songs

carmen9311

just wanted to see what songs people will be using/ have used for their dances/ big moments. our dj just sent us a list and some of them i hadn't even thought about! we're still in the process of picking all of ours out and most of ours will probably be more obscure songs that our guests won't even know (i.e., tristan prettyman songs...which i'm kind of worried about)

first dance:

father/ daughter dance: 

mother/ groom dance: 

bouquet toss:

cake cutting:

bridal party intros: 

last dance:

AmberMarieTX

Here are ideas I have so far:

ideas for Ceremony Music (played by string quartet)--

Prelude or other parts of ceremony:
"Yellow" by Coldplay (listen)
"Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol (listen)
"Imagine" by John Lennon (listen)
"Your Song" by Elton John (listen)
"1,2,3,4" by Plain White T's (listen)
"The Way You Look Tonight" by Tony Bennett (listen)
"Moon River" John Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music)

Seating of the Mothers:
Ave Maria by Schubert (listen)
or
"The Way You Look Tonight" by Tony Bennett (listen)
"Moon River" John Mercer (lyrics) and Henry Mancini (music) (listen)
?

Bridal Party/Groomsmen:
"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen (listen)

Bridal Entrance:
"Canon in D" by Pachelbel (listen)
OR
Traditional Bridal Chorus

Exit:
"Viva la Vida" by Coldplay (listen)
OR
Traditional Wedding March

Ideas for Reception Songs played by DJ--


Our Entrance: More Today Than Yesterday by Spiral Staircase

Wedding Party Entrance:
"You're My Best Friend" by Queen
"Celebration" by Kool and the Gang
"We are Family" by Sister Sledge
"Why Can't We Be Friends" by War

First Dance:
"By Your Side" by Sade (listen) -- This is "our song."
"The Way You Look Tonight" by Tony Bennett (listen)

Father/Daughter Dance:
?

Mother/Son Dance:
?


Cake Cutting:
"The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson
"1,2,3,4" by Plain White Ts
"You're My Best Friend" by Queen
"How Sweet It Is" by James Taylor
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World" by Iz
"The Way I Am" by Ingrid Michaelson

Bouquet Toss:
"Crazy in Love" by Beyonce (listen) -- I think the beginning of the song is so fun.
"All the Single Ladies" by Beyonce (listen) -- for obvious reasons.
"It's Raining Men" by The Weather Girls (listen)

Garter Throw:
"Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
The Mission: Impossible Theme Song
"What a Man" by Salt n Pepa
Rocky Theme Song
"Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred
"Bad Boys" by Inner Circle (listen)

Private Last Dance:
"The Way You Look Tonight" by Tony Bennett (listen)
"By Your Side" by Sade (listen) -- This is "our song."

Random Songs I want Played:
"Grow Old With You" by Adam Sandler (listen)
"3 Little Birds" by Bob Marley (listen)
"Fools Rush In" by Elvis Presley
I know I want some Elvis and some fun dance songs... and I know there are songs I want to put on my "don't play" list.

bobbileighb

Seating of Mothers and Bridal Party:
Israel Kamakawiwo Ole - Somewhere over the rainbow

Bridal Entrance:
"Canon in D" by Pachelbel

Exit:
Grease - Youre the one that I want


First Dance:
Chasing cars by snow patrol

Mother /Daughter Dance:
Mamas song by Carrie Underwood

Mother/Son Dance:
?


Cake Cutting:
?


Last Dance:
Journey Dont stop believing

Private Last Dance:
Truly madly deeply by savage garden or 
No One by Alicia Keys 

brooke.anne

Wedding Party Entrance: Let's Get Loud: Jennifer Lopez
Chris/Brooke Entrance: You're the One that I Want: Grease
First Dance: All I Need: Bart Crow Band
Father/Daughter Dance: I Loved Her First: Heartland (Cliche, but it is so perfect for us and makes me cry everytime I hear it!)
Mother/Son Dance: Not sure yet, but we are thinking Simple Man: Lynyrd Skynyrd (The lyrics are awesome, it is just not really a good song to dance to.)
Boquet Toss: Hollaback Girl: Gwen Stefani
Garter Removal: Sweet Cherry Pie: Warrant 
Garter Toss: Pretty Fly (For a White Guy): The Offspring
Cake Cutting: Pour Some Sugar on Me: Deff Lepard
Last Song: Don't Stop Believin': Journey
Private Last Dance: Good Night for Dancing: Josh Abbott Band

