Top 10 Power Ballads of All Time

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  • @victorhugorique3249
    @victorhugorique3249 7 років тому +173

    Kiss - Forever
    Skid Row - I remember you
    Guns N Roses - Don't you Cry
    Whitesnake - Now you're gone
    Bryan Adams - Everything I do

    • @victorhugorique3249
      @victorhugorique3249 7 років тому

      Skin Yard hahahaha Why not?I saw "Heaven" from Bryan Adams onde this list

    • @victorhugorique3249
      @victorhugorique3249 7 років тому +2

      Skin Yard Yeah,I know but it says "Power ballads" not Rock or Love Metal songs..

    • @soujirolajo5449
      @soujirolajo5449 7 років тому +6

      Victor Hugo Amorim it's just don't cry. not don't you cry

    • @21stCenturyNabokov
      @21stCenturyNabokov 6 років тому

      It's Don't Cry not Don't You Cry

    • @marygrove9805
      @marygrove9805 6 років тому +1

      Meatloaf fucking SUCKS!!!!

  • @kluang1
    @kluang1 8 років тому +1398

    Power Ballad. A lost art.

    • @jaxx443
      @jaxx443 8 років тому +4

      Well said

    • @XZeldaTheZealotX
      @XZeldaTheZealotX 8 років тому +2

      +capz So true.

    • @mccalister89
      @mccalister89 8 років тому +3

      +capz This is a extremely sad truth. But then again H.E.A.T. actually has been bringing it back in proper style

    • @mindaugask_
      @mindaugask_ 6 років тому +1

      James Blunt

    • @JP_Wu
      @JP_Wu 5 років тому +13

      There are still several Metal bands that make Power Ballads.

  • @josukejoestar1531
    @josukejoestar1531 3 роки тому +77

    Bon Jovi, firehouse, gun and roses, def leopard, journey, Aerosmith created the one of the greatest power ballad

  • @Gettingoffthestrugglebus
    @Gettingoffthestrugglebus 3 роки тому +52

    Whitesnake “here I go again” oh my favorite

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 3 роки тому +2

      An All-Time Favorite of mine!

    • @jack5402
      @jack5402 2 роки тому +4

      That's not really a power ballad

  • @karlmalone11
    @karlmalone11 8 років тому +192

    Open Arms by Journey should be way higher than an honorable mention!

    • @denaleesdreams
      @denaleesdreams 8 років тому +1

      +karlmalone11 Agree.

    • @sebastienlacroix4951
      @sebastienlacroix4951 8 років тому +12

      +karlmalone11 I thought Faithfully would make it rather than Open Arms...

    • @KinakoIshiyama
      @KinakoIshiyama 8 років тому +3

      So should I Don't Want To Miss A Thing.

    • @roedhunt
      @roedhunt 8 років тому +3

      +karlmalone11 THANK you! Everyone knows Open Arms because it's so powerful. Barely anyone remembers Alone or Heart.

    • @MichaelD8393
      @MichaelD8393 8 років тому +2

      +Sébastien Lacroix Yeah as usual WatchMojo can't do a list right.

  • @mbvoelker8448
    @mbvoelker8448 7 років тому +275

    Seriously? Top 10 power ballads without Cinderella's Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone?

    • @moviegirl6677
      @moviegirl6677 7 років тому +8

      I was really surprised that wasn't on here.

    • @celticwitan
      @celticwitan 7 років тому +4

      This list was lame..

    • @elmephisto1847
      @elmephisto1847 7 років тому +5

      MB Voelker even Cinderella - heartbreak station is epic

    • @caroline8019
      @caroline8019 5 років тому +9

      It’s no power ballad list without Cinderella

    • @joelworsley3591
      @joelworsley3591 5 років тому +2

      I really like Van Halen can’t forget Nobody’s Fool

  • @miramonoban6999
    @miramonoban6999 3 роки тому +22

    Though I'm a big Guns fan, I remember you by Skidrow is my favorite power ballad.
    It's really amazing how these really loud rockstars make the most beautiful and touching songs.

  • @amandacantcometothephone
    @amandacantcometothephone 3 роки тому +39

    bob seger's - we've got tonight is a underrated gem

    • @jimogrady1131
      @jimogrady1131 3 роки тому +1

      Amanda McC Seger played in Buffalo, NY in 70s. Bob opened saying ( HELLO BUFFALO ). He ended the show saying KAT MAN DO GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY. Yes that Buffalo called ( SNOW CAPITAL OF USA ). Its True Lake Erie dumps 10-12 feet every winter. We got that name because of 1977 Blizzard we got 16 feet from that Storm. City & Schools closed for 3 weeks. Crazy it snowed everyday in December & January. Not kidding people really were afraid of Buffalo. Us Buffaloians are baffeled why we get the most snow of all other Citys near 5 Great Lakes. ALWAYS WHITE CHRISTMAS IN BUFFALO. Google 77 Blizzard to see how bad it was.

