Hello Valentines

First of all, happy hearts day! Since it is Valentines, I did some research about this much-celebrated event.

Here’s what Wikipedia says:

Valentine’s Day or Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the West, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine’s cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The day was originally a pagan festival that was renamed after two Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of “valentines.” Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th-century America was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend in average twice as much money as women. (hmmm, really now?)

And what do we karaoke lovers do? Sing love songs of course! I wasn’t able to find many songs with Valentines in the title, so here’s a list instead of songs with LOVE in the title (which actually came from an ultimate love song mash-up). I tell you, you will be needing this list tonight!

Outkast – The Love Below
Tupac – California Love
Beyonce – Crazy in Love
The Game – Hate It or Love It
Maroon 5 – This Love
Talib Kweli – Never Been In Love
Wilco – I’m the Man Who Loves You
Crookers – Love to Edit
Keyshia Cole – Love
Air – Highschool Lover
Stevie Wonder – I Was Made to Love Her
MSTRKRFT – Easy Love
Huey Lewis and the News – Power of Love
The Emotions – Best of My Love
Alicia Keys – Teenage Love Affair
Brian Holland – Standing in the Shadows of Love
Death Cab for Cutie – Someday You Will Be Loved
Bon Iver – Skinny Love
Jay-Z – Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love)
Marvin Gaye – God Is Love
Masqueraders – Can’t Nobody Love Me Like You Do
Bloc Party – This Modern Love
The Delfonics – La La Means I Love You
Kanye West – Love Lockdown
Herold Melvin – The Love I lost
Daft Punk – Digital Love
Justin Timberlake – Like I Love You
John Legend – Used to Love U
Bright Eyes – Lover I Don’t Have to Love
Jose Gonzalez – Killing for Love
LCD Soundsystem – New York I Love You
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
Arcade Fire – Crown of Love