Similes & Metaphores of love... in songs

My Radio Boo broadcast (Wednesday 30 December 2015)

Similes & Metaphors of love...  in songs

Songs including similes (παρομοιώσεις) & metaphores (μεταφορές), referring to love...


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22:00 - 23:00

01. Love Is A Killer - VIXEN (LP Rev It Up, 1990)
UK # 41, US # 71
Lyrics 


02. Love Is - ALANNAH MYLES (LP Alannah Myles, 1989)
Lyrics: Hard to get impossible to hold, Straight & narrow like a burning fuse in a long cold dawn by the side of the road... A Hopeless case, A perfect thing... Love is what you want it to be, Love is heaven to the lonely 


03. Pour Some Sugar On Me - DEF LEPPARD (LP Hysteria, 1987)
US # 2, UK # 18, NZ # 16, AU # 26, DE # 50, NL # 94
Lyrics: love is like a bomb


04. Love Is Like Oxygen - THE SWEET (single, 1978 / LP Level Headed, 1977)
UK # 9, NZ # 4, CH # 6, DE # 10, BE # 15, NL # 20, AT # 23
Lyrics: you get too much you get too high


05. Love Is A Battlefield - PAT BENATAR (LP Live From Earth, 1983)
NL # 1, BE # 1, DE # 3, US # 5, UK # 17, NZ # 6, CH # 11
The song was written by Holly Knight & Mike Chapman.
Lyrics


06. You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart - EURYTHMICS (LP Savage, 1987)
UK # 16, IE # 15, NZ # 31, CA # 55, US # 64
Lyrics: Love is a temple, Love is a shrine, Love is pure & love is blind, Love is a religious sign


07. Music Is A Princess - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Let's Change The World With Music, 2009)
Album chart positions: NO # 16, SE # 28, UK # 39, DE # 46, ES # 92
Lyrics: true love is a monarch who won't be deposed, treason hasn't a chance.


08. Love Is The Drug - SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE JUKES (LP In The Heat, 1984)
Cover version of ''Love Is The Drug'' by Roxy Music (1975)
Lyrics


09. Heat Wave - MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS (single, 1963)
US # 4
Lyrics: it's like a heat wave burning in my heart


10. Help Yourself - TOM JONES (LP Help Yourself, 1968)
DE # 1, BE # 1, AT # 3, CH # 3, NO # 4, NL # 7, UK # 5, US # 35
Cover version of ''Gli Occhi Miei'' originally performed by both Dino & Wilma Goich (1968)
Lyrics: Love is like candy on a shelf, you want to taste & help yourself


11.  (Love Is) The Tender Trap - FRANK SINATRA (OST The Tender Trap, 1955)
US # 7
Lyrics


12. Oh Diane - FLEETWOOD MAC (LP Mirage, 1982)
UK # 9, DE # 46
Lyrics: Love is like a grain of sand slawly slippin' through your hand


13. Gold - SPANDAU BALLET (LP True, 1983)
UK # 2, NL # 3, BE # 3, DE # 16, NZ # 8
Lyrics: Love is like a high prison wall


14.  When All's Well - EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL (LP Love Not Money, 1985)
Lyrics:  my love is like Cathedral bells


15. Advice For The Young At Heart - TEARS FOR FEARS  (LP Seeds Of Love, 1989)
NL # 22, UK # 36, FR # 31, DE # 51
Lyrics: Love is a promise, Love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten



23:00 - 00:00


16. Love Is A Shield - CAMOUFLAGE (LP Methods Of Silence, 1989)
DE # 9, AT # 11, CH # 29
Lyrics: Love is a shield to hide behind, Love is a field to grow inside ... Love is a baby ia a mother's arms, love is your breath which makes me warm


17. The Fifth Horseman - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Andromeda Heights, 1997)
Album chart positions: UK # 7, SE # 9, NO # 28, FR # 35, FI # 37,  DE # 83
Lyrics: love is the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse


