Wedding poll: first dance song?

[Awkward]

Expect a bunch of these from me over the next 6-8 months, lol.

So, what was your first dance song at your wedding?
Why did you choose that song?
Bonus q: Did you have a DJ or a band?

[shell24]

I Could Not Ask For More by Edwin McCain.

Because I really liked it?

Band, there was never a question on that!!

[mbcdefg]

"Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica

That was one of the few specific requests MH had for our wedding plans, and I liked the song too, so I agreed.

We had a DJ. We looked into booking a fun cover band (The Nerds) but they were way too expensive for us.

[Cowbells]

"Me and You" by Kenny Chesney. We both liked the song and it just seemed to fit us. We had a DJ.

[CrazyLucky]

Always Have Always Will by Blackhawk
DH picked it but I had veto power. I really liked it though. He even consented to dance lessons so we wouldn't look dumb.
We had a DJ.

[justjen]

Everything by Michael Buble.

We both just liked it.

DJ

[Susie]

Sweet Potato Pie - Ray Charles & James Taylor

DJ.

[agnes]

Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton

Because we both like it

iPod

[raangoli]

You and I by Michael Buble. I really love all of his songs, but this one was just so beautiful.

We had a DJ.

[mswax]

At Last - Etta James

Me because it's classic, DH because it's short

DJ

[Deleted]

Swept Away by the Avett Brothers. They are a group that we love and a song that seemed the most fitting as a wedding song. We had a DJ.

[audette]

Maybe it's a bad sign it took me a while to remember what our first dance song was...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyX_Sh1pgA0

Brass Bed, by Josh Gracin. DH and I were long distance for _all_ of our time dating. We also knew that once married, we'd be facing some serious long-distance situations again (DH is active duty military, and we got married in late 2005, so we knew deployments to the middle east were only a matter of time). The song is about a couple basically holding tight to each other in the face of what tomorrow brings. It felt appropriate. And now, hearing the song again with DH away for a class, it's a reminder of days apart... (he's only an hour or two away right now, and will be home on Friday).

[sproutmd]

Groovy Kind of Love - we just like it. Flameful? lol

DJ

[sicilygirl]

When I Look Into Your Eyes by Firehouse

We love power ballads, lol.

DJ

[sillygoosegirl]

At our wedding:
The Masochism Tango - because it's hilarious and a tango.

In real life:
The Jolly Dog Polka - we played that at our wedding too, but it would have made a bad wedding first dance as it's a mixer and we needed to teach it to all the guests who weren't college friends.

We had a DJ, but in hindsight I wish we'd just done a playlist.  It was the same guy who DJed my sister's wedding 10 years earlier (a friend of our dad's), and I was happy with him then, but not pleased with him at my wedding.

[glynn]

No dancing or music.

[magdala]

As Time Goes By from the movie Casablanca. Casablanca is my favorite movie. Our whole wedding was very classic and old fashioned. We got married in a historic ballroom with a huge dance floor. DH choreographed a foxtrot to the music and taught it to me. He can dance. I can follow his lead...sometimes. In any case, we practiced it enough that it was fantastic. The ballroom had a raised dais that could have held a band; but we decided to use a DJ instead. We had so much fun that night.

[terpsfan]

Married in 2003. 

Moondance by Van Morrison.

We had seen the Broadway Show "Contact" a couple of times and the girl with the yellow dress part was our favorite (and that song was featured). And we just liked the song. I wanted something timeless and something that I'd randomly hear places and smile (and I do hear it in the grocery store, Marshalls lol). Learned to foxtrot to it.

DJ

[dr.girlfriend]

Eva Cassidy's "Songbird." It played on one of our dates and I always secretly considered it "our song." DJ

[gt7301b]

The Luckiest by Bed Folds (Five?)

DJ

I like it and Mr. GT didn't care

[more adventurous]

"No One's Gonna Love You" by Band of Horses played by a DJ. It's actually kind of a sad song, but it was one of H's few requests, so I went with it. We both also love the band.

[noodleoo]

Just Say Yes - Snow Patrol.

It was one of my favorite songs and kind of an inside joke for H and I. We're also dancers and could do a hustle to it, which is one of our favorites to dance together.

DJ, band was cost prohibitive for us.

And yes, we did a hustle as our first dance. 

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Apr 23, 2014 9:34:11 GMT -5 justjen said:

Everything by Michael Buble.

Twins. It was the song on the radio when H was proposing. Random because we were in St Tropez and every other song was French pop.

Band and dj (late night lounge).

[lasagnasshole]

"Golden" by My Morning Jacket.

We love the band. The music is beautiful. The lyrics are sentimental without being too saccharine.

If I had to do it over again, I'd probably push for Springsteen's "If I Should Fall Behind." I think it might be one of the most perfect love songs ever.

We had a DJ.

[msmerymac]

1) Sea of Love, the Cat Powers version
2) I wanted something old school, my husband was picky, we compromised on a recent cover of a classic song
3) DJ who played the WRONG VERSION at first. I was a bitch and refused to go out and just "wing it," because our version is superior to other versions, so our wedding coordinator (who walked down the aisle to the same song at her wedding) helped him queue up the right version, while we paused and gave a thank you-please-come-to-breakfast-tomorrow speech.

[perkyderky]

"Moonlight Becomes You" sung by Bing Crosby
We chose it because we wanted a "standard"...I wanted something more upbeat like "L-O-V-E" by Nat King Cole, but DH wanted a slower ballroom dance song.  (We did take dancing lessons though our first dance wasn't actually choreographed--we actually learned a bunch of dances.)
We had a great band, though we actually requested this song to be done on MP3.  It was one of DH's few wedding requests to have "Bing sing our song."

[aliciar6]

God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton
it just seem fitting, we heard it for the first time together and said "that's our song"
we had our friend set up his sound equipment, I made a song list on itunes and then my niece and my friend's daughter took over the computer and put on the songs they liked.

[shortstax]

Fields of Gold - Sting

It was the first song we'd ever danced to when we first got together. It talks about commitment, but I've heard it's about his connection with his love through tantric sex. ha--clearly appropriate for our wedding day

[monsterz]

The Story by Brandi Carlile. It was a song that had meaning for H and I, we didn't really discuss other options as we both knew that was the song.

We had a DJ

[protozoa]

Waste by Phish

We had an awful time picking a song and this was the first one we were both good with. I've always liked the song and it's pretty appropriate for us.

DJ