Music/Songs for your reception

Ok, my absolute favorite wedding song is:

**True Companion by Marc Cohn (love, love, love it!)**

Here are my other favorites I can think of right now.  I will be adding more as I think of some and please add your favorites by adding a comment below.


* Journey-When you love a woman; Faithfully; Open Arms
* Frank Sinatra.....about any Frank song is great, but I love: I get a kick out of you; Marvelous; You're nobody; The way you look tonight; ....etc
* Collective Soul-Heaven
* Beatles-When I'm 64 (this one is great for your photo montague of your picts growing up)
* Bobby Darin-Beyond the Sea
* Bon Jovi-Always
* Chris Isaak-I wanna fall in love
* Garth Brooks-She's everything
* Dashboard Confessional-Stolen
* Harry Connick Jr.-We go together like a wink and a smile
* Josh Groban-You raise me up
* Michael Buble-Everything
* Any artist-Unchained Melody
* U2-All I want is you; With or without you; Sweetest Thing
* the first part of the Forrest Gump suite is great for growing up pictures too on a video



****My overplayed at weddings list for this year is below   I'm not saying I don't like the songs, but I have just heard them quite a bit this year ****

*Bless the Broken Road-Rascal Flatts
*I loved her first- Heartland(although this one is cute for daddy/daughter dances)
*Butterfly kisses-Bob Carlisle
*Caught up in the moment-Big and Rich


I'll add more later....



I did just find a link for  father/daughter dance songs:

http://www.weddingvendors.com/music/category/father-daughter-dance/


Ok, so my husband and I were watching  VH1's Greatest Hits of the 90's and I was reminded of some fun songs from my teenage years that would be fun at a wedding for all those who love the 90's!  Here goes:

Upbeat/Party Music:
*  "Jump around" House of Pain
*  "Livin' la vida loca" Ricky Martin
*  "No Diggity" Blackstreet
*  "Everybody Dance Now" C&C Music Factory
*  "Just a Girl" No Doubt
*  "Whoomp! There it is"
*  "Rockafeller Skank" Fat Boy Slim
*  "Gettin' Jiggy wit it" Will Smith
*  "Vogue" Madonna

Slow songs:
*  "I'll be" Edwin McCain
*  "One" U2
*  "I will always love you" Whitney Houston

Ok, so there weren't many slow songs on the top 100 list.  You can also go on their website and check out the whole list.  I know I will be adding to my ITUNES collection

And just FYI, the #1 song of the 90's was Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit".  I do love that song, and if you have the right crowd, you could totally jam out to that one!
 

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  • 1/3/2008 7:57 PM Terra wrote:
    Here's some more:

    We go together, like a wink and a smile-Harry Connick Jr.

    You are the sunshine of my life-Frank Sinatra

    I just did a wedding where they danced to "So this is Love" from Cinderella. I bet there are a lot of cute Disney songs out there that would be great too.

    To get people movin':

    (Line dances always work to get people out of their seats)
    Boot Scootin' Boogie -everyone knows it!
    YMCA
    Electric Slide
    That Everybody clap your hands song...don't know the right name
    Stayin' Alive (I like the modern remix)
    Anything with a Latin beat
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  • 1/23/2008 4:52 PM Joni Hansen wrote:
    How about Keeper of the Stars by Tracy Byrd and I Do by Jon Schmidt. They are great wedding songs.
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  • 1/31/2008 11:44 AM Dasha wrote:
    Here are a few that I think are great and some are a little bit unusual- My husband and I really didn't want the standard country soundtrack for our video or dances and wanted the music to reflect our taste.
    "Forever" by Ben Harper
    "Keepin' It Real" by Mason Jennings
    "The Very Thought of You" by Billie Holiday or Ella Fitzgerald
    "The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson
    "Better Together" by Jack Johnson (a tad overplayed but oh well)
    "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys
    "All I Want is You" by Barry Louis Polisar (this one is pretty out there but I heart it for a video or something fun)
    "Fool Says" by M Ward
    "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles
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  • 9/20/2009 11:46 AM Terra wrote:
    Here's a link with more great song ideas:

    http://wedding.theknot.com/wedding-planning/wedding-music-ideas/articles/wedding-songs-for-your-style.aspx
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