    • @TheACCars
      @TheACCars 2 роки тому

      Right there wrong from power ballads

    • @daddymidwest4111
      @daddymidwest4111 2 роки тому

      Love song not power ballad

  • @ACKIEAWESOME
    @ACKIEAWESOME 5 років тому +253

    I remember you/Skid Row
    When I see you smile/Bad English
    She's gone/Steel Heart
    High enough/Damn Yankees
    House of pain/Faster Pussycat
    Miles away/Winger
    forever/KISS
    I'll be there for you/Bon Jovi
    Blaze of glory/Jon Bon Jovi
    Another day/Dream Theater

    • @infinitydreamzz
      @infinitydreamzz 4 роки тому +12

      Giant - I'll see you in my dreams
      W.A.S.P. - The Idol
      W.A.S.P. - Sleeping (In The Fire)
      Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
      Sonata Arctica - Last Drop Falls
      Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got
      Cinderella - Nobody's Fool
      M.S.G. - Nightmare
      Nightwish - Sleeping Sun
      Sentenced - We are but falling leaves

    • @nathanbetner8311
      @nathanbetner8311 4 роки тому +13

      Heaven- warrant
      Every time I look at you- KISS
      Mama I’m coming home- Ozzy Osbourne
      I wanna be with you- pretty boy Floyd
      Ballad of Jayne- LA guns
      I won’t forget you- poison
      The price- twisted sister
      I live my life for you- firehouse
      Don’t cry- Guns N’ Roses
      Angel- Aerosmith
      Here I go again- Whitesnake
      Wind of change- scorpions
      Sometimes she cries- warrant
      Living in sin- Bon Jovi
      Poison- Alice Cooper
      When love and hate collide- Def Leppard
      Heartbreak station- cinderella

    • @motherofchaos5519
      @motherofchaos5519 4 роки тому +2

      Walk Away - Dokken
      Alone Again - Dokken
      Stone Cold - Rainbow
      Buried Alive - Avenged Sevenfold
      Tonight You Belong to Me - Paul Stanley
      Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf
      Survivor - Donny Osmond
      Every Time I See You Around - Paul Stanley

    • @motherofchaos5519
      @motherofchaos5519 4 роки тому +3

      @Dafyd Maddz Thanks, but I think Alone Again's pretty good, too.

    • @motherofchaos5519
      @motherofchaos5519 4 роки тому +2

      @Dafyd Maddz I can't argue there, but being a singer myself, I tend to pay more attention to Don Dokken's vocals than anything else. I will say that Walk Away has more emotion in it, though.

  • @kellikirsch3279
    @kellikirsch3279 6 років тому +172

    How can you have a “best of” power ballad list without Journey?! I personally love November Rain and Home Sweet Home but Open Arms is an obvious choice!

    • @djxxxplicit
      @djxxxplicit 5 років тому +13

      Let's not forget "Faithfully". It was only an honorable mention?!

    • @seanswinton6242
      @seanswinton6242 3 роки тому +1

      Definitely! Faithfully as well. Journey set the standard ad well as the formula for album single release. First single a rockin' song with crunching guitars followed by the ballad to appeal to the ladies, then another uptempo song to push to album usually to platinum or double platinum status.

    • @alltheworldsastage4785
      @alltheworldsastage4785 3 роки тому +1

      "Faithfully" by Journey, should have been on this list, it is objectively one of the best power ballad songs ever made.

  • @forgottenespresso
    @forgottenespresso 4 роки тому +296

    Fun fact: Guns N' Roses and Def Leppard created some of the greatest power ballads of all time.

    • @jessicabarbot4317
      @jessicabarbot4317 3 роки тому +12

      Firehouse did too

    • @lukerduker6696
      @lukerduker6696 3 роки тому +2

      That’s an opinion but true

    • @EmpathyArts23
      @EmpathyArts23 3 роки тому +4

      Motley Crue did it first

    • @mightymollyfan
      @mightymollyfan 3 роки тому +2

      Metallica did the best power ballads the first ballads like fade to black and One are great power ballads. I like how thrashy sanitarium and one get towards the end.

    • @user-ym7fr4bg3m
      @user-ym7fr4bg3m 2 роки тому +2

      @@EmpathyArts23 no white lion

  • @DivineInspirationsClothing
    @DivineInspirationsClothing 2 роки тому +16

    🥰 There is NOTHING like 80s rock ballads...no wonder we don't fall in love in a major way anymore ❣✌🔥

  • @josefasuriel5254
    @josefasuriel5254 6 років тому +44

    My favorites:
    "Is this Love"
    "Heaven"
    "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"

  • @blackmondayy1
    @blackmondayy1 7 років тому +100

    Cinderella - Nobody's fool...

  • @darrylvieregge592
    @darrylvieregge592 3 роки тому +78

    The 80's was filled with amazing power ballets. Warrant, Cinderella, Firehouse, Damn Yankees, Kiss, White Lion, White Snake, Great White, Dio the list is endless. Music today has no soul, not like the 80's did.

    • @aewhatever
      @aewhatever 2 роки тому +3

      Hell yeah! The 80s was an awe time for sure

    • @TankToChest
      @TankToChest 2 роки тому +1

      Try foy Vance

    • @technicaljayesh9643
      @technicaljayesh9643 2 роки тому +5

      Every era has 3 types of music, the greats, which stand the test of the time; the average, which are just trendy for 2-3 years but then wane away in popularity and the terrible, which are just popular for all the wrong reasons and the same thing even applies to the 80s. There were songs of all 3 types during this era, but only a few greats came out, and if you were to base this judgement that all the music in the 80s was great just by looking at the 2% of legendary albums that came out during that era, then your being shallow minded in terms of your thinking. There was enough crap that came out during the 80s as well. Don't think I am trying to hate on 80s music, what I am saying is that we can't keep boasting about 80s being the best era because there is nothing called as the best era of music, each era of music follows the same format given above and about today's music as well there are tons of great songs around not only by underground/undiscovered bands but also by mainstream artists. So passing a statement like music today has no soul without any thorough research or analysis of today's music is just wrong

    • @swolfe9668
      @swolfe9668 2 роки тому +1

      dokken alone again

  • @screamingrebance
    @screamingrebance 3 роки тому +39

    “Heaven” by Warrant should at least have been mentioned

  • @arjunkaul
    @arjunkaul 8 років тому +554

    "You Don't Know What You Got Till Its Gone" by Cinderella should've been on this list!

    • @motherofchaos5519
      @motherofchaos5519 8 років тому +12

      So should *Forever*, by KISS.

