300 Greatest Romantic Rock Songs And Ballads

While songs convey a wide range of emotions that draw parallel with listeners, balladry in songs evokes a special feeling of nostalgia. When you listen to romantic rock songs you cannot but help succumb to a state of intense excitement. This state of euphoria helps the listener heal within. The gush of emotion and feeling rock songs bring transcends poetically with the listener. This enables listeners to connect and relate with lyrics. Romantic rock songs or power ballads take listeners on a journey of lyrical and musical sentiments that are connected with life.  

Ballads and Romantic Rock Songs: Balladry in

In musical contexts the term ‘ballad’ refers to a song that narrates a story in short stanzas. Romantic rock songs are hugely popular with different age groups because they uplift and awaken the inner being. While a number of rock ballads talk about love and relationships, factually ballads deal with a range of emotional aspects that include grief, anger, death, and breakup. ‘Romantic rock songs’ is used as an umbrella term for Rock ballads, acoustic rock, emo ballads and power ballads.

Instrumentation in Rock Ballads

The slow tempos in romantic rock songs are often accompanied with high energy vocals or high pitched vocals that breathe life in the emotional quotient of the song. The mellow instrumentation is interspersed with acoustic guitar solos and electric guitar solos to the backdrop of drums and bass. A number of bands also make the use of piano or synthesizer for textural moods in songs. In recent times a number of indie bands have experimented with lyrical and musical soundscapes bringing in a new sound to balladry.

While the sound of ballads has evolved in every decade, what remain constant are the brutally honest narratives in the verse and chorus. In present times ballads are popular in different music genres. However, one cannot deny the fact that rock ballads and power ballads bring out the ‘true you’ in you.

The lines below showcase a colossal list of the best romantic rock songs. The list includes rock ballads, acoustic rock, emo ballads, metal ballads, indie rock ballads and power ballads.

