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It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow… so what better time for another bumper edition of our favorite stereotyping feature? This idea started a couple of years back with indie bands, and we’ve since applied it to everything from albums of the year to Monopoly pieces. Now we’re turning our attention to love songs — they’re all here, from the romantic to the saccharine, the bombastic to the touching. As ever, this is a lighthearted exercise that’s done in a spirit of fun, and as ever, our own stereotype is in here too. If we missed yours, feel free to add it to the comments section. Happy Hallmark-making-everyone-miserable day!

Céline Dion — “My Heart Will Go On”
Housewives who own multiple doilies and have purchased porcelain objects from the Franklin Mint.

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins — “I Put a Spell on You”
Somewhat creepy older guys with a “special” suitcase that may or may not be full of esoteric sex toys.

Bob Marley and the Wailers — “Is This Love”
Backpackers.

The Darkness — “I Believe in a Thing Called Love”
People who have owned — and quite possibly still own — a Three Wolf Moon T-shirt.

Joy Division — “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
That pallid college friend who you should probably call casually to check on right about now.

The Postal Service — “Such Great Heights”
Skinny philosophy majors who really dislike She & Him.

Modern English — “I Melt With You”
Guys whose OK Cupid profile includes an actual picture of their epic vinyl collection.

Coldplay — “Yellow”
Yellowists.

Eric Clapton — “Layla”
Professional silver foxes who think you can never have too many girlfriends.

Elvis Costello — “I Want You”
Men subject to restraining orders in at least three states.

Portishead — “All Mine”
Women subject to restraining orders in at least three states.

Dido — “Thank You”
Eminem fans running out of ideas as to exactly how they’re going to get this girl into bed.

Barry White — “My First, My Last, My Everything”
Jovial uncles who are having way more good sex than you are.

Whitney Houston — “I Will Always Love You”
Mothers who merge aggressively in giant bulldozing SUVs.

Percy Sledge — “When a Man Loves a Woman”
Doormats.

Lana Del Rey — “Video Games”
Terrible men who look (and probably behave) like Terry Richardson.

Elvis Presley — “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
Endearingly polite and lovely grandparents who will sit you down and tell you earnestly “how to treat a lady.”

Beyoncé — “Crazy in Love”
Girls who can apparently reconcile third-wave feminism with a hankering for a diamond ring worth the GDP of a small African state.

The Beatles — “Something”
People who read Rolling Stone.

The Beach Boys — “God Only Knows”
People who used to read Rolling Stone in the ’60s but stopped when it ceased to be relevant.

Shania Twain — “Still the One”
Women who book in for “special” bi-weekly doctor’s appointments and come out largely unable to move their faces.

The Smiths — “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
Romantics who should never be left alone at bus stops.

Neutral Milk Hotel — “Naomi”
Earnest indie boys who prepare for a date by agonizing over which button badges to affix to their thrift-store cardigan.

Bryan Adams — “Everything I Do, I Do for You”
Thirtysomethings given to LARPing Robin Hood.

The Magnetic Fields — “The Book of Love”
Acerbic West Village romantics who haven’t quite given up hope of finding The One.

Elton John — “Your Song”
Juanes.

Wet Wet Wet — “Love Is All Around”
Anyone who likes their band names to be strictly utilitarian.

The Police — “Every Breath You Take”
Clueless Diddy fans who don’t listen to the lyrics properly.

REM — “The One I Love”
Clueless indie fans who don’t listen to the lyrics properly.

Rihanna — “Diamonds”
#seapunks

The Cure — “Lovesong”
Ex-goths who are perfectly OK with being described as “unashamed romantics.”

The La’s — “There She Goes”
Junkies. Sigh.

Sade — “No Ordinary Love”
Impossibly elegant older women you’d never dare ask out for a drink.

John Mayer — “Your Body Is a Wonderland”
Bros who use the word “ladies” a lot and wonder why they don’t get laid all that often.

Extreme — “More Than Words”
Bros who wonder why they don’t get laid at all.

Chris Isaak — “Wicked Game”
People who own the fancy gold Twin Peaks box set and/or still fancy Helena Christensen.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — “The Ship Song”
Priapic 40-somethings trying to reconcile a Lothario act that’s worked well in the past with the reality of a receding hairline.

Nine Inch Nails — “Closer”
Black-clad types who may or may not be actual vampires.

Cyndi Lauper — “Time After Time”
Matronly liberal arts academics with pink streaks in their hair.

Robbie Williams — “Angels”
Lads who use the word “geezer” in casual conversation.

Bruce Springsteen — “Born to Run”
People from New Jersey.

Björk — “All is Full of Love”
Androids, obviously.

The Knife — “Heartbeats”
People who have had at least one genuinely spiritual experience on MDMA.

The Carpenters — “Superstar”
Slackers who own all of Sonic Youth’s back catalog (yes, including the SYR albums.)

Meat Loaf — “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
Sad-eyed men who own hideously expensive home stereo systems and probably actually would do that if it really came to the crunch.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs — “Maps”
Lower East Siders who have at one point drowned their heartbreak at Max Fish and/or Motor City Bar.

Boston — “More Than a Feeling”
People who may have at one point ODed on aspartame.

Guns N’ Roses — “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
People who may have at one point ODed on cocaine.

Aerosmith — “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
People who may have at one point ODed on cocaine and aspartame.

Al Green — “Let’s Stay Together”
People who are doing it right.