Valentine's Day runs on these songs: the slow ones for the first dance, the soul classics for the card, the standards that have been setting the mood for seventy years. Pick a few and let the night do the rest.
Updated 2026
My Funny Valentine by Chet Baker 1954
The definitive Valentine standard, sung low and close.
Let's Stay Together by Al Green 1972
A warm, easy promise to stick around through anything.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen 1979
A rockabilly burst of brand-new infatuation.
My Girl by The Temptations 1964
Sunshine on a cloudy day, and the smile that comes with it.
Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli 1967
That horn-blast chorus that says everything at once.
I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder 1984
Love that needs no occasion, which makes it perfect for one.
Cupid by Sam Cooke 1961
A sweet appeal straight to the little archer himself.
Be My Baby by The Ronettes 1963
A wall of sound built around one irresistible ask.
This Magic Moment by The Drifters 1960
The hush of a first kiss, stretched into song.
Earth Angel by The Penguins 1954
A doo-wop slow dance that still fills a floor.
Valentine by Jim Brickman ft. Martina McBride 1997
A modern wedding-and-Valentine staple, plain and heartfelt.