You can't have date night without these songs. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re looking at the songs you gotta have for a romantic evening.
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00:00 "My head's underwater, but I'm breathing fire."
00:06 Welcome to Ms Mojo, and today we're looking at the songs you gotta have for a romantic evening.
00:12 "Life is like a song."
00:18 Number 10, your song, Elton John.
00:21 "It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside."
00:28 Most of us don't have the lyrical ability of Bernie Taupin or the musical genius of Elton John,
00:33 but thanks to their combined brilliance, we have one of the most perfect date night songs imaginable.
00:38 "If I was a sculptor, but then again, no."
00:45 A song that, in its simple romanticism, allows anyone to proclaim that this track is for their
00:50 loved one. Because whoever is sitting across from you on date night, you can look them in the eye
00:55 and tell them that this is your song. "I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, what I put down in the world."
01:04 And when Elton sings about how wonderful life is while you're in the world,
01:08 well, we couldn't have said it any better ourselves.
01:12 "How wonderful life is while you're in the world."
01:19 Number 9, P.S. I Love You, Billie Holiday.
01:22 "Dear, I thought I'd drop a line."
01:26 There are few voices as distinctive as Billie Holiday,
01:30 and few are still as perfect as the soundtrack to a romantic date night dinner.
01:35 "Yesterday, we had some rain."
01:39 You could put a Billie Holiday playlist on shuffle and those jazz and R&B tones would fit the evening
01:45 like a glove. Regardless of which one of her many great songs came on next,
01:50 "Ride to the Bronx, just as soon as you're able."
01:56 But if we had to narrow it down to just one, we gotta give the nod to her 1954
02:02 version of the 1934 song, P.S. I Love You. P.S. We love it.
02:08 "Yes, I love you."
02:13 Number 8, Fade Into You, Mazzy Starr.
02:16 "I wanna hold the hand inside you."
02:21 Whether or not you and/or your date were around in 1994 when Fade Into You reached number 44
02:27 on the Billboard Hot 100 doesn't matter. This is a great song for a date night regardless.
02:32 Alternative band Mazzy Starr only had one song charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was
02:38 this one. Rolling Stone magazine has ranked this song as one of the 500 Greatest Ever,
02:44 and it's hard to argue with the selection.
02:46 "Fade into you."
02:52 The track has an echoing beauty that makes for wonderful background music at dinner,
02:56 but also works for those spontaneous date night slow dances.
03:00 "Drain you of me."
03:06 Number 7, A Thousand Years, Christina Perri.
03:09 "Heart beats fast, colors..."
03:13 If you and/or your partner are fans of the Twilight Saga,
03:17 then this one is a no-brainer for your next date night playlist.
03:21 "One step closer."
03:27 Appearing in both Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2, a version recorded with Steve Kazee,
03:32 appears in Part 2. The song is a lyrical exploration of the great Edward and Bella love story.
03:38 "I have loved you for a thousand years."
03:44 Whether you like the movies or not, there's no denying the beauty and romanticism of the track.
03:49 And with the video topping over 2 billion views on YouTube,
03:53 we sure aren't the only ones who think that.
03:55 "I love you for a thousand years."
04:01 Number 6, Lover, Taylor Swift.
04:04 "We could leave the Christmas lights up till January."
04:08 While Taylor Swift has produced a number of great songs to listen to after a breakup,
04:13 she also produced some tunes that are perfect for those in loving and committed relationships
04:17 to enjoy as well. "Have I known you 20 seconds, 20 years."
04:23 Lover, off her similarly titled seventh studio album, is one such song. In fact,
04:29 the entire album itself has been described by Swift as a love letter to love.
04:34 Through a romantic gaze. "And I go where you go."
04:41 So it only makes sense that the beautiful Lover be part of the
04:45 soundtrack as you gaze romantically at the one you truly love.
04:48 "Lover."
04:56 Number 5, All of Me, John Legend.
04:58 "What would I do without your smart mouth? Drawing me in and you kicking me out."
05:05 Unless you're married to Chrissy Teigen,
05:07 you can't tell your partner that this song was written for them.
