Valentine's Playlist: 14 Love Songs By Setlist.Fm's Top Artists

It's here again, the day where people un-bashfully proclaim their love for their significant others, friends, pets, and family all over Instagram. I mean, just open your feed right now and you'll probably be overwhelmed with photos of fond memories, people kissing, and shameless couple's photos. WARNING: This may either make you feel warm or sick.

But the most important thing to take away from today's commercially made holiday, is self-love! So however you choose to spend the day, make sure it's about making YOU happy. And we know best that there's no better way to feel good than with music! So we've gathered a list of love-themed songs from Setlist.Fm's top 14 artists in 2018.

Read on for some fun Setlist.Fm ~love song~ facts by your faves, then throw these tracks onto your V-Day playlist <3

Taylor Swift - "Stay Stay Stay"

It just so happens that our number 1 girl is an expert at slanging out love songs. It was hard to choose but we settled with "Stay Stay Stay" for those of you who have found the ONE after a slew of bad Tinder dates.

"Stay, stay, stay
I've been lovin' you for quite some time, time, time
You think that it's funny when I'm mad, mad, mad
But I think that it's best if we both stay"

** Swifty has performed this song only 41 times and hasn't performed it since 2013.

Arctic Monkeys - "I Bet You'd Look Good on the Dance Floor"

Not only a great song to dance to with your crush, but a great song ABOUT a crush too! Most importantly, this song is just about having fun and dancing with someone cute. Why so serious? Valentine's Day should be about fun, which could mean dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984.

"I bet that you look good on the dance floor
I don't know if your looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for"

** This is AM's most performed song to date!

Grateful Dead - "Sugar Magnolia"

If you're a Dead Head then you don't need a lesson in love, because you probably already permeate it inside and out. So many of their tunes are instant fixes for feeling all the love, but "Sugar Magnolia" is extra charming.

"She's got everything delightful
She's got everything I need
Takes the wheel when I'm seeing double
Pays my ticket when I speed"

Now she sounds like a keeper!

** Dead & Company have performed this tune together 23 times so far, with the last time being January 30, 2019.

Ed Sheeran - "Kiss Me"

Just like Swifty, Sheeran hands out love songs like it's candy. We had to add one extra, mushy track onto our list and "Kiss Me" just fit the bill.

"And your heart's against my chest, your lips pressed in my neck
I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
And with a feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now"

K, this song is basically a Hallmark Card.

** Sheeran has performed this song 103 times to date with the last time being March 26, 2018.

Foo Fighters - "Everlong"

This is Foo's most popular song, but also probably their one classic love song in their catalog. It's got both a rockin' version, and a much more heartfelt acoustic version. Which rendition you wanna throw onto your playlist is entirely up to you. Do you feel like crying or partying? Both is OKAY btw!

"Hello, I've waited here for you
Everlong
Tonight, I throw myself into
And out of the red, out of her head she sang"

** "Everlong" is Foo's most performed song, with over 1000 performances to date!

U2 - "With or Without You"

It doesn't matter if you're a U2 fan or not, whenever you hear this song you can't help but get lost in the emotional build up that is "With or Without You." This one is for my lovesick puppies.

"Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you"

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** This is U2's 5th most performed song, with 823 plays to date. However, they did not bring this track along with them on their 2018 tour, and the last time it was performed was in 2017.

Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters"

When you think Metallica you probably don't think love songs. But believe it or not, heavy metal KNOWS how to swoon.

"Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters"

Nothing is better than finding someone who opens our minds TBH!

** Being the romantics that they are, this song is Metallica's 9th most performed song to date with over 1000 plays. They last played this song just two weeks ago!

Pearl Jam - "Parachutes"

Pearl Jam knows how to write tracks with feeling and emotions because they are from Seattle.

"And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you"

It's like a poem really.

** Pearl Jam rarely performs this track, it only has 22 plays to date. The last time they performed it was once in 2016.

Dave Matthews Band - "Crash Into Me"

This doesn't need any explanation. This is the anthem of love songs, and should just be the Valentine's Day theme song. Romantic films from all over know this, Setlist.Fm knows it, and I know you know it.

"Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I'm bare-boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
Into me, baby"

** This is DMB's 13th most performed songs with 627 plays to date. They last performed it December 28, 2018.

The Killers - "Everything Will Be Alright"

This song is for both single and coupled people alike, because the chorus just repeats "Everything will be alright" over and over again, and sometimes that's exactly what you need to hear until it becomes true.

** The band doesn't really perform this song live, they only performed it SIX times in 2005. Now that's something to cry over.

Radiohead - "True Love Waits"

Radiohead is too existential for simple love songs. But one thing I can impart on you today is that Thom Yorke isn't lying when he croons "True Love Waits."

"And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps"

** Radiohead have performed this haunting track only a handful of times. They last performed it once last year at Soundhearts Festival in Brazil.

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd - "Green is the Colour"

Roger Waters uses his music as an outlet for political activism, but in some instances, Pink Floyd has gotten a heartbreaker from Waters. Take "Green is the Colour," just the title alone is poetic.

"She lay in the shadow of a wave
Hazy were the visions overplayed
Sunshine in her eyes
But moonshine made her cry everytime"

This is love poem, people. Write that in a Valentine's Day card and you'll win your crush's heart in a blink.

** Roger Waters has never performed this track love during his solo stints.

Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"

This is apparently Father John Misty's "favorite love song." It also reminds us that we deserve to feel sexy today, and everyday!

"You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything"

Trent Reznor is obviously telling us to put away our flaws and love ourselves. Right?

** "Closer" is NIN's 7th most performed track to date, they last performed it on December 11, 2018

Judas Priest - "Prisoner of Your Eyes"

Let's end this with another heavy rock ballad to give today the edge we all need.

"When I saw your face
I became a prisoner of your eyes
And I would do just anything
To stay and be with you."

Rob Halford's all leather attire is inspo enough for today, let alone this perfect love song.

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** Judas Priest has never performed this song live! Gasp! Guess they don't want to expose their soft side too much.

Hope you have a wonder Valentine's Day!

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Last updated: 19 Apr 2024, 18:13 Etc/UTC