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Valentine's Day is here and love is all around us. At this most romantic time of the year, we can't help but wonder... what is the greatest Broadway love song ever? BroadwayWorld continues our great tradition of finding that consensus- and this year we have more answers than ever! We've gathered responses from over 1500 performers, composers, industry professionals, and entertainment personalities from all over the world. 

This year's list is presented by The Notebook, now in previews on Broadway. Based on the best selling novel that inspired the iconic film, this new musical follows Allie and Noah, both from different worlds, as they share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart, in a deeply moving portrait of the enduring power of love.

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Million Dollar Quartet | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Artistic Director/Co-Founder of Signature Theatre
I would say "Loving You" from Passion. This haunting song goes right to the soul.
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Producer / Host of Upright | an L.A. Cabaret
"Till There Was You" from THE MUSIC MAN. I played Harold Hill in my first high school musical and when it came time for the kiss at the end of this song, Marian Paroo proceeded to shove her tongue down my throat. I blame her for my fear of...librarians.
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The Lion
My favorite love song (Broadway or otherwise) is "I've Never Been in Love Before." It's written by Frank Loesser, and it's in the show Guys and Dolls. Sung by the gambler Sky Masterson and the church-girl Sarah Brown, after the two have fallen helplessly in love with one another. It works perfectly in the show, and it works perfectly out of the show; it's been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Doris Day...I love this song.
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Grand Hotel | CHICAGO
Simple! "Till There Was You" from THE MUSIC MAN.
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Sunset Boulevard | Rock of Ages | Sweet Charity | Nine | Peter Pan | Victor/Victoria
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" from My Fair Lady. Even though its a song that is song by a single character and he's by himself, he's discovering his love for this person throughout singing it. I love that idea.
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Love Life | Cinderella | Love Never Dies
My favorite Broadway love song is “Do You Love Me?” from Fiddler on the Roof. I love it because it sort of starts off as a question mark, and you don’t know if it’s going to be a love song, and it’s one of the most touching and sweetest things.
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What the Constitution Means to Me
"Move On” from Sunday in the Park with George. It's one of my favorite musicals, the music is so beautiful, and Bernadette is Bernadette!
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Something Rotten! | Big Fish | Catch Me If You Can
"Kiss The Girl" from The Little Mermaid, as the melody of the song is just JOY to me and reminds me of falling in love with someone for the first time – AND it includes the beach and the margarita!!!
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Bronx Bombers | Lucky Guy | Magic/Bird | Sly Fox | Hairspray
"Love Song" from Pippin!
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Girl from the North Country | Hamilton | One Day
My favorite is "As Long As You're Mine" from Wicked. It's one of the first Broadway shows I ever saw, so that's part of it, but there is a passion and a fire in that song that I love.
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Aladdin | The Book of Mormon
"My Funny Valentine" is my favorite Bway love song, because it's such a crossover song and so many people have covered it, but the melody is beyond Fierce !!!!
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Grease | Cabaret | Recording Star
"Maria" from WEST SIDE STORY
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The Lion King
One of my all-time favorite Broadway love songs is "Hey There" from The Pajama Game. Growing up in a Spanish-only household my exposure to musical theater was limited and I first experienced "Hey There" as "Oye" sung by Enrique Guzman. Still one of my favorites to this day.
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Movin' Out
In my opinion, the most romantic song I have ever heard on Broadway would be "Big Shot" by Billy Joel...you really have to love someone immensely to have that much anger towards them.
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Motown | Fela! | Hair | The Color Purple | Wicked
"Lover", from the show FELA! is my favorite Broadway love song! It asks the questions that people feel when they first meet someone and find themselves falling hard, like will you be here, will you be the one? The feeling of being head over heels in love, captivated, I know this feeling oh so well!
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Cirque du Soleil Paramour
"A Whole New World" from the musical Aladdin is my favorite Broadway song.
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Come From Away | KPOP
Most folks will choose Gershwin or R & H. My favorite Broadway love song is “My Friends“ from Sweeney Todd. Both music and lyric are sensual, romantic, and rapturous; maybe should be reserved for a flesh and blood partner. But the song is all the more thrilling because of how it reveals the only true, unconditional love Sweeney is capable of possessing, the love he has for his blades.
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Superhero | Sweeney Todd | The Times They Are A-Changin’ | Man of La Mancha
Mine is from Rags. I think that one of the most beautiful songs is called "Blame It on the Summer Night" I love it because it's a bout how love makes one feel when they're by themselves.
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Fuerza Bruta
One of my most favorite love songs is called "All at Once, You Love Her" from an obscure Rodgers and Hammerstein show called Pipe Dream. The main character, Doc, is a marine biologist that used to be a bit of a rover but finds himself head over heels for a prostitute (her occupation is alluded to but is never actually mentioned in dialogue) named Suzy. The song is simple and romantic. What I like best about it is that it is a song that recognizes chemistry in a romance. One of the opening lines, "you start to light her cigarette and all at once you love her," supports the notion of love at first sight. I have also interpreted a nod to the cliche notion of appreciating a person beyond appearances. Despite knowing that Suzy has an occupation of ill-repute, he is still taken by her, as he expresses it through song.
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Rock of Ages | 17 Again | Hairspray | A Walk To Remember | Cheaper By The Dozen | Bringing Down The House | The Wedding Planner | Step Up 1 and 2
"I Have Dreamed" from THE KING AND I because musically, and lyrically, it defines yearning and romantic hope so beautifully. Also, "So In Love" from KISS ME KATE because if you can get your hands on KD Langs version from Red Hot and Blue, you will need a box of Kleenex, a therapist, and a good three days to recover from the emotional depths that she reveals - and we can only aspire to understand.
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Girl from the North Country | The Bedwetter | The Band's Visit
"Omar Sharif" from The Band''s Visit. The song is gorgeous and the storytelling within the song is beautiful.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
I love the songs from Rent. It speaks to me because they are odd, disfunctional characters and they're finding common ground.
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Paradise Lost
“Falling Slowly” from Once. When the film first came out, I was the only person in the movie theater, and I sat in the middle of the aisle and cried the whole time. Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Bronx Bombers | Chicago | The Phantom of the Opera | Les Miserables | A Chorus Line
"Love Song" from Pippin!
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Mary Poppins National Tour
The most romantic love song EVER, EVER, EVER is "Love to Me" from THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA. I had it at my wedding!
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HAIR | White Noise | We Will Rock You
"A Boy Like That/ I Have A Love" from WEST SIDE STORY
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert
'I Wanna Be With You' from Golden Boy
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THE VIEW
"When the Sun Goes Down" from IN THE HEIGHTS
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In The Heights
I'll have to go with "Somewhere" from WEST SIDE STORY. Just because.
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Wonderland | Legally Blonde | Cabaret | Jekyll and Hyde
The first love song that comes to mind is 'Good Thing Going', which may tell you something about me. Is that weird? It might be weird. Not necessarily the song people are looking for on Valentine's Day. As an alternative, I offer Kander and Ebb's 'A Quiet Thing'...also awesome.

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