DJ GREGG'S BLOG

Choosing your first dance song is not easy! Your first dance together as husband and wife should l evoke memories of shared moments involving your special song. What if you don't have a special song yet? If you think hard, you can probably find several songs appropriate for your first dance wedding song.

Here are a few questions to help: Was there a song playing the first time you met? What song was playing the first time you danced? Was there a song playing when he proposed? Was there a song playing the first time you kissed? What about the first time you said "I love you"? What was the theme song for the first movie you watched together? What about a special song from a concert you attended together? Is there a song always makes you think of each other? After thinking about the answers to these questions, you will probably have a few choices of first dance wedding songs. See... that wasn't that hard, was it? Here are some examples:

Wedding Tip: Choose more than one special song and make a plan that whenever you hear that song play during the reception, no matter what you are doing or who you are talking to -- you both will meet on the dance floor as soon as the song begins to play.

Rock and Pop Wedding Songs

• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," by Aerosmith
• "Truly, Madly, Deeply," by Savage Garden
• "Can You Feel the Love Tonight," by Elton John
• "Unchained Melody," by the Righteous Brothers
• "After All," by Peter Cetera and Cher
• "Power of Love," by Celine Dion
• "Eternal Flame," by the Bangles
• "Groovy Kind of Love," by Phil Collins
• "I'll Be," by Edwin McCain
• "Love of a Lifetime," by Firehouse
• "Never Tear Us Apart," by INXS
• "She's Got a Way," by Billy Joel
• "Wonderful Tonight," by Eric Clapton
• "You're the Inspiration," by Chicago
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R&B and Soul Wedding Songs

• "At Last," by Etta James
• "When a Man Loves a Woman," by Percy Sledge
• "Here and Now," by Luther Vandross
• "Don't Know Much," by Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt
• "I Swear," by All 4 One
• "Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You," by Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson
• "One Moment in Time," by Whitney Houston
• "Still," by the Commodores
• "On Bended Knee," by Boyz II Men
• "Stand By Me," by Ben E. King
• "You are My Lady," by Freddie Jackson
• "You are So Beautiful," by Babyface

• Country Wedding Songs

  • "I Do (Cherish You)," by Mark Wills
  • "Forever and Ever, Amen," by Randy Travis
  • "I Cross My Heart," by George Strait
  • "From This Moment," by Shania Twain and Bryan White
  • "My Best Friend," by Tim McGraw
  • "I Love the Way You Love Me," by John Michael Montgomery
  • "It's Your Love," by Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
  • "Me and You," by Kenny Chesney
  • "When You Say Nothing At All," by Allison Krause
  • "Keeper of the Stars," by Tracy Byrd
  • "Lady," by Kenny Rogers
  Dance the night away.

  Jazz Wedding Songs

  • "It Had to Be You," by Harry Connick, Jr.
  • "We Are in Love," by Harry Connick, Jr.
  • "Love and Marriage," by Frank Sinatra
  • "When I Fall in Love," by Nat King Cole
  • "Unforgettable," by Nat King Cole
  • "Since I Fell For You," by Al Jarreau
  • "We're in This Love Together," by Al Jarreau