Artist	Song
Journey	Open Arms
from Escape (2006)
Foreigner	I Want to Know What Love Is
from Agent Provocateur (2005)
Heart	What About Love?
from Heart (1985)
REO Speedwagon	Keep On Loving You
from Hi Infidelity (2000)
Aerosmith	I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
from Armageddon - The Album (1998)
Damn Yankees	High Enough
from Damn Yankees (2009)
Whitesnake	Is This Love
from Whitesnake (1987)
Extreme	More Than Words
from Heart of Metal (2000)
Bad English	When I See You Smile
from Bad English (1989)
Styx	Babe
from Cornerstone (1987)
Guns N' Roses	Sweet Child O' Mine
from Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Night Ranger	Sister Christian
from Midnight Madness (1987)
Boston	Amanda
from Third Stage (1986)
Poison	Every Rose Has Its Thorn
from The Best of Poison - 20 Years of Rock (Remastered) (2006)
Cheap Trick	The Flame
from Lap of Luxury (1988)
Mötley Crüe	Home Sweet Home
from Theatre of Pain (2008)
Starship	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
from Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship & Starship: Hits (1998)
Ann Wilson & Mike Reno	Almost Paradise (Love Theme "Footloose")
from Footloose (15th Anniversary Collectors' Edition) (1998)
Tesla	Love Song
from The Great Radio Controversy (1989)
Survivor	The Search Is Over
from Vital Signs (1999)
Sheriff	When I'm With You
from Sheriff (2007)
Scorpions	Still Loving You
from Love at First Sting (1997)
Slaughter	Fly to the Angels
from Mass Slaughter: The Best of Slaughter (1995)
Warrant	Heaven
from Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (1989)
Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne	Close My Eyes Forever
from Lita (1988)
Queensrÿche	Silent Lucidity
from Queensrÿche: Greatest Hits (2000)
Enuff Z'nuff	Fly High Michelle
from Enuff Z'nuff (2009)
KISS	Forever
from Hot in the Shade (1989)
Pat Benatar	We Belong
from Tropico (2010)
Alias	More Than Words Can Say
from Alias (2005)
Winger	Headed for a Heartbreak
from Rhino Hi-Five: Winger - EP (2005)
White Lion	When the Children Cry
from Pride (2009)
April Wine	Just Between You and Me
from The Nature of the Beast (1991)
Europe	Carrie
from The Final Countdown (1988)
Great White	Save Your Love
from Once Bitten (1987)
Nelson	(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection
from After the Rain (1990)
Alannah Myles	Black Velvet
from Alannah Myles (2007)
Mr. Big	To Be With You
from Lean Into It (2009)
Van Halen	Love Walks In
from 5150 (2009)
Mr. Mister	Broken Wings
from Now That's What I Call the 80s (2008)
Danger Danger	Don't Walk Away
from Danger Danger (1989)
Stryper	Honestly
from To Hell with the Devil (1994)
Chicago	Hard to Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
from Chicago 16 (Bonus Track Version) (2006)
Bon Jovi	Bed of Roses
from Cross Road (1994)
Cinderella	Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's Gone)
from Once Upon A... (1997)
L.A. Guns	The Ballad of Jayne
from Cocked & Loaded (1989)
Metallica	Nothing Else Matters
from Metallica (2008)
Vixen	Cryin'
from Vixen (1988)
Loverboy	Heaven In Your Eyes
from Temperature's Rising (2010)
Dokken	Alone Again
from Tooth and Nail (2008)
Meat Loaf	I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)
from Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell (2002)
Saigon Kick	Love Is On the Way
from The Lizard (2005)
Steelheart	I'll Never Let You Go
from Steelheart (1990)
FireHouse	Love of a Lifetime
from Firehouse (1990)
Skid Row	I Remember You
from Skid Row (2009)
Ratt	I Want to Love You Tonight
from Reach for the Sky (2008)
Faster Pussycat	House of Pain
from Wake Me When It's Over (2008)
Giant	Lost In Paradise
from Time to Burn (1992)
Bonnie Tyler	Total Eclipse of the Heart
from Faster Than the Speed of Night (1993)
Kix	Don't Close Your Eyes
from Blow My Fuse (2008)
Quiet Riot	Don't Wanna Be Your Fool
from Quiet Riot (2009)
Twisted Sister	The Price
from Stay Hungry (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (2009)
Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
from Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)
John Waite	Missing You
from No Brakes (2009)
Cher	If I Could Turn Back Time
from Heart Of Stone (1989)
Black 'N Blue	I'll Be There for You
from Nasty Nasty (2007)
Bonham	Wait for You
from The Disregard of Timekeeping (1989)
Hanoi Rocks	Don't You Ever Leave Me
from Two Steps from the Move (1989)
Ozzy Osbourne	Mama, I'm Coming Home
from No More Tears (Bonus Track Version) (2002)
Slade	My Oh My
from Get Yer Boots On - The Best of Slade (2007)
Helloween	Forever and One (Neverland)
from The Time of the Oath (2008)
ZZ Top	Rough Boy
from Afterburner (2009)
Vince Neil	Forever
from Exposed (2010)
Lou Gramm	Midnight Blue
from Ready or Not (2010)
Vinnie Vincent	That Time Of Year
from All Systems Go (2004)

Comment:

It’s in the heart-baring, lung-blaring power of the vocals, the pounding percussion that matches the beat of your own overtaxed organ, the way it feels like that longhaired guitar wizard is working your heartstrings instead of his ax. It’s the potent persuasion of the power ballad, and it’s the key ingredient in our Essential set of rock-pop pledges, with everything from Aerosmith’s emotional extravaganza “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” to Mr. Big’s acoustically intimate charmer “To Be With You,” to Warrant’s X-large trip to hair-metal “Heaven.” Foreigner’s dramatic rock searcher “I Want to Know What Love Is” has been raising pulses (and goose bumps) for nearly 30 years — now, with our playlist of all things big and besotted, you can do the same anytime the feeling strikes.

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