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Top 50 EDM Love Songs of All Time

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Top 50 EDM Love Songs of All Time

Listen to the top 50 EDM love songs of all time -- the best music from dance artists Axwell to Daft Punk and many more.

See also: Top 50 Feel Good Dance Songs | 25 Female DJs You Need to Know | 25 Can't-Miss European Dance Music Festivals | 14 Most Powerful Artists in Dance Music | 25 Greatest Dance Clubs of All-Time | 15 Rising Trance Stars | 10 Youngest DJ Breakthroughs | 10 Resident DJs Who Changed EDM

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50. Axwell - "Centre of the Universe" (2013)

Axwell's first solo release post-Swedish House Mafia is a feel-good affair with endearing lyrics and uplifting melodies.

Loving Lyrics: "We're the center of the universe. Just you and I, and I, and I."

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49. Filo & Peri ft. Audrey Gallagher - "This Night (Dash Berlin Remix)" (2010)

Dash Berlin's tear-jerking trance touch elevates the original's soothing vocal.

Loving Lyrics: "And all this aching will disappear when this night is done. And when you speak, it's the only voice I will hear. You are the one."

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48. Kaskade & Tiesto ft. Haley - "Only You" (2010)

Simple and seductive, this classic Dynasty vocal cut can still tug the heartstrings.

Loving Lyrics: "I'll repeat this phrase through all my days. With my last breath, only you."

 

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47. Third Party vs. Cicada - "Feel" (2012)

This festival staple on Steve Angello's SIZE Records caught many ears in 2012 with its lush production and memorable refrain.

Loving Lyrics: "And I feel what you feel. And I feel what you do. And I feel like I'm falling into you."

 

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46. Fedde Le Grand - "So Much Love" (2011)

Dispense with the pleasantries -- the Dutch artist's straightforward tech house rework is a time-tested floor-filler thanks to killer sampling by Thomas Bangalter and DJ Falcon.

Loving Lyrics: "I have so much love to give." 

 

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45. Major Lazer ft. Wild Belle - "Be Together" (2015)

Don't sleep on Peace is the Mission's opener -- Wild Belle's wistful hook is an instant earworm.

Loving Lyrics: "Maybe if the stars align, maybe if our worlds collide. Maybe on the dark side, we could be together."

 

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44. Duke Dumont - "The Giver (Reprise)" (2015)

The British artist's dance club hit broadcasts an empowering message that recalls the classic "Show Me Love." 

Loving Lyrics: "You're that special someone who makes me want to give it."

 

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43. Alison Wonderland - "I Want U" (2014)

Australia's fast rising trap queen assumes both vocal and production duties on this high-octane ode to desire. 

Loving Lyrics: "Just give me one look. I want you."

 

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42. Nadia Ali - "Rapture (Avicii Remix)" (2010)

The then-emerging Swede bouyed Nadia Ali's most successful solo release into a festival favorite with this soaring rework.

Loving Lyrics: "Mi amore, don't you know. My love I want you so. Sugar you make my soul complete. Rapture tastes so sweet." 

 

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41. Gareth Emery ft. Lucy Saunders - "Sanctuary" (2010)

Many a trance family heart has exploded during this song's serene vocal breakdown.

Loving Lyrics: "When there’s nowhere left to run, run with me. Let the moment be a sanctuary." 

 

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40. Magnetic Man - "I Need Air" (2010)

The London dubstep super-trio's (Skream, Benga and Artwork) infectious first single explores how love can be simultaneously intoxicating and smothering.

Loving Lyrics: "Now I'm drowning in your ocean, and I’m running and feeling like I don't care. You penetrate my space and now you're looking outta place. Cause you make this hard for me -- I need air."

 

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39. Late Night Alumni - "Empty Streets" (2005)

Kaskade's four-piece house outfit hit its stride on this contemplative street-lit ballad.

Loving Lyrics: "If this love's not meant to be. If the heart's not ready to open. If we make it, I won't see how it's broken." 

 

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38. Above & Beyond ft. Richard Bedford - "Thing Called Love" (2011)

This Group Therapy fan favorite is a cautionary reminder to always express one's true feelings set over a euphoric trance beat.

