Golden Earring

• “Gonna Love Me”—Teyana Taylor
• “Dance Me to the End of Love”—Leonard Cohen
• “Interstate Love Song”—Stone Temple Pilots
• “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love”—Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
• “Make Love Like Man”—Def Leppard
• “In the Name of Love”—Bebe Rexha and Martin Garrix
• “Why Can’t This Be Love”—Van Halen
• “Love on Top”—Beyonce
• “Runaway Love”—Ludacris featuring Mary J. Blige
• “No Ordinary Love”—Sade
• “Message of Love”—The Pretenders
• “Pusher Love Girl”—Justin Timberlake
• “To Know Him Is to Love Him”—The Teddy Bears
• “No Love”—Eminem featuring Lil Wayne
• “Love Rears Its Ugly Head”—Living Colour
• “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”—Meat Loaf
• “Just Like Love”—Perfume Genius
• “Love Is Blindness”—U2
• “Ain’t Talkin’ bout’ Love”—Van Halen
• “Love Street”—The Doors
• “Can’t Buy Me Love”—The Beatles
• “Love Touch”—Rod Stewart
• “Best of My Love”—Eagles
• “The Love of Richard Nixon”—Manic Street Preachers
• “Accidently in Love”—Counting Crowes
• “When You Love a Woman”—Journey
• “Love Train”—O’Jays
• “As Long As You Love Me”—Backstreet Boys
• “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”—Jackie Wilson
• “Love You Goodbye”—One Direction
• “What is Love”—Haddaway
• “Love Again”—Brandy and Daniel Caesar
• “If This Isn’t Love”—Jennifer Hudson
• “Young Love”—Sonny James
• “Stereo Love”—Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina
• “Love on the Brain”—Rihanna
• “This Love”—Pantera
• “Love Me Till the Sun Shines”—The Kinks
• “American Country Love Song”—Jake Owen
• “Love Stinks”—J. Geils Band
• “I Get to Love You”—Ruelle
• “Love Me”—Justin Bieber
• “Cradle of Love”—Billy Idol
• “Too Much Love Will Kill You”—Queen
• “Love Hurts”—Nazareth
• “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”—Dusty Springfield
• “Chapel of Love”—The Dixie Cups
• “Big Love”—Fleetwood Mac

• “Love Me Two Times”—The Doors
• “Show Me Love”—Robin S
• “Love My Way”—The Psychedelic Furs
• “Friday I’m in Love”—The Cure
• “I Love You”—Martina McBride
• “Love Is a Losing Game”—Amy Winehouse
• “When Love and Hate Collide”—Def Leppard
• “LoveStoned”—Justin Timberlake
• “Do You Love Her Now”—Jai Paul
• “Turn up the Love”—Far East Movement featuring Cover Drive
• “Love Gun”—Kiss
• “1 Sided Love”—Blackbear
• “A World without Love”—Peter and Gordan
• “Loud Love”—Soundgarden
• “(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons”—Sam Cooke
• “Let Me Love you (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)”—Ne-Yo
• “What About Love”—Heart
• “Love Shack”—Bad Company
• “You’ve got to Hide Your Love Away”—The Beatles
• “Love”—Keyshia Cole
• “Is This Love”—Survivor
• “Feel Like Makin’ Love”—Bad Company
• “Love in the First Degree”—Alabama
• “Silly Love Songs”—Wings
• “Love to Love you Baby”—Donna Summer
• “Is This Love”—Bob Marley & the Wailers
• “The One I Love”—R.E.M.
• “Best of My Love”—The Emotions
• “For Your Love”—The Yardbirds
• “Electric Love”—Borns
• “Love Drunk”—Boys Like Girls
• “True Love Waits”—Radiohead
• “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”—Neil Young
• “Love is Strange”—Mickey & Sylvia
• “Crazy Love”—Michael Buble
• “I Love a Rainy Night”—Eddie Rabbit
• “Ordinary Love”—U2
• “Love Song”—Tesla
• “He Loves U Not”—Dream
• “It Hurts to Be in Love”—Gene Pitney
• “Love Me”—Lil Wayne featuring Drake and Future
• “Hard To Love”—Lee Brice
• “I Don’t Believe in Love”—Queensryche
• “Love Don’t Cost a Thing”—Jennifer Lopez
• “I Used To Love Her”—Guns N’ Roses
• “Too Late for Love”—Def Leppard
• “I Just Wanna Love You (Give it 2 Me)”—Jay-Z

• “Let Me Love You”—Mario
• “I’m Not in Love”—10cc
• “Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer”—Kim Carnes
• “Baby Love”—The Supremes
• “Hello, I Love You”—The Doors
• “This Love”—Maroon 5
• “I Do Love You”—Billy Stewart
• “My Love is Like…Wo”—Mya
• “Love Me Tomorrow”—Chicago
• “Have You Ever Been in Love”—Celine Dion
• “Now That We Found Love”—Heavy D. & the Boyz
• “I Love You”—Faith Evans
• “My Love”—Justin Timberlake
• “Why Do You Love Me”—Garbage
• “The People That We Love”—Bush
• “Love”—Musiq Soulchild
• “This Ain’t the Summer of Love”—The Blue Oyster Cult
• “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”—Dionne Warwick
• “Your Precious Love”—Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
• “LoveGame”—Lady Gaga
• “How Deep Is Your Love”—Bee Gees
• “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song”—Jim Croce
• “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”—Elvin Bishop
• “True Love and a Free Life of Free Will”—Japandroids
• “Love Child”—Diana Ross & the Supremes
• “Never My Love”—The Association
• “The Look of Love”—Dusty Springfield
• “Crazy Love”—Poco
• “Love Can Build a Bridge”—The Judds
• “Your Love is My Drug”—Kesha
• “The Deeper the Love”—Whitesnake
• “Like I Love You”—Justin Timberlake
• “Tunnel of Love”—Dire Straits
• “Love Will Keep Us Alive”—Eagles
• “The Game of Love”—Santana featuring Michelle Branch
• “Love is a Battlefield”—Pat Benatar
• “My Love”—Lionel Richie
• “Can’t Stop Fallin’ into Love”—Cheap Trick
• “Hate it or Love It”—The Game featuring 50 Cent
• “Bye Bye Love”—The Cars
• “Miss You Love”—Silverchair
• “Let Me Love You”—Ariana Grande featuring Lil Wayne
• “When Love Comes to Town”—U2
• “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)”—Erykah Badu
• “I Want your Love”—Chic
• “Love like a Man”—Ten Years After
• “It’s Only Love”—Bryan Adams featuring Tina Turner

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