10 Greatest Love Songs In Rock Music History

10. Slide Away - Oasis

If you take your pick of any Oasis interview back in the day, the Gallagher Brothers were never known to be the most heartfelt of people. When they weren't punching down on bands like Blur for not being as good as them, they were already talking up how they were going to be the greatest band in the world. The Greatest Band in the World needs to have good songs though, and Noel Gallagher managed to lay a slice of emotion down on Slide Away.

Granted, Noel's songwriting isn't the real killing blow on this one. Compared to every single thing that Oasis have released, this remains one of the greatest vocal performances that Liam Gallagher has ever done, sounding his most youthful and showing a lot more emotion this time around. Since this is meant to be the yearning love song, you can feel him dialing things back a bit, making for a tune where he sounds hopeful about the future with this person.

Even when you get towards the end of the song, the outro is where everything kicks into high gear yet again, with everything coming to a crescendo with Noel singing "I don't know, I don't care, all I know is you can take me there." That's what love is though. It's one of the most powerful things in the world, and yet none of us can really nail down what makes it sound so transcendental.