The Best Love Songs Ever

Here's a list of the five best love songs ever written. Need an uplifting track to get you in the mood for love? How about a sweetly-sad love song to comfort you after a breakup? Try one of these.

1. "My Girl" -- The Temptations

With an unforgettable melody and rhythm section, the Temptations take the top spot in this list. This song is so well-known it is basically a pop music placeholder -- expressing an emotion with sound, no explanation necessary.

2. "I'll Be There" -- The Jackson 5

Young Michael Jackson's cherubic voice combined with some of the sweetest and easiest lyrics in pop music make this song an easy choice for number two. Regardless of who you are when this song comes on it hits a soft spot in your heart.

3. "I Just Called to Say I Love You" -- Stevie Wonder

Yes this song is sappy and yes it isn't even close to Stevie Wonder's best song but can you deny its power?

4. "In My Life" -- The Beatles

Unlike the rest of the songs on this list, "In My Life" is a love song for friends and places and memories.

5. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" -- Simon & Garfunkel (as performed by Elvis)

Some of the best lyrics in pop music came out of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's collaboration together, and this little known Elvis Presley cover is the ultimate in sad love songs.