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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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The Bridges of Madison County | Hands on a Hardbody | Million Dollar Quartet | The Producers | Little Shop of Horrors | Urinetown
We just can't choose one. Our favorites are: "It Only Takes a Moment" from HELLO DOLLY!, "What More Can I Say" from Falsettos, and "I Have Dreamed" from THE KING AND I.
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Executive Director | The League of American Theatres & Producers | Inc.
"Something Good" from (the film) THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
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Jersey Boys
"So Far" from ALLEGRO. Though in its original context I think it was sung to a newborn baby, out of context it's always sung as a love song. It's a great song because it's about that overwhelming anticipation and hope at the beginning of any relationship.
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The Producers: Las Vegas | Les Miserables
In my opinion, the most romantic Broadway love song is "Move On" from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Not in the traditional sense, but in the way lovers support and uplift each other to be their very best. I love the way the song suggests that although this may not be easy, as long as you "Move On" and stay true to yourself, you will have something more to give..to enrich others' lives.
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Anastasia | A Chrsitmas Story | Titanic | Spamalot | The Opposite of Sex | Five Course Love
Well, "I Have Dreamed" from THE KING AND I is definitely up there, as is "Still" from TITANIC and John Bucchino's "Unexpressed". But for sheer purity and simplicity, I'll have to go with "They Were You" from THE FANTASTICKS. The lyric is so heartfelt and the melody so beautiful. Maybe someday someone will sing it to me (he said hopefully). Now pass the candy hearts...
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Les Miserables | Phantom of the Opera
The most romantic song written for a musical in my opinion is "I Never Loved You' from Cyrano de Bergerac starring Christopher Plummer. The song not only has beautiful emotional lyrics but a soaring melody that tears your heart out given the context of the piece. The song is placed in the final scene when Roxane finally realizes that it was Cyrano who had written the love letters to her and not Christian but Cyrano still tries to deny it by singing the incredibly moving line "I never loved you, My Dear love, not I" and it just breaks your heart ! Try it !
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On the Town | Wish You Were Here | Bells Are Ringing | First Impressions | Moonbirds | Subways Are for Sleeping | The Apple Tree | The Madwoman of Central Park West (Writer) | Awake and Sing! | Broadway Bound
The song is "Long Before I Knew You" from the show BELLS ARE RINGING, written by my husband, Adolph Green. I met him when I auditioned for that show, and we were married over 40-some-odd years. So I think my answer is the best of anybody's you're going to get.
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Xanadu | Wicked
Definitely "How Could I Ever Know", from THE SECRET GARDEN. Such a heart wrenchingly beautiful song of undying love, truly romantic.
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Les Miserables | Gypsy (Bette Midler) | Fiddler on the Roof | Evita | One Life To Live | The Sopranos
It's definitely "Some Enchanted Evening" from SOUTH PACIFIC. I used to watch the movie everytime it came on television with my father. When Emile sings "And night after night, as strange as it seems, the sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams" I get very weepy. The song really defines the complicated layers of love- how it can completely capture you off guard, and how it can fill you with hope and longing.
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Waitress | Chicago | Jersey Boys | White Christmas
Well, let me be a total shill for a second and say that every night I get to hear "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" from JERSEY BOYS(which makes it a showtune, right?, and I fall in love with the song more each night. I love the fact that Bob Gaudio had 3 different songs, took parts of the 3 and made up what we now know as one of the greatest love songs ever written. Nothing beats watching Christopher Jones (who plays Frankie) from the catwalk above and seeing him sing the first line of the song, "You're just too good to be true...," and hearing 1600 people go "ahhhh....." and then break into applause. It gives me goosebumps everytime. As far as the most romantic song written directly for the theatre...I'll never forget when I went to go see BIG, THE MUSICAL. It was the first Broadway show I ever saw, and I remember falling in love with Crista Moore as she sang "One Special Man." I still listen to it all the time. The chord changes in between the verses give me chills, and nothing beats the lryic, "you shake me, astound me, like no one else can." I'm in love just thinking about it. Is that weird?
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Merrily We Roll Along | Cats | Baby | Miss Saigon | The Look Of Love
My favorite love song is "My Heart is So Full of You" from THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. It's simple; it's perfect.
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Mrs. Doubtfire | School of Rock | Tarzan | All Shook Up | A Year with Frog and Toad | Hairspray
My favorite Broadway love song is "It Might As Well Be Spring" from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “State Fair”. To me the song is the perfect marriage of a gorgeous melody and evocative lyrics. I love R&H so much that I actually created whole cabaret called “A Rodgers & Hammerstein Valentine”. Attached is a short clip from the song that I did when I debuted the show (and my R&H album) at 54Below in case their roundup includes any videos.
