Whether it’s a lost holiday for a Roman saint, a celebration invented by a bawdy Medieval writer, or a day manufactured to boost the sales of flowers, cards and chocolates, February 14th every year is a day for lovers to express their feelings – what they do with them the remaining 364 days of the year is a bigger question to me than the origin of the day, however.

Anyway, to help moon-struck lovers get their groove on, Hong Kong Beat offers some soulful romantic tunes from across 6 decades of pop and dance music about, as Barry White put it, lurrrvve baby.