Father-Daughter Dance Song for Absent Father

That piece by piece song by Kelly Clarkson is absolutely amazing, but maybe not so much for a father/daughter dance. Sorry you have to go through that. Honestly I don't think there's an appropriate song for your occasion. You'll more than likely have to pick a nice song even though it doesn't really establish your guys' actual relationship.

Daughters by John Mayer

I Hope You Dance - Leann Womack 

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac 

She's Leaving Home - The Beatles 

I Wish You Love - Natalie Cole 

Oh How The Years Go By -

Lmao I'm so sorry I don't have any advice, but I just had to let you know I love that meme.

Daughters would fit pretty well, since it's talking about being good to your daughter.

What a wonderful world by Louis Armstrong.

I'm in the exact situation. My mom is walking me down the aisle so I decided to let my dad be included with a dance. We are actually doing a father-daughter/mother-son dance at the same time to House at Pooh Corner. It has nothing to do with weddings or anything, both of our parents liked it when we were kids though.

Maybe consider a up-tempo Sinatra song, or combine it as Hanna recommended with the mother/son dance. The song lyrics don't need to narrate your relationship, and you are not obligated to dance for the entire song. From the observer's point of view, three minutes is a long time to have to watch people sway solo around the dance floor.

You can ask your DJ for a shortened version of whatever song you pick.

And Then They Do by Trace Adkins.....

it's about children growing up. Not super sentimental. I tried to do the same for my read dad, but honestly when I couldn't even find a song, I quickly decided that he didn't deserve a dance.

I wouldnt do the father daughter dance. I'm dancing with my mom.

Ugh I have the same problem, I want a non-barfy song. They are all either super creepy or just WAY too sentimental for my cordial but not close father relationship (divorced parents, hardly saw dad between the ages of 10 and 20 but since then kind of re-established).

Okay so I’m having the same problem. My dad is paying for my wedding so I only thought it was polite for him to walk me down the aisle. Are we close? I mean I guess, he does help a lot with carpool when I’m working late. But he didn’t spend much time with me growing up, he worked a lot and mostly out of town. Not to mention the months of not speaking in my adulthood, for multiple reasons. My parents are no longer married and it’s been about 8 years now. The two can’t stand to be in the same room as me so there’s no way both of them could walk me down the aisle. But how do I pick a song that won’t hurt his feelings, or offend my mother since she solely raised me.

I am also having the same problem, I was raised by my grandma so she was my mom and dad if that makes since i do know my father that well but he is doing my music we dont have a close relationship at all and i need help thats how he wants to sing to me insted of dancing because he apperantly doesnt know how to dance so i said thats ok with me so i have no idea which song to sing to HIM

Drops of jupiter - Train --- we all know this song but if you listen to the words... it seems to be about a girl that went off to find herself/find life, and shes back, and the guy is speaking to her and asking her how her life has been... it starts off "now that your back in the atmosphere" AKA now that you're here/back in my presence... the chorus is the guy is asking her questions "tell me, did you sail across the sun, did you make it to the milky way" ETC AKA did you do all the things you wanted to do in life with me not being in it, hence why i have to ask you all these questions, "did you miss me while u were looking for yourself out there?" of course your father must wonder! ... and its an upbeat song that everyone likes.... i'm in the same boat trying to find song for my real father who has been absent but i still love him. this is the one i am choosing probably. Let me know what you think!

I'm in the same boat. My parents divorced when I was 4, and my step-dad raised me, so he's walking me down the aisle, but bio-dad and I have a cordial enough relationship that I'm giving him the father/daughter dance. The super snark in me wants to dance to Daughters, but my motives are Not pure, and I don't want to make amends later. Lol.

Frank Sinatra's The Way You Look Tonight has been suggested, but I also like the idea of What A Wonderful World.

I'm in the same situation. My parents divorced when I was 3, my mom remarried when I was 5, and my father chose his new wife over my brother and I when I was 12. When I was 19, he miraculously divorced his wife and came back into our life, but it was weird and awkward. He missed my first boyfriend dilemmas, he missed my first heartaches, he missed homecomings, winter formals, and proms, and worst of all - he missed my high school graduation. How do you make up for all of the lost time? There's no song for this situation. I'm 28 now and we're attempting this whole father/daughter relationship, but it's difficult. Both him and my step father will be walking me down the isle but there will be no "Who gives this girl away" line. And I thought long and hard on whether or not I wanted to throw him a bone and do a father/daughter dance. So I think I'll meet him in the middle. I'll dance with him while my fiancé dances with his mom. At the same time, we will encourage other couples to join us on the dance floor. I'm thinking about the song "Send me on my way" by Rusted Root.

I'm not sure if this helps you, but it's nice to know that there are others in my boat.

View Quoted Comment I love this idea! Never thought of it this way. Thank you!

I have the same issue. My dad wasnt around much when I was younger and i lived with my mom until she passed when i was 14. I still was never too close to my dad. I love the song "love without end amen" by George Strait. Thought it was suitable since he was around when I was younger.