# Need a good wedding song dance for me and my mother **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 2, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440 "2000-11-02T20:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/1 "2000-11-02T20:08:16Z")
I am getting married November 24th. Woo hoo! 🙂 But my fiancee and I are having the hardest time coming up with a good song for the mother/son dance. It should be something sweet, but not mushy. Any suggestions from the teeming millions? I would appreciate it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/2 "2000-11-02T20:27:49Z")
First of all, congratualations! Okay here are two possible choices: I Hope You Dance - LeeAnn Womack Stand By Me Those are the two I’ll be choosing between for my Daddy-Daughter dance. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/3 "2000-11-02T22:08:05Z")
Whew! Based on the title of the thread, I was gonna suggest Tom Lehrer’s “Oedipus Rex.” ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/4 "2000-11-02T22:13:42Z")
Regardless of connotations:[list=1] [li] **Mondo Caine** [/li] [li] **All of Me** [/li] **Green Dolphin Street** ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/5 "2000-11-02T22:38:05Z")
What, no Sunrise, Sunset (From Fiddler on the Roof)? It’s a _classic_ - the whole room will be sobbing. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/6 "2000-11-03T00:24:33Z")
Considering your user name how about _Don’t Fear the Reaper_ by **Blue Oyster Cult**? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/7 "2000-11-03T00:39:09Z")
How about a country-and-western song about drunken infidelity and divorce? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/8 "2000-11-03T13:56:14Z")
Oedepus Rex by Tom Lehrer. 🙂 “He _loved_ his mother.” ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/9 "2000-11-03T17:03:04Z")
Howabout “Mother” off Pink Floyd’s The Wall Album? I think it’s PERFECT: “Mother do you think she’s good enough/Mother do you think she’s dangerous/Mother do you think she’ll try to break my balls?” I’m blanking on the words to the chorus right now, but I seem to remember “Mother’s gonna choose all of your girlfriends for you. Mother’s gonna keep baby, healthy and clean…” ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/10 "2000-11-04T21:19:37Z")
Hehehehehehheheheheehe… Thanks **OrcaChow** and others… No, I am not marrying my mother… Got to make those thread titles less descriptive. 🙂 - From magdalene\* > [@](#): > > How about “Mother” off Pink Floyd’s The Wall Album? I think it’s PERFECT: I am a huge Floyd fan, but I don’t think **Mother** is of the appropriate sentiment. 🙂 Thank you all for your suggestions! Anyone else? I could use a few more ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2000, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/11 "2000-11-04T23:11:48Z")
“Through the Years.” ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/12 "2000-11-05T00:52:41Z")
Mama by Boyz II Men it’s a really sweet song though I’ll have to get back to you on the lyrics. Bebe ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/13 "2000-11-05T04:39:40Z")
_Every Step You Take_- The Police This makes sense if you’ve been reading the misunderstood songs/books/movies thread… ::flees:: ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/14 "2000-11-05T07:11:05Z")
How about “Everything I Own”? ---
**Author:** ![bwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@bwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bwk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/15 "2000-11-05T07:42:47Z")
Okay, first, congratulations, Grim. And the thought of a mother-son dance is _so sweet_. Sincerely. How about ‘love can build a bridge’ by the judds? It’s pretty sweet… nice and slow… or maybe ‘the way you look tonight’ or ‘always’ I am drawing a sort of blank, and I am really usually good at thinking up tunes… ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-good-wedding-song-dance-for-me-and-my-mother/39440/16 "2000-11-06T01:43:07Z")
Well, one month ago today, I got married. The father/daughter and mother/son dance was Nat King Cole’s “Unforgettable”. The original, mind you. Of course, my mother’s suggestion was “Rock Lobster”. Go figure.