History Main / PowerBallad

* Music/{{Foreigner}} - "I Want to Know What Love Is" (now [[CoveredUp displaced]] by Music/MariahCarey's version).

* Music/{{Journey}}'s "Faithfully", "Open Arms", and "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever?", etc.

* Music/{{Judas Priest}}'s "Beyond The Realms Of Death", "Prisoner Of Your Eyes", "Out In The Cold", etc.

* Aside of "In Trance", Music/{{Scorpions}} had "Still Loving You" and "Wind of Change", and "Believe In Love". Probably also "Send me an Angel".(no relation to the synthpop song by Real Life)

** The main [[TropeCodifier trope codifiers]] are probably "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfd_LJA_A8o In Trance]]" by Music/{{Scorpions}}, and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrIo0783XpI Love to Love]]" by [=UFO=]. "In Trance" is the earliest example of the Scorpions' style of power ballad that was so popular during the 1980s, while "Love to Love" was the model for power ballads with lush arrangements, and had a very slow build-up. Triumph's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mZxOk0SYqU Lay it on the Line]]" is pretty much the blueprint for [[HairMetal the hair band]] version of the power ballad, with its vocal harmonies and borderline-MaritalRapeLicense lyrics, although Triumph themselves were not a hair band.

* Music/PlainWhiteTs got big with an iconic one: "Hey There, Delilah".

* Music/{{Heart}}'s "Alone", "What About Love?", "These Dreams", and many other songs they made during the mid-to-late Eighties.

* "When I'm With You" by Sheriff. A minor hit in 1983, it was re-released and hit #1 in 1989, four years after the band had broken up. After lead singer Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve [=DeMarchi=] unsuccessfully tried to talk the others into reuniting, they grabbed some ex-members of Music/{{Heart}} and formed Alias. ''Their'' biggest hit, "More Than Words Can Say" (not to be confused with Extreme's "More Than Words") could serve as the textbook example of a PowerBallad.

* The Music/JasonAldean and Music/KellyClarkson duet "Don't You Wanna Stay", despite being a country song, oozes 1980s power ballad so strongly that one critic said it sounded like a lost collaboration between Music/BryanAdams and {{Music/Heart}}.

* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s "Amour" And "Ohne Dich".

* Although far from the type of band typically associated with the style, Music/AirSupply's "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" is very much a power ballad. Thanks in no small part to an accidental meeting between them and producer-composer Music/JimSteinman, best known for similar power ballads with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler.

*** [=McCartney's=] "Maybe I'm Amazed" also could be considered a Power Ballad ancestor. In the Music/{{Wings}} era you have "My Love" (Henry [=McCullough=] more-or-less invented the Power Ballad guitar solo in this song) and "Warm And Beautiful". Post-Wings, "No More Lonely Nights" and "Beautiful Night" count.

* The second half of the TitleTrack from Music/BillieEilish's ''Happier Than Ever.''

* Music/BonJovi had a ton, with the best being "I'll Be There For You", "Bed of Roses", "(You Want To) Make a Memory", "This Ain't A Love Song", "Always", "Never Say Goodbye" and more.

* Music/{{Chicago}} were kings when it came to power ballads, with "You're The Inspiration", "Hard Habit To Break", "If You Leave Me Now", "Will You Still Love Me?", "Hard For Me To Say I'm Sorry", and "Look Away" being the best examples and their most popular hits as well.

* Music/DuranDuran's "Ordinary World".

* Music/{{Evanescence}}'s "My Immortal" (The radio version. The album version and its prior appearances on their early demos are just plain piano ballads).
* Escape The Fate - "The Day I Left The Womb" and "Harder Than You Know".

* Firehouse has "Love of a Lifetime", "When I Look Into Your Eyes", and "I Live My Life For You".
** The last song listed should get mentioned in particular because it was Top 40 hit (#26 to be exact) from a glam metal band. '''In 1995'''; a time when the glam metal genre was virtually dead for at least 3 years and the post-[[Music/{{Nirvana}} Kurt Cobain]] [[DeadArtistsAreBetter suicide headlines were still going strong]].

* Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is" (now [[CoveredUp displaced]] by Music/MariahCarey's version).

