3 One-Hit Wonders for Your Relationship’s Honeymoon Phase

Ah, the honeymoon phase. When everything is bluebirds, ribbons, and rainbows. The relationship has just really kicked off and neither party can do any wrong. You’re both lovey-dovey, in harmony, and just feeling all the good vibes. It’s a lovely time in a bond even if it doesn’t last forever. But while it does, it’s important to enjoy it. And what better way to do that than with music.

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Here below, we wanted to do just that. To dive into three songs that can help you celebrate the best part about being in love. And we wanted to do that with three one-hit wonders—because why not? Indeed, these are three one-hit wonders for your relationship’s honeymoon phase.

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“I Melt With You” by Modern English from After the Snow (1982)

When you’re in the throws of affection and you know there is no other person you need in your (romantic or domestic) life, you need a soundtrack to encapsulate the feeling. It helps you share it and talk about it and celebrate it. And that is what this song is all about. Released in 1982 on Modern English’s After the Snow LP, the track is about the world disappearing as you and your partner stare lovingly at one another. Why? Because in the honeymoon phase there’s nothing else that matters!

“Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinéad O’Connor from I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)

Sometimes when you’re in the honeymoon phase you need to remember—if just briefly—what it would be like without that person. Here, Sinéad O’Connor makes it especially clear as she sings a song originally written by Prince. Released in 1990 on her I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got LP, O’Connor reminds us to appreciate what we have in the moment. Because even when the person is gone—even when you’re supreme love is absent—you know in your heart that nothing ever really compared to them in the first place.

“Genius of Love” by Tom Tom Club from Tom Tom Club (1981)

How about a funky disco-inspired one-hit wonder from Tom Tom Club, a band born of the ranks of the 1980s rockers Talking Heads. This song talks about being in heaven when it comes to a relationship. Written and released by the husband-and-wife group, this song is euphoria put to a beat and it’s perfect for dancing around your living room with your betrothed, just giggling that you were able to find each other in the great big world.

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