Stuck for some good song ideas for your Valentine's Day mixtape or playlist? Let Motion City Soundtrack lend a hand! All five members of the Minneapolis pop-punk quintet have pitched in to  come up with a sweet 14-song V-Day ShockHound playlist, and added some insightful comments to the collection. Take it away, boys...

Tony (Drums):

1. XTC — Earn Enough For Us
I became absolutely obsessed with this song in the last 6 months.  It doesn't leave my head, and it's a sweet little story of wanting to make enough money to support yourself and your lady.

2. Ben Folds — The Luckiest
I'm convinced this song must have been played or sung at a million weddings since its 2001 release. Is there a song with more touching lyrics than this?

Josh (Guitar):

3. Bjork — Hyperballad
This was once on a mixtape I got from a girl in high school. Mixtapes for young lovers to explain their feelings without having to talk about them. I think this maybe a lost art form.       

4. Death Cab For Cutie — Transatlanticism
This song was the song played as I walked with my wife to get married. Kinda a sad song to have at our wedding. It was very fitting because we have spent so much time so far apart.

5. Coldplay — Yellow
Cheesy I know. it's a great love song so deal.

Justin (Vocals/Guitar):

I'm a sucker for love songs, but I tend to prefer the ones that are a little left of center when it comes to sentiment.

6. Jenny Owen Youngs — Here Is A Heart
I dig the matter of fact way she describes preparing her heart for another as if it were a dish. The calmness with which she sings absolutely destroys me. There is no attempt at convincing the listener of anything. This is love, pure and simple. The giver and recipient both know it, so there is no need for theatrics. Jenny is one smart cookie. She knows how to write a love song. My only question is: Why is this song not in every romantic comedy/drama of 2010?

7. Tom Waits — Hold On
Tom Waits is a master of words. I imagine him singing about a 56 year old barfly beauty down the street at Mortimer's around 2:15 PM on a rainy Tuesday in June. Whether you're holding on to the threads of whatever you've currently got or a memory of someone you once knew, this song works. His characters are the bumbled and the botched. They have grease deep beneath the nails of their fingers and dead leaves in their car wash hair. You most likely would avoid them on the streets. But they too find and lose love.  This is a love song, good people.

8. The Carpenters — I Won't Last A Day Without You
If there is one band that has taught me sleight-of-hand, it's the Carpenters. On the surface their music is pretty and poppy and often cheesy, but when you really listen to the words often you find the most disturbing lyrics of all time. "When there's no getting over that rainbow. When the smallest of dreams won't come true. I can take all the madness the world has to give, but I won't last a day without you." Are you kidding me? Where is that razor? Perhaps it was her untimely death that makes these songs haunt a little deeper in my bones. Her voice is still the high watermark to which all others pale. They sure don't make them like they used to.

Matt (Bass):

9. Jimmy Eat World — For Me This is Heaven
I've never been more moved by any song. To me, everything that happens in this song is exactly what it should be.

10. Elliott Smith — Say Yes
Elliott will always be the master of intimate, vulnerable, real songs. This is a prime example. No one can swear as innocently as he does either.

11. The Cure — Pictures of You
I still get chills when Robert starts singing. The build to that moment is absolutely perfect. Normally, I'm not a big fan of wind chimes, but here they're absolutely necessary. The lyrics are so descriptive, desperate and relatable. It makes me sad to think that I was listening to Poison's Open Up and Say... Ahh! instead of Disintegration in 1989.

Jesse (Keyboards):

12. Milemarker —Sex Jam Two: Insect Incest
This song reminds me of the first Valentine's Day in a new relationship. Everything about the time you spend together is pure intensity. You might be going out for dinner, but all you can think about is the dessert...wink wink. (Key lyrics: "She looked at me with the biggest brown eyes, and she screamed at me: Would you like to fuck?")

13. Minus The Bear — Pachuca Sunrise
This song makes me think of being on the road and missing Valentine's Day. Even though you can experience amazing things across the world from each other, you want to take some of the beauty back home to the one you love. (Key lyrics: "Don't cry, I'll bring this home to you.")

14. Jimmy Eat World — Clarity
This is the breakup song that always pops in my head. I might have definitely put it on a final mix tape or two throughout my life and then spent Valentine's Day alone.  (Key lyrics: "I don't know how, but I know I want out.")