
To help you know which ones you should steer clear of when putting together your Valentine’s Day playlist this year, we’ve rounded up some of the most disturbing examples. Whether they’re a little too obsessive, written about an inappropriately young love interest or romanticizing a toxic relationship, there are a surprisingly number of songs about love that actually are far creepier than they were intended to be.

(My mom loves to tell the story of the time she absent-mindedly put the garbage in the washing machine when she first started dating my dad.) It can blind us to people’s faults, it can drive us completely crazy, and sometimes it can move us to write some pretty questionable love songs. It can inspire us to leave everything else behind and move across the country for a significant other, and sometimes it’ll send us into such a daze that we’re unable to complete even the most mundane tasks.

Love can make us do some pretty strange things.
