Adams is to break-up songs what Terry Cashman is to baseball ditties, but this one, which balances gracefully on the hinge between disgust ("Come pick me up/ take me out/ f--- me up/ steal my records") and desire ("I wish you would"), is easily his best. Besides capturing the essence of post-breakup attraction-repulsion syndrome, the melody is pumped up by a real mean bit of harmonica playing.
Valentine's Day is for lovers. It's also for people with broken, bitter hearts who hate all those lovers. Whichever camp you fall into on February 14, Time.com has a list for you from the songs you need to ease the pain to the movies that will sweep you up in a romance nearly as epic as your own. Treat yourself to some chocolate and browse away