Loving Lyrics: "There's a thing called love that we all forget. And it's a wasted love that we all regret. You live your life just once. So don't forget, forget about a thing called love." 

 

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37. Tiësto ft. Sneaky Soundsystem - "I Will Be Here (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)" (2009)

One of Tiësto's most underrated tunes received an even less-heralded remix from Wolfgang Gartner that has actually held up better than the original.

Loving Lyrics: "When the big world falls apart, and you think that the feeling will linger. You need somewhere to start. I will be here."

 

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36. Tim Berg - "Seek Bromance" (2010)

Before he was Avicii, the Swedish artist was known as Tim Berg -- and this hit single was his introduction to the dance world.

Loving Lyrics: "I will give to you the love you seek and more. So what are you waiting for?" 

 

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35. Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill - "Gecko (Overdrive)" (2014)

The rising Dutch star topped the U.K. singles chart after Becky Hill channeled feelings of overwhelming attraction over his high-octane instrumental.

Loving Lyrics: "I can't stop this feeling. baby. Only you can make me come alive. When we're crashing, let's have passion. Boy, you've got my heart on overdrive."

 

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34. Hot Natured - "Benediction" (2012)

Jamie Jones, Lee Foss and Ali Love hit the U.K. Top 40 in 2012 with this smooth vocal house number.

Loving Lyrics: "Feel like my love, feel like my love has found a home. I feel like our love has found a home. Benediction in my mind, benediction in my heart and soul."

 

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33. Gorgon City - "Ready for Your Love" (2014)

Gorgon City's most commercially successful single explores cathartic renewal against a catchy house backdrop.

Loving Lyrics: "I'm ready for the rain to pour down on me. I'm ready for a change to come and set me free. I'm ready for my loss to become victory. But most of all, most of all, I'm ready for your love."

 

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32. Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones - "I Got U" (2014)

Duke Dumont's smash single is a feel-good anthem that casts off materalistic concerns for a cherished connection.

Loving Lyrics: "Ask me what I did with my life, I spent it with you. If I lose my fame and fortune, really don't matter. As long as I got you, baby." 

 

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31. Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix)" (2013)

The tropical house star has many loving reworks, but his buoyant take on Gaye's standard is arguably his most electric.

Loving Lyrics: "And when I get that feeling, I want sexual healing. Sexual healing is good for me."

 

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30. Porter Robinson - "Language" (2012)

Porter Robinson tested the deeper waters that would eventually produce his sprawling Worlds LP with this sentimental fan-favorite in 2012.

Loving Lyrics: "Give me release. Let the waves of time and space surround me. Yeah, 'cause I need room to breathe. Let me float back to the place you found me. I'll be okay."

 

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29. Seven Lions - "Days to Come" (2012)

The Santa Barbara producer's opening salvo on OWSLA was a mesmerizing and melodic dubstep gem that explores love and longing in mythical terms.

Loving Lyrics: "Quietly I keep you close to me. Quietly I feel you when I'm dreaming."

 

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28. Galantis - "Gold Dust" (2015)

Galantis' beautifully produced ballad brings the chills every time.

Loving Lyrics: "Keep coming down that street. There’s a hollow in this house whenever you go."

 

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27. Benny Benassi - "Cinema (Skrillex Remix)" (2011)

There's nothing sensual about Skrillex's crushing dubstep drop, but the verses that precede it are proven heart-warmers.

Loving Lyrics: "I could watch you for a lifetime. You're my favorite movie. A thousand endings. You mean everything to me." 

 

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26. Frank Wiedemann & Ry X - "Howling (Âme Remix)" (2012)

This haunting tale of nighttime seduction features ethereal atmospherics and outstanding songwriting.

Loving Lyrics: "Cold, I swam into your spell. On the rite of god we fell. You were plush and I laid bare. You had me howling. Cold, I fell into your skin. On the night you led me under your sin. You had me howling."

 

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25. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (2012)

Harris' fifth Top 40 single is raw, straightforward and effective in imparting its message.