    • @Kaydence4077
      @Kaydence4077 8 років тому +4

      Totally. It's an amazing power ballad 🙂

    • @Kaydence4077
      @Kaydence4077 7 років тому +1

      +Kalla Lightheart They're both great power ballads too

    • @chrisod22
      @chrisod22 7 років тому +14

      Highly underrated band. They were a bluesy rock band, not a hair band. I saw them in concert in 2002-ish. Awesome show. Tom Keifer sounded amazing live.

    • @motherofchaos5519
      @motherofchaos5519 7 років тому

      chrisod22 You're talking to Arjun Kaul, right? Not Kalia Lightheart? About the band that Tom Kiefer was in? It doesn't show who your comment is in reply to, and I don't want to make a mistake and say that you got something wrong when you didn't. ;-)

  • @melissaevans4396
    @melissaevans4396 6 років тому +129

    Does anybody else yern for times gone by when listening to these??

  • @somajeep4x4
    @somajeep4x4 3 роки тому +20

    Close my eyes forever Lita Ford and Ozzy and I'll never let you go by Steelheart

  • @erikskifte8862
    @erikskifte8862 3 роки тому +39

    FOREIGNER: I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS😢😥😪

  • @frankvittoe7887
    @frankvittoe7887 7 років тому +504

    They also forgot "I Remember You" (Skid Row)

  • @michaelmichael9940
    @michaelmichael9940 7 років тому +86

    Def leopard rocks!!! Wow the 80's were Awesome!! Greatest music ever.

    • @tomnear
      @tomnear 7 років тому +5

      You need to see them in concert. Saw them w/ KISS a couple of years ago. Both were unbelievable.

    • @davej686
      @davej686 7 років тому +10

      Leppard

    • @gosportjamie
      @gosportjamie 7 років тому +5

      +Frank Rizzo Yes, they're massively under-rated, even by long-time rockers. And Joe Elliot is the nicest guy you could ever hope to meet. There were a lot of bloody great rock bands around in the UK in the '80s, I was lucky enough to grow up then and I saw a LOT of them live at school. It was something that really made life fun during a pretty shitty part of my life...

    • @Ginger7024
      @Ginger7024 7 років тому +8

      I was a teenager in the 80s and liked the music, but loved the music from the 60s and 70s and some from the 90s too. The new millennium killed music.....

    • @gosportjamie
      @gosportjamie 7 років тому

      jarodg135 They are in the UK and often considered little more than a joke hair metal group...

  • @Jimmersaunt
    @Jimmersaunt 4 роки тому +341

    How is Aerosmith’s Dream On not even an honorable mention-that’s one of the greatest power ballads ever!

    • @myname5633
      @myname5633 3 роки тому +5

      exactly

    • @optimaprime8970
      @optimaprime8970 3 роки тому +3

      Or angel

    • @kennethneal8480
      @kennethneal8480 3 роки тому +20

      Not a ballad. That's why.

    • @BeeRz650
      @BeeRz650 3 роки тому +3

      cause it sux

    • @Ghostguitarist93
      @Ghostguitarist93 3 роки тому +5

      @@BeeRz650 YEAH YOUR RIGHT IT SUCKS SO MUCH that Dream On peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 but hit big in the band's native Boston, where it was the number one single of the year on WBZ-FM, number five for the year on WRKO and number 16 on WMEX (AM).

  • @gabrielrodriguez6425
    @gabrielrodriguez6425 4 роки тому +42

    They left out amanda from Boston, honestly by stryper, always bon Jovi, Beth kiss, cant stop loving you van Halen to say a few

    • @philipmitchelmore7293
      @philipmitchelmore7293 3 роки тому

      Gabriel Rodriguez face it they left off a lot of power ballads

    • @gabrielrodriguez6425
      @gabrielrodriguez6425 3 роки тому

      That's what I said..I just named a few

    • @Luca_Denhard
      @Luca_Denhard 3 роки тому +1

      Boston has a lot of amazing ballads on the third stage album

  • @pablons2061
    @pablons2061 5 років тому +498

    Skid Row I remember you?

    • @steventhrasher3608
      @steventhrasher3608 5 років тому +40

      This song not being number 1 is a massive oversight, not being on the list at all though? That's a fuck up beyond words.

    • @duchess.tf2769
      @duchess.tf2769 5 років тому +10

      Beat power ballad of all time

    • @mdolanwalker
      @mdolanwalker 5 років тому +6

      Great song

    • @justinck1
      @justinck1 5 років тому +2

      I was about to mention this one also good call

    • @rydersonthestorm7175
      @rydersonthestorm7175 5 років тому +8

      Watchmojo...they fuck up everything but I keep coming back to see how they fuck up hahaha

  • @Criticcizm
    @Criticcizm 8 років тому +671

    It's a damn sin to not include Journey on this list.

    • @ladydontekno
      @ladydontekno 8 років тому +38

      +WiffyLight Open Arms deserved more than an honorable mention.

    • @nonchalant1982
      @nonchalant1982 8 років тому +9

      👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @inesm8644
      @inesm8644 8 років тому +12

      I absolutely agree.

    • @hakaitokicroak3206
      @hakaitokicroak3206 8 років тому +19

      +ladydontekno and faithfully

    • @Criticcizm
      @Criticcizm 8 років тому +14

      ladydontekno Yea! Steve Perry has one amazing voice.

  • @louisthomas2776
    @louisthomas2776 3 роки тому +43

    I actually love Alone by Heart. Their actually one of my favorite bands to listen too, you can't argue with the Wilson sisters! I would also want to mention Close My Eyes Forever by Lita Ford, which is also a pretty good power ballad.

  • @Bubbleb2
    @Bubbleb2 3 роки тому +34

    There needs to be a top 20 list. Too many good songs to fit into just 10!