18. Forest Fire - LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS (LP Rattlesnakes, 1984)
UK # 41
Lyrics: it's just a simple metaphor, it's for a burning love


19. How Men Are - AZTEC CAMERA (LP Love, 1987)
UK # 25
Lyrics: Love is a lesson money never taught us to learn, Love is the power to have without the premise that there's nothing for free

20. Love Is A Losing Game - AMY WINEHOUSE (LP Back To Black, 2006)
IT # 12, UK # 33, NL # 88
Lyrics

21. Love Hurts - NAZARETH (single, 1974 / LP Hair Of The Dog, 1975)
NL # 1, BE # 1, NO # 1, US # 8, AT # 11, DE # 30
Cover version of ''Love Hurts' by The Everly Brothers (1960)
Lyrics: Love is like a cloud, it holds a lot of rain...  Love is like a flame, it burns you when it's hot...  Love is just a lie made to make you blue 

22. Wild Is The Wind - DAVID BOWIE (LP Station To Station, 1976)
UK # 21 (1981)
Album chart positions: US # 3, UK # 5, NL # 3, FR # 3, NO # 8, NZ # 9, SE # 11, CA # 12, IT # 15
Cover version of ''Wild Is The Wind'' by Johnny Μathis (OST Wild Is The Wind, 1957)
Lyrics: for my love is like the wind and... wild is the wind


23. Behind Blue Eyes - LIMP BIZKIT (LP Results May Vary, 2003 / OST Gothica, 2003)
SE # 1, ES # 1, DE # 2, NO # 2, DK # 2, AT # 3, AU # 4, NZ # 5, CH # 5, LNL # 5, BE # 13, FR # 17, UK # 18, IT # 21, US # 71
Cover version of ''Behind Blue Eyes'' by The Who (1971)
Lyrics: my love is vengeance that's never free


24. Love Used To Be A Friend Of Mine - JIM CAPALDI (LP Some Come Running, 1988)
Lyrics


25. The Rose - BETTE MIDLER (OST The Rose, 1979)
US # 3, NZ # 24, FR # 54
Lyrics: Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed...  Some say love, it is a razor, that leaves your soul to bleed,.. Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need... I say love, it is a flower and you its only seed


26. Love - JOHN LENNON / PLASTIC ONO BAND (LP John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band, 1970)
UK # 41 (1982)
Lyrics


27. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS (single, 1964)
US # 4, UK # 6
Lyrics:  but don't forget that love's a game and it can always come again


28. Evergreen (Love Theme From ''A Star Is Bor'') - BARBRA STREISAND (OST A Star Is Born, 1976)
US # 1, CA # 1, UK # 3, NZ # 3, NL # 18, BE # 27
Lyrics: Love soft as an easy chair, Love fresh as the morning air


29. Suddenly - BILLY OCEAN (LP Suddenly, 1984)
UK # 4, US # 4, NL # 20, DE # 50, NZ # 38
Lyrics: I used to think that love was just a fairytale


30. Supernatural Thing (Part 1) - BEN E KING (LP Supernatural, 1975)
US # 5, DE # 49
Lyrics





Other broadcast related songs NOT included in the broadcast:


Bad Medicine - BON JOVI (LP New Jersey, 1988)
Lyrics: your love is like...


The Ballance - STEADY HOLIDAY (LP Newfound Oxygen, 2023)

Lyrics: Love was a trainwreck a lifetime ago

Because The Night - PATTI SMITH GROUP (LP Easter, 1978)
Lyrics: Love is a ring, the telephone Love is an angel disguised as lust


Bed Of Nails - ALICE COOPER (LP Trash, 1989)
Lyrics: our love is a...


