The 15 Best Valentine’s Day Makeout Songs

Giorgio Magini

Valentine's Day is upon us. Maybe you have a significant other. Maybe you're just gonna get drunk and start dropping pick-up lines on the first person you see. Either way, you'll need a soundtrack; something that says, "You know your makeout music, but you're not completely cheesy." Just play some of the following tracks and your date will be putty in your hands.

For longer play, check out our full makeout playlist with twice the tracks.

No makeout list is complete without a Queen B ballad.

The song that turned Jermaine Dupri's ingenue into instant soul superstar.

The Diplo-produced song that made everyone's Top 5 songs of the year list last year. Sh-t is called "Climax," so he's not exactly being subtle. 

Many a pre-teen boy circa 2002 developed his first crush with Xtina's dirt-filled boxing ring video.

This bonus track from FutureSex/LoveSounds is just as good as any of the album's regular songs.

It's hard to find a standout track on an album as acclaimed as Channel Orange, but "I've been thinking 'bout forever" became the new romantic catchphrase for 2012 and beyond.

My mind is telling me no

But my body

My body's

Telling me yes

YES!

Even the most ardent of KoL fans may have trouble determining exactly what it means to have "sex on fire," but the Southern rock group scored one of their biggest hits with this left-field makeout hit.

Few things are more sexy than a booming, operatic vocalist singing about celestial relations.

For the sensitive, romantic types out there, Justin Vernon + Co.'s ballad soundtracked many a Brooklyn evening.

How good is Adams' cover of Oasis' 1995 track? Noel Gallagher changed the live version of the song to better fit Adams' version.

Amid all the tabloids, girlfriends and questionable interviews, it can be easy to forget that John Mayer can write a damn beautiful love song. 

There are so many MiMi tracks to choose from—some admittedly more romantic—but the light, buoyant bounce of Carey's 1995 hit is for that playful, clothed time when you're just getting started with your boyfriend/girlfriend/real doll.

Though we're partial to "Crazy," this theme from Batman Forever became more iconic than the film itself.

We had to do it.