Musicheads ask: Have you ever had a "theme song" for your relationship with a significant other? You tell us which song and the story behind it.

A long time ago, there was a song called, "Muskrat Love", By, The Captain & Tennille
Donny and Marie Osmond had some great songs back then too, they were sister and brother though, maybe it was 1974, Those were the days, The 1970's were good years..I remember those days after school.....with her..

As Simple As It Should Be - Tristan Prettyman. I think I realized I had a healthy relationship when this song finally felt like it really applied.

track 10. She's the Pro. from TUBRING. Drake equation. We've been hitting every show since we met. and now they are playing in MPLS. 7th st. entry. this Thursday. and we will be there!

Some days, our relationship has been "Foundations" - Kate Nash. Other days it is "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings, when we are just giddy as high schoolers! Everyday has a different theme song, but these are the ones that stand out!

A cold snowy night, a warm 91 honda civic, a first kiss, that went on for hours. And the Raindogs "Border Drive-in Theatre"cd. Playing over and over. A cd that explores all the highs and lows of love. The Raindogs went nowhere. I ended up heartbroken. But 17 yrs later I still remember that night.

My girlfriend and I decided our theme song was Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)". We think it's pretty indicative of our relationship with such lyrical gems as "As you become a habit to me".

Yep, it's a healthy relationship.

This is a question I've actually been asking myself, as I tie so much to music I was in the process of creating my own "remember her" playlist...I'll stick to three standouts thus far:

1. Wonderful Tonight by Clapton was the song my college girlfriend and I danced to the first time and was the start of a four-year relationship of ups and downs, struggles, each of losing our mother the same year (college sophomores), incredible personal growth...but with an unhappy ending when I left her in Connecticut after losing my father. She looked wonderful every night and, last I talked with her, still does.

2. All Your Faithless Loyalties - Two Gallants was the song for a recent relationship that was good when together, as we forgot the world around us, but when apart, it was nothing but faithlessness on her part, constantly looking for something better around the corner.

3. Start a War - The National was the last with a woman who I was so very much attached to, but wronged on two occasions. She was not faultless either and, in refusing to acknowledge that, walked away and started that war...

Do you remember a song titled "Dream Girl" by Dave Matthews?

Everytime I hear it now, I get little goosebumps. At the time I was dating this guy who was really into Dave Matthews Band and thats pretty much all he listend to. He had bought the new cd with that song on it and he played it for me. Everytime it played when we were together, he'd hold me tight :)

Another song is "Tight T-Shirt." I wish I knew who it was by, but anyways my friend Alex and I go crazy everytime we hear that song. Its so funny and so catchy we have to sing it out loud!
If anyone knows who sings this song, please let me know. I need it! :)

Harvest Moon- Neil Young

"come a little bit closer, hear what I have to say"

I am a mumbler... especially after a long night of staying warm with whiskey.

I Touch Roses, By, Book of Love, A more recent relationship featured this song..Some of those 1980's dance pop songs were fun...I think of her all the time..

"The Perfect Fit" by Van Morrison. This is the first song my wife and I danced too when we were dating, and I proposed to her at Lee's while the Belfast Cowboys were playing it. Of course it was our first dance at our wedding as well. I can not think of a song who's title says it so well.

Angela, The musicheads just reveiwed Benji Hughes's new disc which has the song tight tee shirt on it. I believe they gave it three thumbs up, way up.

Mark is correct..."Tight T-Shirt" is by Benji Hughes and from his CD A Love Extreme...It is a catchy lil song!

As for a theme song...You can't go wrong with Little Milton's classic soul song, "We're Gonna Make It"

"maybe, yes" by eleni mandell

...was our wedding song. it came out on heart of a champion the year we got married and we learned to tango just for it. the accordion solo has just the right amount of schmaltz for me and she thinks it's "verrrry romantic."

spectacular e.p. too!

The entire Eyes Open album by Snow Patrol seemed to chronicle the last few up and down, doubtful months of a past relationship. I remember listening to "Its Beginning to Get To Me" and identifying with the frustration expressed in the song and yet finding hope in the grasping line "you are the only thing that makes sense." The entire record seemed to follow the same doubts and frustrations I was experiencing yet also expressed the hopes that i had that we would make it through.. I was hoping for a triumphant ending similar to "The Finish Line," but alas, we didn't make it. Oh well. A few months later, listening to Jimmy Eat World's Clarity album actually brought a little insight in the song "Believe in what you want" with the line "Nothing that makes sense ever works out."

On another note though, the comment on this week's Musicheads about how Sigur Ros could do all the music for IMax films reminded me of one of the best ideas I've ever had -- bring the epic Planet Earth series to IMax! (and of course have Sigur Ros do the music... actually, hearing Hoppipolla in that one Planet Earth video is what made me fall in love with both Sigur Ros and Planet Earth!)

"I'm In Love With A Girl" by Big Star. I surprised my wife-to-be and sang it at our wedding with a shaky voice and tears streaming down my face...

Our song has absolutely nothing to do with our relationship what so ever except for the fact that he let me set the stations. He had just moved to the cities, had found one station and never changed from it really. I have to have music in the car or I go crazy so I skip around stations (but love The Current of course) . But everytime we were in the car together the first couple of weeks, "Sweet Home Alabama" was playing. And I mean everytime we were in the car together. Which is a song about a relationships of sorts. I wish we would have always heard a Pink Floyd song or something.

i love the song by lifehouse "first time"
reminds me of all the wonderful things i have with my boyfriend now. he is the best thing that has ever happend in my life and it really does feel like a first time with him every day!

low by cracker

My husband and I loved the song "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes when we first got together, and it was our relationship in a nutshell. We had broken up once and realized that we weren't happy apart. He even drove all night once to come and get me! We really have felt like the first day of our lives started when we married. It was our wedding song of course, and he proposed to me while it was playing...ahhh, romance!

Far, Far Away by Wilco would be our theme song. We got engaged in Chicago and "kissin and ridin on the CTA" is something we experienced. She said YES at the Signature Room on the 95th floor of the John Hancock building. I swear just then the clouds blew away and we could finallly see the city below.

haha. me and my then girlfriend, now wife. started talking because she was wearing a shirt of a band that i really liked. the rest is history.anyway as for the song and story.
when i met katie, my wife. i was currently dating someone named Kate. we met at a Jimmy eat world. concert and hit it off instantly. when i got home i was talking to some friends online and i said "im so konfused" intentionaly spelling it with a "k" due to the whole katie and kate thing. i was ammused by my clever play on spelling and laughed to myself. we started dating a month or so later. and one of my friends showed me a song
"konstantine" by something corperate
there is a line in the song "this is because i can spell confusion with a "k" and i can like it"
and another "this is to jimmy eat world and those nights in my car"

we were listening to this song for the first time and we couldent belive it. there are other parallels also but those are the most prominent.

when we were planning our wedding this past summer. the DJ asked what song we wanted to be our first dance to be to. the responce was instant and in unison.

oh and i proposed to that song too. on november 11th, because the song has a line "its 11:11 now you want to talk"

"first day of my life" is a great song!

My wife, girlfriend at the time, both instantly embraced "Summertime Rolls" by Jane's Addiction when it came out. It still resonates with us today and we instictively hold hands when we here it.