Blazing - ALEX SID & QUASAMODO (2023)

Lyrics: This love was a phoenix on fire This love was a luminous pyre

Brother Louie - MODERN TALKING (LP Ready For Romance, 1986)

Lyrics: love is a burning fire

Cryin'- AEROSMITH (LP Get A Grip, 1993)
Lyrics: There was a time When I was so broken hearted Love wasn't much of a friend of mine The tables have turned, yeah Cause me and them ways have parted That kind of love was the killin' kind Love is sweet misery


Cuts Both Ways - GLORIA ESTEFAN (LP Gloria Estefan, 1989)
Lyrics: Our love is like a knife that cuts both ways


Every Time - MÜNCHENER FREIHEIT (1986)
Lyrics: your love is like an ocean I'm drowning in your soul


Frozen - MADONNA (LP Ray Of Light, 1998)
Lyrics: Love is a bird, she needs to fly, let all the hurt inside of you die You're frozen When your heart's not open


I Wonder Why - CURTIS STIGERS (LP Curtis Stigers, 1991)

Lyrics:Love is a hunger That burns in my soul But you never notice the pain Love is an anchor That won't let me go I reach out to hold you But you push me away You always convince to stay... Love is an anger That builds up inside As the tears of frustation Roll down my face Why does love always have to turn out this way

I'll Be There For You - BON JOVI (LP New Jersey, 1988)
Lyrics: I guess this time you're really leaving I heard your suitcase say goodbye
Well as my broken heart lies bleeding you say true love is suicide


If Ever A Love There Was - ARETHA FRANKLIN feat. THE FOUR TOPS (LP Through The Storm, 1989)

Lyrics: Love is a memory, like a picture And it never seems to fade

Judas - LADY GAGA (LP Born This Way, 2011)
Lyrics: I've learned love is like a brick you can build a house or sink a dead body


Leaving Me Now - LEVEL 42 (LP World Machine, 1985)

Lyrics: Love is a ship we all hope to steer (yeah yeah yeah yeah) Through troubled times, cross an ocean of tears A midnight sea that swells in your eyes Takes just one look to know I'm still mesmerized

Love Is A Rock - REO SPEEDWAGON (LP The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken, 1990)

Lyrics: My love is a rock, an immovable force

Love Is A Stranger - EURYTHMICS (LP Sweat Dreams, 1983)
Lyrics: Love is a stranger in an open car to tempt you in and drive you far away... Love is a danger of a different kind to take you away & leave you far behind...  and love is a dangerous drug, you have to receive it and you still can't get enough of the stuff


Love's A Stranger - WARHAUS (LP Warhaus, 2017)


Love Is Contagious - TAJA SEVELLE (LP Taja Sevelle, 1987) 

Lyrics: Our love`s a storm in disguise


Love Is The 7th Wave - STING (LP The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, 1985)
Lyrics


Love Is War - BRILLIANT (single, 1986)


Midnight Lady - CHRIS NORMAN (OST Tatort - Der Tausch, 1986)
Lyrics: You think love is a game, love is a motion Endless and so deep, always emotion


Miracles - JEFFERSON STARSHIP (LP Red Octopus, 1975)

Lyrics: Love is a magic word, ooh, yeah, few ever find in a lifetime... I know that love is the answer (yes it is) Keeps holding this world together (oh yeah)


Native New Yorker - ODYSSEY (LP Odyssey, 1977)

Lyrics: Love is just a passing word

Never Too Much - LUTHER VANDROSS (LP Never Too Much, 1981)

Lyrics: Love is a gamble and I'm so glad that I'm winnin'

Now That The Magic Has Gone - JOE COCKER (single, 1992)

Lyrics: You know love can be tender Love can be cruel It can smile like an angel While it treats you just like a fool It captures and haunts you Until you give in And it stacks the dice against you In a game you never can win


Oh Susie - SECRET SERVICE (LP Oh Susie, 1979)
Lyrics: Love is warm and understanding when you're seventeen love is cold, kills your dreams and schemes much too young the words are comin' like a neonlight


One - U2 (LP Achtung Baby, 1991)
Lyrics: Love is a temple


Path With The Heart - SALLY OLDFIELD (LP Strange Day In Berlin, 1983)
Lyrics: Love is the answer, you can follow it in the dark


The Power Of Love - FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (LP Welcome To The Pleasuredome, 1984)

