Being the romantic I am, I’m making a mix of songs about, uh, crazy love. That means they can be actual love songs that are actually very creepy (like The Bangles’ Eternal Flame or The Crystals’ He HIt Me (and it felt like a kiss) ) or songs about dysfunctional love (Paul Anka’s Crazy Love or The Ink Spots’ You Always Hurt the One you Love).
Any suggestions?
Men and Women by Uncle Bonsai (or possibly Doug Engaged, sung from the point of view of a bitter ex-girlfriend)
Valentino’s or Spray by The Bobs
I Hold Your Hand in Mine by Tom Lehrer
If you want to do a theme section, go with Be My Yoko (The Bobs, again), Be My Yoko Ono (Barenaked Ladies) and I Won’t Be Your Yoko Ono (Dar Williams)
And if you’re going to use You Only Hurt the One You Love, it really should be the Spike Jones version.
Ooh, one of my favorite topics! (I do a fair amount of work as a wedding DJ, and some of the “non-love” love songs that end up as first dances always amaze me.)
Every Breath You Take - Police (Hellooo, stalker!)
When a Man Love a Woman - Percy Sledge (All about the crappy things men endure from the women they love.)
Into the Night - Benny Mardones (1970’s one-hit wonder. File under “Love songs for jailbait.” Right next to Jerry Lee Lewis.)
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack (Lovely, but creepy IMHO.)
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston (Might not fit your topic, but it’s about the end of a romance.)
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 (All about an unstable woman and her faithful stalker?)
I’ll Be - Edwin McCain (“I’ll be your love suicide?” Whu?)
“The One I Love” - R.E.M.
(“This one goes out to the one I love/This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind/Another prop/To occupy my time…”)
I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen is pretty creepy. Not that that stops me from finding it one of the sexiest songs I’ve ever heard.
I guess the same could be said for The Stooge’s I Wanna be your Dog..
(I’m going to have them played at my wedding.)