In honor of the impending Valentine’s Day holiday Reviewsic has been posting a series of songs inspired by all things lovely for your romantic listening. We’ve given you great renditions of the ever present ‘Song about a Girl’, songs to help with your broken heart, songs we would change our names for to make about us, a handful of tracks inspired by the guy who couldn’t take a hint, and of course, a few songs about showing that love between the sheets. Now that Cupid is officially running amuck we bring you:
5 Songs About Love That We Love
Oh, it is Love- Hellogoodbye, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
Poppy and perfectly sweet, Hellogoodbye is known for a number of songs to send you into a sugar coma, but this one in particular is one that sets our own hearts a pitter patter. Embodying young love and the ache that comes with being apart, we can help but ask ourselves “Oh, is it love?” when Forrest Kline asks, “Wouldn’t you like to be older and married with me?” Ah, puppy love.
Love and Some Verses- Iron and Wine, Our Endless Numbered Days
Folky and flowing in the way Samuel Beam as perfected so well over the years, Love and Some Verses is short and sweet, crooning on such simple lines as Love to say this to your face, ”I’ll love you only” making us imagine a Valentine’s shared in a field somewhere with sunshine and daisies to wear in our hair.
Stand Inside Your Love- Smashing Pumpkins, MACHINA/The Machines of God
Not as typically sweet and cute as some of the others on this list, what we get from Smashing Pumpkins in this track is a love song that rocks, and is unarguably one of the only real love songs Corgan has done. When we think of love songs we love, we can’t help but think of lines like “You’re everything that I want and ask for /You’re all that I’d dreamed /Who wouldn’t be the one you love /Who wouldn’t stand inside your love”
You Are the Only One I Love- Jaymay, Autumn Fallin’
New York native Jaymay has us humming along with almost every song that escapes her pretty little head, but this one in particular is well suited for today’s holiday. Sing this song’s chorus if you’re planning on winning over your sweetheart with a little diddy this Valentine’s Day, and we can assure you that you’ll be getting an extra large heart shaped box of chocolates.
Always Love- Nada Surf, The Weight is a Gift
Last, we leave you the final song in our series of Valentine’s Day lists, a song about love with no direct connotation but to simply love. So whether you be snuggled up with your sweetheart this fine Sunday or feeling a little bitter about Single’s Awareness Day, just remember, “Always Love Hate will get you every time/Always Love /Hate will get you”
