Wedding Music

[MKandNYYfan]

Since there have been threads about music, I decided I am interest in knowing what music those of you who are married, chose to play at your weddings-for the bride and groom dance, groom and mom and bride and dad. I've been to quite a few weddings lately, and it seems like the same songs keep popping up. I personally LOVE Josh Groban's "You Raise Me Up", Frank Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight" or Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings". Currently, I adore John Micheal Montgomery's "I Love The Way You Love Me" and it reminds me so much of my boyfriend!

[probativev]

We didn't do a "first dance" because it's so awkward. But we chose our dance to start off the dance floor with "I'm Still in Love with You" by Big Bad Vodoo Daddy. It totally fit our seven-year relationship. :)

YRMU is a good song, but for a groom and mother of groom dance, it's too literal to a point of being corny IMO.

I don't know why people pick the same songs over and over again either. There are a lot of good songs out there.

[Yzerbear19]

My brother and his wife used Josh Groban's "You raise me up" for their first dance. Celine Dion's "Because you loved me" for the mother/groom and bride/father dance since they combined the two together. The bridal party dance was to "Wonderful World" by Louie Armstrong. We walked down the aisle to "East of Eden." :) There were lots of Michelle ties. Funny thing is that my brother and his wife both hate figure skating. I don't think they even realized that two of the songs used in the wedding and reception had Michelle ties, which of course was my doing! :)

My cousin had a unique choice for her first dance. Her and her husband danced to "So Far Away" by Staind. They went for something traditional, "My Girl" for the bride/father dance. I can't remember the other songs they used. I think they used the Celine Dion song also for the mother/groom dance. That seems to be quite popular as well.

[angelofmine]

I'm getting married in August 2007! http://smilies.vidahost.com/kao/msroom/m-chu.gif My fiancé and I have decided to use Shania Twain's "From This Moment On" as our first dance song. It's one of my favorites and I've wanted it as my wedding song since I was little, so I was willing to overlook the fact that it was used a lot in the past. We intially chose about 20 songs and narrowed it down to a handful. It was close between Shania and the Beatles' "In My Life" and Babyface's "Every Time I Close My Eyes." I don't know what we're going to use for the father/bride dance and mother/groom dance. Good thing we have a while to figure it out!

For our walking down the aisle song, we're going to have a string quintet play a piece called "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral." It's an excerpt from a Wagner opera (of all things) called "Lohengrin."

[amielou]

angelofmine, I love "Elsa's Procession...". We played an arrangement of it when I was in symphonic band in college. Great choice!

I always find wedding music choices so interesting because so often it seems that the couple didn't really listen to the lyrics or think about what they mean. One of my cousins and her husband entered their reception to Matchbox 20's song "Bent" , those lyrics really imply a rather dysfunctional relationship. A friend of mine and her husband had their first dance to U2's "One" and it was really hard to not laugh when they were dancing all sappy and romantic and Bono was singing "Did you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head?" and the line "We hurt each other and we'll do it again" doesn't seem like an optimistic way to start a marriage. Another one of my cousins and his bride had their first dance many years ago to "Every Breath You Take" by The Police and even at 15, I knew it was a stalker song, so that seemed a bit creepy!! The all time favorite from my family has to be my mom's cousin/foster sister (complicated...) who had my aunt sing "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar during her ceremony. The lyrics to that song don't seem at all suited to a wedding ceremony!!

I just want to say to all the couples out there...listen carefully to all of the words!!

[amielou]

Just have to add...mistakes in the performances can really make a wedding song memorable. My brother was a groomsman once at a wedding where the song "Longer" was sung. The singer messed up the lyrics and sang "Farther than any fish ever flew..." causing most of the wedding party to double over trying not to laugh!

[michelle2006]

Shania Twain's "From This Moment On"

Oh thats a breathtaking song! Wonderful choice- I loved it when it cam eout and Shania looked soo pretty in the video.

[Banannak]

We stuck with a standard - At Last. It kind of cracked up our guests, since we'd been together for 10 years!

I love Peter Gabriel's song - Book of Love and if I'd known about it then, I would have used it.

