The 100 best rock ballads of all time according to Top Music Channel
5. Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
«Can’t Help Falling in Love» is a romantic soft rock song composed in 1961 by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, and performed by Elvis Presley for the film Blue Hawaii. The single stayed 14 weeks on the Billboard charts, reaching number 2; in the UK it was number one for four weeks. A gold record was certified by the RIIA on March 30, 1962.
♫ Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can’t help falling in love with you ♪
Best rock ballads in history
4. Yesterday (The Beatles)
«Yesterday» is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, whose original version was recorded in 1965 for the album Help!, by the British group The Beatles.
This version is a melancholic ballad of two minutes and three seconds that was the first official composition by The Beatles where a single member of the band recorded a song: Paul McCartney, who was accompanied by a string quartet. The composition differs from the group’s previous works, which is why the rest of the members did not accept that it be released as a single in the United Kingdom.
♫ Why she had to go, I don’t know.
She would not say.
I said something wrong,
now I long for yesterday. ♪
Best rock ballads in history
3. Imagine (John Lennon)
«Imagine» is a song composed and performed by English musician John Lennon and written by him and Yoko Ono in early 1971.
♫ I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one ♪
Best rock ballads in history
2. Still loving you (Scorpions)
«Still Loving You» is a power ballad performed by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. The song was written by Rudolf Schenker, co-written by Klaus Meine and produced by Dieter Dierks, and was included on their ninth studio album Love at First Sting (1984).
♫ Is there really no chance
To start once again?
I’m loving you ♪
Best rock ballads in history
1. Stairway to heaven (Led Zeppelin)
«Stairway to Heaven» is a song by the British hard rock group Led Zeppelin, composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant and included in the band’s fourth studio effort, Led Zeppelin IV. It is considered by many to be one of the high points of rock history. It is one of the most requested songs on radio stations in the United States, although it has never been published as a single.
♫ And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all, yeah
To be a rock and not to roll ♪
Best rock ballads in history
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