So you’ve bought the champagne, lit the candles and sprinkled that bed with bloody red rose petals.

Your date arrives and he or she is looking absolutely delicious. You try and strike a sexy pose without tripping up, and attempt to deliver the most seductive or romantic line you can pull out of your bag of tricks without falling flat.

But hey, even if you think you’re Casanova or Elvira, the Mistress of the Night, everyone needs a little bit of music to get their mojo flowing.

So this Valentine’s Day, we’re bringing you an ultimate playlist of top 40 sexy songs through the years that will put you in the mood for love, and help raise Singapore’s dismal total fertility rate (TFR).

1. Sexual healing - Marvin Gaye feat Shaggy

It doesn’t get sexier than this. Sex is known to boost your immunity and keep you fit and trim. There’s no better way to to do it than to the smooth sounds of Marvin Gaye’s Classic Sexual Healing. I personally like the version with Shaggy rapping in the background to mix things up a bit.

Best part of the song:

You're my medicine open up and let me in

Darling, you're so great, I can't wait for you to operate

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2. I touch myself - The Divinyls

Having great sex is often much more being in the right mental and psychological state of mind, than anything actually physical. Often just thinking about your significant other can get you hot and bothered, and that’s what this song is about.

Best part of the song:

I love myself I want you to love me

When I feel down I want you above me

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3. Touch my body - Mariah Carey

This song by sexy diva Mariah Carey might just make you hit that eighth octave in the bedroom, and makes for a super sexy invitation to get things started.

Best part of the song:

Touch my body, Put me on the floor

Wrestle me around, Play with me some more

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Source: Youtube 

4. Your body is a wonderland - John Mayer

And after you’ve been invited to make first contact with your lover, the appropriate response is “Your body is a wonderland”. No other words needed because by now your lips should be doing something else.

If you’re still in doubt about the power of John Mayer’s tunes, just check out his line of smoking hot girlfriends which includes Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Cameron Diaz, Jessica Simpson, Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.

Best part of the song:

I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase

You tell me where to go and

Though I might leave to find it

I'll never let your head hit the bed

Without my hand behind it

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5. Sometimes when we touch - Dan Hill

Still on the theme of touching, love making can get pretty emotional. Like this song suggests, the honesty’s just too much sometimes, when people touch.

Best part of the song:

Sometimes when we touch

the honesty's too much and I have to close my eyes and hide

I wanna hold you till I die

till we both break down and cry

I want to hold you till the fear in me subsides

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Source: Youtube 

6. Take my breath away - Berlin

80s movies like Top Gun are responsible for producing some of the best love songs ever. This is one of those songs that you can put on loop till you literally get breathless grooving to it.

Best part of the song:

Watching every motion

In my foolish lover's game

On this endless ocean

Finally lovers know no shame

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7. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

The year was 1990. That classic scene from the movie Ghost with Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore making out while making pottery was forever seared into our consciousness together with this vintage love song.

Best part of the song:

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea

To the open arms of the sea

Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me, wait for me

I'll be coming home, wait for me"

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8. Be my baby - The Ronettes

Another classic from a Patrick Swayze love flick that they call the “Star Wars” for women.

Possibly the most iconic movie of the 80s, the Dirty Dancing soundtrack is a love fest all on its own but “Be My Baby” which plays in the opening credits of the movie is probably the best tune from this timeless classic.

Best part of the song:

The night we met I knew I needed you so

And if I had the chance I'd never let you go.

So won't you say you love me,

I'll make you so proud of me.

We'll make 'em turn their heads every place we go.

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9. Wicked game - Chris Isaak

Many children of the 80s and 90s grew up watching Beverly Hills 90210, and that’s where you probably heard this song. This sexy haunting tune plays almost every time Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestly) or Dylan McKay (Luke Perry) drives some chick up to this cliff overlooking the city lights for some snogging action.

Best part of the song:

What a wicked game to play;

To make me feel this way.

What a wicked thing to do;

To let me dream of you.

