Suggest a song for a first dance at a wedding

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Say, if one was getting married, what would be a good song for the first dance of the bride and groom? Any suggestions?

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:11 (twenty-two years ago)

'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

― John Prescot, Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"Santa Cruz": Fatboy Slim

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

you get the prize for first sarcastic response!

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Samla Mammas Manna's "Långt ner i ett kaninhål" aka "Deep down a rabbit's hole"
That'll set the pace for a marvellously jolly wedding to boot.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

See I held off on the sarcasm.
Eric Carmen - "All By Myself"

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Battery by Metallica

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Radiohead - A Punchup At A Wedding

― man, Thursday, 2 October 2003 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

damn! I had a bet with myself that Slayer's Raining Blood was going to be the jokey metal pick....you foiled me with Battery! Now I have to do my laundry for a week.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Hava Nagila.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Masters At Work ft India 'To Be In love'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm playing 'last christmas' by wham at my friend's upcoming wedding. Just try and stop me.

― tylero, Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Anti-Nowhere League's "So What." Alternately, "Freakazoid."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 October 2003 23:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Waltzinblack" by the Stranglers

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 October 2003 00:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Candi Staton, "Young Hearts Run Free"

― Angus Gordon (angusg), Friday, 3 October 2003 02:53 (twenty-two years ago)

"Apologia" by Gavin Friday & the Man Seezer

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 October 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

wildchild - renegade master (fatboy slim remix)

― trife (simon_tr), Friday, 3 October 2003 03:27 (twenty-two years ago)

emperor's imperial march--john williams

you could also take "love will tear us apart " and then follow it with "love will keep us together " .

― camazotz, Friday, 3 October 2003 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

"O Superman" by Laurie Anderson, followed jarringly by "South of Heaven' by Slayer

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 October 2003 03:56 (twenty-two years ago)

"I Knew the Bride When She Used To Rock & Roll".

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Friday, 3 October 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

you could also take "love will tear us apart " and then follow it with "love will keep us together " .

Or the Swinging Erudites' combo medley of same.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 October 2003 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

then follow those with "too much love will kill you in the end"

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 3 October 2003 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

And finish of with Die, die my darling by the misfits

― Cacaman Flores, Friday, 3 October 2003 04:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw a couple waltz to the Magnetic Fields' "With Whom to Dance." It was lovely.

― Douglas (Douglas), Friday, 3 October 2003 05:15 (twenty-two years ago)

"Vanish In Our Sleep" - Bootsy Collins

― adaml (adaml), Friday, 3 October 2003 06:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Dead Kennedys: 'Too Drunk To Fuck'

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 3 October 2003 07:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I went to 2 weddings last month, first song was:
Gorecki - Lamb
and
I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You - Tom Waits

also: You do something to me - Paul Weller

― daarkbee, Friday, 3 October 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Kelis: Caught Out There

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)

"Where The Wild Roses Grow" may also be a good choice. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)

The Beatles: Things We said Today

― harveyw (harveyw), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

or be brazen and spin 'Love Me Do'

― mick hall (mick hall), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Continuing the Beatles theme here with Paul McCartney's "My Brave Face" :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

my brother had 'lovin you' by minnie ripperton which was lovely (though you have to shuffle rather than dance)

recently went to a wedding disco which finished with the booker t cricket theme song - that was ace

― adam b (adam b), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Given one of them has been married twice before, "Mistake #3" by Culture Club may also be a nice first dance...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:29 (twenty-two years ago)

A cousin of mine and her husband chose "Falling" (the Twin Peaks theme) for their first dance. Although their dance, too, was more of a shuffle.

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Also Ten songs to be played in weddings...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 3 October 2003 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

We used "Center of Gravity" by Yo La Tengo which was nice cuz it's a husband/wife duet. Other songs up near the start of the mix were "I Feel Fine" by the Beatles, "Sunshine of my Life" by Stevie Wonder, "Ain't that a Kick in the Head" by Dean Martin, "Makin' Whoopie" by Frank Sinatra.

― BrianB, Friday, 3 October 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I was at a wedding a month ago where Lee Greenwood's "Proud to Be An American" was played TWICE!. It made me want to gargle with sulfuric acid.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Yuck....Lee Greenwood has a wierd 80s porn vibe that creeps me out.

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I wish more weddings had a weird 80s porn vibe. Or any kind of 80s vibe, for that matter.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't you mean Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA"?

― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 3 October 2003 19:14 (twenty-two years ago)

"Our Way to Fall" by Yo La Tengo is a very sweet song that might work really well as a wedding first dance type of song. Sorry for the lack of sarcasm. I'll try harder next time.

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Friday, 3 October 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't you mean Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA"?

Well, it's the one with the chorus of: "And I'm proud to be an American/Where at least I know I'm free...."

I always hated that "at least" in there. It just sounds so goddamn xenophobic.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 3 October 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"Somebody" - Depeche Mode

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 October 2003 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Orgasm Addict - Buzzcocks

Something - Beatles

it's just too hard to choose...

― Davlo (Davlo), Saturday, 4 October 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

John Martyn - Couldn't love you more

― Chris V. (Chris V), Saturday, 4 October 2003 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I gave my answer here:

What record would you like played first at your wedding reception?

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 4 October 2003 13:15 (twenty-two years ago)

We used the Johnny Cash version of "memories are made of this" at our wedding.

― chad (chad), Saturday, 4 October 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

kle's cover of 'rainbow eyes'

― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 4 October 2003 15:32 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

hey lee is my uncle, and personally i think his stuff is legit. you should give some of his other songs a chance like 'ring on her finger, time on her hands' , 'iou' .. all the oldies but goodies.

donnie

― smoothoperator, Monday, 8 May 2006 05:58 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

"Where The Wild Roses Grow" may also be a good choice. :-)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, October 3, 2003 6:37 AM (6 years ago)

Uh, isn't this one about murder??

― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:45 (fifteen years ago)

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