HOW THE HITS LOST THEIR CHEER

Adele, below - Someone Like You (2011)

■ About: Discovering the person who broke up with you has moved on and found happiness. ■ Killer line: Never mind I’ll find someone like you.

Ed Sheeran - Photograph (2014)

■ About: The difficulties of a long-distance relationship. ■ Killer line: I swear it will get easier.

Whitney Houston, right, - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (1987)

■ About: Never-say-die attitude to finding Mr Right.

■ Killer line: Still enough time to figure out how to chase my blues away.

Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love (1985)

■ About: Celebrates the complexities of love.

■ Killer line: You’ll be glad baby when you’ve found/That’s the power that makes the world go round.