Love songs for people..!

Feelings are weird things.
They’re messy and complicated-and they should be.
They’re supposed to be.
If they were simple, everyone would be
neatly packaged and well-adjusted and would be
able to sort through their issues one by one.
But people aren’t like that, and even
in weird village bars in the middle of summer,
you can realize that all you want for the foreseeable
future is the person dancing around with you.
But life isn’t all dancing, and you know the song will end.
The fantasy will burst.
And you’ll have to feel something other than love.
And heartbreak is never fun.

Pro-Single’s Awareness Day,
but sometimes you just need to find a love song
that conveys what you wan to say, without wrenching
your guts up in the process.
Because it’s good and healthy and wonderful
to experience love, but sometimes you need
to just enjoy it without getting yourself
tangled up in it.
These are the songs for those times.

1. “Pusher Love Girl” by Justin Timberlake.
Because if there’s any guy who can ease you
into a groove that’s all sexy, without any sticky
emotions attached, it’s the guy who brought
sexy back.

2. “I’m On Fire” by Bruce Springsteen.
The boss will demand what he needs from you,
no more, no less.
You’ll experience something visceral,
but that’s not quite feeling.
That’s just Springsteen.

3. “With You” by Jessica Simpson.
Breathy love songs are 75% less
awkward-feeling-inducing when the accompanying
music videos are filled with jokes
about the greatest reality TV show alive.

4. “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys.
If you request this song in a fratty bar at 1 a.m.
(and most fratty bar DJs will play it),
you’ll witness a great American pastime:
bros grabbing their bros, and drunkenly serenading
one another with this song.
Unironically. Gloriously. Wonderfully.

5. “All Or Nothing” by O-Town.
A little heavier than its BSB predecessor, sure,
but again, the reality-show premise saves it
from being anything but a nostalgic remembrance
to TGIF! programming and the belief
that TV competitions could bring people together
in true love.

6. “You Can’t Hurry Love” by the Supremes.
Your mom’s favorite song on long road trips and,
if 6-year-old you was pressed to admit, yours as well.
Try to listen without singing along. It can’t be done.

7. “Boyfriend — Acoustic Version” by Justin Bieber.
Distract yourself from the fact that you’re actually
enjoying a Justin Bieber song with the sheer comedy
that lies in the fact that you’re actually enjoying
a Justin Bieber song.

8. “Hold On, We’re Going Home” by Drake.
I know what you’re thinking.
Drake is the patron saint of People Feeling Things.
But this song has been so overplayed
that you can just let it wash over you as you do
the Awkward White Boy Two-Step that
this beat demands.

9. “Like Mariah” by Fifth Harmony.
We’ll get to Mariah in a second,
but sometimes you just need to explain
how the butterflies in your stomach feel
without saying they’re butterflies,
and random warbling with a really catchy beat get
that done for you.

10. “I’m Into You” by Jennifer Lopez.
The most perfect, sassiest way to tell someone
that you’re crushing on them, without actually putting
your heart on the line.
How J.Lo does it, I’ll never know.

11. “21 Questions” by 50 Cent.
Yes, this is a love song.
No, you cannot convince me otherwise.
You know you’re jamming out, too.

12. “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” by Aerosmith.
Because at this point of the playlist, you’re going
to be warmed up to feeling at least a minimum
of something, and Armageddon is the kind of movie
that will make anyone feel anything,
but you can also blame any semblance
of emotion on the swells and crescendos backing
Steven Tyler’s warble.

13. “XO” by Beyoncé. Because duh.

14. “Carry Me Home” by the Killers.
Sometimes you’re in a relationship
that you know is one-sided, and you know is going
to crush you, but you just need to see where
it goes anyway.
Sometimes you want to burn.
Sometimes it’s even fun to let someone else ruin you.
This is that song for that.

15. “I Put A Spell On You” by Annie Lennox.
The Fifty Shades of Grey movie isn’t really going
to make you feel anything but mild embarrassment
for its actors.
This song is going to be your actual, unironic,
not-favorite-because-it’s-hysterical-or-a-naked-male-butt
favorite part of the movie.
It is the sexiest thing about Fifty Shades. Bar none.

16. “Son Of A Preacher Man” by Dusty Springfield.
Whatever weird subtext lay in these lyrics can be ignored
for the simple fact that everyone on this earth
was somehow born knowing the words.
And sometimes, you need to ignore whatever messy
“first time” story you call your own, and replace
it with this song.

17. “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk feat. Pharrell.
Even if you don’t fall in love, you can still have fun.
We all need to be reminded of that every once
in a while.

18. “Change Your Ticket” by One Direction.
For those lazy mornings when you really don’t want
to have to sneak out. When you want to stay
in bed together.
When you just want to have fun together,
and not feel like you need to apologize
for wanting to linger.

19. “Won’t Say (I’m In Love)” by Susan Egan.
The single most relatable Disney song of all time.
Ever. For better or for worse,
it is the 20-something experience.

20. “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You” by Frank Ocean.
Because by now, we’re ready to feel something,
and those feelings demand to be felt by the man
who would not send your emotions careening off a cliff
without first asking you if it was okay that he did that.

21. “Always Be My Baby” by Mariah Carey.
Yes, Mariah. You always, always will be.