Asking father to pick out Father/Daughter dance song?

My dad choose the song we danced too. DH and I had told our parent's we weren't doing any dances or speeches, so my dad decided he was going to "surprise" me with the father-daughter dance. It all worked out well because the night before our wedding I told him he had to give DH's mom the opportunity to dance with her son and she did. He says he has songs picked out already for my other two sisters. I would have had no idea what to pick, so it was nice.

I am letting my dad pick. He is really excited and has already started listening to songs and playing them for me asking if I like them. He and I are fairly close, though, and he is pretty involved with the planning.

ETA: he has suggested "There Goes my Life" by Kenny Chesney which is really specific to our situation, and "Life's a Dance" by John Michael Montgomery. I know he'll pick a country song, which is fine with me. I agree with @Cat. You could ask for his suggestions and opinions but ultimately make the final choice.

You could ask him if he has a preference or any suggestions. That way he can give an opinion but you're not just handing the reigns over to him.

I wouldn't say that my dad and I are super-duper close but one thing that we really have bonded over is a shared musical taste (lots of good oldies music). Is there any music that you like listening to with your dad?

I let my dad and step dad pick the songs for my dances with them. My dad knew what song he wanted played instantly - has known ever since I was a little girl. My step dad took a little longer but he put a lot of thought into it. They are both really sentimental though and really enjoyed being able to pick the songs.

I let my dad pick our song. He picked 'What a Wonderful Life'.

My dad picked the song too. I think it will make it more meaningful to them and very emotional lol. Not looking forward to trying to hold back tears.

Cat, that is a great suggestion. I will ask if he has any preference or suggestions. I also have my step-dad that I will dance with. I am thinking about cutting each song down to around two minutes and switching over to dance my other dad for two minutes.

What a good idea! I think I'll ask my dad about this tonight.

I asked my dad to pick the song and he asked if i had thought about it at all, so i guess we are picking it together. We are close and music has always been a big part of our relationship. I know we will pick something from the 60s, 70s, or 80s. Right now we are between Father and Daughter by Paul Simon or Landslide by Stevie Nicks. Both songs make us both sob, so it should be interesting haha

My Dad has apparently had our dance song selected for years lol. But I think it would depend on your relationship.

I didn't ask my dad, but he picked anyway. He simply asked "can we dance to ____" and I was like yeah. Luckily it was one of the two songs I was considering for the father/daughter dance. I'd never thought to ask him, for some reason I always thought the dance was more like a tribute to the parent so they wouldn't have a say in the song choice. But now I understand how they could want a particular song.

I would say to let him pick the song if you guys are close but if you are not that close I would say you should pick it.

I told my dad jokingly that he had to pick the song for the father/daughter dance. We laughed about it for a few minutes, I hugged him goodbye and that was that. 3 days later I get a text from him asking me to listen to a song and if it would work for our dance at the wedding. I literally burst into tears. I'm a true daddy's girl- him picking the song even though he is having a hard time with the thought of having to give me away just made me loose it lol.

I'm letting my dad pick too.

I feel like it depends on the type of person your father is. My dad is pretty stoic and not into the music thing so if I asked him to pick the song he'd probably be confused and overwhelmed, but if your dad is emotional and in touch with music then I don't see why not!! As long as it doesn't take away from a special planning moment for you.

I am close to my dad and I still had him pick out the song. I gave him some different suggestions of songs I had in mind but let him decide (I knew ahead of time, of course). He picked Temptations' My Girl I just feel like the parent dances are for the PARENT so they should get to choose or at least get input on the song choice.