First Dance Song

We had Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You

Not cheesy or too fast x

We had You Do Something To Me, Paul Weller, not cheesy IMO and not too slow or fast.

We were going to have Amazed by Lonestar but now having Empire State of Mind by Alicia Keyes x

I love the Kings of Leon - Use Somebody. I'm sure there have been a few long threads on here where everybody has said what they're having, might be worth searching through one of those for ideas

Ali x

Hi emmajo

I've recently written a top ten first dance blog post which may be helpful to you. Basically the songs I've had most requested over the past 12 months!

http://wedding-blog-uk.blogspot.com/2011/09/top-ten-first-dance-songs-2010-2011.htm

James

We're having Al Green - Let's stay together. We both love the song.

We're having Fly Me to the Moon by Frank Sinatra

We're having Chris Cornell - Finally Forever

Aerosmith - i dont wanna miss a thing!

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We've finally decided on I'm Yours by The Script. We're also having a second dance because our eldest wanted to dance with me so we thought we'd have a family dance ?. Just to reduce the fluffiness though we've chosen Bruno Mars - Marry You ?

That link didnt work for me for some reason...

I really love Beyonce's new one - Love On Top - but worried it might be a bit fast?!

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were having this too x

We're having Lionel Ritchie - Stuck On You.

We had Follow Me Home by The Sugababes x

If you love jazz, you should go for Frank Sinatra songs, those are very romantic and you can dance to the most of them

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After spending most of our relationship apart this means so much to us both x

We had "True Love Ways" by Buddy Holly. H is a massive Buddy fan (he does have a look of him) and it was also quite a short, slow song.

Ours is Madness - It Must Be Love.

We're having Ben Folds - The Luckiest.

I know I'll be having tears on the day... from the song will just be one of the points!

We're having hey there delilah by Plain White T's and followed by Queen Best Friend. Couldn't choose so figured we could have both

We were dead set on what we were having until I bought OH Ed Sheerans album for his birthday. His song Kiss Me is a gorgeous song. One of the lines is 'I'm falling for your eyes' which is what OH said when we met. Alot of what he sings really relates to me and OH so we're having that.

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We're having Queen - Best Friend as our 2nd song too. It's on our DVD invites and we both love the song.

We had "Baby I love you - The Ramones"

Tomorrows Wedding has DJ Sammy - Heaven (candlelight remix). Lonestar - Amazed is pretty popular. This year has been pretty random with Avenged Sevenfold, The Cure, Madness, Elbow and a pretty ecliptic mix of songs, slow and fast.

I always feel its a very personal song, and we all have songs that remind us of when we met our partner.

For you, there is no wrong song - perhaps grab a bottle of wine and spend a few hours listening to your favourite bands!

We're having Jack Johnson Better Together ?

We want Iron and Wines version of Such Great Heights (original is Postal Service). We saw Iron and Wine perform this and he started off a cappella before playing his guitar. It was wonderful and confirmed what we had been thinking about having the song. It is a bit slow but that is better than too fast which I think requires more dancing techniques! At least slow can be just hugging and slowly circling. The words are about a couple who are so happy together they don't want to have to join the real world. I love the line "the freckles in our eyes are perfectly aligned".

I think we are having Kenny Loggins " Meet me half way ". I am a big Def Leppard fan though so torn between this and "Love bites" xx

We decided just last night on Madness, It Must be Love.

A list that might help!