lacy1603

Songs for our slide show played as people arrived for the ceremony:
Somewhere over the rainbow - Isreal Kamamawiwo'ole
Smile - Uncle Kracker
Bubbly - Colbie Callat
Lucky - Jason Mraz

Grandparents and Parents seating:
Better Together - Jack Johnson

Wedding party and My entrance:
Everything - Lifehouse (I came in at the 4:00 minute mark where it changes tempo, probably my favorite part of our ceremony)

Our Exit from the chapel:
Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler (DH loves him and I always joke about my new last name that I'm the next Julia Gulia)

Our entrance:
It was supposed to be Crazy in Love - Beyonce but the DJ played the same song for the wedding party which was Dynamite - Tiao Cruz.... no biggie though

Our first dance:
Who I Am - Wade Bowen

Father/Daughter dance:
My Little Girl - Jack Johnson (Perfect for us...not too mushy and pretty short. About 2 min. long)

Mother/Son dance:
Sweet Pea - Amos Lee (She has always called him "sweet pea" since he was a baby

Cake cutting:
1,2,3,4 - Plain White T's

Bouquet Toss:
Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benatar

Garter Removal and Toss:
Legs - ZZ Top

Last dance with everyone:
Don't Stop Believing - Journey (my favorite part of our reception)

Private last dance:
Feet don't touch the ground - Stoney La'Rue

bsn1752

Grandparents and Parents seating:
?

Wedding party and My entrance:
Everything - Lifehouse (Lacy - this is so weird... my FI loves this song)

OR Beauty and The Beast (Tale as Old as Time) - Instrumental

Our Exit from the chapel:
Smile - Uncle Kracker

Our entrance: 
Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night - Black Eyed Peas (I know, overdone. I love it still)

Our first dance:
Unbelievable - Josh Gracin

Father/Daughter dance:
Unsure

Mother/Son dance:
Everything I Do, I Do It For You (mom's choice...yeah....)

Cake cutting:
Build Me Up, Buttercup

Bouquet Toss:
Don't Stop Believing - Journey (idea from Tiffany)

Garter Removal and Toss:
? Not sure

Last dance with everyone:
Not sure!!  (ugh, I gotta do this)... 

Private last dance:
This is actually my FI's surprise song... he is picking this one alone

lacy1603

Brianna....DO IT!!!!!!!!!  It was so awesome and powerful! Everyone was crying at rehearsal just doing the run through with it!

meghanttu08

first dance: Keeper of the Stars by Tracy Byrd

father/ daughter dance: right now I'm loving You Lift Me Up by Josh Groban

mother/ groom dance: n/a (his mom passed)

bouquet toss: Fantasy by Mariah Carey-yes old school!!!

cake cutting: a George Strait song for mine...can't decide and his I'm gonna surprise him with the Madator Song (Tech's Alma Mata) since he's having a Tech cake

bridal party intros: Tonight's Gonna Be A Good Night-Black Eyed Peas

last dance: I'm thinking Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden or Here's to the Night by Eve 6

bsn1752

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_texas-dallas-ft-worth_songs-1?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:102Discussion:aa912594-1dcf-4f05-8cda-99977a19ccf6Post:d99e6295-6c5e-4792-bfdd-a212391fe9c1">Re: songs</a>:
[QUOTE]Brianna....DO IT!!!!!!!!!  It was so awesome and powerful! Everyone was crying at rehearsal just doing the run through with it!
Posted by lacy1603[/QUOTE]

<div>My only worry is that it sounds kinda gloomy... I'm so glad to hear that it went so well!!  EEK! Yay!</div>

TexanTreasure08

I love this post! AmberMarie thanks for including the links! 

