15 Songs Filled with Considerable Love

Reading Time: 15 min read

🎧 15 Songs Filled with Considerable Love features Adele, Billy Porter, Queen Naija, Shawn Mendes & Zara Larsson.

ometimes, the theme of a playlist should be simple – no frills. Folks, that’s the deal with 🎧 15 Songs Filled with Considerable Love. The theme is – drum roll, please – LOVE, period. It’s incredibly broad yet opens the doors to any number of songs of various genres. Is it lazy to focus on such a broad subject? Perhaps, but at least the compendium practically compiled itself, right? Right!

🎧 15 Songs Filled with Considerable Love features songs from 🎙 Adele, 🎙 Billy Porter, 🎙 Queen Naija, 🎙 Shawn Mendes, and 🎙 Zara Larsson among others. So, we have pop and R&B covered among those artists, which, stylistically, predominates this list. Makes sense considering love works so well with both styles. So, without further prolonging things, why don’t you jump right into the L-O-V-E!

1. Shawn Mendes & Tainy, “Summer of Love”

🎵 “Summer of Love” • 🏷 Island • 📅 2021

Collaborations can unveil musical magic. Canadian heartthrob 🎙 Shawn Mendes and producer extraordinaire 🎙Tainy experience some musical magic on their collaborative single, 🎵 “Summer of Love”. “Summer of Love” is tailor made for a sexy summer! It commences with a gorgeous instrumental intro with warm pad. Later, the flavor is enhanced with the addition of the Latin beat. Of course, Mendes delivers smooth vocals, flaunting his beautiful tone. Sexiness is evident from the opening lyrics, “Kisses on your body were like heaven / We were taking it slow.” Ooh la, la!

As titillating as that is, the centerpiece is the catchy, tuneful chorus:

“It was the summer of love
A delicate daydream
And for a couple of months
It felt like we were 18, yeah
It was the summer of…”

Instrumentally, on the chorus, I like the synths Tainy brings into the mix; they’re colorful and ear-catching. The chorus is followed by a playful, post-chorus, both endearing and infectious. I like the faster, more rhythmic vocals on the second verse, providing fine contrast to the first verse (“Meditation and tequila / Calling you my señorita …”). Furthermore, I heart those vocal risks (ad-libs and melodic tweaks) Mendes takes on the final chorus. All said and done, “Summer of Love” is a fine, summery single. Mendes ‘shows out’ vocally while Tainy does the same behind the boards. The result is a bop that should not only carry us through the rest of summer, but also beyond.

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: August 2021

2. Adele, “To Be Loved”

💿 30 • 🏷 Melted Stone / Columbia • 📅 2021

One of the most emotional songs from 💿 30, the fourth studio album by 🏆 Academy and Grammy Award winner, 🎙 Adele, is also among the crème de la crème: 🎵 “To Be Loved.” “I’m so afraid, but I’m wide open,” Adele sings vulnerably on the second verse, continuing, “I’ll be the one to catch myself this time.” Throughout the lengthy record, she reflects on the hardship of love and the number that it did on her.

“To Be Loved,” a ballad, is simple, accompanied by piano, but grows grander as her voice ascends (belts). As this stunning record progresses, you feel every ounce of emotion she experiences. The final chorus is the strongest, with the combination of high-flying vocals and gut-wrenching, heart-driven lyrics hitting the hardest:

“To be loved and love at the highest count
Means to lose all the things I can’t live without
Let it be known, known, know
That I will choose, I will lose
It’s a sacrifice, but I can’t live a lie
Let it be known,
Let it be known that I tried, that I tried

Let it be known that I tried.”

I’ve got to shout out a magnificent cover of “To Be Loved,” performed by Canadian singer, 🎙 Stephen Scaccia.

3. Ariana Grande, “Love Language”

**💿 positions • 🏷 Republic • 📅 2020**

“If you’re gonna keep speaking my love language / You can talk your shit all night / You the medication when I’m feeling anxious / That’s the kind of shit I like.” Ooh-la-la! 🎵 “Love language” is a groovy standout from 💿 positions, the surprise 2020 studio album from 🏆 Grammy-winning pop artist, 🎙 Ariana Grande.

