Valentine's Day is around the corner! Some music therapists may be using the Valentine's Day theme with their clients to either explore relationships, reminisce, learn vocabulary, and so much more. Below I have included a list of 5 songs per each population category; seniors, children, and teenagers, that you can add to your repertoire. Some of these songs are about self-love, others about falling in love, and others about friendship. I hope some of them spark ideas for interventions and can be useful in your sessions!
Happy Valentine's Day!
5 Valentine's Songs for Seniors
1. Fever - Peggy Lee
Lyric: Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever
2. Cheek to Cheek - Fred Astaire
Lyric: Heaven, I'm in heaven,
And the cares that hang around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek
3. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - The Platters
Lyric: They said someday you'll find All who love are blind Oh, when your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes
4. L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
Lyric: L - is for the way you look at me
O - is for the only one I see
V - is very, very, extraordinary
E - is even more than anyone that you adore can
5. My Funny Valentine - Ella Fitzgerald
Lyric: My funny valentine... Sweet, comic valentine... You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable, unphotographable yet you're my favorite work of art
5 Valentine's Songs for Children
1. Skittermarink - Sharon, Louis and Bram
Lyric: I love you in the morning,
And in the afternoon
I love you in the evening,
Underneath the moon…
2. All I Really Need - Raffi
Lyric: All I really need is a song in my heart
Food in my belly and love in my family
All I really need is a song in my heart
And love in my family
3. The More We Get Together
Lyric: The more we get together, together, together,
The more we get together the happier we'll be
4. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - The Wiggles
5. I Put My Hands Together - Activity
5 Valentine's Songs for Teens
1. Who Says - Selena Gomez
Lyric: I wouldn't wanna be anybody else.
You made me insecure
Told me I wasn't good enough
But who are you to judge
2. Falling For You - Colbie Caillat
Lyric: I've been spending all my time
Just thinking about ya
I don't know what to do
I think I'm fallin' for you
3. Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Lyric: When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
4. Love Somebody - Maroon 5
Lyric: I really wanna love somebody
I really wanna dance the night away
I know we're only half way there
But you can take me all the way, you take me all the way
5. Wonderwall - Oasis
Lyric: There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how
Because maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall
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