K SPECIAL VA - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 214 Alternative Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) (12CD Box Set) (2025)

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VA - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 214 Alternative Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition) (12CD Box Set) (2025)

Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy.

It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on the darker, more complicated sides of love - the drama of a long-term relationship, the fear of losing a partner, the void left in love’s wake.

Many of those songs fall under the admittedly broad umbrella of “alt-rock.” So to mark Valentine’s Day, I have gathered together 214 (2/14 February 14th) “love songs” in the genre - both conventional and otherwise. Throughout this collection, you’ll find lines about blooming romance and marital bliss. You’ll also find nods to drug addiction and car crashes.

There’s something for everyone.

A few notable inclusions:

‘Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)’ - Buzzcocks

Not only is Pete Shelley’s ‘Ever Fallen in Love’ the greatest punk love song, it is among the greatest love songs of the 20th century. Describing a situation in which everybody has found themselves at some point, the track has universal appeal, accentuated by its catchy lyrics and perfect pop-punk structure.

On a much deeper level, ‘Ever Fallen In Love’ is a truly important track. Unlike most love songs, which focus on the singer’s love for ‘him’ or ‘her’, Shelley’s track is not tied to one gender in particular. Representative of the singer’s bisexuality, this further broadens the appeal of the song. Granted, it is a departure from earlier Buzzcocks love songs like ‘Orgasm Addict’ or ‘Time’s Up’, but it still remains a heartfelt love song as well as a dancefloor filler.

In November 1977, the Buzzcocks were on a headline tour of the UK. Before a gig at Clouds (also known as the Cavendish Ballroom) in Edinburgh, they stayed the night. Pete Shelley later recalled:

"We were in the Blenheim Guest House with pints of beer, sitting in the TV room half-watching Guys and Dolls. One of the characters, Adelaide, is saying to Marlon Brando's character, 'Wait till you fall in love with someone you shouldn't have.' "I thought, 'fallen in love with someone you shouldn't have?' Hmm, that's good."

The following day, Shelley wrote the lyrics of the song in a van outside the main post office on nearby Waterloo Place. The music followed soon after. In an interview, Shelley said that the song was about a man named Francis Cookson that he lived with for about seven years.

The song was ranked at No. 1 among "Tracks of the Year" for 1978 by NME. Critic Ned Raggett describes the song as a "deservedly well-known masterpiece." Mark Deming notes, "Pete Shelley's basic formula in the Buzzcocks was to marry the speed and emotional urgency of punk with the hooky melodies and boy/girl thematics of classic pop/rock. When he applied this thinking to that most classic of pop themes, unrequited teenage love, he crafted one of his most indelible songs, 'Ever Fallen in Love?'" In 2021, it was ranked at No. 276 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time".

Writing for Pitchfork, Jason Heller called the song "the peak...of the Buzzcocks' legacy", and said that "It’s a tribute not only to the notion that punk can be a thoughtful expression of naked feeling, but to Buzzcocks’ idiosyncratic embrace of the finer points of classic pop songcraft."

'Teenage Kicks' - The Undertones

"Teenage Kicks" is the debut single by Northern Irish punk rock band the Undertones. Written in the summer of 1977 by J.J. O'Neill, the band's rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter, the song was recorded on 15 June 1978 and initially released that September on independent Belfast record label Good Vibrations, before the band signed to Sire Records on 2 October 1978. Sire Records subsequently obtained all copyrights to the material released upon the Teenage Kicks EP and the song was re-released as a standard vinyl single on Sire's own label on 14 October that year, reaching number 31 in the UK Singles Chart two weeks after its release.

Influential BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel is known to have repeatedly stated "Teenage Kicks" to be his all-time favourite song, from 1978 until his death in 2004. When he first played the song on his show on 25 September, he played the song twice (something he had never previously done). Peel also specifically requested sections of the lyrics of the song be engraved upon his tombstone.

