{"id":565074,"date":"2026-04-05T00:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565074\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:23:09","slug":"3-of-the-sappiest-love-songs-that-came-out-in-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/565074\/","title":{"rendered":"3 of the Sappiest Love Songs That Came Out in 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are love songs, and then there are over-the-top romantic songs. Popular for decades, the 1990s especially saw a rise in the popularity of overt love songs, including these three, which all came out in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen A Man Loves A Woman\u201d by Michael Bolton<\/p>\n<p>On Michael Bolton\u2019s Time, Love &amp; Tenderness album is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/6-of-michael-boltons-most-passionate-songs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">When A Man Loves A Woman<\/a>\u201c. Written by Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright, the song was first a big hit for Percy Sledge, who released it in 1966. A massive No. 1 song for Bolton, he later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/michael-bolton\/2905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">won a Grammy<\/a> for his version of the tune.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen A Man Loves A Woman\u201d is about how love can affect a man, regardless of if the feelings are reciprocated or not. The song begins with, \u201cWhen a man loves a woman \/ Can\u2019t keep his mind on nothin\u2019 else \/ He\u2019d change the world for the good thing he\u2019s found \/ If she is bad, he can\u2019t see it \/ She can do no wrong \/ Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Everything I Do) I Do It For You\u201d by Bryan Adams<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/4-hit-90s-rock-songs-that-were-part-of-a-blockbuster-film-soundtrack\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Everything I Do) I Do It for You<\/a>\u201d is written by Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John \u201cMutt\u201d Lange. The song appears on Adams\u2019 Waking Up The Neighbours. It is also part of the soundtrack for the blockbuster film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Everything I Do) I Do It for You\u201d says, \u201cLook into my eyes \u2013 you will see \/ What you mean to me \/ Search your heart, search your soul \/ And when you find me there, you\u2019ll search no more \/ Don\u2019t tell me it\u2019s not worth tryin\u2019 for \/ You can\u2019t tell me it\u2019s not worth dyin\u2019 for \/ You know it\u2019s true: \/ Everything I do, I do it for you.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s What Love Is For\u201d by Amy Grant<\/p>\n<p>Amy Grant, Michael Omartian, and Mark Mueller are the three writers of \u201cThat\u2019s What Love Is For\u201d. On Grant\u2019s Heart In Motion album, the sweet tune says, \u201cThat\u2019s what love is for \/ To help us through it \/ That\u2019s what love is for \/ Nothing else can do it \/ Melt our defenses \/ Bring us back to our senses \/ Give us strength to try once more \/ Baby, that\u2019s what love is for.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/amy-grant\/thats-what-love-is-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Songfacts<\/a>, Omartian had already finished the lyric when he brought it to Grant. She only made a few changes, but he insisted that she take songwriting credit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s What Love Is For\u201d is also the cusp of a new chapter for Grant. Known as a Christian singer for more than a dozen years, this is Grant\u2019s first No. 1 song at pop radio.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Tim Mosenfelder\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are love songs, and then there are over-the-top romantic songs. 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