I'm sure I missed some songs, but, for all of the single people out there this Valentine's Day weekend, here's my mix about unrequited love. Sadly, I don't even have a crush from afar these days; the love landscape is pretty barren. Not that sitting around blogging and making mixes is going to make it better but, well, shut up. I like my mixes.

Anyway, to make the list, a song has to be unrequited love. It can't be about a lost love (like pearl jam's "Black", Aerosmith's "What it Takes", Paolo Nutini's "Rewind", etc.). It also should shy away from being stalkerish (ala Radiohead's "Creep", Snow Patrol's "Spitting Games", Violent Femmes "Add It Up", Garbage's "#1 Crush" and Aqualung's "Strange and Beautiful") and, while you can pine for a girl who is seeing someone else, I think it seems odd when you just outright define your love as someone else's girl (I'm looking at you "Jesse's Girl" and "My Best Friend's Girl".) I also must admit that I've never really listened to Elliott Smith, Morrissey or The Smiths, or Divine Comedy (who basically spent careers making songs about unrequited love) so those aren't on the list.

So without further ado or poo poo

My goal was to have 14 songs in honor of February 14th but, as you can see, there's only 13 songs there. The reason is because "I Could Have Lied" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers isn't available on Lala.com. Also, I liked this live, sparer version of Ray Charles's "You Don't Know Me".

Which ones did I miss? Which would you put on your mix?