Best Hair Metal Ballads

What goes better with Valentine's Day than sappy power ballads? The '80s and early '90s were the heydey of hair metal. Those bands were on the radio and sold out concerts across the world. Their biggest radio hits tended to be the ballads, the type of songs that would bring out the lighters at shows back before there were cell phones. Play these for your sweetie, and you'll have a guaranteed very happy Valentine's Day! Check out my list, then post your favorite hair metal ballads, and ones I may have missed.

Best Hair Metal Ballads

(CD cover courtesy Capitol Records)