Adventures in iTunes: The Cool Love Playlist

The Cool Love Playlist found its way out of my head and onto my iPod when I decided I needed some go-to tunes for those times I was feeling sentimental, nostalgic, and romantic, but in no mood to fall asleep. There are a couple of guilty pleasures on this list, to be sure, but the musicality is through the roof and the vibe is just straight groovin', folks. Lots of classic rock, '80s, and early '90s tunes here (before grunge came in and dudes forgot how to say "I love you" in a song).

Have fun with this one.

• Steal Your Heart - Augustana     
• Cry - Angie Aparo            
• What Could Have Been Love - Aerosmith             
• Feels So Good - Van Halen          
• Long As I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival        
• One More Night - Phil Collins      
• The Other Side - Toto     
• Give You Back - Vertical Horizon               
• One More Try - Richard Marx     
• I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen 
• Into the Mystic - Van Morrison 
• Not Enough - Van Halen              
• In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel        
• (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
• Every Breath You Take - The Police          
• The Healing Game - Van Morrison         
• One - U2             
• You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
• I Was Made For You - Martin Page          
• Out Of Love - Toto          
• Why Should I Cry For You - Sting               
• On the Other Side - Augustana  
• Dance With You - Live   
• Fields Of Gold (New Version) - Sting       
• Broken Arrow - Rod Stewart      
• With Or Without You - U2            
• No Way Out  - Phil Collins                            
• Crazy - Aerosmith           
• Desire - Ryan Adams      
• River Of Tears - Eric Clapton        
• Chains Around My Heart - Richard Marx               
• Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen      
• A Place Only You Can Go - Needtobreathe  
• Against All Odds - Phil Collins                     
• Restless Kind - Night Ranger                       
• Miles Away (Acoustic) - Kip Winger                                              
• Let My Love Open The Door (E. Cola Mix) - Pete Townshend 
• Dip Your Wings - Peter Cetera 
• Far Away - Nickelback  
• Missing You - John Waite                            
• Feels Like Forever - Joe Cocker                                  
• Faithfully - Journey        
• True Companion - Marc Cohn                    
• When The Sun Meets The Sky - Eric Johnson                       
• I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John                                     
• When I Look Into Your Eyes (Acoustic) - Firehouse
• When You Love A Woman - Journey       
• I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz     
• With Heaven On Our Side - Foreigner     
• Many of Horror - Biffy Clyro       
• Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion) - Def Leppard               
• Let's Make A Night To Remember - Bryan Adams              
• Iris - Goo Goo Dolls        
• Throwing It All Away - Genesis 
• New York Minute - Don Henley 
• Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen          
• Always - Bon Jovi            
• Lego House - Ed Sheeran             
• Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton 
• Live Forever - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors  
• I Want Love - Elton John                              
• The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley
• Desperado (Live) - The Eagles                    
• This Ain't A Love Song - Bon Jovi               
• Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven - Bryan Adams    
• Different Devil - Chickenfoot      
• Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits  
• Long Long Way To Go - Def Leppard