* Music/{{Journey}}'s "Faithfully", "Open Arms", and "Why Can't This Night Gone One Forever?", etc.

* Music/{{KISS}}'s "Beth", "Reason To Live", and "Forever" are their most well-known. "I Still Love You", "God Gave Rock And Roll To You II", and "We Are One" probably count as well.

* Music/MeatLoaf has several, including "I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)", "For Crying Out Loud", "It's All Coming Back To Me Now", and "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Indeed, his style of performance tends to turn ''any'' song into this trope.

* Mr. Big's number one hit "To Be With You" was probably the last really successful hair metal power ballad.

* Music/MyChemicalRomance had one on almost every album: "The Ghost of You", "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Disenchanted", "I Don't Love You", "Cancer", "The World is Ugly", and "The Light Behind Your Eyes". Their last released song, "Fake Your Death", was also one.

* Music/{{Pink Floyd}} had "Comfortably Numb" and "On The Turning Away".

* Music/{{Queen}} had "Save Me", "Jealousy", "All Dead, All Dead". "White Queen (As It Began), "We Are The Champions", "Lily Of The Valley". "Sail Away Sweet Sister", "Las Palabras De Amor", "Teo Toriatte", "Is This The World We Created?", "Who Wants To Live Forever" and "These Are The Days Of Our Lives", to name a few.

* Military History--drenched power metal band Music/{{Sabaton}} has a fair number of these, often having to with the human cost of war. Some notable examples:

* Van Halen had a few, most notably I'll Wait and Not Enough.

* Music/OzzyOsbourne's two most successful songs are the ballads "Mama, I'm Coming Home" and the duet with [[Music/TheRunaways Lita Ford]] "Close My Eyes Forever".

* The Rain Within's "Sleep", "Soul In Me", and "Nothing Here, Nothing There", as well as his SofterAndSlowerCover of Music/CyndiLauper's "Time After Time".

* ''Music/{{Testament}}'': ''Trail of Tears''. Most of their songs are 8 to 10 on MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness, this one is 7.

* Music/{{Kansas}}' "All I Wanted".

* Foreigner - "I Want To Know What Love Is" (now [[CoveredUp displaced]] by Music/MariahCarey's version).

" Music/TheHumanLeague's "Human".

* Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Dream On," "Angel", "Hole in My Soul," and "[[Film/{{Armageddon}} I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing]]."

* The Music/JasonAldean and Music/KellyClarkson duet "Don't You Wanna Stay," despite being a country song, oozes 1980s power ballad so strongly that one critic said it sounded like a lost collaboration between Music/BryanAdams and {{Music/Heart}}.

* Music/{{Alice Cooper}} has a few, notably "Only Women Bleed."

* Music/TheBirthdayMassacre's "Movie."
* Music/BlindGuardian has several, including "A Past and Future Secret" and the "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)."
* Music/BonIver has "Beth/Rest," an affectionate homage to cheesy 80s ballads. It's actually louder than most of their (his?) other work, which is usually subtle, acoustic IndieRock.

* {{Music/Bush}} updated the form to the grunge era with "Glycerine" and arguably "Letting the Cables Sleep."

* {{Music/Cinderella}} has "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)."

* Music/DefLeppard has many popular ones: "Hysteria," "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad", "Love Bites", "Love and Affection", "Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)", "Tonight", and "Foolin'" to name a few.

* Music/DemonsAndWizards has "Wicked Witch" and "Fiddler on the Green."

* Music/DreamEvil has "Losing You."
** Dream Evil also has a parody in the form of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sch7MiUoNH8 The Ballad]]."

* Music/{{Edguy}}'s "Scarlet Rose," "Holy Water," "Forever," "When A Hero Cries," "Save Me," and the incredibly awesome "The Spirit Will Remain."

* Music/{{Hammerfall}}'s "Glory to the Brave," "Always Will Be," and "Send Me a Sign."

* Music/IronMaiden's "Wasting Love." The acoustic song "Journeyman" kinda counts (though the lyrical content is pure Maiden). Also, "Strange World".
* Music/{{Journey}}'s "Faithfully," "Open Arms," and "Why Can't This Night Gone One Forever?," etc.

* Music/YngwieMalmsteen's "Dreaming."

