With the sexiest day of the year quickly approaching, we at GoldenPlec thought it was the perfect time to share with our readers our guide to the ride. Everyone knows about the aphrodisiac qualities of Barry White and Marvin Gaye, so we’re going to shed some light on the more alternative songs to lash your lover out of it to. So grab some chocolate covered strawberries, put on your sexiest underwear* and hit play on our sexlist.

*Men please note comedy monkey thongs are NOT sexy even if you did buy them in Ann Summers.

Maroon 5 - Secret

Let’s get this out of the way: it's the most questionable choice on the list, but once you get over the fact that it’s Maroon 5 there is no denying the sexiness of this song - the perfect track to set the mood, an undeniable pant dropper. If this doesn’t help you seal the deal, forget it and move on...she’s not into you, bro.

St. Vincent – Strange Mercy

Good as part of a tantric session, you can just see Sting and Trudy getting it on to this in their sex chamber. The lyrics may not be as sexy as the rest of the song, although let’s face it, Annie Clark could sing the phone book and make it sexy.

Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know

There’s just something about this that makes you want to slowly and rhythmically gyrate your hips while wearing the face off the object of your desires. Lyrically, it’s also fitting if your liaison is the result of drunk dialling an obsession. We’ve all been there.

Nine Inch Nails - Closer

Sometimes you don’t want to beat around the bush, or maybe you do; depending on your personal grooming preferences. Nine Inch Nails’ Closer is perfect for those times you just want to throw someone down on the floor, tear their clothes off and fuck as if your life depended on it. Go on, unleash your inner porn star.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion

Nothing like a saucy strip tease to spice things up. Put Gold Lion on your speakers while you throw your hair around, writhe on the floor and run your hands sensuously up and down your body. Works particularly well if you have a pole.

Queens of the Stone Age - Make It Wit Chu

The perfect warm up for a marathon all-night shagging session - slow and laid back to ease you into it, but you know only one thing is going to happen after this is played. Riding, lots of it.

Bonus Fact: Lucy Beale (RIP) lost her virginity to this track in Eastenders. If it’s good enough for Lucy, it’s good enough for you.

Muse – Time Is Running Out

You want the friction do you Matt Bellamy? You minx, you. Ideal to use with that person who you know you really shouldn’t, but you really want to. Go on, suck the life out them. Hard. (When we say “really shouldn’t” we mean an ex or something. Don’t cheat. Don’t be a dick, yo.)

Goldfrapp – Strict Machine

The perfect rhythm to get blood flowing to the loins and a drumbeat that actually sounds like whips. This might be good if your lady has a Jamie Dornan Fifty Shades of Grey fetish, once you don’t mind that she may not be thinking about you.

Father John Misty – When You’re Smiling And Astride Me

Crack open a bottle of red wine and stare into your lover’s eyes on the sofa before engaging in some cowgirl action, maybe even reverse if you’re in the mood. Remember, you don’t have sex to Father John Misty, you make love.

Elbow – Grounds For Divorce

If you’re going to give a lap dance you could do much worse than give it to Grounds For Divorce, unless of course you are going through a divorce at the time. Guy Garvey and his aural Viagra voice would approve.  Much like Gold Lion, if you have a pole installed in your home you should go crazy.

The XX - Intro

Recently revealed to be the most popular track for Spotify users to listen to in the bedroom, The XX’s Intro deserves an inclusion for that alone. You can’t deny there is a sex appeal to the track, but given that its only 2 minutes 7 seconds we do hope the users are listening to something else afterwards.

Special Mentions

The Byrds - Triad

This song is literally about threesomes. No more needs to be said. If anyone reading this has had a threesome to the song please get in touch with us at GoldenPlec and let us know how that went for you.

The Doors - Back Door Man

Obviously Back Door Man isn’t for everyone, and that’s just fine. When gathering suggestions from the GoldenPlec team on songs they think should be included one writer, who shall remain nameless, donated this offering with the following story. “One of my mates was on a one night stand. The girl made him put ‘Back Door Man’ by The Doors on and go in the back door.”

This one goes out to you, anal one night stand couple!