The Soundtrack of Your Wedding Day
The music is important. Very important. You can have a perfect looking wedding...perfect flowers, perfect attire, perfect decorations, perfect cake...but if the wedding music is bad then the quality of the event will drop (considerably). The music sets the tone for the enjoyment level of the event. You want your guests to have a good time. You want them to remember your wedding as a fun day. Choose music you like AND music that the whole crowd would enjoy. Choose music that means something to you. It's not that hard, if you plan ahead.
Bridal Party Introduction Music
FOR THE RECEPTION
The entrance music for the Bridal Party will set the tone for the wedding...a really fun starting song will tell people this is to be a really fun event.
#1
Theme From Rocky
5 points
#2
Pink - Get This Party Started
2 points
#3
Get Ready for This (Wrestling)
2 points
#4
Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
2 points
#5
Chariots of Fire
1 point
#6
Cinderella's Royal Fanfare
1 point
#7
The Bob's - Fanfare
from Andy Kaufman1 point
#8
Theme from Monday Night Football
0 points
#9
Mission Impossible Theme
0 points
First Dance
This is a song that should really mean something to the Bride and Groom - it their chance to play something for themselves. Don't get out of control...it should be romantic...but it should be in the genre of favorite music.
Another key to this song choice, is that it be a song that is dance-able. Don't go with something complicated if either of the couple don't really dance.
These are just few options:
#1
Etta James - At Last
4 points
#2
Atlantic Star - Always
1 point
#3
L. Ronstadt & A. Neville - Don't Know Much
1 point
#4
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
1 point
#5
E. Walter Smith - First Dance
from www.YourFirstDanceSong.com1 point
#6
Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This
0 points
#7
Cher & Peter Cetera - After All
0 points
#8
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
0 points
#9
Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings of Love
0 points
Learn More about Choosing Your Wedding Music
How to Set Your Wedding to Music: The Complete Wedding Music Guide and Planner (Book & CD)
Learn more about your music selection for your wedding with this guide.
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For the Cake Cutting
So you cut the cake, feed each other, possible start a foodfight. It's all in good fun, and the song playing should be too! These are a few of the popular songs for the cutting of the cake:
#1
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is
2 points
#2
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
1 point
#3
The Turtles - Happy Together
1 point
#4
Frank Sinatra - Love & Marriage
1 point
#5
Adam Sandler - I Want to Grow Old With You
0 points
#6
The Beatles - When I'm 64
0 points
#7
Harry Connick Jr. - Recipe For Love
0 points
#8
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
0 points
#9
Sarah MacLaughlan - Ice Cream
0 points
Wedding CDs
25 Wedding Favorites
Amazon Price: $4.98 (as of 12/04/2008)
Classical Wedding
Amazon Price: $11.99 (as of 12/04/2008)
A Day to Remember - Instrumental Music for Your Wedding Day
Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 12/04/2008)
Money/Dollar/Honeymoon Dance
This is another tradition that often gets the cut these days. Whatever you call it, this is the song where people pay for a dance with the bride and groom. Though many people think it is cheesy, and cheap, to do this dance, statistically most weddings still have one. It is most appropriate for first weddings for which the bride and groom are not already living well off independently.
#1
Pretty much any easily dancable song
Since many will do this dance and few others, many dollar dance dancers can't dance. If you expect this to be the case, choose a very easy to move to song.1 point
#2
James Taylor - You've Got A Friend
1 point
#3
Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars
0 points
#4
Dionne & Friends - Thats What Friends Are For
0 points
#5
Calloway - I Wanna Be Rich
0 points
#6
If I Were A Rich Man - From Fiddler on the Roof
0 points
#7
Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing
0 points
#8
Elton John - Kiss the Bride
0 points
#9
Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For
0 points
#10
Whitney Houston - Count on Me
0 points
The Dollar Dance
Father/Daughter Dance
This dance is a classic and a must-have if the father is physically able. Even Dads who never ever dance, dance this one, and even look forward to it.
#1
Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole - Unforgettable
2 points
#2
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
2 points
#3
Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses
1 point
#4
Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
0 points
#5
Amy Grant - Father's Eyes
0 points
#6
Red Sovine - Daddy's Girl
0 points
#7
Holly Dunn - Daddy's Hands
0 points
#8
E. Walter Smith - Little Girl
Here is the perfect song (duet) for the father dau more...0 points
Mother/Son Songs
#1
The Man You've Become
1 point
#2
Through The Years
Kenny Rogers1 point
#3
Chris Taylor - I Will Remain Your Little Boy
0 points
#4
B.J. Thomas - Mama
0 points
#5
Barbra Streisand - If I Could
0 points
Wedding CDs
Wedding Songs
Amazon Price: $17.98 (as of 12/04/2008)
For Your Wedding Ceremony
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 12/04/2008)
Modern Bride Presents the Wedding Album
Amazon Price: (as of 12/04/2008)
Parent's Dance
If you'd like to merge the father/daughter and mother/son to be done at the same time...try the Parent's Dance.
#1
Andrea Bocelli with Celine Dion - The Prayer
3 points
#2
Stephen Curtis Chapman - Parents' Prayer
0 points
#3
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
0 points
#4
Kenny Rogers - Through the Years
0 points
#5
Barry Manilow - I Am Your Child
0 points
Toss the Bouquet
Though it doesn't take much time to do, getting the single gals together can take a minute. So have a song going for the Bouquet Toss.
#1
The Weather Girls - Its Raining Men
2 points
#2
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
1 point
#3
Shania Twain - I feel like a woman
0 points
#4
Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds are a girls best friend
0 points
Wedding CDs
I Will Be Here: 25 of Today's Best Wedding & Love Songs
Amazon Price: $19.98 (as of 12/04/2008)
Heart Beats: Now & Forever - Timeless Wedding Songs
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/04/2008)
Bagpipe Wedding Music CD by Michael Hamilton
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/04/2008)
Songs for the Garter
Though recently many brides are dropping this part of the reception out, the garter toss and the putting of the garter on the girl who caught the flowers is a part of the wedding that many look forward to.
These songs are fun for this:
#1
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
1 point
#2
David Rose - The Stripper
1 point
#3
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
1 point
#4
Tone Loc - Wild Thing
1 point
#5
The Theme to Jaws
0 points
#6
Prince - Kiss
0 points
#7
ZZ Top - Legs
0 points
Unity Candle
I know I did not hit much on the actual ceremony (because any wedding CD you pick up will cover that pretty well), but the unity candle song is one that has many great choices.
#1
Allison Kraus - When You Say Nothing At All
2 points
#2
Ave Maria
1 point