The Look of Love ABC 1982
The Shining Badly Drawn Boy 2000
God Only Knows The Beach Boys 1966
Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966
Wouldn’t It Be Nice The Beach Boys 1966
Eight Days a Week The Beatles 1964
Girl The Beatles 1965
I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 1963
She Loves You The Beatles 1963
Something The Beatles 1969
With a Little Help from My Friends The Beatles 1967
Song for Whoever The Beautiful South 1989
How Deep is Your Love? The Bee Gees 1977
Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry 1958
Crazy in Love Beyoncé 2003
Thirteen Big Star 1972
I’ll Take Care of You Bobby “Blue” Bland 1959
Heroes David Bowie 1977
The Wedding Song David Bowie 1993
Sit Down I Think I Love You Buffalo Springfield 1966
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love Solomon Burke 1964
Mehbooba Mehbooba R D Burman 1975
Hounds of Love Kate Bush 1985
The Man With the Child in His Eyes Kate Bush 1978
The Man I Love Kate Bush 1994
Love Me Forever Carlton and the Shoes 1968 The Dark End of the Street James Carr 1967
I Walk the Line Johnny Cash 1956
Deanna Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1988
I Got a Woman Ray Charles 1954
Stoned Out of My Mind The Chi-Lites 1973
That’s How Long The Chi-Lites 1974
Stay Free The Clash 1978
Private Number Judy Clay and William Bell 1968 Yellow Coldplay 2000
Do You Love Me? The Contours 1962
Cupid Sam Cooke 1961
I’m in the Mood Again Elvis Costello 2003
Jack of All Parades Elvis Costello and the Attractions 1986
Then He Kissed Me The Crystals 1963
Friday I’m in Love The Cure 1992
Pour Some Sugar on Me Def Leppard 1987
Born to Be With You Dion 1975
A Teenager in Love Dion & the Belmonts 1960
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino 1956
Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan 1963
Visions of Johanna Bob Dylan 1966
Wedding Song Bob Dylan 1974
One Day Like This Elbow 2008
Let’s Stick Together Bryan Ferry 1976
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye Ella Fitzgerald 1956 Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack 1973
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) Aretha Franklin 1967
I Say A Little Prayer Aretha Franklin 1968
The Power of Love Frankie Goes to Hollywood 1984 It’ll All Come Around Patsy Gallant 1978
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart Judy Garland 1939
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell 1967
You’re All I Need to Get By Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell 1968
The Dutchman Steve Goodman 1973
Let’s Get Married Al Green 1974
Let’s Stay Together Al Green 1971
Love and Happiness Al Green 1972
Sweet Child O’ Mine Guns N’ Roses 1987
I’m Into Something Good Herman’s Hermits 1964
How Will I Know Whitney Houston 1985
I’m So in Love Leroy Hutson 1973
I’m So Proud The Impressions 1964
Night Nurse Gregory Isaacs 1982
Summer Breeze The Isley Brothers 1973
Are You Ready For Love Elton John 1979
La Vie En Rose Grace Jones 1977
No One Alicia Keys 2007
Stand By Me Ben E King 1961
You Really Got Me The Kinks 1964
Constant Craving KD Lang 1992
Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind 1966
Is This Love? Bob Marley 1978
My Love Paul McCartney and Wings 1973
90% of Me is You Gwen McRae 1974
Angel of the Morning Merrilee and the Turnabouts 1968
Can’t Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 2001 Help Me Joni Mitchell 1974
Madame George Van Morrison 1968
You’ve Got a Friend Randy Newman 1995
Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 1964
Puppy Love Donny Osmond 1972
She Gram Parsons 1973
I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton 1974
I’m in Love Wilson Pickett 1967
She is Beyond Good and Evil The Pop Group 1979
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love Cole Porter 1928 Can’t Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley 1961
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley 1956
I’ll Stand By You The Pretenders 1994
That Old Black Magic Louis Prima and Keely Smith 1959
Let’s Get Married The Proclaimers 1994
You’re My Best Friend Queen 1975
Kehma Hi Kya A R Rahman 1995
Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers 1965 Umbrella Rihanna 2007
You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 1962
Be My Baby The Ronettes 1963
Valerie Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse 2007
I Saw the Light Todd Rundgren 1972
Leader of the Pack The Shangri-Las 1964
Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 1970
Fly Me to the Moon Frank Sinatra 1966
Get Me to the Church On Time Frank Sinatra 1966 Love and Marriage Frank Sinatra 1955
True Love Travels on a Gravel Road Percy Sledge 1969
It Must Be Love Labi Siffre 1971
Frederick Patti Smith 1979
There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 1986
I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher 1965
You Gotta Come a Little Closer Soul Brothers Six 1973
Wannabe The Spice Girls 1996
I’ll Be Around The Spinners 1972
Mandolin Wind Rod Stewart 1971
She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses 1989
I Feel Love Donna Summer 1977
Baby Love The Supremes 1964
Stoned Love The Supremes 1970
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon 1956
My Girl The Temptations 1964
Gloria Them 1964
Here Comes the Night Them/Van Morrison 1965
River Deep, Mountain High Ike and Tina Turner 1966 Terry Twinkle 1964
Mad About the Boy Dinah Washington 1952
Wichita Linesman Jimmy Webb 1968
You Do Something to Me Paul Weller 1995
Music to Watch Girls By Andy Williams 1967
Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) Frank Wilson 1966
Lean on Me Bill Withers 1972
Like a Hurricane Neil Young 1977
Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young 1970

Looks like they viewed love in an expansive way..
Romantic, sexual, brotherly..

I know a good chunk of these tunes but there's several on here where I've never even HEARD of the bands.

Any Brits here that can tell me if these were well-known acts on your end of the "Big Pond"? Or are the Guardian crits just choosing obscurities for "cred" sake?:

Mehbooba Mehbooba R D Burman 1975
Love Me Forever Carlton and the Shoes 1968
It’ll All Come Around Patsy Gallant 1978
I’m So in Love Leroy Hutson 1973
You Gotta Come a Little Closer Soul Brothers Six 1973
Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) Frank Wilson 1966

Puppy Love Donny Osmond 1972

One listen is too many

Three points...

1. "Umbrella" by Rihanna? Good Lord...

2. Elton John only gets one song? And it's "Are You Ready for Love"? Seriously? What about "Your Song"? "Daniel"? "Sacrifice"?

3. Am I the only one who has never liked ABC, particularly "The Look of Love"?

Rihanna is a guilty pleasure of mine. i don't like or own any music like her but for some reason i really like her. don't tell anybody.

i want you- bob dylan should be in here.