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Six Of The Best: Valentine’s Day

Rock Sound brings you an alternative guide to the best, warped Valentine’s Day tracks we couldn’t live without...

Valentine’s Day is, according to some, officially the worst day of the year.

For those who don't like the whiff of love in the air don't fret as Rock Sound brings you an alternative guide to the best, warped Valentine’s Day tracks we couldn’t live without.

Check out the list below for six tracks about the darker side of love...


Body Count 'I Used To Love Her'
Legendary gangsta rapper Ice-T feels the cold sting of love on this ‘romantic’ ditty about fidelity. ‘I Used To Love Her’ smacks with hateful reproach at its most potent; just listen to that closing line…


Nine Inch Nails 'Closer'
Violation, desecration, penetration and complication – some of the activities Trent Reznor apparently likes to practice in the bedroom. Still dripping with animalistic passion, over 15 years on ‘Closer’ remains painfully potent.


Joy Division 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
Never a truer word spoken – especially in Ian Curtis’ case. This remains one of the most famous anti-love anthems of all time and there’s no need to look anywhere else for a song that best surmises the feeling of being kicked while down… then spat on.


The Smashing Pumpkins 'Fuck You (An Ode To No One)'
For ‘Mellon Collie…’-era disenchanted, romantic (and angry) 15-year-old goths struggling with intense feelings for that no good boyfriend / girlfriend, this anthem hits like the stench of an open sewer.


Pantera 'This Love'
Pantera are gone and we’re worse off for it. ‘This Love’ was the real thing, a heavy metal treat rife with themes that could be about anything from, erm… abusive relationships to prostitution. Charming.


Paramore 'CrushCrushCrush'
Hayley may only have been about 10 when she penned this, but ‘Crushcrushcrush’, with its warning about weirdo obsessives, is a great antidote to single awareness month.