Loving Lyrics: "I need your love. I need your time. When everything's wrong, you make it right. I feel so high. I come alive. I need to be free with you tonight."

 

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24. Armin van Buuren ft. Laura V - "Drowning (Avicii Remix)" (2010)

Avicii's sweeping rework made it into his 2010 BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix and onto festival stages across the globe.

Loving Lyrics: "'Cause it feels like I'm right for the first time. And every time I take you in, I feel my heart skip a beat again. I'm drowning in your love." 

 

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23. The Chemical Brothers - "Snow" (2010)

Lilting voices rise with the love they describe over scratchy synths and stuttered sweeps on the opener from the British duo's excellent 2010 album Further. This tune also made a memorable cameo in the 2011 EDC Experience documentary.

Loving Lyrics:"Your love keeps lifting me. Your love keeps lifting me. Lifting me higher. Lifting me higher."

 

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22. Fatboy Slim - "Praise You" (1999)

The U.K. artist's hit single is an enduring anthem of appreciation.

Loving Lyrics: "We've come a long long way together, through the hard times and the good. I have to celebrate you, baby. I have to praise you like I should."

 

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21. Calvin Harris - "Feel So Close" (2012)

Harris takes to the mic on his second top 40 single for uplifting verses on the indomitable power of mutual attraction.

Loving Lyrics: "I feel so close to you right now, it's a force field. I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal. Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall. And there's no stopping us right now. I feel so close to you right now."

 

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20. Alex Gaudino - "I'm in Love (I Wanna Do It)" (2010)

A staple of Kaskade's 2010 sets, this song is about as rosy and rousing as it gets.

Loving Lyrics: "I won't let go. My body shows. You're everything I need. Won't you stay mine. From dawn till night. To live our fantasy. I'm in love, I wanna do it." 

 

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19. Nadia Ali ft. Starkillers & Alex Kenji - "Pressure (Alesso Remix)" (2011)

2011's indisputable EDM song of the summer (and perhaps the year) became practically inescapable and helped propel Alesso's burgeoning career to new heights.

Loving Lyrics: "Come around, feel the sound. Boy, you make my heart pound. Fill me up, bring me down. When I hear your sound." 

 

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18. Zedd ft. Matthew Koma - "Spectrum" (2012)

Clarity's first single features a chord progression Zedd describes as capturing the "feeling and tension, unpredictability and the unknown," as well as an epic extraterrestrial music video.

Loving Lyrics: "We'll run where lights won't chase us. Hide where love can save us. I will never let you go." 

 

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17. Galantis - "Runaway (U&I)" (2014)

Top-shelf songwriting, peerless production and an irresistible hook. Galantis at their best.

Loving Lyrics: "Think I can fly, think I can fly when I'm with you. My arms are wide, catching fire as the wind blows. I know that I'm rich enough for pride, I see a billion dollars in your eyes. Even if we’re strangers til we die."

 

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16. Avicii - "Fade Into Darkness" (2011)

Layering sappy (yet satisfying) vocals over his original "Penguin" instrumental, Avicii delivers the EDM equivalent of "I Will Follow You Into the Dark."

Loving Lyrics: "Looking up, there's always sky. Rest your head, I'll take you high. We won't fade into darkness. Won't let you fade into darkness." 

 

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15. Alesso & Ingrosso ft. Ryan Tedder - "Calling (Lose My Mind)" (2012)

This standout single became Coachella 2012's Sahara Tent soundtrack with its thoughtful lyrics and powerful synth-driven drop.

Loving Lyrics: "Maybe heaven right now is a devil or angel away. That won't change. Together we vow that our colors will sparkle the faith. And I will find you. I will find you. I will reach you. Or I, I, I will lose my mind."

 

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14. Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You" (1998)

Resurrected as the encore for Daft Punk's legendary "Alive 2007" tour, the one song produced by Thomas Bangalter's super-group was an unimpeachable club hit.

Loving Lyrics: "Ooh baby I feel right. The music sounds better with you. Love might bring us both together. I feel so good." 

 

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13. Daft Punk - "Something About Us" (2001)

The robots deliver delightfully vocoded musings on inconvenient love on this timeless Discovery cut.

