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I’m Not In Love: The Anti-Valentine’s Day Playlist
Udiscovermusic ^ | February 14, 2025 | Sam Armstrong

Posted on 02/14/2025 4:01:42 PM PST by nickcarraway

There are no shortage of romantic songs for Valentine’s Day, but for those who aren’t in love, we have the Anti-Valentine’s Day Playlist.

Does the thought of Valentine’s Day just make you want to draw the blinds and sit in a darkened room, watching old repeats on TV while you eat your own body weight in ice cream? Does Cupid’s arrow look more like a poisoned dart than a potentially euphoric love injection? Did you scratch a former love’s initials in a tree one balmy summer’s evening, and now want to go back to the forest, cut the tree down, and… hell, why not burn the whole damn forest to the ground? Sounds like you’re in more of an Anti-Valentine’s Day mood.

That’s OK, though. You don’t have to resort to arson. We have just the thing for you…

Listen to the Anti-Valentine’s Day playlist on Spotify.

The love song arguably expresses the most universal of all emotions, but, come February 14, plenty of us can be found licking our wounds – or perhaps trying to avoid the advances of a woefully misguided suitor (as Shania Twain’s catchy put-down goes: “That Don’t Impress Me Much”).

And while the love song often expresses feelings that we all hope to experience at some point in our life, love itself can drive us to extremes. “She xx hates me!” Puddle Of Mudd scream in their tale of love gone sour, while Eminem’s “Kim” is a typically dark exploration of a toxic relationship that brings a couple to their lowest.

But the anti-love song doesn’t have to be a downer. “This ain’t a song for the broken-hearted,” sings Bon Jovi on “It’s My Life,” an uplifting anthem for anyone looking to reclaim their independence and fearlessly launch themselves back into the world.

For something a little less bombastic, try R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts.” It may sound downbeat, but Michael Stipe’s message is clear: you are not alone. Hang on. Take comfort in your friends. If you’re looking for universal truths, they’re right here.

Yes, it is indeed time to sing along – to songs that express a range of emotions, from anger to humor, fear to despair. The common thread might be love, but that is, as the old song goes, a many-splendored thing. And for some on Valentine’s Day, acknowledgment of these other feelings is exactly what’s needed.


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To: nickcarraway
Two Del Shannon songs come to mind,

Midnight Train (His last song on his second-to-last album)

Let's Dance(His last song on his last album)
21 posted on 02/14/2025 4:17:03 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: nickcarraway

I was in a bad marriage for 26 years. Now I have a fantastic relationship for the last two years.

Don’t give up on finding love.


22 posted on 02/14/2025 4:19:38 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: nickcarraway

This is Not a Love Song by Public Image Ltd.


23 posted on 02/14/2025 4:20:34 PM PST by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Jesus rides beside me, He never buys any smokes)
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To: monkeyshine; RainMan

Well, where is the line between a love song and an anti-love song. The opposite of love is indifference?


24 posted on 02/14/2025 4:23:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Knoxville Girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhMiKeSffns


25 posted on 02/14/2025 4:24:18 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: nickcarraway

Sociopathy?


26 posted on 02/14/2025 4:25:13 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness

Good one!


27 posted on 02/14/2025 4:26:40 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Professional

Nobody mentioned puddle of mudd - She hates me? Or gnarls barkley- f#$% you?
Or weird al - one more minute with you. ? Bowling for soup- girl all the bd guys want? Or Stacy’s mom? B-52’s 6060-842?


28 posted on 02/14/2025 4:26:50 PM PST by Ikeon ( Why don't they, do what they say? Say what they mean? One thing leads to another. )
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To: monkeyshine; RainMan; Fledermaus
I forgot the literal one: Betty Davis - Anti Love Song.

Produced and drumming by Sly & the Family Stone's Gregg Erico. Bass by Larry Graham. Guitars include Neal Schon.

29 posted on 02/14/2025 4:29:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Smoke of a Distant Fire by the Sanford Townsend Band has absolutely the best break up background lyric ever...”Don’t let the screen door hit you on your way out.”


30 posted on 02/14/2025 4:30:46 PM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: nickcarraway

You Always Hurt The One You Love - Spike Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqWWRCT5Cs


31 posted on 02/14/2025 4:31:26 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ikeon

Guns N Roses - I Used To Love Her (But I Had To Kill Her)


32 posted on 02/14/2025 4:32:02 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuuObGsB0No


33 posted on 02/14/2025 4:33:54 PM PST by clockwise
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To: nickcarraway

The sadness of unrequited love...

Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m0V9xih_Dc


34 posted on 02/14/2025 4:35:22 PM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: RainMan

It’s just a silly phase I’m going thru.....


35 posted on 02/14/2025 4:37:17 PM PST by mouse1
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To: nickcarraway
Holding On (When Love Is Gone), by LTD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRSB8Vf3Zw

36 posted on 02/14/2025 4:53:46 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: nickcarraway

Amie — Pure Prairie League

Can’t You See — Marshal Tucker Band


37 posted on 02/14/2025 4:59:37 PM PST by Rinnwald
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To: Rinnwald
this ol cowboy marshall tucker live
38 posted on 02/14/2025 5:10:33 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: nickcarraway

Lush - For Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fECE5FGNaGI


39 posted on 02/14/2025 5:13:57 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CaptainPhilFan

+1


40 posted on 02/14/2025 5:23:10 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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