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Company
"Sorry-Grateful." And not JUST because I play that beautiful melody on my flute each night. The words are so honest about REAL love and romance. Relationships are not great all the time, but if it is a true romance it lasts through all the sorry-grateful parts of it. "You're always sorry, you're always grateful, you're always wondering what might have been...then she walks in" just says it all about how that one person can be so irritating and yet integral to your life! THAT is a true romance that lasts!
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Dirty Rotten Scoundels | Into The Woods/The Light In The Piazza | The Rothchilds | The Princess Bride
Ooh. That's a tough one. "If I Loved You", which is melancholy but great. There's "Some Enchanted Evening." Really anything by Rodgers and Hammerstein...or Rodgers and Hart. Now we'll have to sing them all...
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The Confession of Lily Dare | A Class Act | Kiss Me Kate | Wonderful Town | Fanny Hill
"I Couldn’t Be with Anyone but You" in Sheldon Harnick’s and Joe Raposo’s musical version if It’s a Wonderful Life. Sheldon is, hands down, my favorite lyricist, and performing this song is the definition of “speaking on pitch”- it’s so eminently actable- I’m obsessed with it.
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The Cottage | Legally Blonde | Wicked | Hairspray
"The More You Ruv Someone" from Avenue Q. "the more you love someone the more you want to kill them." Why? Shows unconditional love?
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The Producers | Chicago
To me the most romantic Broadway love song would have to be "Unusual Way" from NINE. It is so moving and beautiful, and it talks about how love has no perfect mold. Happy Valentines Day!
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Stardust | Falsettos | Forbidden Broadway | A Grand Night for Singing
"What More Can I Say?" from FALSETTOS. Bill Finn, who isn't the most sentimental guy I've ever met, wrote the most romantic song imaginable!
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Hairspray | The Boy From Oz | BARE
My favorite Broadway love song would have to be "Tits and Ass" from A CHORUS LINE for obvious reasons. But a close second is "Dancing Queen" from MAMMA MIA!. it always gets me "that mood" if you know what I mean...
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Wicked | Hairspray
"All the Wasted Time" - PARADE; "What About Love" - THE COLOR PURPLE; "I'll Be Here" - THE WILD PARTY; "In Whatever Time We Have" - CHILDREN OF EDEN. I can't pick just one! You choose!
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Fun Home | SWEENEY TODD | ASSASSINS | PASSION | TITANIC | THE WHO'S TOMMY
I would have to say "With So Little To Be Sure Of" from Anyone Can Whistle. Not only a heartbreakingly beautiful melody, but it captures the essence of right person/wrong time. Also, "It Never Was You" from Weill's Knickerbocker Holiday. Another ballad of love and longing, beautiful and sad. Another tough year, then.....
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A Little Night Music | Sunday in the Park with George | The Boy Friend | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Les Miserables
My pick for most romantic Broadway love song ever written is "Is It Really Me?" from 110 IN THE SHADE. To me it speaks so beautifully of how being in love can change someone. It can change the way you see yourself, making you suddenly feel beautiful and special.
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THE HIGH KINGS | Piano Man in the Movin' Out Tour | Riverdance
"All I Ask of You" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Just the aching plea of the song is enough to send shivers through me every time.
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Curtains | Never Gonna Dance | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Follies
You know what, I'm going to say a song that isn't from Broadway - I can't decide between "The Nearness of You" or "What'll I Do?" - they're all very sad...but then again I think it goes back to "If I Loved You" from CAROUSEL. And a good runner up would be "All The Things You Are".
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HAIRSPRAY | Pippin | AIDA
"And This is My Beloved" from KISMET. Besides Borodin's wonderful melody, the lyrics of Robert Wright and George Forrest subtly, yet passionately, describe the indescribable feeling when one meets one's perfect love.
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Hamilton | Wicked | In The Heights | Lennon | Aida | Dance of the Vampires
It would have to be "One Hand, One Heart" from WEST SIDE STORY. It fills my heart every time I hear it....
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Miss Saigon | Accidental Death of an Anarchist | Comedians
It has to be "Love Sneaks In" from DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. A Valentine song for the more mature man.
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Evita Tour | Les Miserables | A Tale of Two Cities
"With Every Breath I Take" from CITY OF ANGELS. What a way to be thinking of someone you love or lost but still love them. I mean, we breathe every second!
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Mack & Mabel | War Paint | Living on Love | Little Shop of Horrors | The Scarlet Pimpernel
My favorite love song is "Every Day a Little Death"... no I'm kidding! My favorite is "If I Loved You". I think it's beautiful. It has a sort of negative take- if, if, if... but you know they are crazy about each other in that moment.
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Pippin | A Chorus Line | Sweet Charity | Contact | Chicago | Company | Damn Yankees | Jerome Robbins' Broadway | Carrie | Song and Dance | Cats
"Hey There" from THE PAJAMA GAME. The reason is because I did a production of that show in High School. I was in the chorus and I was madly in love with the guy...and I love the song!

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