Upon first hearing "Teenage Kicks" in September 1978, BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel is reported to have burst into tears and readily admitted to still being moved to tears upon hearing the song in interviews granted to journalists up until his death. To judge songs he had heard for the first time as to worthiness of airplay upon his show, Peel often rated new bands' songs with a series of asterisks, with each song judged upon a scale of one to five asterisks: Peel was so taken by "Teenage Kicks", he awarded the song 28 stars. On one occasion, he is known to have played the song twice in a row, with the explanation given to his audience being, "It doesn't get much better than this."

In a 2001 interview given to The Guardian, Peel stated that apart from his name, the only words he wished to be engraved upon his gravestone were the opening lyrics to "Teenage Kicks": "Teenage dreams so hard to beat"

In February 2008, a headstone engraved with these words was placed on his grave in the Suffolk village of Great Finborough.

In 2004, a mural in tribute to Peel, featuring the opening line of "Teenage Kicks", appeared on a Belfast flyover.

‘Baby, I Love You’ - Ramones

The Ramones, more so than most New York punk groups, had a deep appreciation for 1960s pop tracks. As a result, there is no shortage of Ramones tracks that could easily be included within this list, from the amphetamine affair of ‘Oh Oh I Love Her So’ to the yearning of ‘I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend’.

With frontman Joey Ramone spearheading the band’s romantic influences, their most notable effort came with their 1980 cover of The Ronettes classic ‘Baby, I Love You’. Joey’s punk rock tones lend themselves surprisingly well to Phil Spector’s track, and the public seemed to agree. The cover provided The Ramones with their biggest UK hit, peaking at number eight in the singles charts.

‘Barbed Wire Love’ - Stiff Little Fingers

Belfast’s Stiff Little Fingers are among the most underrated groups of early punk rock. As opposed to the performative nature of groups like the Sex Pistols or The Damned, Stiff Little Fingers certainly had something to say. Many of their tracks focused on the Troubles in Ireland and sectarian conflict, and this love song was no exception.

Setting a love story among the chaos and conflict of sectarian violence, this song is evidence against the idea that punk songs can be both romantic and political. The witty lyricism of Jake Burns is on full display, with ‘Love at first sight’ changed to “It was love at bomb site” to “you set my arm alight”, referencing Armalite rifles, often used by the IRA.

Love Comes in Spurts’ - Richard Hell and the Voidoids

The title alone should give you some indication about the portrayal of love within this Richard Hell track. Taken from the Voidoids 1977 debut, Blank Generation, the song presents a cynical view of romance - in a similar fashion to the character portrayed by hell in the 1982 film Smithereens.

At first glance, you would be forgiven for assuming that the chorus of the track is a reference to masturbation, but the song is actually not about romance or sexuality at all; it is about something much more common within New York’s punk scene: heroin. Nevertheless, it remains a favourite for rebellious punk couples who have yet to work out ideas of nuance or subtlety.

‘Love Und Romance’ - The Slits

The Slits were never a band to give in to the poxy conformism of conventional relationships, and on this track, they lament the silliness and superficiality of heteronormative love. It is a track that presents women in relationships as victims, akin to X-Ray Spex’s ‘Obsessed with You’.

‘Love Und Romance’ also raises points about the damage caused by the continued prevalence of patriarchy in modern romance, with lyrics like “I’m so glad that you belong to me / Oh my darling, who wants to be free?”. The closest to romance The Slits ever got was likely their cover of ‘Heard It Through the Grapevine’, but this anti-love track remains one of their finest outright.

