The Ultimate Soundtrack for Your Crush: Songs That Say What You’re Too Nervous To

We’ve all been there. You’re staring at your phone, typing and deleting a text three times before giving up and locking the screen. Your heart does a ridiculous acrobatic flip whenever they walk into the room, and your brain turns to static the moment they look your way.

Having a crush is equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. But long before the age of texting, pinning someone on Snapchat, or sliding into DMs, humans had a much better weapon for expressing infatuation: music.