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What better way to embarrass the kids in your classes than to drop some romantic hits on Valentine's Day. This playlist hits on the classics like Unchained Melody and Do Wah Diddy as well as movie classics like Kiss From a Rose and I Don't Want to Miss a Thing. Then there's modern hits like Worth It (released in 2019) and Justin Bieber's Yummy (released in 2020).
Here's a link to my Apple Music Playlist
Here's the Spotify Playlist
About Spicy Lyrics
Everybody has different views on what's okay to play around kids and what isn't. So here's how this works. Below, you'll see all the songs on the playlist. If you click the song, you'll see the lyrics pop up. But not just lyrics. You'll also see questionable content is highlighted like this.
Questionable content is highlighted by word so you can read it for context. The spiciest words are highlighted in red. Medium words are highlighted in orange. And any word highlighted in yellow is either very mild or it's a word like "head" where it could be okay or absolutely not okay, depending on the context.
Spicy Lyrics is a tool I created on my iPhone/iPad to help me quickly see if songs are appropriate to play in the gym. I love it so much, I'm giving it away so you all can use it on your phones.
Listen to previews here
The Valentines Day PE Playlist
Happy Together - Weezer
I'm Into Something Good - Herman's Hermits
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown & The Famous Flames
I Got you Babe - UB40
The Way You Do The Things You Do - UB40
Can't Help Falling In Love - UB40
Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
Fishin' In the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
I Believe in a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Love Is Only a Feeling - The Darkness
Blunderbuss - Jack White
Howlin' For You - The Black Keys
You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) - The White Stripes
How's It Going to Be - Third Eye Blind
Living Each Day Blind - The Darkness
New York, New York - Ryan Adams
Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Wildflowers - Tom Petty
Talk - Khalid
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
I'll Be - Edwin McCain
All My Life - K Ci and JoJo
Sometimes - Britney Spears
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Nothin' On You (feat. Bruno Mars) - B.o.B
Angel - Shaggy
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
Yummy - Justin Bieber
Worth It - YK Osiris
I'll Stop the World and Melt With You - Modern English
Señorita - Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
*This track starts out using the word "damn" a couple times. Some people are fine with that. To me, it's pretty glaring and unnecessary for my classes. In Apple Music, there's a work-around for songs that have intros and outros that you don't want. You can only do this from a computer as there isn't a way to do it on iOS yet.
- Add the song to your library
- Right click the song then click Song Info
- Then in the Options tab, choose the start time
Boom! Now you can skip the beginning or end parts to a song.
Other PE Playlists
Recommended Reading
PhysEd Beats - The Ultimate Guide to PE Music
The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Four Square - Using mini-games to teach all the skills and rules
Ultimate Kickball - Kickball without all the problems that come with Kickball. Also insanely fun.
The Ultimate Sub Plan - A fool proof plan for emergency sub days
A Better Way to Make Teams - Give children the power of choice
