Is Valentine's Day another capitalist ploy to get people to equate material objects with love? Maybe. But is it still fun to get chocolate and give people heart-shaped cards? Yes. Listen to the culture section's favorite love-themed songs that capture all that love has to offer. Romantic or platonic, blissful or tragic, we have it all. Happy Valentine's Day!
Space Girl by Frances Forever
Vintage Red by Jay Jay Pistolet
This Guy’s In Love With You by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Happy Anniversary, Stranger by Matilda Mann
Real Estate by Adam Melchor
Official by Charli XCX
Love You For A Long Time by Maggie Rogers
From Eden by Hozier
Like You Do by Joji
Lover by Taylor Swift
Share Your Address by Ben Platt
I Love You So by The Walters
You Needed Love, I Needed You by Angelo De Augustine
Stormy Weather by Etta James
Just the Two of Us by Grover Washington, Jr.
Electric Love by BØRNS
Get You by Daniel Caesar (feat. Kali Uchis)
Backyard Boy by Claire Rosinkranz
Love It If We Made It by The 1975
My Favorite Part by Mac Miller ft. Ariana Grande
Blind Man by Xavier Omär
Alone by San Cisco
blushing! by BETWEEN FRIENDS
Exactly How You Are by Ball Park Music
Your Love (Déjà Vu) by Glass Animals
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli
L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole
So This Is Love by Illene Woods, Mike Douglas
(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You by Bely Basarte
invisible string by Taylor Swift
Listen to this playlist below (and follow The Gavel on Spotify!):
The following authors contributed to this article: Cosette Patterson, Isabel Martinez, Isabella Peitz, Julia Blessing, Michaela Brant, Patrick Conlan, Sofia Gillespie, Stella Si, and Tabitha Bean.