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4. Alicia Keys: “You Don’t Know My Name”
Look, let’s not discuss that opening word on Sunday night time. (At least she course corrected shortly!) Let’s as an alternative revisit this luxurious story music from 2003, on which Alicia Keys imagines a whole relationship with somebody who doesn’t even know her identify. Yet. This can be one of the romantic songs ever a couple of Thursday, however maybe that’s a complete different playlist.
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5. Lil’ Kim that includes Lil’ Cease: “Crush on You (Remix)”
Though the Junior M.A.F.I.A. rapper Lil’ Cease handles issues solo — with an uncredited cameo from the Notorious B.I.G. — on the model of this monitor that appeared on Lil’ Kim’s debut album, “Hard Core,” she would later be part of him for this he-said/she-said remix. After its iconic 1997 music video arrived, main colours had been by no means the identical.
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6. Bruce Springsteen: “I’m on Fire”
Yes, I’m conscious that there’s a Bruce Springsteen music actually known as “Crush on You.” But I feel that this lower, from a bit 1984 album known as “Born in the united statesA.,” is an much more visceral depiction of the beautiful agony of a crush.
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7. Grace Ives: “Shelly”
“Think I’m in love with Shelly within the diner,” Grace Ives sings on this chugging, guitar-driven monitor from her nice 2022 album “Janky Star,” evaluating the apple of her eye to a personality from “Twin Peaks.” Even within the throes of an all-consuming crush, Ives manages fairly a little bit of humor right here: “I ponder what she needs for dinner/She’s actually received me wanting inward.”
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8. The Jets: “Crush on You”
Finally, benefit from the effervescent Minneapolis sounds of the household band the Jets, who scored a No. 3 hit in 1986 with this infectious single from their self-titled debut album. It’s one factor to admit a crush in secret, but it surely’s one other factor completely to take action with seven of your siblings — one among whom is taking part in a keytar — backing you up.
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