Choosing Your First Dance
Following my recent post about requests for your wedding party (click here) I promised a blog about Choosing Your First Dance.
Some couples know exactly what they want for their first dance, others haven’t a clue. Either is no problem, I’m always happy to help or just to do my best to make the first dance stress-free and memorable for all the right reasons.
What won’t happen at one of my weddings is a mumbled introduction with nobody knowing what’s going on. I’ll do my best to make sure everyone knows exactly what is happening and that all the important guests (mums etc) are in the room with a good view of what’s about to happen.
These days I often make special edits of songs to reduce the length or sometimes extend them, I’ve also made first dance “mash-up’s” combining several songs together. These are the kinds of services a professional DJ will offer their couples – I’ve also seen other local DJ’s asking if any other DJ’s can do this for them!
Some couples have amazing plans for their first dance, others just want to do a slow rotate for a verse and a chorus before their friends and family are invited to join them. I’ll make sure we make a plan and know exactly what’s going to happen and how to make the most of the opportunity so that the photographer gets some great images.
I mentioned the DJ Event Planner lists (click here) and they produced this one for First Dances based on data from their DJs …
| Artist | Song Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | Perfect |
| 2 | Kodaline | The One |
| 3 | John Legend | All Of Me |
| 4 | Ed Sheeran | Thinking Out Loud |
| 5 | Elvis Presley | Can’t Help Falling In Love |
| 6 | James Arthur | Say You Won’t Let Go |
| 7 | Christina Perri | A Thousand Years |
| 8 | Etta James | At Last |
| 9 | Ellie Goulding | How Long Will I Love You |
| 10 | Ed Sheeran | Tenerife Sea |
| 11 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me |
| 12 | Lonestar | Amazed |
| 13 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together |
| 14 | Jason Mraz | I Won’t Give Up |
| 15 | Lifehouse | You And Me |
| 16 | Shania Twain | From This Moment On |
| 17 | Goo Goo Dolls | Iris |
| 18 | Kenny G | Songbird |
| 19 | Nathan Sykes | Over And Over Again |
| 20 | Snow Patrol | Chasing Cars |
The list is an interesting mix of tracks, many of which have become wedding staples. It may be a good place to start if you don’t already have an “our tune” that you want to use and are looking for inspiration.
Choosing Your First Dance is a very personal thing – every couple are different, I always do my best to make the most of this traditional wedding day highlight.
The first dance is just one of the big moments of the day when music is important … stay tuned for another post about wedding music soon 😉
