The Top 50 Songs by Diane Warren

Diane Warren Top 50 Songs

Songwriter Diane Warren was born September 7, 1956, in Van Nuys, California. Her first hit was “Solitaire,” a #7 hit for Laura Branigan in 1983. In the late ‘80s, she became the first songwriter in history to have seven hits – all by different artists – on the Billboard Hot 100. She has had 33 top-10 hits on the chart; nine went to #1. She is a Grammy, Emmy, Ivor Novello, and Golden Globe winner. She was nominated 14 times for Academy awards without a win before receiving an honorary Oscar in 2022. Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Diane Warren Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists”

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Check out the Spotify playlist “The Best of Diane Warren, 1983-2003.” Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. DMDB Top 1%: 1. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (1998) 2. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996) 3. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996) 4. LeAnn Rimes “How Do I Live” (1997) DMDB Top 2%: 5. Starship “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” (1987) DMDB Top 5%: 6. Bad English “When I See You Smile” (1989) 7. Chicago “Look Away” (1988) 8. Ace of Base “Don’t Turn Around” (1994) DMDB Top 10%: 9. Cher “If I Could Turn Back Time” (1989) 10. Brandy “Have You Ever?” (1998) 11. Milli Vanilli “Blame It on the Rain” (1989) 12. Faith Hill “There You’ll Be” (2001) 13. LeAnn Rimes “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” (2000) 14. DeBarge “Rhythm of the Night” (1985) 15. Taylor Dayne “Love Will Lead You Back” (1990) 16. Michael Bolton “How Can We Be Lovers” (1990) 17. Trisha Yearwood “How Do I Live” (1997) 18. Joe Cocker “When the Night Comes” (1989) 19. Christina Aguilera “I Turn to You” (1999) 20. Michael Bolton with Kenny G “Missing You Now” (1992) DMDB Top 20%: 21. Aretha Franklin & Elton John “Through the Storm” (1989) 22. Laura Branigan “Solitaire” (1983) 23. Belinda Carlisle “I Get Weak” (1988) 24. Celine Dion “If You Asked Me To” (1992) 25. Taylor Dayne “I’ll Be Your Shelter” (1990) 26. Michael Bolton “Time, Love & Tenderness” (1991) 27. Meat Loaf “I’d Lie for You and That’s the Truth” (1995) 28. Chicago “I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love” (1988) 29. Cher “Just Like Jesse James” (1989) 30. Expose “I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me” (1993) 31. Cher “Save Up All Your Tears” (1991) 32. Michael Bolton “When I’m Back on My Feet Again” (1990) 33. Whitney Houston & Enrique Iglesias “Could I Have This Kiss Forever” (2000) 34. Cher “Love and Understanding” (1991) 35. Heart “Who Will You Run To?” (1987) 36. Gloria Estefan “Live for Loving You” (1991) 37. Kenny G with Peabo Bryson “By the Time This Night Is Over” (1993) 38. Heart “I Didn’t Want to Need You” (1990) 39. N Sync & Gloria Estefan “Music of My Heart” (1999) 40. Monica “For You I Will” (1997) 41. Roberta Flack & Maxi Priest “Set the Night to Music” (1991) 42. Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston “It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be” (1989) 43. Shanice “Saving Forever for You” (1992) 44. Mark Chesnutt “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (1998) 45. Michael Bolton “Completely” (1993) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 46. Cheap Trick “Ghost Town” (1988) 47. Air Supply “Lonely Is the Night” (1986) 48. Aaliyah “The One I Gave My Heart To” (1997) 49. Kiss “Let’s Put the X in Sex” (1988) 50. Celine Dion “Love Can Move Mountains” (1992) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Diane Warren Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 10/30/2011; last updated 3/11/2024.

Taylor Swift hit #1 on the AC charts with “You Belong with Me”

You Belong with Me Taylor Swift

Writer(s): Taylor Swift, Liz Rose (see lyrics here) Released: April 18, 2009 First Charted: November 22, 2008 Peak: 2 US, 11 RR, 114 AC, 2 A40, 12 CW, 30 UK, 3 CN, 4 AU, 10 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): 7.0 US, 0.6 UK, 8.35 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 0.7 radio, 1201.24 video, -- streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: Taylor Swift took the world by storm in 2008-2009. Her second album, Fearless, pulled off the astonishing feat of sending twelve of its 13 songs into the Billboard Hot 100. Four went top ten, with “You Belong with Me” being the biggest. The song also gave her a fourth trip to the top of the country charts and marked her second ascension to the pinnacle of the adult contemporary chart (following “Love Story”). It was also the first song in nearly a decade (the last being Faith Hill’s “Breathe” in 2000) to simultaneously chart in the top 5 of the Hot 100 and country charts. WK and the first country song to top the Billboard Hot 100 radio airplay chart AB’00 Swift somehow “made teen love, angst, and romance sound incredibly fresh again.” AB’00 She explained that she overheard a friend’s conversation and wrote the song’s first line, “You’re on the phone with your girlfriend/ She’s upset, going off about something that you said.” SF The song hit on the idea that, as she told MTV News, “somehow the popular girl gets the guy every time” even though she “doesn’t appreciate him at all.” WK She extended the idea “that I’m in love with him and he should be with me instead of her,” SF and highlighted the differences between the two women with lines like “She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts.” SF The video for the song was shot at the high school in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where her brother went. SF Lucas Till, from Hannah Montana: The Movie, starred as her love interest and in case of life imitating art, the two dated for a short time after doing the video. SF The video’s director, Roman White, said the sparks between the two were evident to everyone on set. He joked, “How many kisses did we go through? I stopped counting at, like, 45.” SF Swift became the first country artist to win an MTV Video Music Award, landing the prize for Best Female Video at the 2009 Awards. Her win was overshadowed when rapper Kanye West interrupted her acceptance speech to proclaim his opinion that Beyoncé should have won the award. When Beyoncé won Video of the Year for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” she graciously invited Swift back on stage to finish her speech. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Taylor Swift SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: Last updated 10/21/2022.