In 1958 there were
zero pop song titles with the word
"hate" in the title versus 44 titles that contained the word
"love". "Hate" showed up twice in 1963 and remained an unpopular word in song titles. The popularity of 'love' hit an all time high in 1968, 90 titles spoke of 'love'. It's popularity has steadily declined since than, so that 2004 saw only 20 'love' song titles vs 3 'hate' song titles.
This trivia was gathered using the song title word comparison tool at this excellent lyric site. Search by title or artist, Top 40 hits from 1955 to the present, Games, Forum and no ads!
Thank you Todd for putting '
Top 40 Data Base' on the Web.
Bonus trivia: Let me call you sweetheart?
Baby is seen more often than
Honey when in song titles!
