"Everlasting Love," Howard Jones (1989)

This Brit will make you happy, if you let him

Peak: #12 on the Hot 100
Streams: 8.8 million

I once read a quote from Howard Jones saying that he intentionally gave his songs positive-sounding titles like “No One Is to Blame” and “Things Can Only Get Better” because he figured it would make people more receptive to his music. I cannot for the life of me find that quote now, but even the memory of it h…