'Space Age Love Song' - A Flock of Seagulls

New Wave music, particularly synthpop, tended to be lyrically cold, detached and unsentimental — more concerned with pessimism than romance. But “Space Age Love Song,” A Flock of Seagulls’ 1982 hit, is one of those unique exceptions. Amid Mike Score’s wistful singing and atmospheric synths and Paul Reynolds’ soaring guitar, the lyrics are direct and tender rather than aloof, accompanied by its recognizable melodic refrain: “I was falling in love.” In a 2018 PopMatters interview, Score said the song was about intimacy: “When you meet somebody there is an instant eye contact if the chemistry is right. If everything is right, you catch their eye…that whole ‘across the crowded room/caught your eye’ thing. The lyrics explain that: ‘I saw your eyes and you made me smile.'” Sci-fi and love never sounded so good together. - David Chiu

'Because the Night' - Patti Smith Group

A highlight from her 1978 LP, Easter, “Because the Night” has become the punk poet laureate’s most well-known track - and also one of the most recognizable love songs of all time. After modest piano notes form a calm before the storm, Patti Smith bursts into her signature mode of elated, operatic singing - roleplaying the besotted lover in this impassioned hit co-written by Bruce Springsteen.

Although the vocal delivery propels the song beyond itself, the lyrics detail the wanton desire just before the flight of the erotic at sundown “…because the night belongs to lovers.” Unlike most other subtler love songs, this is an unabashed entreaty. No more foreplay. On second thought, it’d be more apt to call it a “lust song.” - L.B.

'Love Will Tear Us Apart' - Joy Division

The intro is a tease, seemingly previewing a forgettable song. Then it debouches into one of the most iconic, nostalgic riffs ever architected, launching an ‘80s anthem from year zero of that halcyon decade. Weirdly, it’s the most identifiable (yet least representative) of an eerie discography mostly inaccessible to casual listeners - and not only instrumentally.

The post-punk dignitaries conjured a dark sound around themes of mental illness and hopelessness. And they didn’t totally sacrifice that dark aura in 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' - it just underwent aesthetic osmosis. They saw the thorns of the rose, where the rest saw only the bud. - L.B.

'Mayor of Simpleton' - XTC

'Mayor of Simpleton' is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English band XTC, released as the first single from their 1989 album Oranges & Lemons. The single reached No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, No. 1 on its Alternative Songs chart, and No. 15 on its Mainstream Rock chart, becoming the band's best-performing single in the United States.

The song began as a reggae tune and went through numerous iterations. Partridge settled on its final arrangement after discovering a C major to D major picking pattern that he thought resembled Blue Öyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (1976). Unlike many other XTC songs, he instructed a specific bass part to Colin Moulding: "Colin had to work very hard to get that bass line. It's very precise. It took me a long time to work it out, because I wanted to get into the J.S. Bach mode of each note being the perfect counterpoint to where the chords are and where the melody is. The bass is the third part in the puzzle." Its lyrics are sometimes criticised for its similarity to Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" (1960), but Partridge denied copying the song intentionally.

Lyrically, the song describes a man who is looked down upon by his girlfriend's peers for being reportedly uneducated and non-intellectual, stating that despite this, he is devoted to her; one lyric from the chorus is "I may be the mayor of Simpleton, but I know one thing and that's I love you."

'Maps' - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

'Maps' is a song by American indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs from their debut full-length album, Fever to Tell (2003). The song is about the relationship between Liars frontman Angus Andrew and Yeah Yeah Yeahs lead singer Karen O. Released in September 2003, the song reached number nine on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 26 in the United Kingdom. The band performed the song at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards, and the music video received extensive play on MTV. The song went viral on YouTube and TikTok in 2024.

"Maps" has received vast critical acclaim. Some examples:

• • In 2009, it was voted the best alternative love song of all time by NME.
• • The song was also listed at number six on Pitchfork Media's top 500 songs of the 2000s.
• • Rolling Stone ranked "Maps" as the 7th best song of the 2000s.
• • On April 7, 2011, Rolling Stone ranked "Maps" number 386 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Its 2021 list placed it at number 101.
• • In October 2011, NME placed it at number 55 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
• • NME ranked "Maps" at number 1 on their list of "Indie Weddings Songs: 20 Tracks Perfect For Your First Dance."

Despite its lyrics, the song, via a sped-up version, gained popularity on TikTok in late September 2024. A dance was created along with it where it used different contexts of wanting someone to stop and listen to them. As a result, the song charted at number one on the US TikTok Billboard Top 50 in October 2024.

