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Following on from our success from last year’s Valentine’s playlist, Angelic Diamonds presents the Ultimate Love Playlist for 2021, with John Legend, Ed Sheeran, and Whitney Houston all featuring in the Top 10.

Whether you’re a romantic Rose or a frosty Freda, we’ve got something for everyone. We’ve crawled more than 3,000 Spotify playlists and over 125,000 tracks to bring you the best songs to woo an elusive heart or reignite the passion in your love life.

Data was collated by tracking Spotify playlists that included words relating to love and counting which songs appeared most frequently. A sentiment analysis tool allowed us to record how happy or sad a song was, while an additional layer tracked how often the word ‘love’ featured in songs.

Check out our key findings here

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Playlist Count
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Sentiment Score
Love Mentions
Top 100i Track Artist Release Year Duration Playlist Counti Positon Changei Sentiment Scorei Love Mentionsi
1 All of Me John Legend 2013 04:29 332 1 19 0
2 Thinking out Loud Ed Sheeran 2014 04:41 247 1 21 10
3 Perfect Ed Sheeran 2017 04:23 229 1 92 5
4 Say You Won't Let Go James Arthur 2016 03:31 192 1 50 4
5 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston 1992 04:31 187 32 86 7
6 Right Here Waiting Richard Marx 2010 04:24 184 34 23 0
7 A Thousand Years Christina Perri 2011 04:45 166 2 13 11
8 Glory of Love Peter Cetera 1986 04:18 157 80 2 5
9 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner 1984 05:04 154 0 50 17
10 Photograph Ed Sheeran 2014 04:18 149 1 20 1
11 Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley 2010 03:02 149 9 17 5
12 Can't Fight This Feeling REO Speedwagon 1984 04:54 149 77 4 0
13 If I Ain't Got You Alicia Keys 2003 03:48 139 25 17 1
14 Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars 2002 03:40 136 17 77 0
15 I'm Yours Jason Mraz 2012 04:02 135 -5 12 9
16 If You Leave Me Now Chicago 1976 03:55 130 0 0 4
17 Like I'm Gonna Lose You Meghan Trainor, John Legend 2015 03:45 130 16 14 10
18 When I Was Your Man Bruno Mars 2012 03:33 115 -4 12 1
19 Careless Whisper George Michael 1984 05:00 114 0 0 1
20 I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Aerosmith 2009 04:58 113 30 5 0
21 At Last Etta James 1999 02:59 113 56 79 2
22 Someone You Loved Lewis Capaldi 2018 03:02 113 -15 7 5
23 Make You Feel My Love Adele 2008 03:32 110 16 50 5
24 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You George Benson 1985 04:02 110 0 100 28
25 You're the Inspiration Chicago 1984 03:49 103 0 100 9
26 Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton 1977 03:45 103 0 100 2
27 Yellow Coldplay 2000 04:26 102 0 100 2
28 Your Song Elton John 1970 04:01 101 71 63 0
29 Stand by Me Ben E. King 1961 03:00 101 28 19 0
30 You Are The Reason Calum Scott 2018 03:24 101 -8 9 0
31 Now And Forever Richard Marx 1994 03:34 100 0 13 0
32 If Ever You're in My Arms Again Peabo Bryson 1984 04:15 100 0 100 4
33 10,000 Hours Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber 2019 02:47 98 28 91 10
34 How Am I Supposed to Live Without You Michael Bolton 1982 04:15 98 0 0 0
35 Against All Odds Phil Collins 1984 03:26 98 0 0 0
36 I'll Be Over You TOTO 1986 03:49 95 0 100 1
37 Always Be My Baby Mariah Carey 1995 04:18 94 0 100 2
38 Always Atlantic Starr 1987 04:48 93 0 100 8
39 Just the Way You Are Billy Joel 1977 04:50 93 0 0 3
