Traveler presents 12 romantic songs from around the globe—the sultry soundtrack to an international tryst or a passionate getaway closer to home.

Bob Marley & The Wailers—"Stir It Up"
This sexy, seductive Jamaican reggae classic was recorded in 1967, when Bob Marley and bandmates Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were at the height of their creative powers.

Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa—"Baby"
This playful tropicålia favorite—performed by pop icons—flirts with the allure of a foreign romance.

Van Morrison—"Brown Eyed Girl"
Few songs have ever captured the rush and thrill of first love like Irish singer Van Morrison's 1967 evergreen classic.

Chet Baker—"Let's Get Lost"
American jazz trumpeter Chet Baker lived hard and died tragically, but that didn't stop him from voicing this exuberant version of Jimmy McHugh & Frank Loesser's breezy Broadway bauble.

João Gilberto & Stan Getz—"Corcovado"
Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim's quiet, almost existential meditation on love was transformed into a sultry, swinging standard on this landmark jazz-bossa nova collaboration from 1963.

Chucho Valdés—"Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me a Lot)"
Written in Mexico in 1940 by then-teenager Consuelo Velázquez, "Bésame Mucho" is probably the best-known bolero of all time. Here Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés gives it a smoky, Latin jazz workout.

Édith Piaf—"La Vie en Rose (Life in Pink)"
This 1946 French chanson captured the carefree euphoria of love amid the rebirth of postwar Europe, and became the signature song of iconic chanteuse Édith Piaf.

Kurt Weill—"Speak Low"
Exiled German composer Kurt Weill teamed up with poet Ogden Nash to write this wistful 1943 standard, sung here by Weill himself in this rare recording.

Bebo & El Cigala—"Lágrimas Negras (Black Tears)"
Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes and Romani flamenco singer Diego "El Cigala" teamed up for in 2003 for this dramatic, passionate—and Grammy-winning version of this classic Cuban bolero.

Khaled—"Aïcha"
One of the biggest Arabic-language hits of all time, sung by Algerian singer Khaled, "Aïcha" turns a suitor's pleas into an anthemic call for female empowerment and true love.

Asha Bhosle & Kronos Quartet—"Piya Tu Ab Aaja (Lover, Come To Me Now)"
Nobody does over-the-top romance like Bollywood, and here India's playback queen teams up with the Kronos Quartet for a lush, lavish remake of her 1971 Bollywood hit, composed by R.D. Burman.

Nick Drake—"Northern Sky"
British cult favorite Nick Drake is best known for his gorgeous songs of doomed romance, but here he embraces the possibility of real love in this emotional, hopeful gem.