'Friday I'm in Love' - The Cure (perfect - as today, Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2025 is a Friday!).

'Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band the Cure. Released as the second single from their ninth studio album, Wish (1992), in May 1992, the song became a worldwide hit, reaching number six in the UK and number 18 in the United States, where it also topped the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also won the award for European Viewer's Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.

It's about waiting and waiting for Friday to come... the rest of the week doesn't even matter.

Who cares if the rest of my week, or month, or life, is awful because I'm happy and in love right now.

'Disco 2000' - Pulp

Not all love songs require a happy ending. Some of the best ones are filled with unrequited love, just like the type the narrator in Pulp's "Disco 2000" is still grappling with over a childhood crush. "What are you doing Sunday, baby Would you like to come and meet me, maybe/ You can even bring your baby," Jarvis Cocker wistfully sings to a love that was never his but still has managed to slip through his fingers. - David Harris

"Disco 2000" is a song by British band Pulp, included on the band's fifth album, Different Class (1995). Featuring a disco-inspired musical performance, the song was based on Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker's childhood memories of his friend Deborah Bone, who he had "fancied" in his youth but could never impress.

"Disco 2000" was released as a single on 27 November 1995 by Island Records, the third from Different Class. The single reached number seven in the UK and charted in several others. The release was accompanied by a music video directed by Pedro Romhanyi, which was based on the story told on the single's sleeve artwork. The song has since become one of Pulp's most famous tracks and has seen critical acclaim.

"Disco 2000" tells the story of a narrator falling for a childhood friend called Deborah, who is more popular than he is and wondering what it would be like to meet again when they are older. Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker based the lyrics on a girl he knew as a child and recalled, "the only bit that isn't true is the woodchip wallpaper." He elaborated:

There was a girl called Deborah - she was born in the same hospital as me. Not within an hour - I think it was like three hours - but you can't fit three hours into the song without having to really rush the singing! ... But basically you know the whole thing was the same - I fancied her for ages and then she started to become a woman and her breasts began to sprout so then all the boys fancied her then. I didn't stand a 'cat-in-hell's chance'. But then I did use to sometimes hang around outside her house and stuff like that.

Deborah was based on a real-life childhood friend of Cocker's, Deborah Bone, who moved away from Sheffield to Letchworth when she was 10. As the lyrics suggest, she did marry and have children. Bone later reflected, "My claim to fame is growing up and sleeping with Jarvis Cocker, well someone had to do it, and it was all perfectly innocent! I have been told and like to believe that I am the Deborah in the Number 1 hit 'Disco 2000,' but we never did get to meet up by the fountain down the road." The fountain referred to as the meeting place was Goodwin Fountain, formerly located on Fargate, in Sheffield city centre.

'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' - The Smiths

'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and lead vocalist Morrissey. Featured on the band's third studio album The Queen Is Dead (1986), it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom until 1992, five years after their split, to promote the compilation album ...Best II. It peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 on the Irish Singles Chart. The song has received considerable critical acclaim; in 2014, NME listed it as the 12th-greatest song of all time. In 2021, it was ranked at No. 226 on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

The Smiths began working on 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' during their late-1985 recording sessions at London's RAK Studios. In early September, the band recorded a rehearsal tape of the song performed in the key of F♯ minor. Four days later, the group made a monitor mix in the key of C♯ minor, this time accompanied by a synthesised string arrangement Marr created on an E-mu Emulator (credited to the "Hated Salford Ensemble" on the album release). While Morrissey was sceptical about using synthesised strings, the lack of a budget to hire a real string ensemble as well as the band's reluctance to allow outsiders into the recording process changed his mind.

The recording was completed in November at Jacobs Studios in Farnham, Surrey, where Morrissey redid his vocal part twice and Marr added a flute melody. Marr later described the recording process of the song as "magical" and commented, "Someone told me that if you listen with the volume really, really up you can hear me shout 'That was amazing' right at the end."

