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Rod Stewart Plays ‘Cupid’ For Valentine’s Day, 16-Track Love-Themed Digital Playlist Available From Feb 12th

Rod Stewart
Plays Cupid For Valentine’s Day 

16-Track Love-Themed Digital Playlist Features Some Of The Legendary Singer-Songwriter’s Most Memorable Love Songs, Along With Five Rarities That Will Make Their Streaming Debut

Available Feb 12th From Rhino, Pre-Save Now

Sir Rod Stewart loves to sing about love. It’s a subject the legendary singer-songwriter has explored consistently throughout his career as one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Stewart’s fan-adored hits are just right for the moment. 

“I’ve always been a hopeless romantic, and this list is perfect for that candlelit date night,” says Stewart.  “No need to be a DJ, just press play and focus on your lover.”

Available for streaming on February 12, Rhino aims straight for the heart with CUPID, a new love-themed digital playlist from Stewart. The 16-track collection mixes some of his best-known love songs with five rarities that have never been available digitally until now. In celebration of the release, a new Valentine’s Day-themed Instagram filter with audio from the song “Cupid” will make its debut, along with a new lyric video.

CUPID sets the mood with indelible songs like “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (#1US/#5 UK) and “The First Cut Is The Deepest” (#1UK/#21US), both from Stewart’s multi-platinum album, A Night On The Town (1976). That prolific era is revisited for “You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)” (#3UK/#4US) from the follow-up, Footloose & Fancy-Free (1977), the singer’s second multi-platinum solo album. Meanwhile, the collection’s title track, “Cupid,” is a bonus track taken from the 2009 Expanded Edition of Stewart’s 19th studio album, Human (2001).

Sir ROD STEWART Promotional photo of English rock musician about 2000. Image shot 2000. Exact date unknown.


The playlist marks the digital debut for several songs, including two b-sides: “Love In The Right Hands,” which accompanied the unplugged version of “Reason To Believe” in 1993, and “One Night,” which was the flip side to “Have I Told You Lately.”

CUPID taps two of Stewart’s best-loved film contributions with the Top 10 US hit, “Love Touch” (1986) from Legal Eagles and the #3 US hit “Faith Of The Heart” (1998) from the Patch Adams Soundtrack; the latter is making its digital debut. 

A number of songs on the playlist spotlight music the singer released during the 1990s, including the Top 40 hit “This” from A Spanner In The Works (1995), “For The First Time” from the platinum-certified If We Fall In Love Tonight (1996) and his tender cover of Van Morrison’s “Have I Told You Lately” from the platinum-certified Vagabond Heart (1991). 

One of the most talented singers in rock and pop music, Stewart has sold more than 250 million records worldwide during a stellar career that includes nine #1 albums and 26 Top 10 singles in the UK; plus 17 Top 10 albums and 16 Top 10 singles in the US.

CUPID – Track Listing:

  1. “Cupid”
  2. “Have I Told You Lately”
  3. “Faith Of The Heart” *
  4. “Love Touch”
  5. “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)”
  6. “Careless With Our Love” *
  7. “For The First Time”
  8. “You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)”
  9. “Kiss Her For Me” *
  10. “If Only”
  11. “The First Cut Is The Deepest”
  12. “Love In The Right Hands” *
  13. “This”
  14. “Run Back To Your Arms”
  15. “Superstar”
  16. “One Night” *

* digital debut

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