  • @claudejulien6791
    @claudejulien6791 4 роки тому +27

    1. Still loving you
    2. I want to know what love is
    3. Everything I do

  • @dannysampson615
    @dannysampson615 6 років тому +79

    1. DREAM ON
    2. November rain
    3. Still loving you

    • @gibo74
      @gibo74 5 років тому +6

      Dream On?? thats not a power ballad

    • @antlereddruid8359
      @antlereddruid8359 5 років тому +1

      In the dream, Believe, If I go away or When the Crowds are gone by savatage outclass them by miles

    • @jerryvasquez8757
      @jerryvasquez8757 5 років тому +1

      Dream on indeed. Aerosmith 🎸🎤

    • @jerryvasquez8757
      @jerryvasquez8757 5 років тому +4

      @@gibo74 yes it is dumbass.

    • @ivansnegireff1652
      @ivansnegireff1652 5 років тому +1

      @@jerryvasquez8757 correct

  • @joonassummanen6130
    @joonassummanen6130 2 роки тому +10

    The Scorpions: Still loving you, Wind of change and send me an angel are my favorites. And i think Still loving you is in the wrong spot. Should be no.1
    You should make a top 20 best power ballads of all time.

  • @SkipSpotter
    @SkipSpotter 3 роки тому

    What a welcome and much needed power trip down power balled lane.
    Depression has once again reared it's painful head so am so not feeling too good right now, so thank the gods your WatchMojo music countdowns video listings popped up, and I've come along for the ride. This really IS one of the best UA-cam channels. Big Thanks Mojo x

  • @sergiodvcode
    @sergiodvcode 4 роки тому +171

    Honorable mentions are way better than some on the top list.

  • @michaelhall736
    @michaelhall736 8 років тому +35

    Some of my favorite power ballads are: Something to Believe In by Poison, When the Children Cry by White Lion, Heartbreak Station by Cinderella, More Than Words by Extreme, To Be With You by Mr. Big, Alone Again by Dokken, What Love Can Be by Kingdom Come, and Don't Close Your Eyes by Kix.

    • @rockinchimp
      @rockinchimp 8 років тому +1

      +michael hall (Rwanime442) Solid choices, not enough people care for Dokken, Cinderella or Kix.

    • @michaelhall736
      @michaelhall736 8 років тому

      rockinchimp It's a shame they're not more well known. Cinderella seems to be only known for one song, and people keep calling them one hit wonders. I fucking hate it when people use that label.

    • @rockinchimp
      @rockinchimp 8 років тому

      michael hall Same here, especially when such a label is applied to a band that had plenty of Top 40 success.

    • @michaelhall736
      @michaelhall736 8 років тому +1

      bergcycles1 I like that one, too.

    • @needmorezen365
      @needmorezen365 8 років тому +1

      +michael hall (Rwanime442) - Love love love all the ones you mentioned. I actually listened to When the Children Cry the other day and a few other songs by White Lion. I met Don Dokken a few times at a bar in Vegas several yrs ago. He's a really cool guy.

  • @mwoods8020
    @mwoods8020 3 роки тому +11

    Oh, this should have been a best 1,000 power ballad countdown. 😁

  • @davidpearce6955
    @davidpearce6955 3 роки тому +12

    Can't stop Me loving You, She's Gone & I'll Never let you Go by SteelHeart

  • @salimshady9715
    @salimshady9715 5 років тому +51

    Skid row - I remeber you and Cinderella - Don´t know what you got (till it´s gone) should be on the list!

  • @TheCortes206
    @TheCortes206 7 років тому +13

    Wasted time-Skid Row
    I saw red- Warrant
    Heartbreak station- Cinderella
    Always- Bon Jovi
    Forever-Kiss
    Patience- GnR
    Miss a thing- Aerosmith
    Life goes on- Poison
    Fly to the angels-Slaughter
    I need you now- Alias
    Alone- Heart
    Open arms- Journey
    Love of the lifetime- Firehouse
    Now those are some power ballads!!!!

    • @trdidion
      @trdidion 7 років тому

      Michelle Cortes no Kix?

    • @TheCortes206
      @TheCortes206 7 років тому

      oh yeah, that's a great song! It has all the things that make a power ballad....I'll admit perhaps I'm a little bit biased since the songs on my list have sentimental value to me.... thank you for your collaboration!

    • @markbaumgart9374
      @markbaumgart9374 7 років тому

      How could I've forgotten Fly to the Angels!!! Definitely a badass song and true power ballad!

  • @rebeccamoon6709
    @rebeccamoon6709 4 роки тому +34

    * Every Rose Has Its Thorn … yeah it Does *

  • @sarahlowell6106
    @sarahlowell6106 2 роки тому +6

    Yes for the number one pick! Alone is my all time favorite power ballad....but you seriously can’t have a Top 10 without including Skid Row’s I’ll Remember You. Next to Hearts Alone, this is a song I can listen to today and the memories it brings are unforgettable!

  • @jawherdjelassi7606
    @jawherdjelassi7606 7 років тому +165

    My list :
    1-Guns N' Roses-November Rain
    2-Metallica-Fade to black
    3-Testament-Return to serenity
    4-Bon Jovi-Always
    5-Skid Row-i remember you
    6-Megadeth-A tout le monde
    7-Poison-Every rose has it's thorn
    8-Metallica-Nothing else matters
    9-Guns N' Roses-Don't cry
    10-Aerosmith-I dont wanna miss a thing

    • @dfahr9442
      @dfahr9442 6 років тому +4

      Fade to Black, A Tout le Monde and Return to Serenity aren't power ballads.