Music critics consider 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' to be one of the Smiths' finest songs. Simon Goddard wrote, "In a straw poll among Smiths fans today, 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' would more than likely still come out victorious", which he credits to the "perfect balance" of Marr's compositional skills and Morrissey's lyricism. AllMusic's Tim DiGravina calls it "a standout among standouts from the Smiths' masterpiece third album, The Queen Is Dead." In 2014, NME listed 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' as the 12th-greatest song of all time. In 2017, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone placed the song number one in his ranking of 73 songs by the Smiths.

Marr commented on the song's enduring popularity: "I didn't realise that 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' was going to be an anthem, but, when we first played it, I thought it was the best song I'd ever heard."

*Poster credit goes to Todd Alcott for this amazing artwork.

Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters, with a considerable number of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality and enjoyment.

14 hours to celebrate 2/14.

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Track lists

CD01

01 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 2:42

02 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks 2:25

03 Pulp - Disco 2000 4:33

04 New Order - The Perfect Kiss (Original 1985 12" Full Version) 8:49

05 The Lilac Time - All for Love and Love for All 3:24

06 ABC - All of My Heart (Original 1982 7" Single Edit) 4:49

07 Prefab Sprout - All the World Loves Lovers 3:49

08 Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind (Original 1987 7" Single Version) 3:57

09 The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet 3:01

10 The Smiths - Ask 3:16

11 R.E.M. - At My Most Beautiful 3:33

12 Pulp - Babies 4:05

13 Ramones - Baby, I Love You 3:51

14 Echo & the Bunnymen - The Back of Love 3:14

15 Nikki and the Corvettes - Back Seat Love 1:49

16 Space feat. Cerys Matthews - The Ballad of Tom Jones 4:11

17 Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love 3:31

18 Patti Smith Group - Because the Night 3:19

19 Dum Dum Girls - Bedroom Eyes 3:55

CD02

20 Best Coast - Boyfriend 2:29

21 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - But Is It Art? 3:45

22 The Beat - Can't Get Used to Losing You 3:01

23 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 4:27

24 Primal Scream - Come Together (Terry Farley Extended 12" Mix) 8:04

25 Kraftwerk - Computer Love 7:19

26 Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind 3:29

27 The Darling Buds - Crystal Clear 3:48

28 Crowded House - Distant Sun 3:52

29 The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? 3:32

30 Pulp - Do You Remember the First Time? 4:20

31 Altered Images - Don't Talk to Me About Love (Original 1983 7" Single Version) 3:46

32 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 3:58

33 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 4:20

34 The Beloved - Don't You Worry 3:50

35 The Cars - Drive 3:55

36 The Associates - 18 Carat Love Affair 3:40

CD03

37 The Jam - English Rose 2:48

38 Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Original 1990 7" Single Version) 4:16

39 Foo Fighters - Everlong 4:10

40 The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows (Except You) 3:48

41 The Korgis - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 4:16

42 Mazzy Star - Fade into You 4:51

43 Girls at Our Best! - Fast Boyfriends 2:47

44 The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl 1:50

45 Space - Female of the Species 3:20

46 Arctic Monkeys - 505 4:13

47 Coldplay - Fix You (Radio Edit) 4:57

48 The Cure - Friday I'm in Love (Single Mix) 3:35

49 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) 5:35

50 Electronic - Getting Away with It 5:15

51 The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You 4:15

52 The Lilac Time - The Girl Who Waves at Trains 4:01

53 Dollar - Give Me Back My Heart 5:00

54 Jilted John - Going Steady 3:49

CD04

55 The Stranglers - Golden Brown 3:27

56 Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels (Dave Bascombe 7" Mix) 4:16