A Woman in Love Barbra Streisand Air on the G String Bach All I Have to Do Is Dream Everly Brothers All You Need Is Love Beatles Always Atlantic Starr Always and Forever Luther Vandross American Beauty Thomas Newman Annie's Song John Denver April in Paris Frank Sinatra Baby, I Love Your Way Peter Frampton Because You Loved Me Celine Dion Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis / UB40 Catch the Wind Donovan Cavatina (The Deer Hunter) Stanley Myers Close to You Carpenters Come Rain or Come Shine Frank Sinatra Dancing Queen Abba Don't Cry for Me Argentina Madonna Don't Know Why Norah Jones Don't Let Go (Love) En Vogue Eternal Flame Bangles Eternity Robbie Williams Everything I Do (I Do It for You) Bryan Adams Falling into You Celine Dion Feel Like Making Love Roberta Flack Female of the Species Space Fields of Gold Sting Fly Me to the Moon Sinatra Forever Love Gary Barlow From Me to You Beatles Fur Elise Beethoven Goodnight Girl Wet Wet Wet Greatest Love of All Whitney Houston Hearbeat Buddy Holly Hey Jude Beatles Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees How Do I Live LeAnn Rimes I Am Blessed Eternal I Can Hear the Bells Hairspray I Think We're Alone Now Tiffany I Wanna Be Loved by You Marilyn Monroe I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston I'm In the Mood for Love various I've Got You under My Skin Michael Buble et al In the Air Tonight Phil Collins It Had to Be You Sinatra / Harry Connick et al Just the Two of Us Bill Withers / Grover Washington Jr Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) Bing Crosby Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi Lough Erin Shore Corrs Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Engelbert Humperdinck Love Me Tender Elvis Presley Lovin' You Minnie Riperton More than Words Extreme Most Beautiful Girl in the World Prince Move Closer Phyllis Nelson My Baby Just Cares for Me Nina Simone My Funny Valentine Chaka Khan My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion Nights in White Satin Moody Blues Nobody Does It Better Carly Simon On the Wings of Love Jeffrey Osborne Perfect Moment Martine McCutcheon Power of Love Jennifer Rush Promise Me Beverley Craven Show Me Heaven Maria McKee Someone to Watch over Me various Somethin' Stupid Robbie Williams / Nicole Kidman Something Beatles Something about the Way You Look Tonight Elton John Stand by Your Man Tammy Wynette Strangers in the Night various Take My Breath Away Berlin (Top Gun) That Ole Devil Called Love Alison Moyet The More I See You various We've Only Just Begun Carpenters What the World Needs Now various When a Man Loves a Woman Michael Bolton When I Fall in Love Nat “King” Cole Who Wants to Love Forever? Queen Wind beneath My Wings Bette Midler Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton Words Ronan Keating You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker You Do Something to Me Paul Weller You Do Something to Me Cole Porter You Were Meant for Me various You're the One that I Want Grease Your Love Is King Sade Your Song Elton John CLASSICAL Air on the G String (J S Bach) Allegro from the Water Music (Handel) Ave Maria (Gounod) Ave Maria (Schubert) Here Comes the Bride (Wagner) Panis Angelicus (Cesar Franck) Tumpet Tune (Purcell) Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke) Wedding March (Mendelssohn) SHOW Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King) Take That Look Off Your Face (Tell Me on a Sunday) Memory (Cats) All I Ask of You (The Phantom of the Opera) The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) Love Changes Everything (Aspects of Love) Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber) Amigos para Siempre - Friends for Life (Andrew Lloyd Webber) 80s Eternal Flame (Bangles) - 1989 A Woman in Love (Barbra Streisand) - 1980 Move Closer (Phyllis Nelson) - 1985 The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush) - 1985 Take My Breath Away (Berlin) - 1986 Just the Two of Us (Grover Washington and Bill Withers) 1981 Your Love Is King (Sade) 1984 Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) 1988 Someone like You (Van Morrison) 1987 Have I Told You Lately? (Van Morrison) 1989 Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart (Marc Almond) 1988 Thank You for Being a Friend (Cynthia Fee) 1985 Grow Old with Me (John Lennon) 1982 If We Hold On Together (Diana Ross) 1988 Somewhere Out There (Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram) 1986 Up Where We Belong (Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes) 1982 Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams) 1989 90s (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) 1991 I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) 1992 Love Is All Around (Wet Wet Wet) 1994 No Matter What (Boyzone) 1998 When You Say Nothing at All (Ronan Keating) 1999 Goodnight Girl (Wet Wet Wet) 1991 Don't Let Go (Love) (En Vogue) 1996 I Am Blessed (Eternal) 1995 You Do Something to Me (Paul Weller) 1995 Fields of Gold (Sting) 1993 More than Words (Extreme) 1990 Runaway (The Corrs) 1995 Lough Erin Shore (The Corrs) 1995 I Believe I Can Fly (R Kelly) 1996 Love Shine a Light (Katrina and the Waves) 1997 When You Tell Me That You Love Me (Diana Ross) 1991 All for Love (Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting) 1993 Amazed (Lonestar) 1998 Always Be My Baby (Mariah Carey) 1995 Angel (Sarah McLachlan) 1997 Change the World (Eric Clapton) 1996 I'll Make Love to You (Boyz II Men) 1994 Unchained Melody (Robson and Jerome) 1995 You'll Be in My Heart (Phil Collins) 1999 60s Here, There and Everywhere (Beatles) 1966 Love Is All Around (Reg Presley) 1967 Till There Was You (Beatles) 1963 All You Need is Love (Beatles) 1967 Something (Beatles) 1969 Words (Bee Gees) 1968 A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum) 1967 I Say a Little Prayer (Dionne Warwick) 1967 Sunny (Cher) 1966 Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers) 1965 Can't Help Falling in Love (Blue Hawaii) Elvis 70s (They Long to Be) Close to You (Carpenters) 1970 How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees) 1977 I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton) 1974 Annie's Song (John Denver) 1974 Lovin' You (Minnie Riperton) 1975 Feel Like Making Love (Roberta Flack) 1974 Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) 1977 Songbird (Fleetwood Mac) 1977 Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney/Wings) 1970 A Song for You (Leon Russell) 1970 Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel) 1970 Fernando (Abba) 1976 I Write the Songs (David Cassidy, Barry Manilow) 1975 00s Your Love Is King (Will Young) 2004 By Your Side (Sade) 2000 Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue) 2001 Don't Need the Sun to Shine (to Make Me Smile) (Gabrielle) 2001 Family Affair (Mary J Blige) 2001 Kiss Kiss (Holly Valance) 2002 Sweet Baby (Macy Gray feat Erykah Badu) 2001 A Thousand Miles (Vanessa Carlton) 2002 How Wonderful You Are (Gordon Haskell) 2001 Don't Know Why (Norah Jones) 2001 Into My Arms (Nick Cave) 2004 Breathless (The Corrs) 2000 Irresistible (The Corrs) 2000 50s Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly) 1957

We are also having Alicia Keys, Empire State of Mind. It fits in with our New York theme perfectly.

We're having 'Just the way you are' by Billy Joel - we both love the words as it defines what we're always saying to each other

This has been such a tough decision for us as we didn't have 'our song'

But I think we've finally settled on Eric Benet - Spend My Life With You the lyrics are just beautiful and it brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear it.