40 My Girl The Temptations 1965 02:45 93 0 100 0
41 Shallow Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper 2018 03:35 92 14 13 0
42 Perfect Duet Ed Sheeran, Beyonce 2017 04:19 91 37 92 5
43 King and Queen of Hearts David Pomeranz 1982 04:20 91 0 100 1
44 Just Once James Ingram 2008 04:29 90 0 0 0
45 Don't give up on us David Soul 1976 03:38 90 0 0 1
46 Alone Heart 1987 03:38 89 0 0 1
47 drivers license Olivia Rodrigo 2021 04:02 89 0 0 3
48 TRUE Spandau Ballet 1983 05:29 87 0 0 0
49 You & I One Direction 2013 03:57 87 0 100 0
50 If The World Was Ending JP Saxe, Julia Michaels 2019 03:28 87 16 19 3
51 The Scientist Coldplay 2002 05:09 87 -10 50 2
52 Falling Harry Styles 2019 04:00 86 0 0 0
53 Lover Taylor Swift 2019 03:41 86 0 100 6
54 How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees 1977 04:05 86 0 100 15
55 L-O-V-E Nat King Cole 1965 02:35 85 0 100 10
56 Heather Conan Gray 2020 03:18 82 0 0 0
57 How Do I Live LeAnn Rimes 1997 04:26 82 0 0 1
58 Sailing Christopher Cross 1979 04:16 81 0 100 0
59 Electric Love BORNS 2015 03:38 80 0 18 8
60 Til They Take My Heart Away Clair Marlo 1989 04:18 80 0 100 8
61 It's Sad to Belong England Dan & John Ford Coley 2017 02:53 80 0 100 0
62 Can't Help Falling in Love Haley Reinhart 2015 02:53 80 34 17 5
63 Little Things One Direction 2012 03:39 80 22 50 12
64 Happier Ed Sheeran 2017 03:27 79 -56 23 0
65 Love Story Taylor Swift 2009 03:55 78 0 100 6
66 Greatest Love of All Whitney Houston 1985 04:51 78 0 100 11
67 Sofia Clairo 2019 03:08 78 0 3 2
68 Your Body Is a Wonderland John Mayer 2001 04:09 78 29 63 3
69 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now Starship 1987 04:30 77 0 100 6
70 My Boo Usher, Alicia Keys 2004 03:43 77 0 25 2
71 All My Life America 1979 03:03 76 0 0 0
72 Open Arms Journey 1981 03:22 76 0 1 3
73 I Have Nothing Whitney Houston 1993 04:49 76 0 0 4
74 I'll Stand by You Pretenders, Bob Clearmountain 1994 04:00 76 0 100 1
75 Jealous Labrinth 2015 04:47 76 -62 3 2
76 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis 2007 04:22 76 0 100 17
77 Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars 2002 03:40 75 -46 77 0
78 I Will Christopher Cross 1988 03:59 75 0 100 1
79 Everything I Do, I Do It For You Bryan Adams 1991 06:34 75 0 100 3
80 lovely Billie Eilish, Khalid 2018 03:20 74 -45 50 2
81 You're Beautiful James Blunt 2004 03:29 74 0 100 1
82 Just When I Needed You Most Randy VanWarmer 1979 04:01 74 0 0 2
83 Arthur's Theme Christopher Cross 1981 03:54 74 0 100 3
84 Can't Take My Eyes off You Frankie Valli 1967 03:23 74 0 100 8
85 Best Part Daniel Caesar, H.E.R. 2017 03:29 73 0 100 16
86 How to Save a Life The Fray 2005 04:22 73 -16 78 0
87 Get You Kali Uchis, Daniel Caesar 2016 04:38 73 0 100 3
88 Lucky Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat 2008 03:11 72 -29 89 6
89 Marry You Bruno Mars 2010 03:50 72 -77 79 0
90 I Won't Give Up Jason Mraz 2012 04:00 72 0 100 5
91 Stuck On You Lionel Richie 1983 03:12 72 0 80 0
92 After All Peter Cetera, Cher 1989 04:04 71 0 86 0
93 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 1966 02:53 71 0 100 8
94 Kiss Me Ed Sheeran 2011 04:40 70 0 100 28
95 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol 2006 04:27 70 -12 6 0
96 Love On Top Beyonce 2011 04:27 70 -79 50 24
97 Killing Me Softly with His Song Roberta Flack 1973 04:46 70 0 100 0
98 Ever Since the World Began Survivor 1982 03:42 69 0 100 1
99 Get You The Moon Kina, Snow 2018 02:59 69 -57 23 1
100 Everything I Own Bread 1972 03:07 69 0 0 1