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Love it or hate it, get through February 14 with the essential Valentine's Day playlist

Depending on your current relationship status, you either love or hate Valentine's Day. We have mixed feelings about the subject. Some of us love the abundance of chocolate (even if we're buying it for ourselves), and some of us have been single for far too long to get into the spirit of a romantic holiday. Loveless or not, we're making dinner reservations and turning up the volume on our speakers.

We present our list of favorite love- and anti-love songs for the super romantics and the angsty grumps.

CultureMap Valentine's Day Love Playlist 2013 (YouTube Version)

Andrew Peterson — “Dancing in the Mine Fields”
Peter Gabriel — “The Book of Love”
Ray LaMontagne — “You are the Best Thing”
Al Green — “Let’s Stay Together”
Bill Whithers — “Just the Two of Us”
Van Morrison — “Crazy Love”
Beth Rowley — “You’ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger”
Billy Joel — “Just the Way You Are”
Aerosmith — “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”
Ambrosia — “Biggest Part of Me”
Eric Clapton — “Wonderful Tonight”
Josh Turner — “Your Man”
Taylor Swift — “Ours”
Beyoncé — “Love on Top”
Ingrid Michaelson — “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
Marvin Gaye — “Let’s Get It On”
The Doors — “Hello, I Love You”
Bon Iver — “Skinny Love”
Sara Bareilles — “Love Song”
Haley Reinhart — “Let’s Run Away”

CultureMap Anti-Valentine's Day Playlist 2013 (YouTube Version)

Old 97’s — “Valentine”
Beyoncé — “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Willie Nelson — “Opportunity to Cry”
Poison — “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
Ben Folds Five — “Brick”
Old Crow Medicine Show — “My Good Gal”
La Roux — “Bulletproof”
TLC — “No Scrubs”
Jo Dee Messina — “I’m Done”
Andrea Bocelli — “Con Te Partiro”
Boyz II Men — “End of the Road”
Righteous Brothers — “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”
N*Sync — “Bye Bye Bye”
The Naked and Famous — “Girls Like You”
The Temper Trap — “Love Lost”
The National — “Sorrow”
The Commodores — “Easy”
Delta Spirit — “Scarecrow”
Gang Starr — “Ex Girl to Next Girl”
Phil Collins — “Against All Odds (Look At Me Now)”

If you've been to a wedding since 2009, the odds are pretty good that you've heard a Ray LaMontagne song.

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Photo by Yaffa Phillips

If you've been to a wedding since 2009, the odds are pretty good that you've heard a Ray LaMontagne song.

World Cup match recap

Croatia can't weather Harry Kane in England's 4-2 World Cup win in Dallas

England v Croatia: Group L - FIFA World Cup 2026

Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images

Harry Kane of England celebrates the team's 4-2 World Cup win over Croatia at Dallas Stadium on June 17.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Harry Kane scored twice to equal the English record for FIFA World Cup goals, Jude Bellingham added another two minutes into the second half, and England beat Croatia 4-2 on Wednesday at Dallas Stadium in Arlington.

Martin Baturina and Petar Musa answered each of Kane's first-half goals in a rematch of the 2018 semifinal game won by Croatia. Musa's goal came on the final play before the whistle ending the first half.

The even score didn't last long once play resumed.

Bellingham took a long pass and stayed clear of the defender the rest of the way, sending a shot past Dominik Livakovic and in off the far post. Marcus Rashford padded the lead in the 85th minute.

Kane, who won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup in Russia by scoring six times, is up to 10 World Cup goals, tying Gary Lineker's mark from the 1986 and 1990 tournaments.

The 32-year-old striker's first goal came on his second chance on a penalty kick after Livakovic's save on the first try was nullified by a video review that showed both his feet off the goal line as Kane was striking the ball.

Kane went the same way toward the right post with the second attempt, while Livakovic lunged the other direction, to his right.

The penalty was called when Luka Modric, the 40-year-old midfielder who extended his Croatian record by appearing in his fifth World Cup, kicked Noni Madueke in the thigh.

England vs. Croatia World Cup Luka Modric #10, of Croatia, is challenged by Harry Kane, #9 of England, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group L match between England and Croatia at Dallas Stadium on June 17. Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images

Kane matched Lineker's mark when the Bayern Munich striker easily beat Livakovic with a powerful header off a corner kick from Declan Rice. Kane has 81 international goals.

Bellingham almost immediately had another great scoring chance soon after his seventh international goal. Livakovic made that save and about a half-dozen more in a matter of minutes during a frenetic English attack.

Musa plays for Major League Soccer's FC Dallas, which has its home games about 40 miles from AT&T Stadium.

The retractable roof venue that is home to the NFL's Dallas Cowboys is giving World Cup fans an air-conditioned reprieve from the muggy Texas heat, this time for white-clad English fans and Croatian supporters who were mostly wearing their country's familiar red-and-white checkered uniforms, not the blue kits the players had on.

Musa tracked a header from Ivan Perisic and put a one-timer past Jordan Pickford, who was also beaten in the 36th minute by Baturina. That shot into the left corner ticked off Pickford's hand.

England next plays Ghana in Foxborough, Massachusetts, in Group L on Tuesday, the same day Croatia plays Panama in Toronto.

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