300 Greatest Romantic Rock Songs and Ballads

1. “Don’t Let Me Down”- The Beatles
2. “Is This Love”- Whitesnake
3. “Still Loving You”- Scorpions
4. “Always”- Bon Jovi
5. “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)”- Bryan Adams
6. “November Rain”- Guns N’ Roses
7. “Yellow”- Coldplay
8. “With Or Without You”- U2
9. “The Scientist”- Coldplay
10. “More Than Words”- Extreme
11. “Chasing Cars”- Snow Patrol
12. “I Want To Know What Love Is”- Foreigner
13. “Slide Away”- Oasis
14. “Angie”- Rolling Stones
15. “You’re Beautiful”- James Blunt
16. “Faithfully”- Journey
17. “You Do Something to Me”- Paul Weller
18. “I Don’t Wanna Change You”- Damien Rice
19. “Heaven”- Bryan Adams
20. “Fix You”- Coldplay
21. “Soldier of Fortune”- Deep Purple
22. “The Reason”- Hoobastank
23. “When Love and Hate Collide”- Def Leppard
24. “Shining Light”- Ash
25. “Wonderful Tonight”- Eric Clapton
26. “Toothpaste Kisses”- The Maccabees
27. “Everybody Hurts”- REM
28. “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”- Death Cab For Cutie
29. “Everlong”- Foo Fighters
30. “In My Life”- The Beatles
31. “Open Arms”- Journey
32. “Disarm”- The Smashing Pumpkins
33. “Can’t Fight This Feeling”- REO Speedwagon
34. “Read My Mind”- The Killers
35. “Hallelujah”- Jeff Buckley
36. “Every Woman In The World To Me”- Air Supply
37. “Waiting For a Girl Like You”- Foreigner
38. “Sonnet”- The Verve
39. “Without You”- Badfinger
40. “Bed of Roses”- Bon Jovi
41. “Up Where We Belong”- Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
42. “A Song For Lovers”- Richard Ashcroft
43. “Love of My Life”- Queen
44. “I Remember You”- Skid Row
45. “Take over the World”- Courteeners
46. “To The End”- Blur
47. “Eric Carmen”- All By Myself
48. “I Live My Life For You”- Firehouse
49. “Be My Wife”- David Bowie
50. “Baby I Love Your Way”- Peter Framption
51. “Love Hurts”- Nazareth
52. “Tears In Heaven”- Eric Clapton
53. “Something”- The Beatles
54. “Have I Told You Lately”- Van Morrison
55. “Your Guardian Angel”- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
56. “5 years Time”- Noah and the Whale
57. “Lost in Love”- Air Supply
58. “Right Here Waiting For You”- Richard Marx
59. “Beth”- Kiss
60. “Somewhere Only We Know”- Keane
61. “Making Love Out of Nothing At All”- Air Supply
62. “Sally Cinnamon”- The Stone Roses
63. “Before the Dawn”- Judas Priest
64. “Angel”- Aerosmith
65. “Winter Winds”- Mumford and Sons
66. “To Be With You”- Mr. Big
67. “Silent Lucidity”- Queensryche
68. “Love Bites”- Def Leppard
69. “Grace”- Jeff Buckley
70. “I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight”- Cutting Crew
71. “More Than a Feeling”- Boston
72. “Home Sweet Home”- Motley Crue
73. “You Make Lovin’ Fun”- Fleetwood Mac
74. “Cocoon’- Catfish and the Bottlemen
75. “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman”- Bryan Adams
76. “That Kiss”- Courteeners
77. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”- Starship
78. “Wish You Were Here”- Pink Floyd
79. “When I Need You”- Leo Sayer
80. “Wind of Change”- Scorpions
81. “Iris”- Goo Goo Dolls
82. “Alone”- Heart
83. “You’re The Inspiration”- Chicago
84. “Run”- Snow Patrol
85. “Love of a Lifetime”- Firehouse
86. “Broken Wings”- Mr. Mister
87. “Lovefool”- The Cardigans
88. “I’m Yours”- Jason Marz
89. “Never Say Goodbye”- Bon Jovi
90. “I’m In You”- Peter Frampton
91. “Can’t Stop Loving You”- Van Halen
92. “One Day Like This”- Elbow
93. “Still Got The Blues for You”- Gary Moore
94. “When a Blind Man Cries”- Deep Purple
95. “There She Goes”- The La’s
96. “The Flame”- Cheap Trick
97. “Marry Me”- Train
98. “Romeo and Juliet”- Dire Straits
99. “Love Is On The Way”- Saigon Kick
100. “Black Velvet”- Alannah Myles
101. “Now and Forever”- Richard Marx
102. “Wild Horses”- Rolling Stones
103. “When I See You Smile”- Bad English
