Best Love Songs

1980s love songs

The 20 greatest love songs of the 1980s, ranked

Song Lists

Al Green

Al Green's 10 greatest ever songs

Song Lists

The history of Dolly Parton and Carl Dean's relationship

The history of Dolly Parton and Carl Dean’s 58-year marriage, and their secret to long-lasting love

Dolly Parton

Roberta Flack became a global sensation when she released 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'.

The Story of... 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' by Roberta Flack

Song Facts

Richard Marx and the album cover for Right Here Waiting

‘Right Here Waiting’ by Richard Marx: Story, lyrics meaning, movie facts and more

Song Facts

Romantic Love Songs, Wedding Songs and more

Whitney and Kevin had a beautiful friendship

Kevin Costner's beautiful relationship with "one true love" Whitney Houston revealed

Whitney Houston

Prince Purple Rain

The Story of... 'Purple Rain' by Prince

Seal's Kiss from a Rose

The Story of... 'Kiss From a Rose' by Seal

Song Facts

Richard Marx's best songs

Richard Marx's 10 best songs, ranked

Song Lists

Coldplay's Fix You video

The Story of... 'Fix You' by Coldplay

Song Facts

Amy Winehouse's best songs

Amy Winehouse's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Amy Winehouse

Whitney Houston famously covered Dolly Parton's country love song

The Story of... 'I Will Always Love You' by Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston

Song Facts

All By Myself

The Story of... 'All By Myself' by Eric Carmen

Song Facts

Bryan Adams scored a huge hit in 1991

The Story of... 'Everything I Do (I Do it For You)' by Bryan Adams

Song Facts

The greatest love songs of all time

The 50 greatest love songs of all time, ranked

Song Lists

Take That

The Story of... 'Back for Good' by Take That

Take That

Jimmy Ruffin

The Story of... 'What Becomes of the Brokenhearted' by Jimmy Ruffin

Song Facts

The Story of... 'Angels' by Robbie Williams

The Story of... 'Angels' by Robbie Williams

Song Facts

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Lady A speak to Smooth Country

Lady A reveal the surprising story behind writing biggest hit 'Need You Now'

Country

The Temptations

The Temptations' 10 best songs, ranked

Song Lists

The Cars' 1984 ballad 'Drive' was undoubtedly their biggest hit.

The Story Of… 'Drive' by The Cars

Song Facts

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The Beach Boys smiling

Where are The Beach Boys now? Exits, deaths, reunions and more explained

Beach Boys

Jack Black has quite the voice on him, as displayed during his 'Wicked Game' cover.

Jack Black’s cover of ‘Wicked Game’ is surprisingly soulful – watch it here

At the 2017 Grammy Awards ceremony, Bruno Mars paid a blistering tribute to the late trailblazing icon Prince.

When Bruno Mars paid an epic tribute to the late icon Prince

Prince

In a recently unearthed interview from 1992, Eric Clapton revealed that writing 'Tears In Heaven' helped him grieve an inconceivable loss.

Eric Clapton reveals how ‘Tears In Heaven’ helped him grieve the tragic loss of his son Conor

Eric Clapton

Join Kathy Sledge as she tells us the story of Sister Sledge's 'We Are Family'.

The Story of ‘We Are Family’ by Sister Sledge – as told by Kathy Sledge

Look back at 2025 with Smooth's biggest stories.

2025 year in review: Smooth's biggest stories of the year

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RunPod with Jenni Falconer

Vogue & Amber

The News Agents

Never Have I Ever with Joel Dommett & Hannah Cooper

Carpenters

The Carpenters' 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Carpenters

Tracy Chapman's biggest hit was 'Fast Car'

The Story of... 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman

Song Facts

Elton John

The Story of... 'Your Song' by Elton John

Song Facts

Lonestar - Amazed music video

The Story of... 'Amazed' by Lonestar

Song Facts

George's cover version of a Bonnie Raitt classic was poignant because of the love he lost.

When George Michael broke hearts with his beautiful cover of a Bonnie Raitt classic

George Michael

Celine Dion's 10 greatest songs ever, ranked

Celine Dion's 10 best ever songs, ranked

Celine Dion

'Three Times A Lady' is one of the most timeless and tender ballads to achieve chart success around the world.

The Story of... 'Three Times A Lady' by The Commodores

Song Facts

Seal performs Kiss from a Rose

Seal performs incredible version of 'Kiss from a Rose' on The Kelly Clarkson Show

Music

Finish the lyrics to these classic love songs

QUIZ: Finish the lyrics to these classic love songs!

Quizzes

Savage Garden

The Story of... 'Truly Madly Deeply' by Savage Garden

Song Facts

Burt Bacharach wrote countless songs for exceptional talents, and sang with them too.

Burt Bacharach's 10 greatest ever duets: Adele, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones and more

Music

One of the sweetest love songs ever written was written by one of the greatest ever songwriters.

The Story Of... '(They Long To Be) Close To You' by the Carpenters

Song Facts

Kelly Clarkson and Michael Bolton duet

Michael Bolton and Kelly Clarkson perform incredible impromptu duet of 'How Am I Supposed to Live Without You'

Music

Burt Bacharach

The 12 greatest songs written by Burt Bacharach, ranked

Song Lists

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

The Story of... 'Need You Now' by Lady A

Song Facts

Madness - It Must Be Love

The Story of... 'It Must Be Love' by Madness

Song Facts