Valentine’s Day…….Polarized.

Valentine’s Day is a day for strong emotions to percolate to the surface of one’s consciousness.  Feelings of love.  Feelings of tenderness.  Feelings of wanting to track down your ex and punch him in the face.  I guess like the rest of us, Cupid isn’t perfect.  Whether your relationship status is “single,” “in a relationship” or the ever-elusive “it’s complicated,” we can all relate to songs about love.

As peace and love champion John Lennon once sang, “All you need is love!”  For those of you in the first flush of a new romance or years deep into your love-of-a-lifetime, here are some warm and fuzzy love songs to swoon along to –

05A075_09 One Fine Girl by William Bergman, Kristopher Cloud and Roger Burn

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LIFT047_05 I’m Sticking With You by Holly Murray

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Rescue Records artist Adrianne Serna – The Good Stuff All Around Us

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For those of you who think Cupid is a big jerk who can put his arrows where the sun-don’t-shine, here are some heartbreak anthems to score the picture bonfire erasing memories of love gone bad –

05A073_09 Better Off Without You by Athena Byrne

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BBX113_04 Jane by Savasana

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Rescue Records artist Paula McMath – Let Me Wet You Down

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Here’s wishing you and yours a very happy (and bonfire free) Valentine’s Day!