Anna

[MKandNYYfan]

I also like Rascal Flats "Broken Road"...I think I left out part of the title. I like Country for slow, romantic dances. I have no idea what I would choose!

[Kwanstruck]

Congratulations angel!!! :hug Good choices so far!!! It sounds like you are going to have a really nice wedding, but where's the KPop??? :)

[butterfly021]

Ooh, I love things like this! It took my husband and I so long to figure out our wedding song. I am so picky about music, it had to be just perfect. But just about everything I came up with, he vetoed! The one song that always reminded me of him was very cheesy - "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden. But it came out right when we met and we really fell in love over the phone, before we ever really had a date. I really think I "knew" he was the one after only meeting him twice, then having a long distance relationship for a year. Anyway, my husband hated the song.

So I am a huge fan of Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Dido, The Cranberries, etc. Chick music. But none of my favorite artists sing happy love songs!! I listened to all of them and came up with nothing. Until one day I was listening to Sarah McLachlan's CD Afterglow that I came across the song "Push." I couldn't stop listening to it. I went to her concert with 4 friends and she played the song, saying she had written it for her husband. I fell in love with the song, had my husband listen to it. He shrugged his shoulders, half smiled and said "it's okay" (his way of saying YES!! lol). So that was how we came up with our song. It's not a popular song, so no one probably paid attention or knew what song it was, but it was special to us. Here are the lyrics in case you have never heard the song:

Every time I look at you the world just melts away
All my troubles all my fears dissolve in your affections
You've seen me at my weakest but you take me as I am
And when I fall you offer me a softer place to land

[CHORUS:]
You stay the course you hold the line you keep it all together
You're the one true thing I know I can believe in
You're all the things that I desire, you save me, you complete me
You're the one true thing I know I can believe

I get mad so easy but you give me room to breathe
No matter what I say or do 'cause you're to good to fight about it
Even when I have to push just to see how far you'll go
You wont stoop down to battle but you never turn to go

[CHORUS]

Your love is just the antidote when nothing else will cure me
There are times I cant decide when I cant tell up from down
You make me feel less crazy when otherwise I'd drown
But you pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm OK
Sometimes thats just what we need to get us through the day

[CHORUS]

The lyrics just made me choke up a few times and really think of my husband. The same with the song I danced with my father to, "Because you Loved Me" by Celion Dion. Much more mainstream, but I think when the song really moves you, you know it's the right one :)

My husband danced with his mother to "I Hope you Dance" by LeeAnn Womack. I picked it, seeing he isn't too into this sort of thing. The bridal party dance was "You've Got a Friend." I really wanted "That's What Friends are For" but one of our groomsmen used it at his wedding and I didn't want to copy. We walked into the recpetion to Dave Matthews Band "Two Step." The DJ and our photographers commented that our music choices were different than most. Just what I like to hear!!

Anyway, congrats to you........and choose the song that moves you and makes you think of the person you are dancing with.

[MKandNYYfan]

If I ever get married, I definitely want to be introduced to "Champions" (hm, not sure what it's titled...)! It'll be my Yankee flavor!

[angelofmine]

amielou -- my high school concert band played "Elsa's Procession," which is how I discovered it. :) Gorgeous piece of music, isn't it? What instrument do/did you play? I played the clarinet, and I'm telling ya, by the time "Elsa's Procession" was over I thought my lips were going to fall off! Of all the band works I played, I think that one was the most physically taxing, which is odd because it wasn't the most technically difficult.

You're right; it's funny how some people don't seem to pay attention to the lyrics of their songs. One of my friends wanted to use Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" as her first-dance song until I pointed out that it's more a song of unrequited love than true love ("I'll be captivated/I'll hang from your lips/instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above"). Beautiful song with beautiful sentiments, but still. And I know it's a popular wedding song so there are lots of people who disagree with me, but that's always the way I've interpreted it.

michelle2006 -- ITA. :) My fiancé and I actually thought about walking down the aisle to it then realized that would probably be *too* much like the video. Gorgeous video, though.

kwanstruck -- Thanks! :hug Haha re kpop -- I might if more people who are going to be there understood it! There'll definitely be kpop at the reception though! :D

butterfly021 -- That song is beautiful! It's always nice to find songs that aren't very widely used.