57 The Blue Nile - Headlights on the Parade 6:17

58 Pet Shop Boys - Heart (Original 1988 7" Single Version) 4:17

59 Blondie - Heart of Glass (Original 1979 12" Disco Version) 5:57

60 Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box 4:41

61 The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven 3:29

62 David Bowie - "Heroes" (Original 1977 7" Single Edit) 3:35

63 The Cure - High (Original 1992 7" Single Mix) 3:35

64 Saint Etienne - Hobart Paving 4:50

65 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now 4:46

66 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 3:02

67 Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 3:29

68 Phil Seymour - I Found a Love 3:31

69 The Smiths - I Know It's Over 5:47

70 Gang of Four - I Love a Man in a Uniform 3:35

71 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll 2:55

CD05

72 The Beloved - I Love You More 3:54

73 Modern English - I Melt with You (Original 1982 7" Stereo Single Mix) 3:48

74 The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (Original 1989 12" Single Version) 4:56

75 Elvis Costello and the Attractions - I Wanna Be Loved 4:47

76 The Rubinoos - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 3:19

77 The Passions - I'm in Love with a German Film Star 3:58

78 Notsensibles - I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher 3:38

79 The Freshies - I'm In Love with the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 2:50

80 Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing on the Cake (Edit) 3:50

81 Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind 3:18

82 Pete Wylie - If I Love You 4:20

83 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave 4:29

84 The Cure - In Between Days 2:58

85 Squeeze - Is That Love? 2:31

86 Madness - It Must Be Love 3:20

87 Joe Jackson - It's Different for Girls 3:42

88 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 3:44

89 The Cure - Just Like Heaven (Bob Clearmountain Single Mix) 3:32

90 Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted 3:25

CD06

91 Saint Etienne - Kiss and Make Up 5:14

92 Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me 3:27

93 Tin Tin - Kiss Me (1983 12" François Kevorkian Extended Remix) 7:20

94 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me 4:37

95 Squeeze - Labelled with Love 4:35

96 James - Laid 2:36

97 Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Last Beat of My Heart 4:31

98 The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 5:06

99 The Cranberries - Linger 4:34

100 Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar (Original 1987 12" Mix) 6:45

101 Buzzcocks - Lipstick 2:40

102 Erasure - A Little Respect 3:32

103 ABC - The Look of Love (Part One) (Original 1982 7" Single Mix) 3:29

104 The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 5:01

105 The Cure - The Love Cats 3:40

106 Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Love Comes in Spurts 2:02

107 Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly 4:19

CD07

108 Eurythmics - Love Is a Stranger 3:42

109 The Icicle Works - Love Is a Wonderful Colour 4:13

110 Killing Joke - Love Like Blood (12" Version) 6:49

111 The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way 3:34

112 XTC - Love on a Farmboy's Wages 3:59

113 The Dream Academy - The Love Parade 3:49

114 Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One 3:33

115 The Farm - Love See No Colour (Single Remix) 3:58

116 The Damned - Love Song (Ed Hollis 1979 7" Single Version) 2:03

117 Simple Minds - Love Song (Original 1981 7" Single Edit) 3:53

118 Altered Images - Love to Stay (Original 1983 12" Dance Mix) 5:35

119 The Slits - Love und Romance 2:28

120 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Original 1980 Factory Records 7" Single Version) 3:24