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10. All I wanna do is make love to you - Heart

This song is for the all night long nookie with someone you don’t know too well but is too hot for you to say “no”. No explanation required, cut the long story and just let the good times roll.

Best part of the song:

We made magic that night. Oh, he did everything right

He brought the woman out of me, so many times, easily

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11. I’ll make love to you - Boyz II Men

Whatever happened to the Grammy-winning Boyz II Men? No one really knows but we’ll never forget this sweet smooth love track by one of the best R & B acts in music history.

Best part of the song:

Girl relax, let's go slow

I ain't got nowhere to go

I'm just gonna concentrate on you

Girl are you ready, it's gonna be a long night

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12. Freak me - Silk

Silk was just one of the many 90s R & B groups that broke out after Boyz II Men basically brought this genre of music to new heights and audiences around the world. The song “Freak Me” is about getting down and dirty and being upfront about what you want, which is important in any relationship.

Best part of the song:

Let me lick you up and down

Til you say stop

Let me play with your body baby

Make you real hot

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13. Heaven - Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams’ raspy rock vocals on this dreamy number is sure to send you to seventh heaven. This song is for couples who had their love blossom young, what the Chinese call 青梅竹马, and have survived all the ups and downs to stay together through the years. The DJ Sammy version is also not bad.

Best part of the song:

Baby you're all that I want

When you're lying here in my arms

I'm finding it hard to believe

We're in heaven

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14. I just died in your arms tonight- Cutting Crew

At some point in life, you will meet that person who can kill you softly with just a kiss. This song is about that person that made you feel oh-so-good, that something would die inside you if he or she left your life.

Best part of the song:

It was a long hot night

And she made it easy, she made it feel right

But now it's over, the moment has gone

I followed my hands not my head, I know I was wrong

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15. Like a prayer- Madonna

Have you ever met someone who's too good for you, like an angel from heaven, and you want to get down on your knees to thank a higher power for sending that person into your world?

This song is for you. Madonna caused a lot of controversy when she mixed religion into this song, which is naughty yet nice.

Best part of the song:

When you call my name it's like a little prayer

I'm down on my knees, I wanna take you there

In the midnight hour I can feel your power

Just like a prayer you know I'll take you there

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16. Heaven is a place on earth - Belinda Carlisle

This is another song about heaven, and one of two super iconic 80s numbers by Belinda Carlisle in this list.

Belinda Carlisle’s Greatest Hits albums is like chicken soup for a love-starved soul that you can just keep drinking.

Best part of the song:

When you walk into the room

You pull me close and we start to move

And we're spinning with the stars above

And you lift me up in a wave of love...

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Source: Youtube 

17. Summer rain- Belinda Carlisle

Anyone who’s ever been to Zouk’s Mambo would know this song, and probably all the cheesy moves that come with it.

If you’ve never kissed someone with the rain pouring down hard, the thunder clapping and the lightning illuminating the sky above, you have honestly not lived life. In Singapore, it’s summer all year round, so go out there and catch that summer rain with your special someone.

Best part of the song:

Oh the night is so inviting

I can feel that you are so close

I can feel you when the wind blows

Blows right through my heart

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Source: Youtube 

18. I want to know what love is - Foreigner

This is for the virgins out there, who are experiencing and finding out what love is for the first time. This beautiful song by Foreigner is about finding that someone who will put an end to all the yearning and questions in your heart.

Best part of the song:

I wanna know what love is

I want you to show me

I wanna feel what love is

I know you can show me

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Source: Youtube 

19. I’ve been waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner

Another silky smooth number by Foreigner about finally finding that special someone after a long search. Good things are worth waiting for, and that’s what this song is about - saving all your love for that special girl.

Best part of the song:

Now I know it's right

From the moment I wake up till deep in the night

There's no where on earth that I'd rather be

Than holding you, tenderly

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20. Is this love - Whitesnake

Sometimes, you don’t know what love is until you’ve had a taste. And even then, you still can’t be sure. So just take your time and keep going at it till you think you’ve arrived at the place you want to be.

Best part of the song:

Is this love or am I dreaming,

This must be love,

'Cos it's really got a hold on me,

A hold on me...

