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9:30 Coffee Break: Song titles for conversation hearts

by Steve Seel and Jill Riley

February 13, 2015

conversation hearts
Conversation hearts are popular at Valentine's Day.
MPR photo/Luke Taylor

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, Jeanne from Cinnaminson, N.J., had a great idea. She writes:

A sweet variation on the Valentine's Day theme is Conversation Hearts. These little pastel-colored candies have short messages that are often similar to song titles. So how about songs that would work well on a conversation heart? Some examples are "Call Me" by Blondie, or "R U Mine" by Arctic Monkeys.

It's such a perfect theme for the day before Valentine's Day — thank you, Jeanne!

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break (10:30 for listener Jeanne), we're asking you for songs with titles that fit onto conversation hearts. What do you want to hear?

Songs Played


St. Vincent - "Marry Me"

St. Paul and the Broken Bones - "Call Me"

Big Star - "Kizza Me"

Sonny Knight and the Lakers - "Hey Girl"

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "I Want You"

The Faces - "Stay With Me"

Do you deserve a Coffee Break? Jill and Steve think you do and want to bring treats from Gigi's Café to your workplace. You'll also be treated to the music of local singer-songwriter Chris Koza! Send us an email: CoffeeBreak@thecurrent.org.