Said I Loved You But I Lied
1993
Mutt Lange co-wrote the twist, twelve weeks atop adult contemporary, and Bolton insisting the word love undersells it.
★ 0.8
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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Ass Back Home
2011
Number one in Australia, top ten in Britain, and Neon Hitch trading verses with McCoy over Benny Blanco's beat.
★ 1.2
Just Say Yes
2009
Written for Gwen Stefani, who passed, then offered to Nicole Scherzinger before Snow Patrol reclaimed it with Jacknife Lee.
★ 1.4
Forever (Kiss)
1990 · From Hot in the Shade
Paul Stanley and Michael Bolton co-wrote the ballad that returned Kiss to the Top 40 after eleven years away.
★ 1.8
Bring It All To Me
1999
A Shalamar interpolation, six weeks atop Rhythmic Airplay, and only JC Chasez singing despite the full NSYNC credit.
★ 1.8
Roll Up
2011
Stargate handed Khalifa a pop-radio beat, and he answered with a promise of devotion; number thirteen in Britain and America.
★ 1.8
Wherever You Will Go
2001
Kamin wrote it after a funeral, imagining the widower left behind; it then held Adult Top 40 for twenty-three weeks.
★ 2.0
This I Promise You
2000
Richard Marx wrote it for a girl group, rewrote the harmonies for five men, and topped adult contemporary thirteen weeks.
★ 2.1
Falling
2002
Twenty years old when Sha Sha arrived, Kweller later played this one through a nosebleed at Austin City Limits.
★ 2.2
Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
2000
Long Island power pop, written overnight for the girlfriend Hampson later married, cut in Atlanta with Nick DiDia.
★ 2.3
IfPerry Como
If
1951
Written in 1934 and revived by a crowded field of 1950 covers; Como's held number one for eight weeks.
★ 2.3
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?Bryan Adams
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
1995
Paco de Lucía's flamenco guitar runs through it, cut for Don Juan DeMarco, and it held number one five weeks.
★ 2.5
As Long As You Love Me (Justin Bieber)
2012
Rave-ready synths at 140 BPM, dubstep bolted onto a vow of devotion, with Big Sean guesting.
★ 2.5
Angel (Shaggy)
2001
Sting International stitched The Joker to Angel of the Morning, and Rayvon sang the hook to a number one.
★ 2.5
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
2001
Iglesias pictured a prom slow dance while writing it; he sang it on America: A Tribute to Heroes.
★ 2.5
When I'm Gone
2002
Brad Arnold and the band shot the video aboard the USS George Washington, then held Mainstream Rock seventeen weeks.
★ 2.6
You're the InspirationChicago
You're the Inspiration
1984
Cetera sketched the chords in three hours for Kenny Rogers, who declined; Chicago kept it and hit number three.
★ 2.6
You and Me
2005
Cut at John Alagia's home studio in Maryland, it topped Adult Pop Songs for nine weeks and became a wedding standard.
★ 2.7
Stuck with You
1986
Three weeks at number one, a Bahamas video, and Hayes and Lewis making long-term commitment sound like a holiday.
★ 2.7
My Best Friend
1999
Bill Luther and Aimee Mayo's ballad for A Place in the Sun, and McGraw took it to country number one.
★ 2.8
Can't Help Falling in Love (UB40)
1993
Peretti, Creatore and Weiss built the melody on a 1784 French air, and UB40 held number one for seven weeks.
★ 2.8
Caught Up In You
1981
Jim Peterik of Survivor co-wrote it with Barnes and Carlisi, and it gave the band their first top ten.
★ 2.8
I Wanna Know
1999
Nicholas cut it from Joe's 1997 album over label meddling, then pulled it off the shelf for The Wood.
★ 2.8
All for You
1997
Cut at Ardent Studios in Memphis, re-recorded in 1997 for the band's second album, and a number eleven hit.
★ 2.9
Cherish (Kool & the Gang)
1985
J.T. Taylor's lead vocal, six weeks atop adult contemporary, and a ballad that never left the wedding playlist.
★ 2.9
The Glory of LovePeter Cetera
The Glory of Love
1986
Rejected as the Rocky IV end title, rerouted to The Karate Kid Part II, and two weeks at number one.
★ 2.9
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us NowStarship
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
1987
Diane Warren's first number one, written with Albert Hammond for Mannequin and sung like the odds were nothing.
★ 3.0
As I Lay Me Down
1994
Rejected by her label for the first album, it resurfaced on Whaler and spent six weeks atop adult contemporary.
