# How on earth do we find a first dance song for our wedding!? Halp!

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**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-earth-do-we-find-a-first-dance-song-for-our-wedding-halp/482722 "2009-01-23T22:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-earth-do-we-find-a-first-dance-song-for-our-wedding-halp/482722/61 "2009-01-30T15:41:45Z")

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C’Est la Vie, Bob Seger’s version would be fun for a fast ballroom dance.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDle0aVv13o)

And I have this ugly feeling that In Your Eyes has been played so much it’s almost cliche now.

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**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-on-earth-do-we-find-a-first-dance-song-for-our-wedding-halp/482722/62 "2009-01-30T16:02:05Z")

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In the same vein as “In Your Eyes,” we discussed “Follow You, Follow Me” by Genesis as a possible first dance song that is a little off the beaten path. I could see a nice little cumbia being put together for that tune.

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