A love song is a song about being in love, falling in love, heartbreak upon the ending of a loving relationship, and the feelings that these experiences bring. A comprehensive list of even the best known performers and composers of love songs would be a large order.
Love songs can be found in many musical genres.
Love songs have been around for centuries and can be found in the histories and cultures of most societies, though their ubiquity is a modern phenomenon.
A highly controversial and startling explanation of the genesis of love songs can be found in Denis de Rougemont's "Love in the Western World". De Rougemont's thesis is that love songs grew out of the courtly love songs of the troubadours, and that those songs represented a rejection of the historical Christian notion of love.
Identities of love songs change from time to time, from the decade of love in the '70s, through night partying in the '80s, and into dark romance of the '90s. Love songs did not have an identity in the 2000s.
Peace and Love Songs is a compilation album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. The album was released in the United States on March 1, 1996 (Sony Special Products 26474). The album was reissued in 2003 (Collectables 9342).
In 1996, Sony Special Products issued Peace and Love Songs, a budget compilation of Donovan's Epic Records recordings dating from 1966 to 1969. Sony Special Products selected some songs that are not as well known as Donovan's singles, including several album tracks.
All tracks by Donovan Leitch.
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Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch; 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music (notably calypso). He has lived in Scotland, London and California, and, since at least 2008, in County Cork, Ireland, with his family. Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan reached fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with live performances on the pop TV series, Ready Steady Go!.
Having signed with Pye Records in 1965, he recorded singles and two albums in the folk vein, but after a new contract with US CBS/Epic Records his popularity spread to other countries. After extricating himself from his original management contract, he began a long and successful collaboration with Mickie Most, a leading British independent record producer, with hits in the UK, the US and other countries.
His most successful singles were the early UK hits "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier" in 1965. "Sunshine Superman" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (number two in Britain), and "Mellow Yellow" reached US number two the following year, with "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the Top 5 in both countries in 1968. He was the first artist to be signed to CBS/Epic Records by the new administrative vice-president, Clive Davis. Donovan and Most collaborated on hit albums and singles between 1965 and 1970. He became a friend of pop musicians including Joan Baez, Brian Jones and The Beatles. He taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style in 1968. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after parting with Most in 1969, and he left the industry for a time.
It's over and done
but the heartache lives on inside
and who is the one you're clinging to instead of me
tonight?
And where are you now, now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow ,wherever you go
and cry me a river
that leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
it's just emotion
that's taking me over
tied up in sorrow
lost in my soul
and if you don't come back
come home to me darling
you know that there'll be nobody left in this world to hold me tight,
nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight,
Goodnight, goodnight
I'm there at your side,
I'm part of all the things you are
and you've got a part of someone else
you've gone to find your shining star
And where are you now, now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow ,wherever you go
and cry me a river
that leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
it's just emotion
that's taking me over
tied up in sorrow
lost in my soul
and if you don't come back
come home to me darling
know that there'll be nobody left in this world to hold me tight,
nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight,
Goodnight, goodnight
And where are you now, now that I need you?
Tears on my pillow , wherever you go
and cry me a river
that leads to your ocean
You'll never see me fall apart
In the words of a broken heart
it's just emotion
that's taking me over
tied up in sorrow
lost in my soul
and if you don't come back
come home to me darling
know that there'll be nobody left in this world to hold me tight,
nobody left in this world to kiss goodnight,
Goodnight, goodnight