05:10 But just because it's the perfect date night song for John Legend and his wife
05:14 doesn't mean it isn't also ideal for the rest of us.
05:17 "My head's underwater but I'm breathing fire."
05:24 And besides the ridiculously romantic lyrics, All of Me's slow tempo and beautifully simple
05:30 piano accompaniments create a peaceful and loving atmosphere that's pretty ideal for
05:34 any romantic evening. "I give you all of me."
05:41 Also, given that the song was the third best-selling track around the world in 2014,
05:47 we're gonna assume it's been part of the soundtrack to at least a few intimate evenings already.
05:52 "And you give me all of you."
05:57 Number 4, Endless Love, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie.
06:02 "My love, there's only you in my life."
06:09 Do you consider your relationship to be the greatest coupling of all time?
06:13 Well, if so, then you obviously need to have the song that Billboard calls
06:18 "the greatest duet of all time" as part of your date night playlist.
06:21 "My first love, you're every breath that I take."
06:29 Okay, so maybe that's a little too much pressure on our relationships,
06:33 but thankfully this classic back-and-forth love song is great for our romantic evenings,
06:38 even if our couplehood isn't the greatest the world has ever known.
06:42 "And I'm in love, I want to share."
06:48 And while the Diana Ross and Lionel Richie version is the OG Endless Love,
06:53 we recommend checking out the Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey version as well some nights.
06:58 Number 3, Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye.
07:08 "I've been really trying."
07:14 "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye is unapologetically a song about love and sex.
07:20 We don't want to assume that your date night has to lead to, shall we say, an intimate conclusion.
07:25 "Trying to hold back this feeling for so long."
07:31 But if it's headed that way, it certainly doesn't hurt to give it a nudge with one of the down-and-out
07:36 sexiest songs of all time. It's smooth and soulful and has that awesome groove that can
07:42 get anyone in the mood too. As Gaye sings, "You know what I'm talking about."
07:49 Just make sure you play this one after dinner or else your food is going to get cold.
07:54 Number 2, Until I Found You, Stephen Sanchez.
08:01 Stephen Sanchez wrote Until I Found You for his girlfriend Georgia,
08:11 and now we can all enjoy it with our sweethearts regardless of their names.
08:15 As Sanchez put it in an interview with ABC Audio, "All the track ever needed to be was
08:26 just a song about a girl that I love." And sometimes that's all date night needs to be as
08:32 well. Just an evening with the person that you love and that loves you back.
08:36 "I was lost within the darkness but then I found her."
08:43 And sure, Sanchez and Georgia are no longer together, but they've remained good friends,
08:47 and in Sanchez's own words, "She'll always be someone so important and special to me."
08:52 It kinda makes us love the song even more.
08:55 "I found you."
09:01 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
09:04 Say You Won't Let Go, James Arthur.
09:07 Let Your Significant Other Know You Will Always Hold On.
09:10 I Belong To You, Brandi Carlile.
09:17 A guitar and Brandi Carlile's beautiful voice. A great date night combination.
09:22 Angels, Robbie Williams.
09:31 Whether it's two people or 20,000, you can't go wrong with this one.
09:35 Earned It, The Weekend.
09:43 You and your partner earned this date night. No red room required.
09:47 The Way You Look Tonight, Fred Astaire.
09:55 If it's good enough for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, it's good enough for us.
09:59 Just the way you look tonight.
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10:19 At Last, Etta James.
10:28 At Last was originally written for the 1941 musical Sun Valley Serenade,
10:33 and it has been re-recorded multiple times throughout the decades that followed.
10:37 However, while there are some nice recordings out there, when it comes to At Last,
10:41 there really is just one version that matters.
10:44 That's the one Etta James gave the world in 1960. The one that was inducted into the Library of
10:56 Congress' National Recording Registry. The one that Rolling Stone called the 115th greatest song
11:02 of all time. The one that has been the soundtrack to many a wedding reception.
11:13 And the one that is the ultimate date night song for you and yours.
11:24 What's your go-to date night song? Let us know in the comments.
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