104. “She’s Gone”- Steelheart
105. “Miles Away”- Winger
106. “You and Me”- Alice Cooper
107. “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn”- Poison
108. “Bliss”- Muse
109. “All My Love”- Led Zeppelin
110. “Stay Together”- Suede
111. “The Wannadies”- You and Me Song
112. “Love Is Only a Feeling”- The Darkness
113. “Ready For Love”- Bad Company
114. “You’re In My Heart”- Rod Stewart
115. “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”- Aerosmith
116. “Here Without You”- 3 Doors Down
117. “I Believe In You”- Stryper
118. “When I’m With You”- Sheriff
119. “Do I Wanna Know”- Arctic Monkeys
120. “I’ll Be There for You”- Bon Jovi
121. “All I Want is You”- U2
122. “Keep On Loving You”- REO Speedwagon
123. “You Give Me Something”- James Morrison
124. “Lady’- Styx
125. “Maps”- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
126. “Crazy on You”- Heart
127. “In The Army Now”- Status Quo
128. “Your Are The Best Thing”- Ray LaMontagne
129. “You and I”- Scorpions
130. “Cosmic Love”- Florence and the Machine
131. “I Won’t hold You Back”- Toto
132. “All I Need”- Air
133. “Don’t Know What You Got (Til It’s Gone)”- Cindrella
134. “More Than Words Can Say”- Alias
135. “Fields of Gold”- Sting
136. “Thank You”- Led Zeppelin
137. “The Angel Song”- Great White
138. “Fly To The Angels”- Slaughter
139. “With Arms Wide Open”- Creed
140. “Just The Way You Are”- Billy Joel
141. “Heaven In Your Eyes”- Loverboy
142. “Drops of Jupiter”- Train
143. “Into Your Arms”- The Lemonheads
144. “Fall At Your Feet”- Crowded House
145. “Tequila Sunrise”- Eagles
146. “MSG (McAuley Schenker Group)” - Anytime
147. “Forever”- Y&T
148. “Take it To the Limit”- Eagles
149. “Sweet Child O’ Mine”- Guns N’ Roses
150. “Fly High Michelle”- Ennuf Z’ Nuff
151. “You’re the Only Woman (You and I)’- Ambrosia
152. “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”- Chicago
153. “She’s Always a Woman”- Billy Joel
154. “Carrie”- Europe
155. “I Don’t Love You”- My Chemical Romance
156. “Amanda”- Boston
157. “Sister Christian”- Night Ranger
158. “Love Is Here”- Starsailor
159. “If”- Bread
160. “Only Women Bleed”- Alice Cooper
161. “If You Think You Know How to Love Me”- Smokie
162. “Make It with You’- Bread
163. “I’ll See You in My Dreams”- Giant
164. “Lover of the Light”- Mumford and Sons
165. “Harden My Heart”- Quarterflash
166. “Walking In Memphis”- Marc Cohn
167. “Push Your Head Towards the Air”- Editors
168. “You Are the Woman”- Firefall
169. “Babe”- Styx
170. “Pure”- The Lightning Seeds
171. “New Kid In Town”- Eagles
172. “Without You I’m Nothing”- Placebo
173. “Gravity”- John Mayer
174. “Straight From The Heart”- Bryan Adams
175. “When You Love a Woman”- Journey    
176. “Drive”- The Cars
177. “High Enough”- Damn Yankees
178. “What Keeps Me Loving You”- XYZ
179. “Peaceful Easy Feeling”- Eagles
180. “Everything You Want”- Vertical Horizon
181. “Ride like The Wind”- Christopher Cross
182. “Fell in Love With a Girl”- The White Stripes
183. “Dreams”- Fleetwood Mac
184. “She’s got a Way”- Billy Joel
185. “Let’s Make a Night To Remember”- Bryan Adams
186. “If You Leave Me Now”- Chicago
187. “Shape of My Heart”- Sting
188. “Total Eclipse of the Heart”- Bonnie Tyler
189. “Baby I’m Yours”- Arctic Monkeys
190. “Everytime You Go Away”- Paul Young
191. “Heaven”- Warrant
192. “In It For Love”- Richie Sambora
193. “Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)”- Phil Collins
194. “Make Me Lose Control”- Eric Carmen
195. “Where you Goin’ Now”- Damn Yankees
196. “Never Let Me Go”- Florence and the Machine
197. “Hard Habit to Break”- Chicago
198. “Almost Paradise”- Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
199. “You Make It Real”- James Morrison
200. “Fooled Around and Fell in Love”- Elvin Bishop
201. “Biggest Part of Me”- Ambrosia
