Kings of Leon win ultimate love song competition

eHarmony’s Perfect Mixtape Challenge has identified Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex On Fire’ as Britain’s favourite love song. The online challenge, helping to breathe fresh life into the art of the ‘mixtape’, today reveals the ultimate mixtape collection based on user downloads.  From love ballad classics to modern-day favourites, the ultimate mixtape is compiled from over 400 mixtapes created at perfectmixtape.co.uk. The final playlist begins with the Kings of Leon, but transitions quickly in to smoother grooves, with the top three love songs completed by ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye and Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’. Created to launch eHarmony’s relationship service within the UK, the Perfect Mixtape Challenge asked users, who included TV presenter Gail Porter, to select the ten tracks that they believed form the perfect mixtape. They then shared their mixtape with friends via email, Facebook, Twitter and blogs. eHarmony.co.uk spokesperson, Helen Melluish commented: ‘With so many great love songs out there, Kings of Leon’s ‘Sex On Fire’ is certainly a surprising choice as the nation’s favourite. I’m sure on seeing this top ten people will feel compelled to create and share their own perfect mixtape. For now artists renowned for their heartfelt song writing such as Barry White, Luther Vandross and Lionel Ritchie are definitely out in the cold.’

The UK  top 10 favourite love songs:

1. ‘Sex On Fire’ by Kings of Leon
2. ‘Let’s Get It On’ by Marvin Gaye
3. ‘Let’s Stay Together’ by Al Green
4. ‘Wonderful Tonight’ by Eric Clapton
5. ‘Your Song’ by Elton John
6. ‘I Will Always Love You’ by Whitney Houston
7. ‘November Rain’ by Guns ‘N’ Roses
8. ‘Bed of Roses’ by Bon Jovi
9. ‘Hello, I Love You’ by The Doors
10. ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ by Joy Division

eHarmony is responsible for an average of 236 marriages a day in the US* thanks to its patented Compatibility Matching System®, which matches singles on key areas of compatibility, such as values, beliefs and interests in order to help people find lasting relationships.