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21. With or without you - U2

There’s nothing that gets the sparks flying faster than the friction of a little love-hate relationship. We’ve all been through this with a lover who is just so wrong but yet so right, probably very crazy but just too darn hot to let slip. And Bono’s voice is way too sexy to ignore.

Best part of the song:

My hands are tied, my body bruised

She´s got me with nothing to win

And nothing left to lose.

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22. Hungry eyes - Eric Carmen

They say the eyes are the window to the soul. The second song in this list from the iconic Dirty Dancing, there’s nothing like that feeling when you find that someone whose eyes can talk, and what you’re both feeling inside just comes across without saying a word.

Best part of the song:

I've been meaning to tell you

I've got this feelin' that won't subside

I look at you and I fantasize

You are mine tonight

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23. Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard

This song is like sticky, chewy chocolate ice cream for rock n roll fans. Just look at the number of screaming women in the music video and you know what this Def Leppard number can unleash. Def Leppard has a whole range of sexy rock hits worth mentioning like “Love Bites” and “Have you ever needed someone so bad”. But this song is the best one out of the lot.

Best part of the song:

You got the peaches, I got the cream

Sweet to taste saccharine

'Cos I'm hot, so hot, sticky sweet

From my head, my head to my feet

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24. Love is on the way - Saigon Kick

Continuing with our string of hot slow rock numbers, anyone remember this song by Saigon Kick? This song is just so dark and haunting, and will stoke the passions of any 80s classic metal fan.

Best part of the song:

Lonely sidewalks, silent night

Bring the evening, deep inside

Hold me darling, touch me now

Let the feelings free tonight

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25. Crazy Love - Aaron Neville

If you’ve never watched Phenomenon, the movie where John Travolta is bestowed with seemingly supernatural powers that helps him not only make life better for the townfolk but also win the woman he’s got his heart set on, go watch it now. It has the sexiest shaving scene in film history, which you will now be able to watch below.

Best part of the song:

I can hear her heartbeat from a thousand miles

And the heavens open up every time she smiles

And when I come to her that is where I belong

And I'm running through her like a rivers song

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26. Have a little faith in me - John Hiatt

Benny and Joon is another sweet love film that is a must watch, and one of the vehicles that launched Johnny Depp’s career as a bonafide superstar actor who’s more than just a pretty face.

This song is about two people just trusting each other and moving in perfect synchrony, and it can really turn on the waterworks.

Best part of the song:

An' when the tears you cry

Are all you can believe

Just give these loving arms a try, baby

An' have a little faith in me

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27. Slow hand - Pointer sisters

Love is not a race but a marathon, and sometimes it’s best to take things slow so you can savor every beautiful moment together. It’s about taking the time to understand each other’s needs and wants. Sage advice by the Pointer Sisters in this song.

Best part of the song:

I want a man with a slow hand

I want a lover with an easy touch

I want somebody who will spend some time

Not come and go in a heated rush

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28. Ring my bell- Anita Ward

Once you know each other well, that’s when you can ring each other’s bell. Don’t know what I mean? Have a listen to this song by Anita Ward and read between the lines. Disco is dead, but this song is sure to relight some fires.

Best part of the song:

The night is young and full of possibilities

Well, come on and let yourself be free

My love for you, so long I've been savin'

Tonight was made for me and you

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29. Lovefool- The Cardigans

This is one super sultry tune that feels like someone’s hot breath on your neck. Nuff said.

Best part of the song:

Love me love me

say that you love me

lead me lead me

just say that you need me

I can't care about anything but you

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30. Fallen - Lauren Wood

Another great song from another great classic love film. Taken off the soundtrack of “Pretty Woman”, the movie that launched Julia Roberts’ career as an A-list female lead, this song is about that sweet moment when you finally fall in love again unexpectedly after a long time. That’s the funny thing about love sometimes, it happens just when you aren’t looking for it and the harder you search for it, the more it evades you.

