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I love love I do. Every Christmas you'll find me curled up in my snuggie, watching Love, Actually and having a good old sniffle as the little boy unfeasibly runs through security after his 10 year old love of his life all set to a stirring score. It's magic. And what's not to love about Valentine's Day? People buying tat that will be in the trash by the weekend and bars taking cheap alco-pops, adding pink chapstick to them for flavouring, throwing in a manky old flower and charging up the wazoo for them! It's magic!! I'm a bit late with this whole love song malarky, but here are a few that you might have missed, are definitely worthy of your attention and show that love (and it's associated joys and pains) is not limited to just one day of the year...

• Bright Light Bright Light ~ How To Make A Heart: "Do what you want with me" sang Rod Thomas on his glorious disco passionata "Love Part II" (a song that could have indeed made this very list). And he sang it with such intensity that you get the impression you could have dimmed the bedroom lights and suggested your filthiest desires and he'd have happily obliged. My kinda fella... Anyway, BLBL is back with a far more sombre affair entitled How To Make A Heart. It's an incredibly engaging tune that questions the fragility of emotions and love, set to an industrial-influenced soundscape (recalling Depeche Mode and even Pink Floyd) that is littered with drum beats and synth chords that flow and swell until indeed your heart beats for this tune. It's taken from the forthcoming album Make Me Believe in Hope, which should be out later this year and based on this, Love Part II and Cry At Films promises to be one of the more heavenly cool disco pop sets you'll hear this year. MAGIC.
• Xylos ~ Darling Dearest: You will of course already be aware of the lovely Xylos because of their extremely charming song Not Enough. Lyrically, this is the opposite of that as the band craft an elegant tune that tells of how love should be unconditional regardless of the faults your special fella/lady might have. The chorus is full of hope that this will be the relationship that works, yet within the delivery there's a tinge of melancholy that adds a gravitas and sadness to the tune. Musically, it's full of lovely drum beats, warming synth riffs and harmonies to die for. The debut album (out in April) promises to be most wonderful indeed. MAGIC
• Deborah Gibson ~ Just Say Yes: When she's not busy charming snakes, defeating giant gators and delivering classic lines such as "get off me you crazy snake loving bitch", Deborah of the Gibson is busy churning out twee, romantic gorgeousness such as this standout track from her current album "Ms Vocalist". It's a classic sounding tune filled with delicious piano and elegant strings that has the vocalist yearning for her love object to let them into their heart by just saying yes. And sometimes love is about just letting yourself go and embracing the possibilities. it's not the most cutting edge song in the world, but it is full of emotion, hope and optimism. MAGIC!
• Sanna Nielsen ~ I'm In Love: How shameful. Two weeks into melodifestivalen and already I've taken a break from coverage to write about The Feeling on Sunday instead (another lovely love song - check it out here!). Anyway, while Brolle, The Moniker and Christian Waltz delivered sterling performances on Sunday, the standout for me was this absolutely booming tune from Sanna. It's a swelling mix of ballad set to a stomping dance tune that is utterly euphoric from start to finish. It's particularly hard to find on the net at the moment, but if you do track it down it's well worth your time. If you can't, well it's similar to Celine Dion's Love You More. Kind of. But that doesn't do it justice. MAGIC times a milliion!!