Lyrics: Love is like an energy, Love is danger, love is pleasure Love is pure, the only treasure


Rain In The Summertime - THE ALARM (LP Eye Of The Hurricane, 1987)

Lyrics: My loves desire Is pure ascension fire And love is the faith that keeps on burning


Rock The Boat - THE HUES CORPORATION (LP Freedom For The Stallion, 1973)
Lyrics: our love is like a ship on the ocean


Should Have Known Better - RICHARD MARX (LP Richard Marx, 1987)

Lyrics: Should've known better Than to fall in love with you Now love is just a faded memory

Teardrop - MASSIVE ATTACK (LP Mezzanine, 1998)
Lyrics: love is a verb, love is a doing word


The Same Love That Made Me Laugh - BILL WITHERS (LP +'Justments, 1974)

Lyrics: Your love is like a chunk of gold Hard to gain, and hard to hold Like a rose that's soft to touch Love has gone, and it hurts so much

The Show - LENKA (LP Lenka, 2008)
Lyrics: life is a maze & love is a riddle


The Sun Rising - THE BELOVED (LP Happiness, 1990)

Lyrics: Love is just a state of mind that we leave behind


To The Moon & Back - SAVAGE GARDEN (single, 1996 / LP Savage Garden, 1997)
Lyrics: If love was red then she was color blind, all her friends they've been tried for treason and crimes that were never defined  She's saying love is like a barren place and reaching out for human faith is like a journey I just don't have a map for


Total Eclipse Of The Heart - BONNIE TYLER (LP Faster Than The Speed Of Night, 1983)
Lyrics: Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time


When The Going Gets Tough - BILLY OCEAN (OST The Jewel Of The Nile, 1985)

Lyrics: Your love's like a slow train coming


Wish We Were Heroes - MELISSA MANCHESTER feat. DAVID GATES (LP Hey Ricky, 1982)
Lyrics: Someone used to say Love is a wind that goes astray Stirs the heart then blows away


You Could Be Forgiven - HORSE (LP The Same Sky, 1990)

Lyrics: Is your love, is it, strong enough, is it Like a feast, is it, sweet or wild, is it

Your Love Is King - SADE (LP Diamond Life, 1984)


also:


Love Changes Everything - CLIMIE FISHER (LP Everything, 1987)



Love is... (various songs... describing love or referring to it)

Heartbreaker - DIONNE WARWICK (1982 / Love is believing, but you let me down...  Love should be everything or not at all... My love is stronger than the universe)
King Of Emotion - BIG COUNTRY (1988 / Love is...)
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing - FOUR ACES (1955)
Love Is A Wonderful Thing - MICHAEL BOLTON (1991)
Love Is All Around - THE TROGGS; WET WET WET
Love Is All That Matters - THE HUMAN LEAGUE (1986)
Love Is Contagious - TAJA SEVELLE (1987 / Our love`s a storm in disguise)
Love Is In The Air - JOHN PAUL YOUNG (1977)
Love Is Strange - MICKEY & SYLVIA (1956)
Love Is Stronger Than Pride - SADE (1988)
Love Is The Answer - UTOPIA, ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY
Love Makes The World Go Round - DEON JACKSON (1966)

Only Love Is Real - CAROLE KING (1976)

Path With The Heart - SALLY OLDFIELD (1983 / Love is the only thing that will ever ease my mind... Love is the answer, you can follow it in the dark)

Ring Of Fire - JOHNNY CASH (1963 / love is a burning thing)
The Power To Forgive - KAJAGOOGOO (1984 / loving is to live with...)

That's The Way Love Goes - JANET JACKSON (1993 / Like a moth to a flame, burned by the fire My love is blind, can't you see my desire?

Too Much Heaven - BEE GEES (1978 /  love is such a beautiful thing)



Last but not least, another list of mine, with songs referring to all kinds of lovin' ...


http://ilovemyradio.blogspot.gr/2008/01/all-kinds-of-love-in-songs-definitions.html