[jennjenn]

First Dance was "Amazed" by lonestar
bride/dance: My girl by temptation
Mother son: Forver young

I have no idea what the bridal party danced too.

[Krista]

I like "Ill stand by you" by The Pretenders, even though its a bit darker.

And I think I'd really like to dance to "Stand By Me" I love the lyrics, and they're simple. :)

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we see
No, I won't be afraid
Oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me, so

* Darling darling stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain
Should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand
Stand by me, and
(Repeat * 2 times)

and congrats angelofmine! :clap

[BassChick]

angelofmine, I love "Elsa's Procession...". We played an arrangement of it when I was in symphonic band in college. Great choice!

I always find wedding music choices so interesting because so often it seems that the couple didn't really listen to the lyrics or think about what they mean. One of my cousins and her husband entered their reception to Matchbox 20's song "Bent" , those lyrics really imply a rather dysfunctional relationship. A friend of mine and her husband had their first dance to U2's "One" and it was really hard to not laugh when they were dancing all sappy and romantic and Bono was singing "Did you come here to play Jesus to the lepers in your head?" and the line "We hurt each other and we'll do it again" doesn't seem like an optimistic way to start a marriage. Another one of my cousins and his bride had their first dance many years ago to "Every Breath You Take" by The Police and even at 15, I knew it was a stalker song, so that seemed a bit creepy!! The all time favorite from my family has to be my mom's cousin/foster sister (complicated...) who had my aunt sing "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar during her ceremony. The lyrics to that song don't seem at all suited to a wedding ceremony!!

I just want to say to all the couples out there...listen carefully to all of the words!!

I couldn't agree more, amielou!! I've heard some really odd songs at weddings, but the worst I know of personally is when my husband was asked to sing "Lord I Hope This Day Is Good". He actually did it, too, and I was beyond mortified, lol!

I think "Every Breath You Take" is worst of all, though! :D

[Krista]

LOL amielou, on a U2 message board we were discussing that. So many of the songs are heartfelt, but not about being together. Many of them are about splitting, or the trials of a relationship. Not wedding material

[probativev]

Angelofmine, Congrats!! I just sent you a PM.

I remembered that I was so concerned about not using corny or over-used music, at one point I actually considered the music of Swan Lake for the bride and groom dance...until we just did away with the bride & groom dance altogether (and the bouquet and garter belt toss).

BTW, did you guys know that the wedding march music is from the Wagner opera Lohnegrin? I didn't know it was Wagner, and I sure as hell didn't know if was from an opera! I was shocked when I heard it watching the Lohnegrin performance.

[Fumbilicious]

Congrats to those who are walking down the isle soon! I remember one of my college friends talking about her cousin's wedding and the first song she and her new husband danced to. They danced to Spandau Ballet's True, you know the song that played in the school dance scene in Sixteen Candles.

[kgrama]

I'll be walking down the aisle this May, and we aren't big dancers at all, but we will be doing a first dance...to Faith Hill's "Breathe".

[maeve02]

At our wedding last year, we walked down the aisle to a really beautiful composition of East of Eden. We had a violinist, flutist, and an oboe player- it sounds a bit weird but the vioinist is a huge MK fan and did a special arrangement for us. The music crested just as I started walking down the aisle (and crying)...

For our song, we didn't really have one, so, we danced to his parents' wedding song (my MIL doesn't really like me, so, I'm trying to make friends). It was a nice touch. On the funny side, my father and I danced to "Dixie Land" which is a song he used to sing me when I was upset as a little girl. It was a surprise for him and a wonderful moment for us--of course, we had to explain to a lot of our guests why we danced to a civil war march...

[Terri]

My sister got married last month and she didn't use the traditional wedding march. I liked that since I don't like the traditional wedding march but I don't know what she used. If I get married I would like to use something similar to Bach Air on G but maybe with a bit more "pomp".

I love John Legend's "So High". I would definitely consider that for my own wedding.

Congrats on the engagement angelofmine.

