Its a new month and a week to Valentine’s Day! There is something sweet and dreadful about this day because you are excited to make this one day uniquely special while stressing at the same time between what is ‘just enough’ and ‘embarrassingly outrageous’ display of your true feelings.

Very soon radio stations all over will drown our senses in love songs of old and new. While I have no problems with this, it can get annoying. Not because of the high expectations from people in relationships – you know what I mean hehehe – but how over-hyped it is that it tends to lose its value. Just the way Christmas and Easter have been so commercialised that I no longer see them as spirituality significant, but another holiday.

I don’t mean to generalise but it seems to me that true romance is dead in most cases. A Naija girl will suddenly become friendly with that guy that has been chasing her for months just so she can get gifts from him to show off to her friends. Or a guy would use this a ploy to get into the pants of that girl that has been turning him down. Una know yaself!

What happened to the days when honest romantic gestures were valued. That letter and mixtape that he worked on weeks in advance to show you how he feels or wanting to enjoy his company, the feel of his lips on yours wearing that colour, outfit or perfume you know will drive him crazy. Cheesy right? Lol! But you get my point.

I was thinking about it and was going through my playlist when I realised I didn't have Nigerian songs on there. I tried to come up with a good list and found it difficult to come up with 10 songs. Can you imagine that! What do Nigerians listen to when they what to 'get it on'?

With help from friends this is the list I came up with.

I present Nigeria’s Top Romantic Tracks Of All Time.

OLDIES/CLASSICS
Abosede - Sunny Nneji
African Queen - 2face
Aisan - Lagbaja
Angel of my life - Paul Play
Ayanmo Ife - Sholla Allyson
Eja Osan - King Sunnu Ade
Forever - Paul Play
Ife - Shola Allyson
Ifeoma - Felix Liberty
Wait for me - Onyeka Onwenu ft Sunny Ade
Love me jeje - Seyi Shodimu
Love Nwantinti - Nelly Uchendu
Mofe Muyan - Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya
My Dear King Sunny Ade
Never Far away - Lagbaja
No One like you - P-Square
Ocean of passion - Plantashun Boiz
Oh What a feeling - Beautiful Nubia
Ololufe - Orlando Julius
Ololufe mi - Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Ololufemi owon - Fola Moses
Olomi gbo temi - Ebenezer Obey
Oloomi - Tosin Martins
One and Only - Plantashun Boiz
Oreke Lewa - I.K Dairo (M.B.E)
Oreke Lewa - Shola Allyson
Rock me gentle - Lagbaja
Runaway - Styl Plus
Sweet banana - King Sunny Ade
Truly - GT da Guitarman
You and I - Onyeka Onwenu


CONTEMPORARY
Ada Owerri - Bracket ft J Martins
Adamma - Flavour
Adore cover - SoJay
Baby Don’t Go - Terry G
Be my man - Asa
Beautiful Onyinye - P-Square
Bluetooth - 9ice
Bo Kini Yen - 9ice
Body - Wizkid
Comforter Song - Jeremiah Gyang ft Asa
Don't break my heart - Banky W
Ego - Djinee
Fall in love - D’Banj
Girl - Bracket feat Wizkid
Hypnotize - Olu Maintain feat Olivia and Big A
I Do - Chris Morgan
Ife wa gbona - Tiwa Savage feat Leo Wonder
If love is a crime - 2face
Ifunanya - P-Square
Its all about you - OJB Jezreel feat Pamela
Iva - J.Martins
Kasa Final - 9ice
Kedike - Chidinma
Kele Kele Love - Tiwa Savage
Kererenke - Storm Rex
Kokoro Ife - Gabriel Afolayan
Kpo Kpo di Kpo - Faze
Kuchi kuchi - Jodie
Like To party - Burna Boy
Love me - Tiwa Savage
Loving you - Banky W
Ma fimi sere - Wizkid
Me and U - Bracket
Mo feran re - Femi Fadeyi
More - Ice Prince
Nawti - Olu Maintain
Nwa Baby - Flavour
Ololufe - Wande Coal
Omo To Shan - Olamide feat Wizkid
Omoge you too much - Banky W
One in a million - Solidstar feat 2face
One Kain Love - Mystro feat Chidinma
One Naira - MI ft Waje
Outside - 2face
Oyi - Flavour feat Tiwa Savage
Possibility - P-Square feat 2face
Rock you Body - Dipp feat Yemi Alade
Seriki - 9ice
Sisi Eko - Dare feat Flavour
Strong Thing - Banky W
Stupid Luv - Olamide
Sugarcane babe - Jesse Jagz
Tease me - Wizkid
The way you are - Dare
Today Today - eLdee
Women, weed, and wine - 9ice
Yes I Do - Timi Dakolo
Yes/No - Banky W
Say your lov no dey lie - P-Square
Yori Yori - Bracket
You need someone - Faze

