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They say that falling in love is wonderful... and doesn't Broadway know it! 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.

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The Wiz | Some Like It Hot
My favorite Broadway love song right now is "Changing My Major" from Fun Home. I mean, it hit me hard for a lot of reasons but I couldn't believe it was a waltz. I just thought that was so bold. Like, what a purposefully pretty choice. That song is just enchanting.
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If/Then | Evita | In the Hights
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight." It puts it right out there and it's also a childhood favorite song that still rings true today.
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Perfect Crime
A tie: “They Were You” from The Fantasticks (not Broadway, but....) and “If I Loved You” from Carousel.
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New York | New York | Girl from the North Country | Alice By Heart | Dear Evan Hansen
‘“How Could I Ever Know” from Secret Garden has me messed up every time. It’s love beyond the grave. It’s loving so much you let them go. It’s Mandy and Rebecca. Why am I crying in the club rn?”
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John & Jen
"Stay With Me" from Into the Woods. It may not be a coventional love song, but it's about the love that a mother can have for her child- a challanging and complicated kind of love. I think it's so beautiful and haunting.
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First Date | Hair | Legally Blonde
"I Could Write A Book" from PAL JOEY - inextricably due to the fact that it was my wedding "first dance" song.
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American Psycho
"Gold" from Once. While the lyrics are beautiful, what sets it apart from other love songs is the orchestration behind it. Musically, as a whole, it comes together to make the perfect love song.
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Spider-Man | Baby It's You | American Idiot
'Suddenly Seymour' from Little Shop of Horrors
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Just In Time | How to Dance In Ohio | Come From Away | Sister Act
"If I Loved You" from Carousel. It is one of my all-time favorites. I remember seeing the revival at Lincoln Center and getting goosebumps as I saw it. So I've always loved that song.
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Lempicka | Scandalous | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | South Pacific
Right now, I’m loving "Not While I’m Around" from Sweeney Todd. Acts of service is my love language and, to me, this song is about loving and protecting family. The days I keep my six year old boy safe from demons or stormtroopers are the days I’m winning as a dad.
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Application Pending
I have to give a shout-out to Jason Robert Brown’s “It All Fades Away” from The Bridges of Madison County. Who cares it it’s about an affair?! It’s a phenomenal love song! So smart, so much heart, and just incredibly powerful. Close runner-up, if I’m allowed to choose from a show I worked on: “Hangin’ Out in A Smoky Bar” from Bill Russell and Peter Melnick's The Last Smoker in America
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Kinky Boots | American Idiot
"With You" from PIPPIN
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The Prom (Mexico)
My favorite Broadway love song is "Written in the Stars" from Aida. No matter what happens, if it's meant to be, it's gonna be. The year, place, person doesn't matter. If it's written in the stars, you will find each other.
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Fade
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" by Andrew Lloyd Webber from Jesus Christ Superstar. Mostly because it's my favorite "shower song" but also because love is confusing and bewildering and I think the song captures that quite well.
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A Sign of the Times | Bonnie & Clyde | Spider-Man | Rock of Ages | Bonnie and Clyde
It's gotta be "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar. It's so full of passion, love and confusion. That brown album was such an influential part of who I am and what I do.
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Spring Awakening
When she was barely fourteen years old, auditioning for Spring Awakening, Lea Michele sang “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” -- and wounded me. For the next eight years, she continually added salt to the wound, singing “The Word of Your Body” to Gavin Creel, Ben Walker, and Jonathan Groff, successively. Last year, while prepping for a concert, she once more became my Valentine, asking what I wanted her to sing. Without hesitation, I replied “If I Loved You.” Instead, she sang “Some Lovers,” from my forthcoming show The Gift of the Magi -- and finally killed me.
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JERSEY BOYS
"How Could I Ever Know" from THE SECRET GARDEN
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown | You May Now Worship Me | Thoroughly Modern Millie
My favorite love song is "Too Many Mornings," because it is written by a composer/lyricist who people sometimes suggest doesn't have a deep vulnerability and pure passion. I listen to that song and think, "Folks, your'e wrong!" The song makes me cry every time I hear it. Musically and lyrically, I think it's a masterpiece.
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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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Jane Eyre | & Juliet | Girl from the North Country | Hamilton | One Day
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough", which IS in a musical technically. I grew up with a lot of Motown in the house, so those are my loves songs, my party songs... all of it.
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High Spirits | Ragtime | Titanique | Grey House | Mr. Saturday Night | Funny Girl
I think the one that we're singing the most right now is "Dear Theodosia" because I just gave birth to my son three months ago. And so we sang that to each other about talking about our son. That's not necessarily like a Valentine's Day romantic love, but it is like familial 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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