As sexy as the record is, this is a classy, throwback soulful cut, with some jazz sensibilities as well as soul and blue-eyed soul. The most surprising occurrence in “Love language” happens at the end with an outro that seems to come out of nowhere, literally:

“Your ex-girlfriend don’t want no smoke
I ain’t tryna sign no lease
I’m just gon’ make you my home.”

Woo!

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Love Language: 3BOPS No. 1 (2021)

4. The Main Ingredient, “Let Me Prove My Love to You”

💿 Shame on the World • 🏷 RCA • 🗓 1975

🎙 Alicia Keys introduced 🎙 The Main Ingredient classic, 🎵 “Let Me Prove My Love to You”, to an entirely new generation – the millennials! How so? Well, Keys’ no. 3 Billboard Hot 100 hit, 🎵 “You Don’t Know My Name” sampled “Let Me Prove My Love to You.” Revisiting the Keys hit, Cuba Gooding Sr. and company deserve love for their sheer musical excellence.

“I bet you don’t know how much I love you so
I’ve been trying hard
Not to let it show
I bet you don’t know how much I need you now
I know what to say
But I don’t know how.”

“Let Me Prove My Love to You” is a prime example of soul music at its best. The production is stellar – lush, warm, and ear-catching. With a backdrop with so many thoughtful details, there was no way that The Main Ingredient wouldn’t deliver excellence. Among the ear candy are rhythmic keys, a robust, present bass line, and an anchoring groove that could only hail from the 1970s. Specifically, “Let Me Prove My Love to You” appears on the collective’s 1975 album, 💿 Shame on the World, as the third track. It is the showstopper, period.

Besides the genius production and fantastic harmonic progression, the vocals are elite. The late, great Cuba Gooding Sr. kills it, shining with his distinct tenor. His tone is clear and his approach easy – intimate yet commanding. Furthermore, the backing vocals shimmer, amplifying the soulful vibes. The theme and lyrics is simple yet complicated matters – L-O-V-E. As the titular lyric states, the band just wants to “prove [their] love to you.”

“I bet you don’t know how I really feel
So let me prove my love to you.”

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🕶️🎶 The Main Ingredient, “Let Me Prove My Love to You”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 9
🔗 🎧 Soul Oldies: Vol. IV

5. Julia Michaels, “Love is Weird”

💿 Not in Chronological Order • 🏷 Republic • 📅 2021

“Closed off and exposed / Salty and I’m seared / Naked in my clothes, yeah.” Poetic, poetic, poetic! Known best for her skill with the pen, it’s easy to forget that 🎙 Julia Michaels is a captivating pop artist in her own right. On the short but sweet 🎵 “Love is Weird” (💿 Not in Chronological Order, 2021), Michaels reflects on the slippery experience that is love – the plight, if you will. This makes “Love is Weird” incredibly relatable to the nth degree.

“Love is Weird” commences with driving, rhythmic guitar. All in all, it’s more minimalist than maximalist, which works out sufficiently. Throughout, the audience is blessed with smooth, expressive, and beautiful vocals by Michaels. She never under- nor over- sings, providing awesome balance overall. On the second verse, regarding production, we add more oomph instrumentally. Still “Love is Weird” never loses minimalist vibes. The best moment, of course, is the memorable chorus; I particularly heart the melody here:

“Love is weird
Don’t know how I wound up here
Love is weird
It shows up and disappears
Love is strange for some
It ranges from making love to tears
Now we’re here, love is weird.”

While love itself is indeed weird, there’s nothing weird about this song, where Michaels makes the case, she should have a higher profile as a singer in addition to her skill with the pen.

6. Anthony Hamilton, “Love is the New Black”

**💿 Love is the New Black • 🏷 My Music Box / BMG Rights Management • 📅 2021**

After a five-year hiatus, 🏆 Grammy-winning R&B singer/songwriter 🎙 Anthony Hamilton returned with 💿 Love is the New Black at the end of September 2021. On the third single from the LP, 🎵 “Love is the New Black”, he maintains utmost consistency and relentless soulfulness.

