A good soundtrack and the right lighting can quickly take a hookup session from so-so to seriously steamy. By the same token, certain songs have the power to kill the mood in an instant.
To prevent this type of musical misstep, we asked HuffPost readers for their go-to sex songs, and they delivered some saucy suggestions. Below, we created a 40-song Spotify playlist, crowdsourced by our readers with a few of our own selections thrown in, for you and your partner to enjoy.
1. âI Want You (Sheâs So Heavy)â by The Beatles
2. âIâm On Fireâ by Bruce Springsteen
3. âLust For Lifeâ by Lana Del Rey and The Weeknd
4. âPartitionâ by BeyoncĂ©
5. âLovesickâ by Banks
6. âRedboneâ by Childish Gambino
7. âI Dare Youâ by The xx
8. âI Want A Little Sugar In My Bowlâ by Nina Simone
9. âSlow Motionâ by Trey Songz
10. âDance For Youâ by BeyoncĂ©
11. âThe Wayâ by Kehlani feat. Chance The Rapper
12. âLike A Wrecking Ballâ by Eric Church
13. âRideâ by Ciara feat. Ludacris
14. âEarned Itâ by The Weeknd
15. âLost Without Uâ by Robin Thicke
16. âAdore Youâ by Miley Cyrus
17. âScandalousâ by Prince
18. âNot Above Loveâ by AlunaGeorge
19. âTonight (Best You Ever Had)â by John Legend feat. Ludacris
20. âThe Sky Is A Neighborhoodâ by Foo Fighters
21. âFollow You Downâ by The Twilight Singers
22. âWicked Gameâ by Chris Isaak
23. âGood For Youâ by Selena Gomez feat. A$AP Rocky
24. âWhat You Needâ by BAYNK feat. NIKA
25. âFollow Me Homeâ by Dire Straits
26. âLocationâ by Khalid
27. âYouâre Makinâ Me Highâ by Toni Braxton
28. âKiss It Betterâ by Rihanna
29. âYou & Meâ by Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle
30. âPrimetimeâ by Janelle MonĂĄe feat. Miguel
31. âLoveâ by Kendrick Lamar feat. Zacari
32. âI Want Youâ by Third Eye Blind
33. âBest Partâ by Daniel Caesar and H.E.R.
34. âTalk Is Cheapâ by Chet Faker
35. âGravityâ by John Mayer
36. âJuke Jamâ by Chance The Rapper feat. Justin Bieber and Towkio
37. âI Put A Spell On Youâ by Annie Lennox
38. âHot As You Wantâ by Lane 8 feat. Solomon Grey
40. âEverlasting Lightâ by The Black Keys
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