    • @garygarber1770
      @garygarber1770 6 років тому +3

      jawher Djelassi winds of change

    • @kremek3448
      @kremek3448 6 років тому +1

      Bringin on the heartbreak gotta stay tho

    • @ronniejames3681
      @ronniejames3681 6 років тому +2

      Great list....🤘🤘

    • @josefasuriel5254
      @josefasuriel5254 6 років тому

      jawher Djelassi Great.

  • @syahirhaiqal9615
    @syahirhaiqal9615 6 років тому +84

    Scorpions😍

    • @alexandresilva8379
      @alexandresilva8379 4 роки тому +4

      To me, Scorpions are the best Heavy Metal band and also my favorite band. Still Loving You is just the best piece of art ever created.

  • @courtneywhite8470
    @courtneywhite8470 4 роки тому +46

    No Skid Row, "I Remember You"? C'mon?!!? Seriously??!!

  • @ongtw3539
    @ongtw3539 3 роки тому +10

    80's, full of great songs.

  • @mattbrattensborg7785
    @mattbrattensborg7785 7 років тому +84

    Why is Love song by Tesla not here??

    • @charlesmcdonald1473
      @charlesmcdonald1473 6 років тому +2

      Matt Brattensborg first thing I said at the end of the video

  • @PT111111
    @PT111111 8 років тому +74

    I would've put November Rain in the top 5 and included Don't Cry in it as well.

    • @AlDuke14
      @AlDuke14 8 років тому +5

      Don't cry should have made it into the top 3.

    • @M1lesJames
      @M1lesJames 8 років тому +2

      Yes, Don't Cry is an awesome song

    • @scottlemiere2024
      @scottlemiere2024 8 років тому

      +PT111111 and they somehow missed Sweet Child of Mine completely: it wasn't even up to be voted on, but they had Whitney Houston and Miley Cyrus.

    • @PT111111
      @PT111111 8 років тому +1

      Scott Lemiere Whitney and Miley? in Power Ballad category? What the shit?

    • @scottlemiere2024
      @scottlemiere2024 8 років тому

      Go look at the vote list.

  • @b.arborio2404
    @b.arborio2404 4 роки тому

    Good job Mojo! This list ( and commentary) was spot on for a guy that went to high school in the 80s

  • @andrman1746
    @andrman1746 2 роки тому +2

    my top 10 ballads:
    Don't know what you got (till it's gone) - Cinderella
    Send me an angel - Scorpions
    When the children cry - White Lion
    Trial by fire - Journey
    Every rose has it's thorn - Poison
    Silent lucidity - Queensryche
    I believe in you - Twisted Sister
    Love hurts - Nazareth
    Alone Again - Dokken
    Alone - Heart

  • @diederiksamsom4562
    @diederiksamsom4562 7 років тому +207

    Queensrÿche - Silent Lucidity

    • @Reflectivityy
      @Reflectivityy 7 років тому +3

      Stefan Taal YES YES FUCK YES!!!!!!

    • @dmtgrangeia
      @dmtgrangeia 7 років тому +11

      Definitely agree with you!! Sadly, Queensrÿche tends to be a very underrated band.

    • @ephraimmiller9272
      @ephraimmiller9272 7 років тому +10

      Obviously not everyone could be on a 10 list, but ya, Queensryche Silent Lucidity should have been there. For the lyrics, the power of the message, but the voice alone...

    • @carrie8abug
      @carrie8abug 7 років тому +4

      Exactly what I was thinking as I watched this.

    • @11094DEREK
      @11094DEREK 7 років тому +6

      I love that song

  • @BigDsHomestead
    @BigDsHomestead 7 років тому +29

    Firehouse has some awesome ballads and I cannot believe they were not on here. They are my favorite rock band.

    • @curlytop7
      @curlytop7 7 років тому +8

      Thank you! Love of a Lifetime is classic. When I Look in Your Eyes is good too.

  • @aeonxela1177
    @aeonxela1177 4 роки тому +6

    No More Than Words? Can't Fight This Feeling? I Remember You? Amazing? Patience? Carrie? Youre All I Need?

  • @nishchalrawal9182
    @nishchalrawal9182 3 роки тому +18

    Nazareth is very Underrated ❤

  • @djxxxplicit
    @djxxxplicit 5 років тому +133

    Journey's "Faithfully" should've been high on this list

  • @rykeman916
    @rykeman916 8 років тому +68

    maybe "black" by pearl jam? that probably would have been a good choice

    • @shibainu7525
      @shibainu7525 8 років тому +2

      IKR. That's the best Pearl Jam song

    • @M1lesJames
      @M1lesJames 8 років тому +1

      One of my favorite songs ever. I love me some Pearl Jam

    • @malikmeeks5410
      @malikmeeks5410 8 років тому

      +Kenny Powers great song that is Jeremy

    • @stilllbornn
      @stilllbornn 8 років тому

      +Ryan Nayr that one of the few songs i can shed a tear to.. so yeah fuck yeah

    • @malikmeeks5410
      @malikmeeks5410 8 років тому

      Jo Waschl I don't cry to it it rocks that i bang my head to

  • @ronnywestad4892
    @ronnywestad4892 3 роки тому +4

    The "power ballad" era ended in late 1980. a very few exception in early 1990.... but the top was between 73-88...

  • @blushingmushroom1949
    @blushingmushroom1949 4 роки тому +25

    This list is missing all the best hair metal... where is Skid Row, Motley Crue, and Warrant?

    • @MomPenita
      @MomPenita 3 роки тому +2

      Motley crue was on the list, lol.

    • @blushingmushroom1949
      @blushingmushroom1949 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah... but "Home Sweet Home" doesn't count... where was "Without You"?

    • @MomPenita
      @MomPenita 3 роки тому +1

      @@blushingmushroom1949 you've got a point my friend!!

