Mevio Music

Looking for the perfect playlist for Valentine’s Day? Whether you’re in L-O-V-E this year, or more in the mood to sulk with breakup music, the Facebook data team has you covered. They analyzed the songs most played on Spotify by people when they change their Facebook relationship status, and rolled the information into a top ten list for lovebirds, and one for the brokenhearted (or grateful survivors).

We’ll spare you the “Facebook Official” quip.

Here are the top ten songs people listen to when entering into a relationship.

• “Don’t Wanna Go Home” by Jason Derulo
• “Love On Top” by Beyoncé
• “How to Love” by Lil Wayne
• “Just The Way You Are” by Bruno Mars
• “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida
• “It Girl” by Jason Derulo
• “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine
• “Criminal” by Britney Spears
• “No Sleep” by Wiz Khalifa
• “Free Fallin’” by John Mayer

Here are the top ten songs listened to by people after ending a relationship.

• “The Cave” by Mumford and Sons
• “Crew Love” by Drake
• “All of the Lights” by Kanye West
• “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
• “Take Care” by Drake
• “It Will Rain” by Bruno Mars
• “We Found Love” by Rihanna & Calvin Harris
• “Call It What You Want” by Foster the People
• “Love You Like a Love Song” by Selena Gomez and the Scene
• “Without You” by David Guetta featuring Usher

Happy Valentine’s Day! Or, go jump in the lake. Whichever suits.

The Mevio team got together for a little holiday celebration last week, and while they were handy, we sat them down and did some interviews. The result is Holday Memories, which can be seen on Mevio Today.

In this episode, we asked about their favorite holiday songs. Their answers ranged from the sublime (White Christmas) to the absurd (Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer) to the bah humbug, as in, “I hate Christmas music.” Amidst traditional favorites such as “O Holy Night” and “The Little Drummer Boy” – and 80s favorites like “Last Christmas” and “Christmas In Hollis” – it seems odd that nobody mentioned the song that ranked number one on the Rolling Stone Reader’s Poll: John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).”

Here are the top ten, according to Rolling Stone readers.

• Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – John Lennon
• Fairytale Of New York – The Pogues
• Thank God It’s Christmas – Queen
• All I Want For Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
• Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town – Bruce Springsteen
• Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy – Bing Crosby and David Bowie
• Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
• Father Christmas – The Kinks
• Wonderful Christmas Time – Paul McCartney
• Christmas In Hollis – Run-DMC

If you look at the hot holiday records for 2011, it gets even more depressing. According to the iTunes charts, Justin Bieber has three songs in the top twenty, and Andy Williams is at #19, sandwiched in between two Glee covers. At least Nat King Cole made the top ten.

Whatever you’re listening to this Christmas, we hope that it puts you in the Holiday Spirit. Here’s wishing you the very best of all things as we close the books on 2011, and good health and prosperity in the year ahead.

Tomorrow we may all feel like we’ve been dragged through the streets of Limerick behind a draught horse, but tonight we’re drinking. And likely, singing.

Choose your karaoke wisely, me boyos. Here are our picks for the top 5 Irish drinking songs.

Whiskey In The Jar – The Dubliners

The Dubliners were one of the “new” crop of Irish Folk groups to come along in the 1960s. If you’ve only heard Thin Lizzy’s version of the song, you owe it to yourself to check out the recording that first brought this traditional Irish tune to the world.

Stick To The Crather – Robbie O’Connell

The stuff, the drop, the crather. Many’s the name for the Irish elixir of life. Pretty much all of them are in this song.

Beer, Beer, Beer – The Clancy Brothers

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem brought traditional Irish music to the U.S. Folk scene in a big way. The song is called “Beer, Beer, Beer.” Need we say more?

When Irish Eyes Are Smilin’ – Bing Crosby

Hey, at least it’s not “O Danny Boy” and at least it’s not an Irish tenor.

Almost Anything by Flogging Molly

You have to be really, really, drinking to truly appreciate Flogging Molly. No time like the present, right? We’d be hard pressed to pick just one song of theirs to recommend, and hard pressed to get any of the titles  of the best ones past our blushing censors here at MeVIO Music. Okay, we don’t really have censors, let alone blushing ones, but we do try to keep things “brand safe.” Aye?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day (and turn it up – even Bing).