202. “Everything I Own”- Bread
203. “Songbird”- Oasis
204. “Ho Hey”- The Lumineers
205. “On and On”- Stephen Bishop
206. “When The Children Cry”- White Lion
207. “Rosanna”- Toto
208. “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”- Don Henley and Patty Smyth
209. “Honestly”- Stryper
210. “You Are So Beautiful”- Joe Cocker
211. “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”- Steely Dan
212. “It Might Be You”- Stephen Bishop
213. “Say You Love Me”- Fleetwood Mac
214. “Love Walks In”- Van Halen
215. “Lay Back In the Arms of Someone”- Smokie
216. “Never Ending Nightmare”- MSG (McAuley Schenker Group)
217. “Only Time Will Tell”- Nelson
218. “Dust in the Wind”- Kansas
219. “Sara”- Starship
220. “Friday I’m In Love”- The Cure
221. “If You Needed Somebody”- Bad Company
222. “I’ll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)”- Steelheart
223. “Weather With You”- Crowded House
224. “Just Remember I Love You”- Firefall
225. “Hold My Hand”- Hootie and the Blowfish
226. “Tunnel of Love”- Dire Straits
227. “First Day of My Life”- Bright Eyes
228. “Angel Eyes”- Jeff Healey Band
229. “Sharing the Night Together”- Dr Hook & The Medicine Show
230. “When I Look Into Your Eyes”- Firehouse
231. “Best of My Love”- Eagles
232. “Anytime”- MSG (McAuley Schenker Group)
233. “Bird of Paradise”- Snowy White
234. “Don’t Cry”- Guns N’ Roses
235. “I Don’t Want To Live Without You”- Sleez Beez
236. “Just Say Yes”- Snow Patrol
237. “Take It Easy On Me”- Little River Band
238. “We’ve Got Tonight”- Bob Seger
239. “Rings”- Cymarron
240. “Eternal Flame”- The Bangles
241. “Better Together”- Jack Johnson
242. “Dream On”- Nazareth
243. “I’ll Follow You”- Shinedown
244. “Little Lies”- Fleetwood Mac
245. “Love Song”- Tesla
246. “You and Me”- Lifehouse
247. “Don’t Close Your Eyes”- Kix
248. “The Search Is Over”- Survivor
249. “Nothing Else Matters”- Metallica
250. “Burning Heart”- Vandenberg
251. “Dreamer”- Europe
252. “Love is All”- The Rapture
253. “Love Kills”- Vinnie Vincent Invasion
254. “Love Walked In”- Thunder
255. “Save Your Love”- Great White
256. “Kiss You All Over”- Exile
257. “Believe In Love”- Scorpions
258. “Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad”- Def Leppard
259. “Alone Again”- Dokken
260. “A Tale That Wasn’t Right”- Heloween
261. “Missing You”- John Waite
262. “Starlight”- Muse
263. “Heart Of Steel”- Manowar
264. “Two Steps Behind”- Def Leppard
265. “When It’s Love”- Van Halen
266. “The Day That I Met You”- Lillian Axe
267. “How Much I Feel”- Ambrosia
268. “The Heart of the Matter”- Don Henley
269. “Who You Love”- John Mayer
270. “I Love You”- Climax Blues Band
271. “Love Takes Time”- Orleans
272. “Don’t Walk Away”- Danger Danger
273. “Love Will Keep Us Alive”- Eagles
274. “Never Tear Us Apart”- Inxs
275. “Womankind”- Little Angels
276. “Angelia”- Richard Marx
277. “Mama, I’m Coming Home”- Ozzy Osbourne
278. “Let It End”- Styx
279. “All I Want To Do Is make Love To You”- Heart
280. “It’s a Heartache”- Bonnie Tyler
281. “Close My Eyes Forever”- Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
282. “Forever”- Kiss
283. “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes”- Asia
284. “Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)”- Vertical Horizon
285. “Windmill”- Heloween
286. “Don’t Let It End”- Styx
287. “What Love Can Do”- Kingdome Come
288. “In Your Arms”- Little Caesar
289. “What’s Forever”- House of Lords
290. “Crazy Without You”- Sheriff
291. “One”- U2
292. “I’d Love You To Want Me”- Lobo
293. “When I Find Love”- XYZ
294. “Just Between You and Me”- April Wine
295. “Always Gonna Love You”- Gary Moore
296. “Moonlight Feels Right”- Starbuck
297. “Kayleigh”- Marillion
298. “You Give Me All I Need”- Scorpions
299. “Feels Like The First Time”- Foreigner
300. “Jessie”- Joshua Kadison