    • @stoffie6988
      @stoffie6988 2 роки тому

      @@blushingmushroom1949 you're all i need is good aswell

  • @baronvg
    @baronvg 8 років тому +117

    This is one of those lists that's going to need "Another Top 10" list down the line. Power ballad lists have to include Cinderella's Don't Know What You Got Til It's Gone.

    • @MrZauces
      @MrZauces 8 років тому +2

      I agree

    • @ELEcomments
      @ELEcomments 8 років тому +6

      And sister Christian, and total eclipse of the heart, and possibly nobody's fool, also by Cinderella. And when im with you by Sherrif..yup another list pls

    • @ELEcomments
      @ELEcomments 8 років тому +1

      And possibly babe by Styx

    • @ELEcomments
      @ELEcomments 8 років тому +6

      And keep on loving you by reo speedwagon

    • @MsJules1976
      @MsJules1976 8 років тому

      +baronvg I agree!This is a good list,but,we do need another one!

  • @what_a_feelip
    @what_a_feelip 7 років тому +140

    NO TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART BY BONNIE TYLER?!?
    HOW COULD YOU?!?

    • @what_a_feelip
      @what_a_feelip 7 років тому +2

      It's about the song man, not really about who sang it

    • @Jck9102
      @Jck9102 7 років тому +10

      Total Eclipse is definitely a power ballad.

    • @Alexandersupertramp9875
      @Alexandersupertramp9875 7 років тому +1

      It's also about love between two vampires! Seriously, look it up.

    • @blancarodriguez8142
      @blancarodriguez8142 7 років тому +1

      TiaHaruka0 The song would fit here either...

    • @djrodney13
      @djrodney13 7 років тому +2

      vampires need love to.

  • @elijahjones2763
    @elijahjones2763 4 роки тому +11

    Wow how was journey NOT in the top ten when literally every song that they wrote was a power ballad

  • @kyaradani
    @kyaradani 3 роки тому +14

    I do not care, I will forever choose 50s-90s music and style over everything. It kinda sucks that I wasn't born until later 2000's. I'm actually jealous.

    • @tomastoth4018
      @tomastoth4018 3 роки тому

      It feels so good to see that I'm not the only one who feels this way.

    • @robis40
      @robis40 3 роки тому

      I understand, I was born in 1960 and I loved that I got to experience it then.

  • @JLTS76
    @JLTS76 8 років тому +166

    Ok, mojo pls... Where is Skid Row - I Remember You or 18 And Life, or Helloween - A Tale That Wasn't Right

    • @Metalheadforever1101
      @Metalheadforever1101 8 років тому +4

      Definitely! Those are great songs

    • @brettdolliver2544
      @brettdolliver2544 8 років тому +16

      I remember you should make that list EVERY time

    • @slightlygothic3945
      @slightlygothic3945 8 років тому +1

      this made me not wanna watch it seeing ur comment before the video

    • @raskolnikov1944
      @raskolnikov1944 8 років тому +7

      +JLTS76 Steelheart She's gone, Axel Rudi Pell, Metallica not even a mention. This top is ridiculous.

    • @Teezeta
      @Teezeta 8 років тому

      +JLTS76 there was not even a mention of zakk wylde

  • @cowboyenterprises
    @cowboyenterprises 5 років тому +227

    The fact that faithfully by journey or keep on loving you by reo speedwagon aren't even mentioned is a tragedy

    • @courtneywhite8470
      @courtneywhite8470 4 роки тому +10

      Even worse, skid row- I remember you ???

    • @greyladybast
      @greyladybast 4 роки тому +4

      That Meatloaf got to steal their spot is even worse!

    • @packard1129
      @packard1129 4 роки тому +4

      Cinderella's Don't know what you got till it's gone

    • @pyroman6000
      @pyroman6000 4 роки тому +3

      @Todd Butler1: totally agree! Or Styx's "Suite Madam Blue"; Molly Hatchett's "Fall of the Peacemakers", etc. To be fair, there were hundreds of them, and this is a top 10 list. They did at least use Faithfully in the opening, but to leave it off the list is WTF, Over??? worthy, lol.

    • @exorcizamus2419
      @exorcizamus2419 3 роки тому +3

      REO Speedwagon and Journey have many ballads

  • @fionschen
    @fionschen 3 роки тому +17

    I’m still asking myself how the hell they got that piano on the mountaintop

    • @walterogb6017
      @walterogb6017 3 роки тому

      Helicopter lol 👍🍻🇺🇸

    • @annek1226
      @annek1226 3 роки тому +2

      @@walterogb6017 Oh sure spoil it for us with a little logic! Thanks!

    • @walterogb6017
      @walterogb6017 3 роки тому

      Lol my bad lol 👍🍻🇺🇸

    • @TheACCars
      @TheACCars 2 роки тому

      This Power Ballads it sure you can rock of the 80's music

  • @courtneywhite8470
    @courtneywhite8470 4 роки тому +9

    No skid row, "I remember you" ??? Sacrilegious!!!

  • @the0balancer
    @the0balancer 7 років тому +24

    Ozzy Ozbourne and Lita Ford close my eyes forever

  • @luisjara8170
    @luisjara8170 7 років тому +40

    My personal favourite power ballad is I'll Be There For You by Bon Jovi

    • @spruceeagle4684
      @spruceeagle4684 6 років тому +4

      I highly agree with you, I'm very shocked that wasn't on the list

    • @stacytaylor3888
      @stacytaylor3888 6 років тому +3

      Absolutely!!! What woman wouldn't melt with those lyrics

    • @oldastorn9863
      @oldastorn9863 6 років тому

      Luis Jara XD

  • @nca9722
    @nca9722 3 роки тому +6

    "Spring" by Rammstein should be in this list, my absolutely favorite rock ballad, super emotional, super sad and super powerful ♥️

  • @thelonewolf8333
    @thelonewolf8333 Рік тому +5

    Man the 80s and 90s must be awesome time to live in as a 20 year old

  • @christopherhughes9787
    @christopherhughes9787 5 років тому +502

    November Rain... #8?!!! You have to be kidding.

