Blondie
"Denis" is a girl-group pastiche dressed up in new wave attitude: a breathless, repetitive crush song built almost entirely…
infatuation teenage devotion nostalgia/pastiche
Deep Purple
This is a cover of Joe South's garage-pop original, reworked by Deep Purple into a driving rock jam built around a simple…
obsessive infatuation powerlessness in love desire vs. self-control
Lauryn Hill
This is Lauryn Hill's faithful cover of the 1967 Frankie Valli pop standard, tucked into The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as a…
romantic infatuation gratitude vulnerability
New Order
A euphoric synth-pop track built on lyrics of paralysis and unspoken feeling: the narrator is caught between infatuation and…
romantic paralysis emotional confusion fear of vulnerability