Best part of the song:

I can't believe it, you're a dream coming true

I can't believe how I have fallen for you

And I was not looking, was content to remain

And it's ironic to be back in the game

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31. Love in this club - usher

Usher is all about sexy. There are several Usher tracks that can get anyone all hot and bothered. But this is about finding love in the club, that connection with somebody on the dance floor. When it’s just the two of you in perfect rhythm, your favourite song is playing and no one else matters.

Best part of the song:

Might as well give me a kiss, if we keep touching like this

I know you're scared, baby, they don't know what we're doing.

Let's both get undressed right here, keep it up girl, and, I swear.

I'm gonna give it to you non-stop.

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32. Ignition - R Kelly

Another fantastic R & B number to grind it out in the club, or somewhere else more private. R Kelly’s “Ignition” is perfect to get your love engine started.

Best part of the song:

Now it's like "Murda She Wrote"

Once I get cha out them clothes

Privacy is on the do'

But still they can hear ya screamin' mo'

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33. Too close - Next

A lot of people born in the 90s and later may only remember the Blue version of this, but this sexy track was originally by 90s R & B group Next.

Best part of the song:

Oh, you're dancing real close

Cuz it's real, real slow

(You know what you're doing, don't you)

You're making it hard for me

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34. Hips don’t lie - Shakira featuing Wyclef Jean

Four words: Shakira. Shaking. Her. Hips. If that doesn’t turn up the heat, I don’t know what will. This sexy number by the Columbian sex goddess with Jamaican influences will get your body moving in ways you never thought possible in no time, and that ain’t no lie.

Best part of the song:

Oh baby when you talk like that

You make a woman go mad

So be wise and keep on

Reading the signs of my body

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35. Promiscuous girl - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland

The song’s title says it all. It’s about that someone who is “out there”, who’s up and ready for love and more. No need for niceties, just get to the point, pick up the tab and get the heck outta the club already because this chicken’s cooked.

Best part of the song:

If you looking for a girl that’ll treat you right

If you lookin’ for her in the day time with the light

You might be the type if I play my cards right

I'll find out by the end of the night

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36. Hotel Service - Pitbull

So you’re out of the club, where do you go next? You could go home if you’re no longer living with your folks. But if not, like what Pitbull sings or raps in this song, you are going to need some Hotel Service for some personal private time.

Best part of the song:

After party in hotel lobby,

Then we off to the room like voom,

With them fingers in yo mouth or open up yo blouse,

And pull that g-string down south (ouhh)

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37. Candy Shop - 50 cent

Do you really need an explanation about what this song is about? Just take a look at some of the lyrics below, and I think you’ll get the idea.

Best part of the song:

I take you to the candy shop

I'll let ya lick the lollypop

Go 'head girl, don't you stop

Keep going 'til you hit the spot (whoa)

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38. Physical - Olivia Newton John

The MTV for this song looks like a work out video, but that is not what the song’s about. Before there was Kylie Minogue and Nicole Kidman, Olivia Newton John was the best female specimen to come out of the land down under, but most of you will probably just remember her as that Aussie chick starring opposite John Travolta in Grease.

Best part of the song:

I'm sure you'll understand my point of view

We know each other mentally

You gotta know that you're bringin' out

The animal in me, Let's get physical, physical

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39. Afternoon delight - Starland Vocal Band

Can any love playlist be without this 70s classic from the age for free love? Some people were actually crazy enough to think this was about eating ice cream on a hot afternoon. But I’m sure you know better. Besides, like the song says, why wait till the dark of night when you can see better in the daylight?

Best part of the song:

My motto's always been; when it's right, it's right

Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night

When everything's a little clearer in the light of day

And we know the night is always gonna be there any way

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40. Will you still love me tomorrow - The Shirelles

All good things must come to and end, and there’s no better way to end off this list than with another classic from the soundtrack of Dirty Dancing. After a night of love, one sometimes wonders if itings will last and the question that often comes to mind is the title of this song.

Best part of the song:

Tonight you're mine completely,

You give your love so sweetly,

Tonight the light of love is in your eyes,

But will you love me tomorrow?

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