[MKalltheway]

My sister got married last month and she didn't use the traditional wedding march. I liked that since I don't like the traditional wedding march but I don't know what she used. If I get married I would like to use something similar to Bach Air on G but maybe with a bit more "pomp".

I love John Legend's "So High". I would definitely consider that for my own wedding.

Congrats on the engagement angelofmine.

I love this song...and ordinary people (this would work too, depending on the type of relationships)lol

[Valerie]

I got married in Aug 2005 and initially we had decided not to do any dancing, but then as the evening went on, we were just on the dancefloor after the bouquet toss, and we were hugging, and suddenly the MC called for us to dance and our friend who was doing our music started playing "You Are so Beautiful" (got pressured into it :p too) and so my husband and I just started dancing! It turned out really nice, and now that song is our song. Hehe. The surprise and not picking the music ahead of time made it nice, and it was amazing how the lyrics just all fit. :D And for our slideshow showing our wedding pictures (we had studio shots ahead of time, as that is what we do in our culture), we had "Endless Love".

[MKalltheway]

valerie congrats...endless love by luther and mariah...or the classic one by...I forgot:)

[KwansPrayerWarrior]

My sister got married last month and she didn't use the traditional wedding march. I liked that since I don't like the traditional wedding march but I don't know what she used. If I get married I would like to use something similar to Bach Air on G but maybe with a bit more "pomp".

I love John Legend's "So High". I would definitely consider that for my own wedding.

Congrats on the engagement angelofmine.

I read in a BRIDES magazine where someone suggested using: "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones as the "Bride-And-Groom" leaving the church song after the wedding. I think I'm gonna use that one.

Alot of couples are using modern songs as the "Bride Enters" and "Bride-And-Groom-Exiting" songs.

[MKalltheway]

my brother AND sister are getting married in a few months (phew) and they find this a difficult decision too...hopefully, they'll pick good ones. but I think they both will pick classic wedding songs...lol

[smkoepke]

we danced to Etta James "at last". Also played unforgettable (nat king cole version not the duet), Also Nat king Cole "When I grow to old to dream", and "Always and Forever"- Heatwave and Monica "for you I will". My dad and i danced to "My girl". Aww the memories!

[s0nginmyheart]

I've got a lengthy collection of love songs at around 600 (complete list here (http://www.geocities.com/s0nginmyheart/playlist_amour)). Here are some of my favorites, though they might not be wedding-specific but the sentiment is the same :) :

Bernadette Peters - He's Got A Way
Cassandra Wilson - Crazy Love
Cruxada - The Nearness Of You
Eva Cassidy - At Last
Forte - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love
Gary Valenciano - I Will Be Here
Jessa Zaragoza - Glory Of Love
Joanne O'Brien - I Only Want To Be With You
Kathy Zavada - You Are So Beautiful
Kenny Vance - This Magic Moment
Kierstin Gray - Knocks Me Off My Feet
Laura Fygi - All I Ask Of You
Luther Vandross - Here And Now
Mario Frangoulis - Come What May
Mary Beth Maziarz - Close To You
MYMP - Crazy For You
Nyoy Volante & Mannos - Lost In Your Eyes
Richard Marx - Can't Help Falling In Love
Regine Velasquez - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Susan Anders - All You Need Is Love
The Shauna Antoniuc Trio - Cheek To Cheek
Yellowjackets - Now And Forever (Acapella)

I do suggest these specific artists if you're thinking about some of these songs. Let me know if you need me to upload any :) hope this helps.

[lissa81]

Me and my fiance are planning to get married in November of this year-we're so excited! :D

We haven't had much time to pick music (or anything for that matter!) but we have managed to find THE song that we'll dance first to. Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face." When we listened to it the first time, we both started crying! It's just so beautiful :D

[iceskaterdawn]

I went searching for this thread and glad I found it. I'm getting married in July, and I'm already trying to think of the songs we will dance too.

I think the first dance for us will be Some Kind of Miracle by Kelly Clarkson.

I'm struggling with the Father Daughter Dance though. I know I'll cry the entire time no matter what song I chose. My dad loves country music and I enjoy it too, so I am trying to find a country song that will work. I think it would be a special touch. So far the only one I've come up with is Butterfly Kisses and that really isn't that much of a country song. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them!

