The 100 best rock ballads of all time according to Top Music Channel
70. Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi)
«Never Say Goodbye» is a power ballad performed by the American hard rock band Bon Jovi. The song was written by the band’s frontman and vocalist Jon Bon Jovi, co-written by lead guitarist Richie Sambora, and produced by Bruce Fairbairn.
♫ Never say goodbye
You and me and my old friends
Hoping it would never end ♪
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69. If you leave me now (Chicago)
«If You Leave Me Now» is a soft rock song performed by the American rock band Chicago; is one of the songs from his successful tenth studio album Chicago X (1976). It was written and sung by bassist Peter Cetera, produced by James William Guercio and released as a single on July 31, 1976.
♫ A love like ours is love that’s hard to find
How could we let it slip away? ♪
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68. 18 and life (Skid Row)
«18 and Life» Literally: it is the second single from the band’s debut album Skid Row in 1989. The song has Hard rock combinations, but is considered a power ballad or rock ballad. The song was Skid Row’s most successful on the charts, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
♫ A love like ours is love that’s hard to find
How could we let it slip away? ♪
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67. Every rose has its thorn (Poison)
«Every Rose Has Its Thorn» is a power ballad performed by the American glam metal band Poison, released as the third single from their second studio album Open Up and Say…Ahh! (1988).
♫ We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside ♪
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66. Have you ever really loved a woman (Bryan Adams)
«Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?» is a song written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John «Mutt» Lange in 1995, for the film Don Juan DeMarco.
♫ And when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
You know you really love a woman ♪
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