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Choosing Just the Right Songs for Your Wedding

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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.

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Theme From Rocky

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Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine

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Pink - Get This Party Started

2 points

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Get Ready for This (Wrestling)

2 points

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The Bob's - Fanfare

from Andy Kaufman2 points

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Chariots of Fire

1 point

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Cinderella's Royal Fanfare

1 point

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Mission Impossible Theme

1 point

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Theme from Monday Night Football

0 points

Close The Bridal Party Entrance...and What to Expect From Your DJ

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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:

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Etta James - At Last

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Atlantic Star - Always

1 point

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L. Ronstadt & A. Neville - Don't Know Much

1 point

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Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight

1 point

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E. Walter Smith - First Dance

from www.YourFirstDanceSong.com1 point

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Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This

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Cher & Peter Cetera - After All

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Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love

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Jeffrey Osborne - On The Wings of Love

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Relient K - Must Have Done Something Right

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Learn More about Choosing Your Wedding Music

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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:

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James Taylor - How Sweet It Is

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The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

1 point

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The Turtles - Happy Together

1 point

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Frank Sinatra - Love & Marriage

1 point

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Adam Sandler - I Want to Grow Old With You

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The Beatles - When I'm 64

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Harry Connick Jr. - Recipe For Love

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Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me

0 points

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Sarah MacLaughlan - Ice Cream

0 points

Wedding CDs

These are a few good CDs that have what you will need for the ceremony. Most people don't stray too far from the basics for the ceremony, so most of what you want should be here. If you are using live musicians for the ceremony, a CD like this is helpful to be able to discuss with them which songs you want...there is more then one "Wedding March" so be specific or you may find yourself walking in to the wrong song.
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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.

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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

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James Taylor - You've Got A Friend

1 point

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Barenaked Ladies - If I Had A Million Dollars

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Dionne & Friends - Thats What Friends Are For

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Calloway - I Wanna Be Rich

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If I Were A Rich Man - From Fiddler on the Roof

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Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing

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Elton John - Kiss the Bride

0 points

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Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends Are For

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Whitney Houston - Count on Me

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The Dollar Dance

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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.

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Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses

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Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole - Unforgettable

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Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

2 points

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Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

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Amy Grant - Father's Eyes

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Red Sovine - Daddy's Girl

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Holly Dunn - Daddy's Hands

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E. Walter Smith - Little Girl

Here is the perfect song (duet) for the father daughter more...0 points

Mother/Son Songs

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The Man You've Become

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Through The Years

Kenny Rogers1 point

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Chris Taylor - I Will Remain Your Little Boy

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B.J. Thomas - Mama

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Barbra Streisand - If I Could

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Wedding CDs

These are a few other good wedding CDs:
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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.

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Andrea Bocelli with Celine Dion - The Prayer

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Stephen Curtis Chapman - Parents' Prayer

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Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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Kenny Rogers - Through the Years

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Barry Manilow - I Am Your Child

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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.

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Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

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The Weather Girls - Its Raining Men

2 points

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Beyoncé - All the Single Ladies

1 point

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Shania Twain - I feel like a woman

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Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds are a girls best friend

0 points

Wedding CDs

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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:

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Tone Loc - Wild Thing

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Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing

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David Rose - The Stripper

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Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

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The Theme to Jaws

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Prince - Kiss

0 points

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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.

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Allison Kraus - When You Say Nothing At All

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Ave Maria

2 points

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Shania Twain with Bryan Adams - From this Moment

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John Tesh - Give me Forever (I Do)

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Bryan Adams - Everything I Do

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The Lord's Prayer

0 points

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Atlantic Starr - Always

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Avant - My First Love

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Brian McKnight - Love of My Life

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Yours, Mine & Ours

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Mary Chapin Carpenter - Grow Old With Me

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Rosie Thomas - You and Me

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E. Walter Smith - I Do

from http://www.YourWeddingDayMusic.com0 points

Wedding CDs on eBay

eBay is a great place for wedding items, since people do not expect to use them more then once.
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What songs did you use or what are you thinking of using? Would like to bounce your ideas off us? or just say "Hi"?

  • Tristan Apr 14, 2010 @ 3:54 pm | delete
    This is a very informative lens when it comes to choosing the right materials for your wedding. While looking for my cousins songs for her wedding, i bumped into this site full of information as well www.romanticweddingsongs,net
  • briar_rose_strings Aug 4, 2009 @ 1:54 pm | delete
    Nice lens. Thanks for the input to brides everywhere. Song choice is very important....coming from a professional string quartet. www.briarrosestrings.com
  • Irenemaria Jan 25, 2009 @ 4:11 am | delete
    After reading this lens I feel like getting married all over =)
    But to the same man
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    This is a good idea. I will keep this in mind whenever i get married.
  • gaganraoh Jun 26, 2008 @ 3:55 am | delete
    Soundtrack for my wedding, wow that sounds amazing, Thanks for a great lens, I got a very good idea for my wedding.
    I also found some good stuff at Wedding
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