    • @logand4876
      @logand4876 4 роки тому +39

      Christopher Hughes I’m thinking more like #1??

    • @juliusnisonen2431
      @juliusnisonen2431 4 роки тому +12

      @@logand4876 what i was thinking!

    • @hugolalumiere9992
      @hugolalumiere9992 4 роки тому +36

      That Slash solo alone... Just goes to show Mojo knows nothing.

    • @erikmoreno484
      @erikmoreno484 4 роки тому +25

      When I clicked on this list I was like “November Rain is gonna be #1 for sure”... and so at 8?!?! Pfft

    • @grafixgurrl
      @grafixgurrl 4 роки тому +3

      I just said that!

  • @KevyB1990
    @KevyB1990 6 років тому +21

    1A. “Open Arms”
    1B. “Keep on Lovin’ You.”
    Period.

    • @fattman32
      @fattman32 6 років тому +1

      This!! the 'wagon get no respect

  • @jenhuntington1002
    @jenhuntington1002 3 роки тому +5

    I’m in love with these ballads!!!!!!

  • @catmeow525
    @catmeow525 3 роки тому +8

    Scorpions still loving you is my favourite 🥰

  • @jakobthonen9411
    @jakobthonen9411 5 років тому +131

    Cheap Trick's "The Flame" never gets any appreciation

    • @kyliepollert8341
      @kyliepollert8341 4 роки тому +1

      Their only #1 hit on the Hot 100

    • @kyliepollert8341
      @kyliepollert8341 4 роки тому +1

      @Dafyd Maddz I'm not a huge fan of Cheap Trick, but that's a great one!

    • @BobSmith-uc5js
      @BobSmith-uc5js 4 роки тому

      Agreed. A great tune that can be enjoyed again and again.

    • @fullfotografico
      @fullfotografico 4 роки тому +1

      Too bad!

    • @jeremymcmulin6876
      @jeremymcmulin6876 3 роки тому

      It was played at our wedding as we were lighting the unity candle. It has a special place in my heart.

  • @lakelandchiefsfan1276
    @lakelandchiefsfan1276 4 роки тому +33

    Love Song - Tesla? I Remember You - Skid Row? Nothing Else Matters? I could go on and on with masterpieces that aren’t on here

  • @D1Gr8hansGraf
    @D1Gr8hansGraf 4 роки тому +5

    You left out a few great ballads!
    Great White House of Broken Love
    Ozzy Osborne I’m Coming Home
    Rainbow Catch the Rainbow
    Journey The Eyes of a Woman
    Blue Oyster Cult I Love the Night

  • @matthewtaylor1785
    @matthewtaylor1785 3 роки тому +19

    “Is This Love” by Whitesnake should’ve been on the actual list. That’s one of my all time favorite songs. And it’s a sin not putting a Journey song on here. I personally think “Faithfully” is their best power ballad.

  • @tomski120
    @tomski120 7 років тому +30

    the flame - cheap trick. best ever

    • @hruodvan7081
      @hruodvan7081 6 років тому

      Tyrone Tucker--- The Flame by CT was the first song I thought of when I saw the title.

  • @trdidion
    @trdidion 7 років тому +25

    Kix - Don't Close Your Eyes

  • @clasicosslowrock2661
    @clasicosslowrock2661 3 роки тому

    Wow .. Amazing music and videos. Great job I really like everything. Keep working in that spirit 😍🎉

  • @myname5633
    @myname5633 3 роки тому +8

    where's wind of change?

  • @presleyluis4666
    @presleyluis4666 8 років тому +12

    love bites, heaven, I wanna know what love is, open arms, I dont wanna miss a thing, 18 and life, careless whispers, and africa. best ballads ever imo

    • @giorgioa.tsoukalos8019
      @giorgioa.tsoukalos8019 8 років тому +2

      good call,i remember you was also up there with 18 and life

    • @presleyluis4666
      @presleyluis4666 8 років тому

      +Big SausageTits oh most definitely man, reason to live as well

    • @mtllcsofia
      @mtllcsofia 8 років тому

      i agree with you

    • @KidaMilo89
      @KidaMilo89 8 років тому +1

      +Presley Luis Fuck I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing. Dream On is so much fucking better.

    • @presleyluis4666
      @presleyluis4666 8 років тому +1

      +~Steven Tyler is sick to death of your shit. Dream on isn't a ballad

  • @juliusnisonen2431
    @juliusnisonen2431 4 роки тому +17

    1.November rain
    2.don't cry
    3.home sweet home

    • @motherofchaos5519
      @motherofchaos5519 4 роки тому

      I'll see you in my dreams - Giant
      Burning Heart - Vandenberg

  • @Rogue.Rider0
    @Rogue.Rider0 3 роки тому

    Friday night dances at school and these songs. Takes me way back.

  • @claudiakennedy279
    @claudiakennedy279 3 роки тому +4

    Bed Of Roses gave me a new respect and appreciation for rock bands.

  • @wendydickason9206
    @wendydickason9206 7 років тому +25

    My favorite power ballad is Home Sweet Home by Motley Crue

  • @nurafiqah3852
    @nurafiqah3852 6 років тому +430

    November rain should be higher..

    • @Starn3r
      @Starn3r 5 років тому +3

      Jorge Sequera you went way too far, fuck you

    • @julianacosta1243
      @julianacosta1243 5 років тому +3

      @@jorgesequera150 fuck you

    • @ivansantamaria326
      @ivansantamaria326 5 років тому +1

      Anyone saying fuck jorge....thank you all #fuckjorgeolstupidass new trend....

