Sama Farrag Love has never been linear. It’s never belonged to a single time, language, or sound. We feel it around us in the mundane—in shared silences, stolen glances, and never-ending conversations. It’s in the quiet corners of our days and comforts us through lonely nights. For me, I feel it when I least expect it. 2:10 pm on a busy Tuesday. 10:26 pm on a rainy Thursday. 3:14 am on a tranquil Saturday. It floods over me in a memory that catches me off guard, an unexpected phone call, and an old Otis Redding song. It’s about moments that feel small, until they aren’t. It reminds us that feeling deeply is not something we ever outgrow, but something we accept with grace and carry with us for the rest of our lives. Love lives in the air around us, and as cliche as it sounds, I wholeheartedly believe that it does make the world go round. It’s unified. It ties us together, past and future. Big love and small love. Messy and organized. Hopeful and oh so hopeless.
My love is big. Sometimes it’s a ballad; other times—a mosh pit. It’s beautiful, chaotic, and transcends time because it is eternal. And it’s that feeling—scattered across decades, sounds, and memories—that lives inside this playlist. Whether you’re slow-dancing in the kitchen or on a long drive to nowhere, linger a little longer this Valentine’s Day and let the music do the rest.
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream a Little Dream of Me
- Louis Armstrong – La vie en rose
- Etta James – A Sunday Kind of Love
- The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Otis Redding – That’s How Strong My Love Is
- Otis Redding – Try a Little Tenderness
- Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
- Bee Gees – More Than a Woman
- Fairuz – Ana Le Habiby
- Fairuz – Kifak Inta
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Is This Love
- Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
- Michael Jackson – Human Nature
- Berlin – Take My Breath Away
- Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere
- Ziad Rahbani – Bala Wala Chi
- The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
- Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
- The Cranberries – Linger
- Beck – Can’t Help Falling in Love
- Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
- Ms. Lauryn Hill – Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
- Daft Punk – Something About Us
- Amr Diab – Tamally Maak
- Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
- Ragheb Alama – Nasini El Donya
- Nancy Ajram – Yay
- Lana Del Rey – Video Games
- Blood Orange – Champagne Coast
- Mashrou’ Leila – Ala Babu
- The Strokes – Call It Fate, Call It Karma
- Palace – Veins
- Mura Masa & A$AP Rocky – Love$ick
- Frank Ocean – Moon River
- Taylor Swift – Delicate
- Taylor Swift – False God
- Blood Orange & Caroline Polachek – Chosen
- TV Girl – Lovers Rock
- Cuco – Lover Is a Day
- Harry Styles – Adore You
- Sherine – Ketir Bne3sha2
- DOPE LEMON – Marinade
- Olivia Dean – Echo
- Q – Take Me Where Your Heart Is
- Charli xcx – Everything is romantic
