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WagsToKray
Expert November 2018

Finally (!!) picked first dance song!

WagsToKray, on May 8, 2018 at 11:17 AM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 12

I had to share my excitement... FH and I have been together for 7.5 years (almost - 2 more days 'til that) and never had a song that we dubbed "our song". This weekend we were listening to songs we loved from our childhood/growing while cooking together and Huey Lewis and the News "Doing It All For My Baby" came on. We both ALWAYS sing this song to each other at the top of our lungs, then it hit me: OMG, this is our song! We both just started laughing and kept singing the song.

We just uploaded the song to our DJ playlist under "First Dance" and I am so stoked. We had been listening to song after song and nothing felt like "us" and it was right in front of us this whole time. Not too slow, but still just as sweet.

Did anyone else have this much trouble picking a song? I'm a super sucker for love songs, I love all of them, but this was just so hard!

12 Comments

Latest activity by Bianca, on May 8, 2018 at 11:18 PM
  • Mrs. Sponge
    Master April 2018
    Mrs. Sponge ·
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    That's awesome! H got me listening to Huey Lewis all the time! That's a great song! We had a few of their songs as part of our pre-ceremony playlist.

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  • L
    Dedicated July 2018
    Leah ·
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    That's a great song Smiley smile For my fiancé and I it was kinda easy. We heard Say You Won't Let Go by James Author and knew it was one of two songs, the other being Perfect by Ed Sheeran. We haven't fully decided after a year but we know it will be one of these.
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  • WagsToKray
    Expert November 2018
    WagsToKray ·
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    LOL, they're our recessional music too; "The Power of Love" because FH is a huge Back to the Future fan! Such upbeat and fun music, so it had to be part of our day!

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  • WagsToKray
    Expert November 2018
    WagsToKray ·
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    Those are both BEAUTIFUL songs! Good luck in choosing - you can't go wrong with either!

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  • firstoneat56
    Master August 2017
    firstoneat56 ·
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    I love your choice - congratulations.

    We were going to use Al Green's "Real Love" but we wanted to do the Rhumba (not "Dancing with the Stars" rhumba, more of a classic rhumba) for our first dance and it just didn't work. I then realized that one of my favorite songs that always made me think of my husband would be perfect and the lyrics really tell our story. We used "Best Thing That Ever Happened" by Gladys Knight and The Pips. We then switched to Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell."

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  • Madison
    Devoted March 2019
    Madison ·
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    Yay! It's so exciting getting songs nailed down. Luckily FH and I didn't have too much trouble deciding. We each suggested a few and when FH suggested the one we ended up choosing we both agreed it was the one!

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  • KarenO
    Master June 2018
    KarenO ·
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    That's great that you finally chose a song, and realized that it's been your song all along too.

    The choice was easy for me - FH loved the song and thought it would be a good choice for us to dance to. Once he played it for me, I thought it was perfect too.

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  • Catjam
    Expert October 2018
    Catjam ·
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    Great song! "Our" song has always been Everything I Do, I Do It for You by Bryan Adams
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    Dedicated August 2018
    Sandi ·
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    Our wedding is very vintage/1930s glam, and we want to do a waltz. We changed our first dance song four times, but now it’s Tightrope from The Greatest Showman soundtrack. 😍
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  • A_Mart
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    A_Mart ·
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    What a special moment!! Congrats on finding your song!!
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  • m&j18
    Devoted August 2018
    m&j18 ·
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    We really struggled to find a song as well! We have very different tastes in music and we went back and forth on ideas. We finally settled on Bruce Springsteens "if I should fall behind". As an older couple, finding each other later in life, it seems to speak to us. We also saw him in concert a couple of years ago and had an amazing time! FH has cried listening to it ♡
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  • Bianca
    Super August 2019
    Bianca ·
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    Glad you found your song! We're still in the limbo stage of not knowing what our song will be. We have 15 months to go so lots of time to figure it out tho lol.

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