    • @thorvejrup8798
      @thorvejrup8798 5 років тому

      So we to ther say it

    • @jorgesequera9795
      @jorgesequera9795 5 років тому +3

      whitesnake is better Than Geys N Roses

  • @dominicvigorito4364
    @dominicvigorito4364 4 роки тому +23

    Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

  • @matthewfein
    @matthewfein 3 роки тому +20

    What? Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" doesn't even get an Honorable Mention?!?

    • @ladystrange7791
      @ladystrange7791 3 роки тому

      YES...”Sister Christian!” Don’t know why I didn’t think of that since I’m on a Night Ranger kick & played it 15 times the past 3 days. Think Journey receiving only an ‘honorable mention’ & the total exclusion of REO Speedwagon had me in shock so I wasn’t thinking clearly 🤬

    • @TheLoneWolf-iz8ou
      @TheLoneWolf-iz8ou 11 місяців тому

      It doesn’t get a mention because it stinks and there are well over a 100 power ballads that are better.

  • @amandalaci8212
    @amandalaci8212 7 років тому +33

    Still Loving You ❤❤❤

  • @KarmicOmen
    @KarmicOmen 7 років тому +86

    One power ballad that should have been on this list is "Two out of Three Ain't Bad" by Meatloaf.

    • @Rikalonius
      @Rikalonius 7 років тому +4

      Would have preferred that to "I won't do that"

    • @johnmcbain1770
      @johnmcbain1770 7 років тому +2

      Angel Deville : I totally agree with you on this. I saw Meatloaf in Brisbane and got some great photographs. A great show and a great entertainer.

    • @laylaclark9577
      @laylaclark9577 7 років тому +3

      Angel Deville pretty much any meatloaf ballad would take up a slot on the list

    • @gosportjamie
      @gosportjamie 7 років тому +1

      +Angel Deville Someone needs to do a top ten of Meatloaf power ballads, he knocked it out of the park so many times...

    • @KarmicOmen
      @KarmicOmen 7 років тому

      gosportjamie​​​​​ Meatloaf didn't have ten ballads to do a top 10, and not a lot of bands have that many ballads, unless they were Chicago or Bread... they had quite a number of them.

  • @ricfabulous
    @ricfabulous 4 роки тому +18

    the first song any normal person thinks of when they think power ballad is "I remember you" by Skid Row

  • @angelabrown7182
    @angelabrown7182 4 роки тому +1

    Soooo beautiful what a waste that we don't have them now.. but how good to hear them again

  • @shadecinder666
    @shadecinder666 6 років тому +62

    #1 Lita Ford and Ozzy - Close my Eyes Forever

  • @fredhag
    @fredhag 7 років тому +83

    No Queen song makes it into the top ten or honorary mentions?

    • @matkojapan
      @matkojapan 7 років тому +1

      which one?

    • @thesaint8141
      @thesaint8141 7 років тому

      Fred Hagemeister yeah agreed, somebody to love deserves to be on this list

    • @matkojapan
      @matkojapan 7 років тому +3

      Björn Adriaansens really? of all the power ballads ever recorded, somebody to love? come on! We are the champions is more a power ballad than that! And that isn't even a power ballad. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Queen, but power ballads were not their forte.

    • @thesaint8141
      @thesaint8141 7 років тому +1

      matkojapan well then... you're quite the poser ain't ya?

    • @matkojapan
      @matkojapan 7 років тому

      Björn Adriaansens poser? whatever you say

  • @petergwon74
    @petergwon74 4 роки тому +5

    Shocked that Steel heart's - I'll never let you go ( angel eyes ) and Skid Row's I remember you are not mentioned. Both songs are #1 power ballads in my opinion.

  • @MadKilroy
    @MadKilroy 2 роки тому +6

    Seriously? Journey is only an honorable mention? That's just not right.

  • @DrBadHorse
    @DrBadHorse 6 років тому +25

    Totally forgot Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon

    • @fattman32
      @fattman32 6 років тому +3

      the most obvious number 1 really

    • @dipborah7978
      @dipborah7978 5 років тому

      Yeah as well as "Can't fight this feeling"

    • @stephenmiller2337
      @stephenmiller2337 5 років тому +1

      Take it on the run is way better.

  • @WombatGamesChannel
    @WombatGamesChannel 8 років тому +63

    Is "total eclipse of the heart" not a power ballad???

    • @ELEcomments
      @ELEcomments 8 років тому +1

      I was thinking that too?

    • @Javineburke
      @Javineburke 8 років тому

      My thoughts exactly

    • @unholydiver1095
      @unholydiver1095 8 років тому +2

      +Wombat Games It is not Rock N Roll though

    • @AlDuke14
      @AlDuke14 8 років тому

      I really was expecting to see it at number one as well.

    • @katrinarosiak68
      @katrinarosiak68 8 років тому

      +Wombat Games I agree!! That song rocks!! Bonnie Tyler!!!

  • @savannahcris970
    @savannahcris970 3 роки тому +5

    I'm happy that "Alone" by Heart is in the no.1 spot. This is one of my favorite Power ballad of all time from my favorite Wilson's sisters. And also my other favorite Power ballads like November Rain,Love Hurts,Every rose has its thorn and Bringin on the heartbreak is included in the list. I hope Power ballads like I remember you by Skid Row,Don't know what you've got (til its gone) by Cinderella,Faithfully by Journey,What it takes by Aerosmith,When I look into your eyes by Firehouse and She's gone by Steelheart is also included in this list.

  • @janicefrye3547
    @janicefrye3547 3 роки тому +1

    Now I’m so excited to see my Steven made it to this page, he is so amazing n turning 73 March 26 he moves like a 20 year old 💋❤️💋❤️OH BOY 💋