This essential emo/alt-rock love song was Dashboard Confessional's first Billboard Top 10 hit, and rightfully so. "Hands Down" captures the youthful crush stage of love and lust with lyrics ...

Is the love song dying? NPR's Juana Summers speaks David Mora and Michelle Jia about their recent essay in The Pudding, which set out to answer that question.

Sometimes the realisation arrives years later, and this is particularly prescient when songs delve into matters of the heart. Perhaps, like love itself, they gain a richer understanding over time.

There are songs that center or dwell on love and explore all the feelings, good or bad, associated with it… that fact alone ...

Good to go. Now all that's left to do is curate the perfect playlist of Valentine's Day songs to help set the mood. After all, you can't deny the power of a romantic ballad or love song to take a ...