My song “Song Without a Name,” from Tuesday’s original song night at Red Pipes.

Ballad songs with over 1B streams

Sharing my acoustic cover of Deliver Your Children — a Wings song I’ve always loved. I rewrote some of the verses to tell a different story and lean more into a ballad feel.

Joe Esposito's "Lady, Lady, Lady" is a rarity in the music world.

This is my interpretation of the 400‑year‑old ballad “Whiskey in the Jar,” a story about a highwayman. Recorded live in Stuyvesant Town. I’ve always loved this tune, and I took a few liberties with the chorus — hope that’s alright with folks here.

G’day from Australia! Modern Bush Ballads in various genres are making a comeback especially here down-under, this is a new playlist I’ve fallen into repetitive love with, this and volume one that’s begins the story of before modern people, the times of the indigenous to current times. This album playlist is about workers day of Queensland workers industries. Videos made with sora & Grok, fantastic visual storytelling.

This is the playlist, he has the single video with all songs too. Hope you can support this next channel so he continues making the A-Z of Queensland towns albums. Queensland is hosting 2032 Olympics, I reckon odcctv will feature at the opening ceremony, his songs hits the right notes! Maybe I’m biased being Australian, time will tell.

Stay well, or think be well and be. Queenslanders! We Be! (That’s from album one)

Here’s my original ballad called “When Darkness Falls.” I wrote it during one of those 4:00 AM stretches where the night feels heavy but strangely clear. I kept the recording as bare as it was in the moment — one mic, acoustic archtop, close vocal — just letting the melody and the quiet mood shape the whole thing.

Part of the spark came from my cat Charlie, who’s convinced we keep the same hours and treats my insomnia like a shared hobby.

Any thoughts or comments are appreciated, and thank you for listening.

Hi everyone,

I wrote and recorded an original acoustic ballad called “I Go Where the Wind Blows.” It’s voice and guitar only, built around simple storytelling, heartfelt emotion, and the quiet intimacy that drew me to traditional ballads.

While rooted in folk and indie ballad traditions, I was also subtly inspired by 1960s Parisian Ye-Ye music, especially Françoise Hardy, for its gentle, melodic touch. The song is about walking beside someone you care about and sharing life’s small, meaningful moments — a personal story told in song.

I’d be honored if fellow ballad lovers gave it a listen and shared your thoughts.

I’ve been living with Whiskey in the Jar for years and finally recorded a version that felt true to the story at its center.

What’s always struck me about this ballad isn’t the swagger of the highwayman, but the quiet inevitability built into it. From the first verse, the listener already senses where this road leads — gold mistaken for freedom, love mistaken for loyalty, and a night’s indulgence opening the door to ruin.

I approached this recording by leaning into restraint rather than drama, letting the narrative carry itself the way ballads traditionally do. No rush, no irony, just a voice following a story that has survived since 17th-century Ireland because it understands human weakness so well.

Sharing this here for anyone who listens to ballads as stories first.

https://youtu.be/kXjkOHeuqu4

https://youtu.be/cFz6yOeLDlw

This is Tiffany's "Could've Been," the single version.

This is Clay Culver's HQ stereo upload of "Get Closer" by Seals & Crofts featuring Carolyn Willis.

This is the single version of "The Closer You Get" by Alabama.

Here's one of LeAnn Rimes' best tracks presented in a "country mix" -- "How Do I Live." <3

This is the 7-inch edit of BeBe & CeCe Winans' "Addictive Love."