The Loveliest Night of the Year
1951
A Juventino Rosas waltz from 1888, fitted with English words for The Great Caruso and sung to number three.
★ 1.3
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Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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Love Is
1993
A Beverly Hills, 90210 soundtrack cut that spent three weeks atop adult contemporary and gave McKnight his breakthrough.
★ 2.3
The Rose
1980
A song its writer said had no bridge and no hook, written in 45 minutes and sung to number three.
★ 4.3
The Power of LoveHuey Lewis and the News
The Power of Love
1985
Zemeckis told Lewis to write whatever he liked for Back to the Future; the band got its first number one.
★ 5.7
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
1964
Burke's own band was at the session, so Tom Dowd cut it, and Burke delivered it as a sermon.
★ 6.7
Can't Buy Me Love
1964 · From A Hard Day's Night
Two point one million American advance orders, and behind them a Paris hotel upright where McCartney wrote it.
★ 7.4
Love and Happiness
1972 · From Greatest Hits
The tap opening it is Teenie Hodges counting time on a crate by his foot, and Green takes over.
★ 7.5
All You Need is LoveThe Beatles
All You Need is Love
1967 · From Magical Mystery Tour
Beamed live to 400 million on the first global satellite link, opening on La Marseillaise, its coda quoting Bach.
★ 7.5
God Only KnowsThe Beach Boys
God Only Knows
1966 · From Pet Sounds
It opens by admitting doubt and spends the next two minutes refuting it; McCartney still calls it the greatest.
★ 9.7