“Love is the New Black” serves as the opener, setting the tone. Being true to Hamilton artistically, it features old-school production, in a retro-/neo-soul style (🎛 Cardiak and 🎛 WU10). As far as the sounds, I love the keys, dramatic, lush strings, and the percussion-fueled groove –DECADENT! Furthermore, I love the fact that the instrumental intro percolates for a good 30+ seconds. Of course, Anthony does his thing as always, delivering expressive, soulful vocals and romance-driven songwriting/theme. Furthermore, he delivers utterly sublime ad-libs. While the aesthetic is familiar, with Hamilton in his niche, there’s contrast too. Worth noting, “Love is the New Black” features only one section, the chorus:

“I know where I’m goin’
You know where it’s at
One thing that’s for sure
Love is the new Black.”

Once again, Mr. Hamilton comes through.

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: August 2021 🎧
🔗 🎧 Black: 5ive Songs No. 81 (2021)

7. Zara Larsson, “Talk About Love”

Ft. Young Thug

💿 Poster Girl • 🏷 Record Company TEN / Epic • 🗓 2021

“You know I’m down to go anywhere / But I told you I don’t wanna go there…” Hmm, where doesn’t Swedish singer 🎙 Zara Larsson want to go on 🎵 “Talk About Love” (💿 Poster Girl, 2021)? Well, it’s complicated considering it entails L-O-V-E, sigh. “Talk About Love” was written by 🎼 ✍ Amy Allen, 🎼 ✍ Dewaine Whitmore, 🎼 ✍ Jeffery Lamar Williams, and 🎼 ✍ Mike Sabath. Sabath delivers the slick production work including cool, colorful, and warm synths, as well as rhythmic, trap drums. The instrumental intro is quite lovely.

It all works to Larsson’s favor, who serves up beautiful, clear vocals on her verse. She shines most on the chorus, which is incredibly catchy. Here, her vocals sound particularly strong when harmonized. Additionally, her ad-libs are sweet.

“I don’t wanna talk about love (Yeah)
I don’t wanna talk about love (Yeah)
I just wanna keep us right here in the moment
Why you gotta go get lost in еmotion?”

As for featured guest 🎙 Young Thug, he provides stark contrast to Larsson on the second verse. He’s melodic, though remains an acquired taste – idiosyncratic, for better or worse. All in all, “Talk About Love” is an enjoyable pop record, suiting young Zara Larsson extraordinarily well, highlighting her strengths.

8. Asbjörn, “(Love Like a) Teenager”

🎵 “(Love Like a) Teenager” • 🏷 Embassy of Music • 🗓 2021

Perhaps Danish pop musician 🎙 Asbjørn (Asbjørn Toftdahl Terkelsen) is more popular in Denmark and Europe in general. That said, more folks here in the United States need to check out this incredibly talented artist. Terkelsen delivers a surefire bop on 🎵 “(Love Like a) Teenager”. Vocally, he sings incredibly smooth and beautifully. He never forces things, singing with incredible ease and an exquisite tone. When his vocals are harmonized, man does it make the ears perk up! Besides his own suave vocal performance, the vocal production is sweet too. You know what else is sweet? The production, a collaboration between him, 🎛 Tom Stafford, and 🎛 Rob Rox.

Terkelsen has a slick, backdrop to paint those sweet, tuneful melodies atop, with some inspiration from the 90s. That backdrop includes keys, synths, and drum programming. One rad musical feature, for the music theory nerds out there – there’s a modulation! A rarity in popular music these days, but more folks need to bring it back. Finally, you can’t mention “(Love Like a) Teenager” without highlighting the songwriting. Asbjørn delivers the goods bringing lyrics that are infectious and personal.

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: June 2021
🔗 🎧 You’re Gonna Love These 15 LIKE Songs

9. Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler, “this is how you fall in love”

💿 brent ii • 🏷 Republic • 📅 2021

“This is how you fall in love / Let go and I’ll hold you up.” Aww, what better subject matter than love for a pop duet? Continue with that excerpt, please! “So, pull me tight and close your eyes / Oh, my love, side to side” Ah – chorus that exemplifies sheer perfection to the nth degree! On 🎵 “this is how you fall in love” from 💿 brent ii, 🎙 Jeremy Zucker and 🎙 Chelsea Cutler join forces delivering a radiant song all about L-O-V-E. The chemistry between the two is superb, while separately, they sound sweet as well. Zucker and Cutler both wrote and produced this sub-three-minute gem.

