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In honour of Valentine's Day, music licensing company PPL has released an official chart of the Most Played Love Songs of the 21st Century. Aggregated using PPL’s exclusive UK airplay data, the chart collates those songs about love, longing and adoration played on BBC and commercial UK radio stations between 2000 and 2015. The PPL Most Played Love Songs of the 21st Century chart has thrown up some interesting results, revealing a wide variety of tracks from the hearts of pop’s most famous besotted and love-struck songsters.


"Chasing Cars", Snow Patrol’s 2006 Grammy-winning track comes in at first place, followed by "Rule the World" by Take That at number two, and "Can’t Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue at number three.



Timeless classics such as "I Say A Little Prayer" by Aretha Franklin at number 31 in the chart and "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers at number 65, are surpassed by less conventional contemporary tracks like "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne at number nine, and "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, at number four.

Power ballads, film soundtracks and up-tempo dance tunes all feature on the list, proving that whether you choose to serenade your loved one in the style of James Blunt or Bon Jovi, there is a tune from this list to croon to this Valentine’s Day.

PPL Most Played Love Songs of the 21st Century:

RANK
TITLE
ARTIST


1
Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol

2
Rule The World
Take That

3
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Kylie Minogue

4
Crazy In Love
Beyoncé Feat. Jay-Z

5
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Aerosmith

6
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi

7
I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston

8
Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis

9
Rather Be (Feat. Jess Glynne)
Clean Bandit

10
Just The Way You Are
Bruno Mars

11
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics

12
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

13
Haven't Met You Yet
Michael Bublé

14
Drive By
Train

15
Someone Like You
Adele

16
Truly Madly Deeply
Savage Garden

17
Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
Modjo

18
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Belinda Carlisle

19
Mirrors
Justin Timberlake

20
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison

21
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's

22
Can't Fight The Moonlight
Leann Rimes

23
Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
Spiller

24
She Will Be Loved
Maroon 5

25
You To Me Are Everything
The Real Thing

26
True
Spandau Ballet

27
You're Beautiful
James Blunt

28
It Must Be Love
Madness

29
She Moves In Her Own Way
Kooks

30
Stars
Simply Red

31
I Say A Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin

32
Wherever You Will Go
The Calling

33
The Power Of Love
Huey Lewis And The News

34
If You're Not The One
Daniel Bedingfield

35
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John & Kiki Dee

36
Stand By Me
Ben E King

37
Uptown Girl
Billy Joel

38
With Or Without You
U2

39
We Found Love
Rihanna Feat. Calvin Harris

40
When You Say Nothing At All
Ronan Keating

41
Hero
Enrique Iglesias

42
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Police

43
You Give Me Something
James Morrison

44
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Aretha Franklin & George Michael

45
You Can't Hurry Love
Phil Collins

46
Let's Stay Together
Al Green

47
When You're Gone
Bryan Adams

48
Life Is A Rollercoaster
Ronan Keating

49
Take My Breath Away
Berlin

50
Everlasting Love
Love Affair

51
Son Of A Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield

52
Dreams
Gabrielle

53
Ain't Nobody
Rufus & Chaka Khan

54
Never Too Much
Luther Vandross

55
Oh, Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison

56
She's The One
Robbie Williams

57
If There's Any Justice
Lemar

58
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran

59
Love Is All Around
Wet Wet Wet

60
Halo
Beyoncé

61
Eternal Flame
The Bangles

62
Up Where We Belong
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

63
Fill My Little World
The Feeling

64
Yellow
Coldplay

65
Lovely Day
Bill Withers

66
Dilemma
Nelly

67
Grenade
Bruno Mars

68
Thank You
Dido

69
Kiss From A Rose
Seal

70
I Wanna Be The Only One
Eternal Feat. Bebe Winans

71
Best Of My Love
The Emotions

72
Run To You
Bryan Adams

73
Lego House
Ed Sheeran