This is the giddy part, before anyone has been hurt: the first kiss, the can't-stop-smiling, the sense that the floor just moved. These songs catch that rush across six decades, from Elvis to Beyonce.
Updated 2026
Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley 1961
The slow, certain surrender that has soundtracked weddings ever since.
Crazy in Love by Beyonce ft. Jay-Z 2003
That horn riff and the feeling of losing your head over someone.
At Last by Etta James 1960
The wait is over and she can barely believe the person is real.
Something by The Beatles 1969
Harrison trying to name what it is about her, and giving up on naming it.
Fallin' by Alicia Keys 2001
Love as a tide she keeps slipping back into, against her better sense.
Your Song by Elton John 1970
A shy first gift: a song written because he didn't know what else to give.
Make You Feel My Love by Adele 2008
A vow to go to any length, on a Dylan song Adele made her own.
Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer 1998
Light as a held breath, the sound of a new crush in full bloom.
First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes 2005
Meeting someone and feeling like your real life only just started.
Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows 2004
Caught off guard by feelings that show up before you decide to have them.
Lovesong by The Cure 1989
Robert Smith, of all people, writing something this openly devoted.