Top 15 'Sweet' Songs

While not on a par with ‘love’, the word ‘sweet’ has become a saccharine lyrical constant in its own right, so much that when musicians use it – particularly in song titles – it can be hard to take them seriously.
Is she really sweet? Is life really bittersweet?
Here are 15 ‘sweet’ tracks not so mired in cliché. (Well, the U2 number is, but one guilty pleasure is surely allowed.) As always with lists, it’s subjective – although seriously, if you don’t have the same top five as me, what is wrong with you?

 1.  Sweet Thing Van Morrison
 2. My Sweet Lord George Harrison
 3. Sweet Lullaby Deep Forest
 4. Bittersweet Symphony The Verve
 5.  Sweet Child O'Mine Guns N' Roses
 6. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
 7.  When You Were Sweet Sixteen The Fureys and Davey Arthur
 8. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional / Fisk Jubilee Singers
 9. Ain't She Sweet Milton Ager and Jack Yellen
10. (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone Aretha Franklin
11. Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground
13. Sweet About Me Gabriella Cilmi
14. The Sweetest Thing U2
15. Sweet Dreams Eurythmics