Due to the wide popularity of English in the world, English songs have also been widely disseminated. The number of English songs we have come into contact with is innumerable, and the classics are also numerous. If it is relatively easy to select the top ten English classic songs in a certain period of time, but without a time limit, it is indeed extremely difficult to select the top ten from many classic English songs. Moreover, different people will give different answers, and although they have to be carefully selected, they will inevitably be criticized by others. So it's a laborious and unflattering thing to do. However, based on my love of music, especially my appreciation of English classic songs, and the idea of recommending these famous songs to more people, I was determined to complete the selection. As for the criteria for selection, I think it should have beautiful music, emotional lyrics and passionate singing, leading in art and technology, and easily resonate with people's hearts, with wide circulation across time. According to such standards, after continuous careful selection, the top ten classic English songs in my mind are:
First Track, Yesterday Once More
Carpenter Band
Original vocals: Carpenters
Released: 1973
This is the representative work of Carpenter Band, the lead singer is the young-dead Karen Carpenter, her voice is beautiful, singing intimate and natural, slightly sad and melancholy voice, people can't stop, infected and conquered countless listeners. Due to the exquisite singing, the soothing and soft soundtrack, and the use of multi-track recording technology in the song, the record is very successful both artistically and technically, becoming a masterpiece of modern pop music and the most sung single in the world so far, so it is worthy of the song to be ranked first.
Second track. My Heart Will Go On
Classic movies with classic songs
Original vocals: Celine Dion
Released: 1997
The exquisitely arranged Irish tin whistle with strong national charm shows the melodious and poignant characteristics of the song. The melody of the song, from the initial gentleness to the excitement, to the lingering climax, to the final tragic end of the breath, as a theme song condenses the basic ideas of the whole film. Classic movies and classic songs have become the tear points of many people, and while the songs express their unswerving love, the shocking musical melody also penetrates the heart, and people are conquered by its moving melody. Classic movies, classic melodies and classic singing make this classic song.
Third track. Right Here Waiting
Song performed by Richard Max
Original vocals: Richard Marx
Released: 1989
As a famous English love song, it tells three stories between lovers, the introduction is the sadness caused by the phone; the middle is the memory, sweet or sour past; the ending is the expectation, looking forward to an early reunion. The song connects these three stories through soothing and elegant music strings, expresses the emotional entanglement of the lover's wandering side, and tells the emotional appeal of the lover's desire to be together forever through affectionate singing. This unique way of expression aroused the emotional resonance of the audience, making this love song widely loved and acclaimed, and ranked among the ranks of English classic songs.
Fourth track. Scarborough Fair
Small townscape of Scarborough
Original vocals: Sarah Brightman
Released: 1968
It is no exaggeration to say that "Scarborough Bazaar", adapted from an English folk song, is the most classic of folk songs. The poetic lyrics, the tender water melody, the poignant and gentle tune, give people a feeling of fascination, especially Sarah Brightman's dreamy low chant and shallow singing, which makes the song express nostalgia, affection and desolation make the listener moved. If you are lucky enough to listen to this song, you will be deeply moved by the charm of this song and unforgettable.
Fifth track. Seal the proverb with a kiss
（Seal With A Kiss）
The title of the song "Seal the Proverbs with a Kiss"
Original singer: Brian Hyland
（Brian hyland）
Released: 1962
This very romantic classic school ballad, with a sad melody and lyrics full of nostalgia, interprets the separation between lovers into happiness, romance and pride, narrating parting feelings, but not sad; the pain of separation, but not low, so it is popular all over the world and has become a classic in English love songs.
Sixth track. Unrestrained melody
Unchained Melody
"Unrestrained Melody Promotional Photos."
Original: The Righteous Brothers
Released: 1965
As the theme song of the movie "Man Ghost Love Is Over", the song sings with deep affection, as if it is a call that rises and falls with feelings, and it is a call to a lover that transcends any human boundary, which not only enhances the formal beauty of the story, but also adds infinite romantic color to sincere love, so that it has become a classic of English songs, which is still prevalent today.
Seventh track. Casablanca
Songwriter singer
Original singer: Bate Higgins
（Bertie Higgins）
Released: 1982
The song "Casablanca" is a song created and sung by the author after watching the movie of the same name, with emotional and sincere lyrics and beautiful music, singing many helpless voices from others. Because of its same name as the movie and its profound interpretation of the moving emotions contained in the story of the movie, it is deeply loved by people and has become a classic of English songs that has been handed down to this day.
Eighth track. Bressanone
Poster of Bressanone
Original singer: Matthew Lien
Released: 1995
"Bressanone" is a classic sad song written and sung by Canadian environmental musician Matthew Lane. This song about sorrow, with a long and sad melody, picturesque lyrics, Matthew Lane's clear and mellow singing voice, and the sound of the train tracks at the end of the song, epitomize the author's strong sense of reluctance to leave his hometown, and deep nostalgia, often making the listener revel in the sad and pure realm created by the song, so this song is often praised as "the saddest English song in the world", which can be said to be appropriate.
Ninth song. Friendship lasts forever
(Auld long sight)
The theme song of the movie "Soul Break Blue Bridge"
Original singer: Leo Sayer
Released: 1976
The song is based on a poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns and is used to sing about sincere and enduring friendships. In 1940, with the American film "Soul Break Blue Bridge", this song was used as the theme song, and the song spread all over the world. Westerners often sing on the occasion of the New Year as a farewell to the old and the new. Because the popular music and lyrics are loved by people, they have been sung in various languages around the world and have become the most well-known English classic songs in the world.
Tenth song. Say you say I
（Say You Say Me）
Songwriter - Singer
Original singer: Lionel Ritchie
（Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr.）
Released: 1985
The ending song of the movie "Flying Over the Soviet Union", composed and sung by American singer Leonard Richie, has a strong rock style of English songs, integrated into a strong American country song style, interspersed with joyful rock in a simple and bright rhythm, so that the whole song is full of vigorous and upward life force, so that the viewer seems to see a ray of light that illuminates life. The unique musical style made this song quickly popular all over the world, becoming a classic among English songs.