121 Buzzcocks - Love You More 1:50

122 The Cardigans - Lovefool 3:18

123 The Cure - Lovesong (Single Mix) 3:28

124 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps 3:36

125 XTC - Mayor of Simpleton 3:58

126 Space - Me and You Versus the World 3:39

CD08

127 Pretenders - Message of Love 3:25

128 Everything but the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix) 3:54

129 Art Of Noise - Moments In Love 10:17

130 The Jam - Monday 3:00

131 A Flock of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love (7" Remix) 4:07

132 Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love 3:52

133 The Sundays - My Finest Hour 4:00

134 Sex Pistols - No Feelings 2:51

135 The Lover Speaks - No More "I Love You's" 4:05

136 The Shivvers - No Substitute 3:49

137 Saint Etienne - Nothing Can Stop Us 4:22

138 Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 5:10

139 R.E.M. - The One I Love 3:17

140 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 4:32

141 Yazoo - Only You 3:11

142 The Human League - Open Your Heart 3:57

143 Saint Etienne - People Get Real 4:45

CD09

144 The Cure - Pictures of You (Single Mix) 4:48

145 Protex - A Place in Your Heart (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:08

146 Phil Seymour - Precious to Me 2:51

147 U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love) (Original 1984 7" Single Version) 3:49

148 The Tubes - Prime Time 3:19

149 When in Rome - The Promise 3:39

150 Buzzcocks - Promises 2:36

151 Pet Shop Boys - Rent 5:08

152 Orange Juice - Rip It Up (Original 1983 7" Single Version) 3:46

153 The Records - Rock and Roll Love Letter (Mick Glossop Mix) 3:38

154 Snow Patrol - Run 5:56

155 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Secret 3:58

156 Real Life - Send Me an Angel (Original 1983 7" Single Version) 3:53

157 The Adventures - Send My Heart (Original 1984 7" Single Remix) 3:42

158 Billy Bragg feat. Johnny Marr and Kirsty MacColl - Sexuality 3:48

159 The Damned - The Shadow of Love (12" Pressure Mix) 5:36

160 The Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums (Original 1989 7" Single Mix) 3:42

161 Ash - Shining Light 5:10

CD10

162 Frazier Chorus - Sloppy Heart 5:58

163 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - So in Love 3:30

164 The Style Council - A Solid Bond in Your Heart 3:18

165 Pulp - Something Changed 3:18

166 Aztec Camera - Somewhere in My Heart 4:00

167 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 3:55

168 The Verve - Sonnet 4:21

169 Portishead feat. Beth Gibbons - Sour Times 4:12

170 A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song (Original 1982 7" Single Version) 3:22

171 Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom 3:16

172 Suede - Stay Together (Edit) 4:20

173 Hurricane #1 - Step Into My World 5:00

174 Depeche Mode - Strangelove (Original 1987 7" Single Version) 3:47

175 The Other Two - Super Highways 5:03

176 Soft Cell - Tainted Love (Original 1981 7" Single Version) 2:40

177 a-ha - Take on Me (1985 Alan Tarney 7" Single Version) 3:47

178 Kirsty MacColl - Terry 3:52

179 The Courteeners - That Kiss 3:47

CD11

180 Blancmange - That's Love, That It Is (Original 1983 7" Version) 4:23

181 The La's - There She Goes 2:42

182 Kirsty MacColl - They Don't Know 3:02

183 New Order - Thieves Like Us (Original 1984 12" Single Version) 6:39

184 Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) 4:56

185 The Beloved - Time After Time 4:13

186 Blur - To the End 4:04

187 Lori and the Chameleons - Touch 4:19

188 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 3:43

189 The The feat. Jools Holland on piano - Uncertain Smile 6:53

190 The Church - Under the Milky Way 4:57

191 Stephen Duffy - Unkiss That Kiss 3:41

192 Ride - Vapour Trail 4:18

193 Ian Dury - Wake Up and Make Love with Me 4:21

194 Frazier Chorus - Walking on Air 3:01

195 The Smiths - Well I Wonder 4:00

196 The Romantics - What I Like About You 2:56

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197 The KLF - What Time Is Love? (7" Radio Edit) 3:34

198 Elvis Costello and the Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding 3:32

199 Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is? 3:48

200 Oasis - Wonderwall 4:18

201 Ministry - Work for Love (12" Extended Version) 6:23

202 The Wannadies - You and Me Song 2:50

203 Stephen Duffy - You Are 4:49

204 Kaiser Chiefs - You Can Have It All 4:22

205 The Cars - You Might Think 3:05

206 Pet Shop Boys - You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk 3:15

207 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Original 1984 UK 7" Mix) 3:16

208 Babybird - You're Gorgeous 3:43

209 The Style Council - You're the Best Thing 5:42

210 The Undertones - You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!) 2:37

211 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Original 1986 12" Extended Mix) 6:43

212 Saint Etienne - You're in a Bad Way (Alan Tarney 7" Single Version) 3:03

213 Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? 2:56

214 The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4:02

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