★ 3.0
I'll Never Love This Way Again
1979
Barry Manilow produced Warwick's Arista debut, and this Kerr and Jennings ballad won her a 1980 Grammy.
★ 3.1
Give Your Heart a Break
2012
Josh Alexander played every instrument on it, and Billy Steinberg's melodic instincts date back to Like a Virgin.
★ 3.1
From This Moment On
1998
Twain got the idea at a soccer match in Italy; Bryan White sang the original duet version.
★ 3.1
Right Here Waiting
1989
Written for Cynthia Rhodes while she filmed in South Africa, turned down by Streisand, then three weeks at number one.
★ 3.2
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
1911
Leo Friedman's tune, Beth Slater Whitson's words, and a 1911 quartet disc now in the National Recording Registry.
★ 3.2
I Love You Always Forever
1996
Donna Lewis lifted the chorus from an H.E. Bates novel and spent nine weeks at number two behind Macarena.
★ 3.2
Hanging by a MomentLifehouse
Hanging by a Moment
2001
Wade wrote it in about five minutes, and it never hit number one yet finished 2001 as America's biggest single.
★ 3.3
Amazed
1999
Mayo and Lindsey wrote it while falling for each other, and eight weeks at country number one followed.
★ 3.4
Nobody
1996
Sweat traded verses with Athena Cage of Kut Klose, three weeks at number one on the R&B chart.
★ 3.4
Every Time I Close My Eyes
1997
Babyface wrote it for Luther Vandross, who declined; Mariah Carey sang backing and Kenny G played soprano sax.
★ 3.4
Always (Atlantic Starr)Atlantic Starr
Always (Atlantic Starr)
1987
Three Lewis brothers wrote it, David Lewis and Barbara Weathers sang it, and the band's only number one arrived.
★ 3.4
Run to You (Whitney Houston)
1992 · From The Bodyguard (soundtrack)
Written first as a breakup ballad until director Mick Jackson asked for a love song, keeping only the title.
★ 3.5
I Still Believe in You
1992
Gill and John Barlow Jarvis turned an apology for neglect into a ballad, and Gill's first country number one.
★ 3.5
Don't Matter
2007
Ten weeks climbing from number seventy-nine to the top, with a chorus built partly on Marley's Zimbabwe.
★ 3.5
Have I Told You Lately
1991 · From Vagabond Heart
Morrison wrote it as a prayer for Avalon Sunset; Stewart's reading turned it into a wedding standard.
★ 3.5
Always (Bon Jovi)
1994 · From Cross Road
Jon Bon Jovi wrote it for a film he then disowned; Kalodner found the track and pushed a re-recording.
★ 3.6
Because You Loved MeCeline Dion
Because You Loved Me
1996
Diane Warren wrote it as a tribute to her father, and Foster's arrangement held number one six weeks.
★ 3.6
Beth Rest
2011 · From Bon Iver, Bon Iver
A Korg M1 supplied most of the sounds, NPR called it the year's most divisive song, Vernon his favorite.
★ 3.6
Only Wanna Be With You
1994
Rucker quotes Blood on the Tracks in the verses; the 1995 out-of-court settlement with Dylan cost the band $350,000.
★ 3.6
Let's Hear It For The Boy
1984
An Oscar nominee from the Footloose soundtrack, George Duke producing, and Williams audibly grinning through every chorus.
★ 3.6
With You (Chris Brown)
2007
Stargate cut it at Battery Studios with Espen Lind on acoustic guitar, and Brown took it to number two.
★ 3.6
Your Love (Nicki Minaj)
2010
A leaked demo forced its own release, and an Annie Lennox sample gave Minaj eight weeks atop the rap chart.
★ 3.7
Don't Know Much
1989 · From Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind
Barry Mann and Bill Medley both cut it first; Neville's tenor against Ronstadt is what finally carried it to a Grammy.
★ 3.8
(Everything I Do) I Do It For YouBryan Adams
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You
1991
Sixteen straight weeks at number one in Britain, from a ballad Adams and Lange wrote in forty-five minutes.
★ 3.8
Too Much Heaven
1978
Nine layers of three-part harmony, twenty-seven voices in all, and every publishing royalty signed over to UNICEF.
★ 3.8
Safe and Sound
2011
Trumpet hook lifted from the Yiddish standard Dona Dona, and two and a half years later, number eight.
★ 3.8
She's a LadyTom Jones
She's a Lady
1971
Paul Anka's song, Gordon Mills's production, and a swagger Jones rides all the way to number two.
★ 3.9