I don't have any picked out yet but there are two that I LOVE that I wanted to share with y'all.

Bride's Processional: As Tears Go By by Vitamin String Quartet (vocal version with Rolling Stones) link here

This one gives me goosebumps! It's the song used for Chase & Cameron's wedding in House, MD in the season finale of season 5. Love it!

Father/Daughter Song: Wildflowers by Tom Petty

link here

I think I stole it from someone else here but I love it too.

FebDallasBride

We're waiting til FI gets home from overseas next summer to work on the Reception Music (we're doing a Rat Pack theme with our reception, so we'll have a lot of Sinatra, Dean Martin, etc... playing) but I've worked out a lot of the ceremony stuff already

Prelude or other parts of ceremony:
All Vitamin String Quartet covers
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
Everlong (Foo Fighters)
Somebody to Love (Queen)
Only One (Yellowcard)
With or Without You (U2)


Seating of the Mothers:
Edelweiss (Instrumental)

Bridal Party/Bridal Entrance:
Con te Partiro (Instrumental)

Exit:
"All You Need is Love"  (Vitamin String Quartet)

RECEPTION DEFINITES:
Father/Daughter Dance:
James Taylor "You've Got a Friend"
OR
Moody Blues "Nights in White Satin"
(Both have sentimental meaning from growing up)



Everything else I'm leaving TBD til he gets back, but we want something fun for our first dance, probably Michael Franti's "Say Hey (I Love You)" - we've talked about taking lessons to dance to this one...

fallbride1109

B&G entrance: "I Gotta Feeling" by Black  Eyed Peas (DJ picked this)
first dance:  "Can't Help Falling in Love" by the Eels (not the Elvis one)

bouquet toss:  "Single Ladies" by Beyonce

garter toss:  "Oh yeah" by Yello
cake cutting:  "How Sweet it is (to be Loved by You)" by James Taylor

last dance (for guests): "Stay With You" by John Legend
private last dance: "Stay Forever" by Ween

All our processional/ceremony music was the traditional stuff, Canon in D and the Bridal Chorus.

tc1016

first dance: Let me - Pat Green

father/ daughter dance: Built to Last - Grateful Dead

mother/ groom dance: FI's mom broke her foot last week, so TBD if he'll dance with his godmother or skip it

bouquet toss: Not doing it

cake cutting: How Sweet it is - James Taylor

bridal party intros: It's gonna be a good night - BEP, unless we come up with something better in the next few weeks. I like Taio Cruz's Dynamite...

last dance: We'll probably just let the band pick this.

juliebug1997

First dance was "Lucky" by Jason Mraz.
Father/Daughter dance was "Father Daughter" by Paul Simon.
Mother/Son dance was "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion.  Creepy.
Anniversary Dance (in lieu of tosses) was "As Time Goes By" from "Casablanca".

MLandCJ

Great Ideas! I'm going to have to sit down and really go through all these great suggestions with FI.

mandaroo7

Great ideas ladies, I need to figure out our ceremony now!

First dance:  Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazuk (this one we keep going around in circles on, we have 3 songs that we love!)

Father/ daughter dance:  I Loved Her First - Heartland (TBD though, might be something else)

Mother/ groom dance:  TBD

Bouquet toss:  Single Ladies - Beyonce

Cake cutting:  1, 2, 3, 4 I Love You - Plaine White T's

Bridal party intros:  I Gotta a Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

Last dance with everyone:  Save the Last Dance For Me - Michael Buble  
Private last dance:  Man and Wife - Michelle Featherstone

txqtbabe022

This is the first time I've seen something about the Private Last Dance, can someone explain??? :-)

Thank you!

carmen9311

this is the last dance you and your FI will have together. the DJ tells people to gather outside for whatever farewell you choose to do while you and your FI dance to whatever song you want to end your night  

emilymt06

LACY! Your entrance to everything was AMAZING... ive been meaning to tell you this and not over theknot... but hey look at me now!