Valentine's Day is just about here. Have you planned something sweet for your sweetheart? Dinner or a box of chocolates? Perhaps flowers or a teddy bear? One of the most common ways to share our love ...

Behind beautiful melodies and iconic choruses are stories of grief, addiction, death, regret, and loss that often go ...

Music just has a way of moving people. Whether to motivate, console or inspire, there is something about song lyrics that really makes a person think differently. And when it comes to the best song ...

While we adore Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett's rendition (or even Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's), we can't stop playing the original hit. The '30s jazz number was specifically written for Astaire ...

Love makes the world go 'round... and it also helps sell music. Whether the best love songs are crushing classics that could make a generation of babies, or are a nausea-inducing love ditty, we can't ...

These three country songs were all big hits in the 90s, likely because they all have stunning and unexpected lyrics.

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

Ella Langley and Riley Green's "You Look Like You Love Me" sounds like a country throwback, but the lyrics recall a different era of songwriting, as well. The boozy, piano-led, love (for a night) song ...

Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on ...