[YankeesSuck01]

Amazed by Lonestar was huge a few years ago. It might make a good wedding song.

[MKandNYYfan]

"Butterfly Kisses", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Isn't She Lovely" and "You Raise Me Up" certainly seem to be the most popular Father-Daughter songs! How about Kenny Rogers' "Through the Years" or Faith Hill's "There You'll Be"?

My cousin thought about using this song that I had never heard of or heard of the singer, but it's pretty:
http://www.lyricskeeper.com/ray_allaire-lyrics/224390-a_song_for_my_daughter_on_her_wedding_day-lyrics.htm

then went with "Butterfly Kisses".

I love "Daddy's Girl" just cause at least it won't be over the top emotional, but when I get married, I'd probably use an edited version of "East of Eden", more my dad's taste of music!

[iceskaterdawn]

Those are some great ideas! I'll definately look into that Faith Hill song. Faith Hill is my dad's favorite singer, and she is near the top of my list too.

[s0nginmyheart]

I've recently been introduced to this artist but I think this would be a good song... not "overused" like some others...

http://www.myspace.com/michellefeatherstone
Michelle Featherstone - We Are Man And Wife

[Krista]

I always thought it would be fun to have a number choreographed. Maybe to something like Sinatra, or some sort of ballroom dance, when I got married. Not necessarily as the first dance, but just something fun to do at the reception. As far as what I'd choose to have as my first dance, I have no idea. I wanted to use Fields of Gold, but then my aunt and her husband used it lol. I'm not necessarily one for sappiness, so I'd probably pick something fun for my Dad and I to dance to, like "old time rock and roll" or something. He loves that song.

[GoldenMichelle]

I got married in May and we used "Come away with Me" by Norah Jones for the first dance. My husband picked YRMU for the dance with him mom and dad and I used "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts. For the last dance I chose "Kissing You" (from Michelle's Exhibition) I adore that song and it was a perfect last dance song.

Dawn a good country song for father daughter dance is "A love without end," by George Strait I almost used that one but went with Rascal Flatts instead cause I didn't want something so sappy. lol

[UGG]

i got married last year

First Dance-At last/Etta James
Father/daughter-Have I told u lately that I love you/Van Morrison
mother/son-What a Wonderful World

I did not do the bridal party song, I had to dance with someone as a bridesmaid once and it was so akward, lol.

[iceskaterdawn]

I knew asking on here would get me all sorts of good ideas! :)

I love that Rascal Flatts song, but I never thought about it as a father daughter dance. I'll have to check out the George Strait song too. At least now I'm starting to get a list so I can have some choices to choose from.

[WorldsGreatestMK]

perfect song. YRMU. I know it's probably already mentioned here, but I don't check this thread much, but I did learn how to play it on the piano. I am going to post the full version, I am recording NOW, in a couple of minutes :)

[iceskaterdawn]

After consulting with my sister, I've decided to use A Moment Like This for our first dance (not a surprise coming from a die hard Kelly fan like myself :lol), and then There You'll Be for the father/ daughter dance. My dad loves Faith Hill, so I thought it would be a nice treat for him.

Also my sister suggested that for our table placements, instead of using numbers 1-10, instead give each table the name of a skater. For example, the Kwan Table, or Kerrigan Table. I think it sounds cute and everyone that knows me will think it is a cute idea. I just have to convince my fiance it is a cute idea. :lol I'm starting to turn him into a skating fan, so he may go along with it by the time our wedding rolls around in July. :)

[Lisa Seye]

Just make sure you are at the Kwan table. :D

[tara98gold]

I'm not married or getting married quite yet. But I of course being a girl think about things like this. Plus I am in a serious relationship with someone and we have been talked about marriage a lot. We just aren't engaged yet.

And I would love to use Clay Aiken's "This Is The Night" for the first dance or "Everything I Do (I Do It For You) the Clay Aiken version.

Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" would be good and Kelly Clarkson's "A Moment Like This" or "Before Your Love."

I'll have to see what happens with that though.