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For better or for worse, today is Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re spending the evening with someone special, celebrating yourself, or moping alone by candlelight and cursing romance, the Mercury‘s music team has the soundtrack covered with a playlist of songs that capture the best and worst of love.

See if you got a Mercury valentine here, and find last-minute things to do on our Valentine’s Day calendar.

Jenni Moore is a former music editor and hip-hop columnist and current freelancer at The Portland Mercury. She also writes about comedy, cannabis, movies, TV, and her hatred of taxidermy.

Formerly a senior editor and the music editor at the Mercury, CK Dolan writes about music, movies, TV, the death industry, and pickles.