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Yes, it’s that time again. Valentine’s Day beckons young lovers in Los Angeles to make dinner reservations, spend more than usual on flowers, flood the local See’s Candies for slim pickings, and make romantic plans for the night, while most single people are loving (or dreading) the day in which their solo journey in this city is no more apparent today than any other day of the year.
If you’re here reading TheScenestar, you’re probably trying to see what good shows you might take your significant other to or whether you can meet someone cool to dance the night away. And there are those music lovers who want to make a little something special for their date or to express their feelings through music. Here’s a list of tracks we’ve compiled over the years for such an occasion in no particular order. You can try to figure out what type of Valentine’s Day we had based on these songs. And feel free to add your own favorite songs in the comments section below.
Valentine’s Day Mixtape:
1963 – New Order
All I Need – Radiohead
All Is Full of Love – Bjork
Always Love – Nada Surf
At Last – Etta James
Beatific – Glass Candy
Big Chair – Travis
Bizarre Love Triangle – New Order
Breathe Me – Sia
Bulletproof…I Wish I Was – Radiohead
By Your Side – Sade
Cath… – Death Cab for Cutie
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Closer – Travis
Creep – Radiohead
Diamonds and Pearls – Prince
Digital Love – Daft Punk
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
Eres – Cafe Tacuba
Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometimes – Beck
Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
Falling From Grace – Gentle Waves
First Day of My Life – Bright Eyes
Graveyard Girl – M83
Greatest You Can Find – Keren Ann
Hands in the Dark – Chromatics
Head Dress – Amazing Baby
Heartbeats – Jose Gonzalez (The Knife cover)
Hearts on Fire – Cut Copy
Here With Me – Dido
High & Dry – Radiohead
I Belong to You – Lenny Kravitz
I Love You, Ono – Stereo Total
In the Backseat – Arcade Fire
It’s My Life – Talk Talk
Is It Okay to Call You Mine? – Paul McCrane
It Must Be Love – Madness
It’s Not Over Yet – Klaxons
I Want the One I Can’t Have – The Smiths
Killing Me Softly – The Fugees
Knee Deep at The National Pop League – Camera Obscura
La La Love You – The Pixies
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Littlest Things – Lily Allen
Lost Cause – Beck
Lost in the Plot – The Dears
Love Hurts – Incubus
Lover You Should Have Come Over – Jeff Buckley
Love Will Come Through – Travis
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
Making Days Longer – RJD2
Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Me Gustas Tu – Manu Chao
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) – Arcade Fire
Never Is a Promise – Fiona Apple
Never Tear Us Apart – INXS
Nothing Compares to You – Sinead O’Connor (Prince cover)
Nowhere Girl – B Movie
One Day at a Time – Raveonettes (John Lennon cover)
Outta Heart – Hot Hot Heat
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
Pogo – Digitalism
Possession – Sarah McLachlin
Precious – Minipop
Purple Rain – Prince
Ready 2 Wear – Felix Da Housecat
Re-Offender – Travis
Satellite – Guster
Set Adrift in Memory Bliss – PM Dawn
Si Te Hubieras Ido – Marco Antonio Solis
Something – The Beatles
Sometimes – My Bloody Valentine
Somewhere Else – Travis
Somos Novios – Andrea Bocelli
Sour Times – Portishead
Stay – Lisa Loeb
Still in Love Song – The Stills
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Take My Breath Away – Berlin
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
The Blower’s Daughter – Damien Rice
The Last Beat of My Heart – DeVotchKa (Siouxsie & The Banshees Cover)
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Prince
The Killing Moon – Echo & The Bunnymen
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
This Time Imperfect – A.F.I.
Transatlanticism – Death Cab for Cutie
True Love Waits – Radiohead
Tulips – Bloc Party
Tu – Shakira
Two Kinds of Love – Film School
Under the Milky Way – The Church
Valerie Loves Me – Material Issue
Vanished – Crystal Castles
Warning Sign – Coldplay
Well I Wonder – The Smiths
West Coast – Coconut Records
When the Angels Play Their Drum Machines – Hefner
While We’re in Love – Ivy
Wicked Game – Chris Isaak
Wonderwall – Ryan Adams (Oasis cover)
X & Y – Coldplay
Yellow – Coldplay
Photo from Say Anything (Gracie Films)
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