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Whether you’re looking for music to suit your melancholy mood or add fuel to your romantic fire, keep reading. This isn’t your average Valentine’s Day playlist.

• Bessie Smith’s “I’m Wild About That Thing”

• Billie Holiday’s “You Go To My Head”

• The Sugar Twins’ “For You”

• The Blossoms’ “Good Good Lovin”

• Feist’s “Brandy Alexander”

• Stevie Wonder’s “We Can Work It Out.”

• George Jackson’s “Aretha, Sing One For Me”

• Los Amigos Invisibles’ “Masturbation Session

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The Mississippi Free Press produced this story through the MFP Solutions Lab, supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. This series digs into Mississippi’s systemic issues and sheds light on responses to them in other communities. Beyond just reporting on problems, these stories interrogate their causes and inspect potential solutions.