I’ve made my seventh annual Valentine’s Day mix, and I’m sharing it for the second year in a row. I can’t remember what was on last year’s, and I may have repeated a song or two, but suck it! I’ve included album art, too. Ooh, ahh.

1. Pat Benatar, “Love Is A Battlefield”
2. Rick Springfield, “Jessie’s Girl”
3. Adam Sandler, “Love Stinks”
4. A-Ha, “Take On Me”
5. Elastica, “Connection”
6. Modern English, “Melt With You”
7. ABBA, “Waterloo”
8. Belle & Sebastian, “I Don’t Love Anyone”
9. Nellie McKay, “I Wanna Get Married”
10. Lee Hazlewood, “Your Sweet Love”
11. Laura Nyro, “Goodbye Joe”
12. The Lemonheads, “The Outdoor Type”
13. The Get Up Kids, “Valentine”
14. Rilo Kiley, “Pull Me In Tighter”
15. Elvis Costello, “Alison”
16. Old 97’s, “Big Brown Eyes”
17. Social Distortion, “Ball and Chain”
18. The Weakerthans, “The Reasons”

There’s a bunch of vapid ’80’s pop in the beginning, but I think I evened it out. Plus I didn’t want to make anyone suicidal, which I tend to do to myself with my Valentine’s mixes. (“OH GOD ROSIE THOMAS/LIZ PHAIR/EMO BAND YOU UNDERSTAND MY LONELINESS I WANT TO DIEEEEEEE NOW I WILL GO WATCH BRIDGET JONES,” etc.)

Speaking of Liz Phair, I frucking forgot one song. I have spent many nights playing the original over and over, crying into my pillow until snot ran down chin, my face looked like a tomato that had been punched, and GOOD GOD how attractive is that?