Loving Lyrics: "It might not be the right time. I might not be the right one. But there's something about us, I want to say. 'Cause there's something between us anyway."

 

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12. Kölsch feat. Troels Abrahamsen - "All That Matters" (2012)

The Danish artist's nine-minute confessional is simultaneously melancholy, melodic and mesmerizing.

Loving Lyrics: "All that matters is where you lay your head. All I care about is that you're always safe."

 

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11. David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland - "When Love Takes Over" (2009)

The French superstar's Grammy Award-winning single explores love's overwhelming power through a pop radio-friendly prism.

Loving Lyrics: "When love takes over, yeah. You know you can't deny. When love takes over, yeah. 'Cause something's here tonight." 

 

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10. Skrillex - "With You, Friends (Long Drive)" (2010)

Ask 10 Skrillex fans what this song means and you'll get 10 different answers. Sampling a distorted vocal from early cut "I Wish You All The Luck Of The World," this emotionally charged epic needs no explanation. 

Loving Lyrics: "Bye bye. That's all. Bye. Thank you. I like you. We love you. See you next time. Bye. Miss you."

 

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9. Kaskade - "Eyes" (2011)

With three entries on this list (and many more that could have made the cut), Kaskade's clearly a charmer -- and this first single off his 2011 album Fire and Ice may be his most affectionate to date.

Loving Lyrics: "You and I could paint the sky together. As the world goes by, we'll go on forever. Look into my eyes."

 

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8. Krewella - "Alive" (2012)

The then-trio's top 40 breakthrough was a rare rave anthem that seamlessly crossed over into commercial radio standout.

Loving Lyrics: "All alone, just the beat inside my soul. Take me home, where my dreams are made of gold. In the zone where the beat is uncontrolled. I know what it feels like. Come on, make me feel alive."

 

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7. Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - "We Found Love" (2011)

The longest-running No. 1 single of 2011 elevated Harris to the ranks of EDM's elite with strong songwriting and a show-stopping delivery from Rihanna.

Loving Lyrics: "Yellow diamonds in the light. Now we’re standing side by side. As your shadow crosses mine. What it takes to come alive." 

 

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6. OneRepublic vs. Alesso - "If I Lose Myself" (2013)

Likely Alesso's finest moment as a remixer, this main stage-sized take on OneRepublic's reflective ballad is a melodic masterpiece.

Loving Lyrics: "If I lose myself tonight, it'll be by your side. If I lose myself tonight, it'll be you and I."

 

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5. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith - "Latch" (2012)

This heartfelt love song launched two marquee-sized careers and stole hearts across the world from the first listen.

Loving Lyrics: "I feel we’re close enough, could I lock in your love? Now I’ve got you in my space, I won’t let go of you. Got you shackled in my embrace, I’m latching on to you."

 

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4. Zedd ft. Foxes - "Clarity" (2012)

Evocative yet accessible lyrics and top-notch production rendered "Clarity" a ubiquitous radio heavyweight following its 2012 release.

Loving Lyrics: "''Cause you are the piece of me I wish I didn't need. Chasing relentlessly, still fight and I don't know why. If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy? If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity? 

 

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3. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke ft. Robin S. – "Show Me Love" (2009)

Thanks to its timeless "bruised-but-unbowed" narrative, Robin S.’s classic may have been remixed and remade more than any other house song.

Loving Lyrics: "So baby if you want me, you’ve got to show me love. Words are so easy to say, oh ah yeah. You’ve got to show me love."

 

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2. Deadmau5 & Kaskade – "I Remember" (2008)

Defined by an enduring and unmistakable chord progression, "I Remember" finds the artists at their most mature and memorable.

Loving Lyrics: "Add to the memory you keep. Remember when you fall asleep. Hold to the love that you know. You don't have to give up to let go."

 

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1. Daft Punk - "Digital Love" (2001)

An immortal classic about dreamt love and longing. It’s only fitting that the French trailblazers top this list. 

Loving Lyrics: "Oh, I don't know what to do. About this dream and you. I wish this dream comes true."

 

By Matt Medved
8/19/2015
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