Every Love Song Ever Sung

Songwriters have spilled an ocean of ink and worn out countless sets of piano and lute strings while singing about love. When you write a love song, you’re adding another page to a songbook that’s already thicker than your home is tall.

Sometimes it feels like every love sung has already been sung—but there’s always room for one more. Every generation hungers for their own. And mysteriously enough, there are still entirely unique love songs waiting to be written.

Idealistic songwriters feel the need to be completely new and different from any song that has ever been written since the beginning of time. That’s unrealistic and unnecessary. What listener has heard the entire body of humanity’s love songs in every language? Who’s going to judge you by such standards?

You don’t have to write something entirely new. You just have to write something that’s new to your audience.

This coming week we’ll examine the full spectrum of love songs—and explore the many intricacies that could make your next love song unlike any that you’ve ever written.