# Makeout songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876 "2003-04-02T03:40:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Simple\_Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Simple\_Dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Dreamer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/1 "2003-04-02T03:40:29Z")
What are the best makeout songs of all time in your opinion? What songs really get you in the mood? ---
**Author:** ![Branwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Branwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Branwen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/2 "2003-04-02T04:15:52Z")
I like Cyndi Lauper’s cover of “I Drove all Night”, and almost anything by Otis Redding gets me going. ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/3 "2003-04-02T06:08:10Z")
Tunnel of Love, by Dire Straits. It worked for Arthur Dent too. ---
**Author:** ![djxiii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6f9a4e/32.png) [@djxiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djxiii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/4 "2003-04-02T06:38:45Z")
Black Metallic by The Catherine Wheel the Mezzanine album by Massive Attack. oh man… that album is the best for making out… something about that heart beat… ---
**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/5 "2003-04-02T06:49:39Z")
Not a song really, but just about anything by Enigma qualifies…do they do anything BUT makeout (actually sex) music? ---
**Author:** ![Simbelmyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Simbelmyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simbelmyne)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/6 "2003-04-02T07:33:45Z")
at first, then Son of a Preacher Man for the faster parts ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/7 "2003-04-02T13:16:18Z")
**Roxy Music** ’s _Avalon_. Great album for getting it on. ---
**Author:** ![Jammers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@Jammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jammers)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/8 "2003-04-02T13:52:18Z")
**Air** , _All I Need_. Super sexy tune. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/9 "2003-04-02T14:02:02Z")
Nothing gets a chick in the mood like the [King](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000021YF/qid=1049292204/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-2881786-3463902). ---
**Author:** ![SoulFrost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/10 "2003-04-02T14:10:09Z")
_Time of My Life_ from the movie _Dirty Dancing_ seems to warm up the ladies for some reason. -David ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/11 "2003-04-02T17:19:37Z")
“Crazy” - Aerosmith. Raor. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/12 "2003-04-02T17:23:33Z")
Anything off Coldplay’s _A Rush Of Blood To The Head_. ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/13 "2003-04-02T18:58:35Z")
**Anything** by Johnny Mathis ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/14 "2003-04-02T19:30:20Z")
Barry White! ---
**Author:** ![Tertius01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@Tertius01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tertius01)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/15 "2003-04-02T19:43:37Z")
Sunny Day Real Estate - Faces in Disguise “I long to take you to a secret place Where we could lay aside our past We’d throw the world away with all its pain To shine like stars through storm and clouds and rain” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/16 "2003-04-02T19:52:51Z")
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/17 "2003-04-02T22:39:10Z")
Nobody has mentioned Let’s Get It On yet? Ya bunch of heathens! ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/18 "2003-04-03T00:11:30Z")
**I Melt With You** by _Modern English_. Yes, yes, yes, I’m a child of the 80’s. I have to say that I played tonsil hockey with a number of lovely ladies to this song. Ahhhh, high school! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/19 "2003-04-03T00:19:08Z")
The theme from _Rocky_. ---
**Author:** ![Sqube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Sqube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sqube)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeout-songs/165876/20 "2003-04-03T00:37:23Z")
Hmm… Dru Hill, Jodeci, Marvin Gaye, Maxwell, Tony Rich Project, some Michael Jackson (Liberian Girl, Butterflies, I Just Can’t Stop Loving You), Prince (Diamonds and Pearls), Babyface, Blackstreet, Boyz II Men, D’Angelo, Ginuwine, R. Kelly, Tyrese, Usher, Xscape. … yeah, that sounds about right.