On “this is how you fall in love,” Zucker delivers a gorgeous vocal performance; his tone is impeccable. He sings with incredible authenticity; he sounds expressive, nuanced, and tender. One of his best moments is incredibly subtle, when he sings “Oh” on the pre-chorus (it recurs post-second verse). The same praise can be bestowed upon Cutler, who appears on the second verse. Notably, she has an expanded sound palette accompanying her, as well as getting a lift via layered vocals. Cutler’s second verse serves as the transition to loftier heights for “this is how you fall in love.” Even as the record ascends to a fever pitch, Zucker and Cutler’s ‘duet section’ intentionally brings things back down – a great thoughtful touch. “This is how you fall in love” possesses both a degree of simplicity as well as a degree of utter satisfaction.

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Awesome Songs That Tickled My Fancy: January 2021

10. Billy Porter, “Love is On the Way”

**💿 Untitled • 🏷 A&M • 📅 1997**

Broadway actors have some of the best voices in the game – FACTS! That said, it is often difficult for Broadway stars to translate into the mainstream. 🎙 Billy Porter discussed his unexceptional music career in depth in his superb memoir, 📚 Unprotected. At the time, Porter had been in several Broadway productions, was considered incredibly flamboyant (remember it was the 90s, so, perceptions were different), and making him the ‘male Whitney Houston’ as he describes in his book was always going to be tough sale. Regardless, Porter did release an album via A&M Records, 💿 Untitled in 1997, and it features a soaring ballad tailor made for him, 🎵 “Love is On the Way.”

“Love is On the Way” was written by 🎼✍ Denise Rich, 🎼✍ Peter Zizzo, and 🎼✍ Tina Shafer, with Zizzo producing. The sound is adult contemporary R&B – that signature 90s sounding love-oriented ballad. The difference is, Porter has one of the biggest voices you’ll ever hear – or have NEVER heard, unfortunately. He exhibits control and poise on the verses, showcasing the sheer beauty of his instrument. By the chorus, he soars, showing the sheer power of his instrument – power that gives chills. Backed by choir, Porter hearkens back to his Pentecostal church roots, giving ample soul. Add to the magnificence a range few males have the gift (he’s a tenorino). “Love is On the Way” was originally his song, BUT a bigger name – 🎙 Céline Dion – ended up recording it for her album 1997 album, 💿 Let’s Talk About Love. In essence, the version many have heard is by the Canadian pop icon as opposed to Porter.

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🗣️ Billy Porter vs. Céline Dion: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 38

11. Lana Del Rey, “Let Me Love You Like a Woman”

💿 Chemtrails Over the Country Club • 🏷 Interscope • 📅 2021

🎵 “Let Me Love You Like a Woman” arrived as the promo single for 💿 Chemtrails Over the Country Club, the seventh studio album by 🏆 Grammy-nominated pop musician,🎙 Lana Del Rey, back in 2020. The record begins as a piano ballad with more instruments eventually added. Even so, the record never erupts into anything over the top. As always, Del Rey delivers expressive vocals.

As far as the narrative of the songwriting, on the first verse, Del Rey is totally ready to leave LA. That said, she wants him to leave with her. On the chorus, she lays out potentially sweet romance, including the titular lyric and “Talk to me in poems and songs.” Once more, on the second verse, she shares her desire to leave, but asserts it’d be no fun without him. She brings nostalgia on the bridge:

“We could get lost in the purple rain
Talk about the good ol’ days
We could get high on some pink champagne
Baby, let me count the ways.”

Additionally, sweetening the bridge is that upper register – some falsetto. The record concludes with the centerpiece, the chorus.

12. Aaron Frazer, “Leanin’ on Your Everlasting Love”

**💿 Introducing… • 🏷 Dead Oceans / Easy Eye Sound • 📅 2021**

🎙 Aaron Frazer, a member of 🎙 Durand Jones & The Indications, steps out on his own his 2021 debut album, 💿 Introducing…. Throughout the retro-soul LP, Frazer makes the best of a soulful backdrop and his ability to croon like an absolute boss. He concludes Introducing… with arguably its most triumphant moment, the gospel/blues-infused ballad, 🎵 “Leanin’ on Your Everlasting Love.”