What do you guys think, like?

http://aceworldteam.com/2013/02/nigerias-top-romantic-songs-time/

The list try but e too long and with that comes some junk.

amblors: The list try but e too long and with that comes some junk.

List out the junk biko!

Ijebabe....."Ilu lepo temi" by Obesere is missing from ur list....the romantic song for people like Badosky!

Terry G abi....some songs turn some set of people on!

ayobase:

List out the junk biko!

Ijebabe....."Ilu lepo temi" by Obesere is missing from ur list....the romantic song for people like Badosky!

U don say! Baba Gbedu!!

Personally, the greatest Nigerian Romantic Song is not on the list.

Sunny Neji - Mr. Fantastic

and not forgetting Junior and Pretty's Bolanle.

dont8: Personally, the greatest Nigerian Romantic Song is not on the list.

Sunny Neji - Mr. Fantastic

and not forgetting Junior and Pretty's Bolanle.

Oh this Ikebe go put me wahala....I sit down my own outside my house o.....
Cheeeiii!

Lol! Mr fantastic was classic!

OMG, Junior and Pretty Its been forever hahaha!

Dont8 thanks I just had to find Bolanle. I can't believe I still remember some of the lines hehehe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20TNb7N-rNA

Only CNN

cant believe love nwatintin isnt on the list, or maybe you dont know of it @ poster.

you cant mention nigerian love songs without including that.

i mean the original song, havent heard the remixes.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hACfqnbP704

you might have to divide the list into oldies and new artists, because you havent even included the kings and queens of romantic music [top crooners] and the thing is already full.

you didnt add the confirmed players like shina peters, obesere, who never joked with women/romance matter albeit excessively.



not to talk of onyeka onwenu, salawa, etc.

there's this song called ololufe [not the one on your list]- i remember the tune but not the singer.

Tpia@, thanks for the suggestion. You can let me know the romantic Shina Peters tracks as what I remember is a party hit song.

I haven't heard that version of love nwatinti sounds so church! Thanks.

I'll look up Onyeka's romantic songs. I know she came out with 2 new ones late last year. My bad.

Ur a faker o! I want a maker abeg

El Guapo: Gotta be Free Madness, cant Jxt recall the name of that Nigerian artiste

Terry G

my favorite since Dec last year still remains BANKY W's YES /NO. I love the song like crazy.

Orlando Julius-Ololufe

Onyeka Onwenu-You and I

Am at a loss as to ur interpretation of the word ''romantic'' cos most of those song aint close to being romantic

Searching by OJB Jezreel.

Since when did Faze alone become a romantic song? And nothing from the plantashun boys. Here are some of my additions



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrl-ECGAFy0



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdC16K5srnQ



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV4odgruPz4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b1uflYLp1o

"no one like you" by PSQUARE. There's no was any same human being would listen to the song without swaying

Faze Alone - Faze? How is this song romantic?

Special man- p square more dan a frnd- p square

why Don Moen no make thee list

Op don get am for choko ooooo.... Shey ma fi mi shere na romantic song? Abi dat ganja Terry G boi dey sing romantic song ni.......abegiiiii