* Music/{{Manowar}}'s "Master of the Wind," "Hymn of the Immortal Warrior," "Blood Brothers," and "Father." There is one in almost every album they've put out, really.

* Music/MeatLoaf has several, including "I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)," "For Crying Out Loud," and "It's All Coming Back To Me Now." Indeed, his style of performance tends to turn ''any'' song into this trope.
* Music/{{Megadeth}}'s "À Tout le Monde."

* Music/MotleyCrue's "Home Sweet Home," which made the power ballad a staple for all Hair Metal bands after that point. [[CoveredUp Better known now]] from the cover by Music/CarrieUnderwood on ''Series/AmericanIdol''.

* It's been stated that the first rule of Music/{{Oasis}}' singles discography is "for every rock out, there must be a heartbreaking follow-up." Examples include "Live Forever," "Wonderwall," "Stop Crying Your Heart Out," and "I'm Outta Time."

* Music/OzzyOsbourne's two most successful songs are the ballads "Mama, I'm Coming Home" and the duet with [[Music/TheRunaways Lita Ford]] "Close My Eyes Forever."

** "[[https://youtu.be/GLxb7m0j5Jg?list=PLjACqN5i5sDUo3MfGtqogz7P3u5JUm3c- The Poet and the Muse]]," ''VideoGame/AlanWake's'' folky story-song by their HeavyMithril FakeBand Old Gods of Asgard, which reveals the terrible fates of the protagonist's predecessors, and offers a way for him to escape their EternalRecurrence.

* Music/TheRamones' "Poison Heart."
* Music/{{Rammstein}}'s "Amour" And "Ohne Dich."
* Almost everything Music/RascalFlatts has released since 2004, starting with "What Hurts the Most." Having noted rock producer Dann Huff behind the boards helps.

* Music/REOSpeedwagon proved capable of truly EpicRocking before TheEighties set in (see "Riding The Storm Out"), but their first two #1 hits in the United States fall under this category: "Keep On Loving You" and "Can't Fight This Feeling."

* Every other hit Music/{{Roxette}} had was one of these. The more well-known are: "Listen to your heart", "It must have been love", "Spending my time", "Almost unreal" and "Fading like a flower."

* Aside of "In Trance", Music/{{Scorpions}} had "Still Loving You" and "Wind of Change," and "Believe In Love." Probably also "Send me an Angel."(no relation to the synthpop song by Real Life)

* Music/SkidRow has "18 and Life," "I Remember You," "In a Darkened Room," and "Wasted Time." Actually, if you only knew Skid Row's hits, you might think the band only plays power ballads.
* Music/{{Skillet}}: "Yours to Hold."

* American rock and borderline HairMetal band Steelheart recorded multiple power ballads, such as "I'll Never Let You Go (Angel Eyes)," and "She's Gone (Lady)." These are particularly noteworthy for showcasing lead singer Miljenko Matijevic's ''phenomenal'' vocal range, with a clear and powerful upper register.
* Music/{{Slipknot}} has "Snuff" and possibly "Dead Memories."

* Music/XJapan has "Endless Rain," "Voiceless Screaming," "Say Anything," "Crucify My Love," "Forever Love," and "Without You." "Jade," at least in its current form, straddles the line between PowerBallad and a heavier rock song.

* Music/{{Aerosmith}}'s "Dream On," "Angel", "Hole in My Soul," and "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing."

* The Rain Within's "Sleep", "Soul In Me", and "Nothing Here, Nothing There".

* Music/{{Guns N Roses}} has the "Civil War" trilogy ("November Rain", "Don't Cry" and "Estranged") and "Patience" (although the latter, originally acoustic, is played electrically in live concerts).

* Music/BryanAdams has many, like "Heaven", "Everything I Do (I Do It for You)", and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman". Also "All for Love" (from ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1993}}) with Music/RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}}.

* {{Music/Boston}}'s "Amanda."

* Music/BryanAdams has many, like "Heaven", "Everything I Do (I Do it For You)", and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman".

* Nazareth's 1976 version of "Love Hurts" (first recorded by Music/TheEverlyBrothers) has been described as the first proper Power Ballad (or at least, the first one to become a big hit).