While Frazer continues to deliver a calm, cool, and collected vocal, on “Leanin’ on Your Everlasting Love,” it feels as if he brings more oomph and punch. Maybe it’s the passion, coupled with one of the best production jobs 🎛 Dan Auerbach serves up on the entire album. If you can’t feel the passion on this one, well, you must truly have a heart of stone!

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Leaning: 3BOPS No. 5 (2021)

13. Queen Naija, “Love Language”

**💿 missunderstood • 🏷 Capitol • 📅 2020**

🎙 Queen Naija has some questions for you: “Can you read my love language / …When I need love and affection? / Could you read it when I need it?” We bud, can you? 🎵 “Love Language” appears as the lucky-number-seventh track on her 2020 album, 💿 missunderstood, which debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.

Prior to her questions on the chorus, Naija makes it crystal clear that he needs to be listening to her concerns:

“I got a little attitude right now
I got a bone to pick with you right now
Need you to put your fuckin’ phone down
And meet me up in this room right now.”

SHE’S NOT PLAYING. Of course, she confronts him, tells him “You should practice what you preach,” while also highlighting the degree of pleasure (“No one’s ever got me wetter”). Woo! I’ll let the LOVE LANGUAGE speak for itself!

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 Love Language: 3BOPS No. 1 (2021)

14. Mura Masa, “Love$ick”

Ft. A$AP Rocky

**💿 Mura Masa • 🏷 Anchor Point • 📅 2017**

🎙 Mura Masa – what a compelling name for a musician, right? Definitely. The electronic music producer’s real name is 🎙 Alex Crossan, and he hails from Guernsey (don’t feel bad if you don’t know where it is either). Beyond some background, Mura Masa is best known for the song 🎵 “Lovesick” (💿 Mura Masa, 2017) which features rapper 🎙 A$AP Rocky.

How did this collaboration come about? Well Crossan provides some insight. More importantly, he puts in some serious work on the production, which is groovy AF. His backdrop is flavorful, blending hip-hop, Caribbean, and electronic cues seamlessly. Of course, it’s A$AP Rocky that crafts the ‘lovesickness,’ characterizing himself as a “lovesick fuck” multiple times. Charming!

“Okay, she giving me love, but it fuck my energy up
Every time it’s finna be summer, only got the memories of us
And now we industry lovers, they making enemies of us
I mean, sometimes we in public, they drain the synergy from us…”

Also appears on 🔽:
🔗 🎧 10 Utterly Lovesick 😍 💘 Songs

15. Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You”

**💿 The Bodyguard – Original Soundtrack Album • 🏷 Arista • 📅 1992**

“If I should stay / I would only be in your way / So I’ll go, but I know / I’ll think of you every step of the way.” Sorry to every other R&B artist who released music in 1992. Why? Well, the best R&B song of that year belongs to one woman and one woman only. Pretty amazing how Whitney Houston totally transformed 🎵 “I Will Always Love You,” a country song written by 🎙 Dolly Parton isn’t it?

There’s not much commentary needed for this record – it speaks for itself. This is the greatest of Whitney Houston’s many, many hits. At her best, who could out-perform her? The best moment is the modulation (key change), where from then on, Houston goes to a completely different level. No matter who sings this masterpiece in the future, there will only ever be one definitive, truly iconic version.

Also Appears On 🔽:
🔗 🎧 11 Best R&B Songs: 1990 – 2000
🔗 🎧 15 Ear Catching Covers
🔗 🎧 15 More Soul Oldies That Tickle My Fancy (Vol. 2)

15 Songs Filled with Considerable Love 🎧 [📷: Anchor Point, Andrea Piacquadio, Arista, Ba Tik, BMG Rights Management, Brent Faulkner, Capitol, Columbia, Dead Oceans, Dejan Krstevski, Easy Eye Sound, Embassy of Music, Epic, Island, Johanna Hvidtved, Ketut Subiyanto, KoolShooters, Melted Stone, The Musical Hype, My Music Box, Polina Tankilevitch, Record Company TEN, Republic, Yan Krukov]

15 Songs Filled with Considerable Love | Playlist 🎧

Published by the musical hype on December 21, 2021December 21, 2021