First Dance Song

sparklingdiamond

I was thinking of using "One Boy, One Girl" by Collin Raye.  Have any of you heard this and if so, what do you think?  It makes me cry everytime I listen to it! :-)

Mariah09202008

I think if it means something to you and your FI then you should do it.  We chose "She's Everything" by Brad Paisley.  It was a song that both my husband and I felt attached to and had meaning to us-which isn't that the whole point of the first dance?  This is definitely something I think you should get the opinion of your FI on....not necessarily internet strangers.  Does your FI like the song that you want to use?

danac2010

I like that song but like Mariah said does it have meaning too you and FI?  We are using Johnny and June by Heidi Newfield.  My FI is related to Johnny Cash and we both feel very strong about the song.  It is something that both of us love so I would ask FI if it means something to him and if not find something that both of you have strong feeling towards!

bsn1752

Very sweet song! My FI and I are leaning towards "Love Remains" by Gavin Rossdale

juliebug1997

We used "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.  It should mean something to the two of you.

sparklingdiamond

Here is the problem though....we don't have a song that stands out as meaning something to the both of us.  I ask him for ideas and he says I should pick.  So I am just trying to come up with ideas to show him.  That's why I wanted your opinions.

Mariah09202008

Well, why don't you put some songs together that you like have him listen to them and then see what he says.  I just think it will be better if you try to get him involved even if he says he doesn't care.  You know what I mean?  Steve claimed he didn't care but we sat down together and thought about songs and then even listened to things together-that's how we came up with ours (besides just our past with the song).

Tiffany618

We didn't have anything that was particular special to us either.   We just want to do something semi-unique (if I hear Brad Paisley one more time I'm going to pull out my hair!)  so we went for more of a classic.

I think "One Boy, One Girl" is a beautiful song, and if you like it then I say go for it.

fallbride1109

Don't feel bad--we didn't have one either.  We picked Can't Help Falling in Love because it was short and we're both bad dancers.

However, I was listening to it one day before the wedding and I realized--it DID have meaning for us.  My husband is Jewish and I am a Christian.  This caused some problems and concerns with my family, understandably so.  But I was listening and got to the part where it said
"Shall I stay
Would it be a sin?
Cause I can't help falling in love with you." 
And later "Some things are meant to be."

I started bawling my head off.  So maybe you'll find that deeper meaning you didn't know was there.

sparklingdiamond

Thanks girls! You have been helpful! 

lesalyric

We are using "I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie. My grandmother told me she thinks it is creepy (the first lines are "Love of mine, someday you will die. But I'll be close behind, I'll follow you into the dark.")

We love the song and the meaning is really strong for my FI and I, so we are using it...even if it is creepy, lol!

If you love it, go for it.

sparklingdiamond

I actually really love that song by Death Cab for Cutie!

emimayor

We didn't have a song particulary meaningful to us, either. We both really like Frank Sinatra and Dave Matthews Band. We ended up having our DJ edit Crush by DMB to make it short and sweet. Our second option was Fly Me to The Moon by Sinatra, but we both wanted our first dance to be quick. It was nice and short, exactly what we wanted.

Honestly, I was really really pumped about the first dance together and for some reason it was very anti-climactic for us both. I was just soo excited to mingle and party with our guests, I guess.

Basically, don't stress over the song.

Jbryant8130

I agree with stephiehall, we didn't realize our song meant anything to us at first either, we were just going down a list of popular songs trying to find somethng and stumbled across Keith Urban's "Your Everything" which is actually perfect for us because FI isn't a huge country music fan but my first gift to him was a concert and he's loved Keith Urban's music ever since. 

And if you don't stumble onto something that makes a song perfect for you but you like the song anyway, go for it, sometimes you just have to make the song meaningful to you and if it's your first dance song, what could be more meaningful right?

I do love that song though. So pretty!

Jay+Marissa

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[QUOTE]Well, why don't you put some songs together that you like have him listen to them and then see what he says.  I just think it will be better if you try to get him involved even if he says he doesn't care.  You know what I mean?  Steve claimed he didn't care but we sat down together and thought about songs and then even listened to things together-that's how we came up with ours (besides just our past with the song).
Posted by Mariah09202008[/QUOTE]

I did the same thing and we chose 100 Years by Five for Fighting.

Funny story/warning--my mom played their wedding song to my dad (Nothing's going to stop us now) without saying what it was and asked him if he liked it. He said, "Not really" not realizing what it was...he was in the doghouse for a longggggg time