# Need song suggestions for a wedding. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150 "2010-05-03T15:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/21 "2010-05-05T15:18:18Z")
Eagles - Love will keep us Alive James Taylor - You’ve got a Friend Sammy Hagar - Kama (the lyrics are great, and you could just insert the name you need) Of course there’s the wedding standards: Sheriff - When I’m with You Frozen Ghost - Dream Come True (my personal favorite at my wedding) … which interesting enough are written by the same guy in who was in both bands. Sorry, no links at work. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/22 "2010-05-07T20:04:47Z")
I recommend you turn to Broadway. Take Me As I Am–Jekyll and Hyde “Love meaning me, Love meaning you, We’ll make that one dream come true! You know who I am… Take me as I am.” Damn, most of the ones I can think of are for sopranos but I’m going to keep thinking. How does the bride feel about country? There are a lot of love songs for altos in the country genre. ---
**Author:** ![Aeris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Aeris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeris)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/23 "2010-05-07T20:13:33Z")
ooo ooo ooo how about The Rose by Bette Midler? That’s for an alto and it’s really pretty. “Some say love, it is a river That drowns the tender reed Some say love, it is a razor That leaves your soul to bleed Some say love, it is a hunger An endless aching need I say love, it is a flower And you, its only seed” ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/24 "2010-05-07T22:04:03Z")
_Time After Time_ for her If you can find a clarinetist, try _E lucevan le stelle_ for him. Perfect guy song for marriage 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/25 "2010-05-08T12:28:31Z")
She has come up with two suggestions…You’ll Never Walk Alone and You Light Up My Life. Neither of which I can sing with a straight face. But they were sung at her mom’s wedding, so she thinks it might be nice. Kill me now. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/26 "2010-05-08T12:50:33Z")
My number 1 pick: Real Love - John Lennon (Listen to the Regina Spektor version to hear a woman sing it) Here There and Everywhere - The Beatles Two Of Us - The Beatles If you’re not the one - Daniel Bedingfield I’m Yours - Jason Mraz Perfect Day - Lou Reed ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/27 "2010-05-08T13:13:22Z")
[Ben E King’s Stand By Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0). Beautiful sentiment and if you get a backing with the bounce of the original it really gets people happy. _When the night has come, and the land is dark And the moon is the only light we will see No, I won’t be afraid, oh, I won’t be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me So darlin’, darlin’ stand by me Oh stand by me Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me_ ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/28 "2010-05-08T13:20:12Z")
“Not While I’m Around” - from Sondheim’s **Sweeney Todd** “Enjoy the Silence” - Depeche Mode “'Til There Was You” - from Willson’s **The Music Man** “Hands To Heaven” - Breathe “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight” - Cutting Crew and of course “In Your Eyes” - Peter Gabriel No, the eighties never did end for me. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/29 "2010-05-08T13:23:48Z")
Simon & Garfunkel - [Song For The Asking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPEiHBrH72E&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/30 "2010-05-08T19:05:14Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > She has come up with two suggestions…You’ll Never Walk Alone and You Light Up My Life. Neither of which I can sing with a straight face. But they were sung at her mom’s wedding, so she thinks it might be nice. > > Kill me now. This is why people shouldn’t be allowed to plan their own weddings. Were I at a wedding where either of those songs were featured, I can guarantee you I’d be laughing into my sleeve the whole time. How can those not sound like karaoke? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/31 "2010-05-08T20:16:01Z")
Oooh, forgot one…cool, modern, sweet. [The Luckiest – Ben Folds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwo-lwtwmHA) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/32 "2010-05-09T01:09:05Z")
That’s what I like about you-Trisha Yearwood What I like about you-The Romantics Keep your hands to yourself-Georgia Satellites Right down the line-Gerry Rafferty ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/33 "2010-05-09T06:54:32Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > I’m Yours - Jason Mraz Jason Mraz _is_ a good choice, depending on the circumstances, but I wouldn’t suggest _I’m Yours_. It strikes me as kinda frivolous. Plus, the lyrics don’t really reward close scrutiny (it’s your godforsaken right to be loved? What the hell does that mean?). I’d suggest the next track on the same album (We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things), _Lucky_. It’s a very sweet love song that he sings as a duet with Colbie Caillat. Only catch is that the OP would need to find a gentleman to sing it with her. I’ve always found it the height of injustice that no one ever sings _Aqualung_ at weddings. Maybe you could rectify that. 😃 Or, more seriously, Dan Fogelberg’s _Longer_ never goes out of style. Another one that would benefit from a second singer, though. How about Ann Murray’s _You Needed Me_? If either one of them happens to be a massage therapist, it could even have a hidden meaning. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/34 "2010-05-09T12:45:57Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > “Not While I’m Around” - from Sondheim’s **Sweeney Todd** > “Enjoy the Silence” - Depeche Mode > “'Til There Was You” - from Willson’s **The Music Man** > “Hands To Heaven” - Breathe > “(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight” - Cutting Crew > > and of course > > “In Your Eyes” - Peter Gabriel > No, the eighties never did end for me. OOh, I love “Til There was You…” ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/35 "2010-08-18T21:46:23Z")
Just an update, as I was searching threads for music suggestions for my daughter’s wedding in three day and found I’d never come back to this thread… The minister (groom’s uncle) was very adamant that no “secular” songs be sung, so he approved You’ll Never Walk Alone…which is a song originally sung to a pregnant woman whose husband has died and doesn’t mention God or religion at all… so I found an arrangement, dropped the key way down (my poor pianist!), and sang it, altering the one high note I just couldn’t hit that day. The bride’s grandmother gave me such a hug afters. That song was sung at her wedding, and my good friend sang it at their 25th anniversary party. I snuck one peek at my friend and at the bride while I was singing, and almost started crying, so I went back to singing to the hook on the wall. Oh, and I discovered that song is used as the theme song for the Liverpool Soccer Club. Made it a little more palatable to sing! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/36 "2010-08-19T04:12:11Z")
My suggestions are [“My Only Love”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImuA0XCqn0Q&feature=av2e) by the Statler Brothers and [“One Hand, One Heart”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUnjt36ApO0&feature=related) from _West Side Story_. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/37 "2010-08-19T12:28:22Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Just an update, as I was searching threads for music suggestions for my daughter’s wedding in three day and found I’d never come back to this thread… > > The minister (groom’s uncle) was very adamant that no “secular” songs be sung, so he approved You’ll Never Walk Alone…which is a song originally sung to a pregnant woman whose husband has died and doesn’t mention God or religion at all… so I found an arrangement, dropped the key way down (my poor pianist!), and sang it, altering the one high note I just couldn’t hit that day. The bride’s grandmother gave me such a hug afters. That song was sung at her wedding, and my good friend sang it at their 25th anniversary party. I snuck one peek at my friend and at the bride while I was singing, and almost started crying, so I went back to singing to the hook on the wall. > > Oh, and I discovered that song is used as the theme song for the Liverpool Soccer Club. Made it a little more palatable to sing! Did you ever break it to the minister that it was, in fact, a secular song? ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/38 "2010-08-19T13:55:03Z")
Anthony Hamilton’s _Dear Life_. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/39 "2010-08-21T16:09:29Z")
_[He’ll Make Me Happy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0P5FzSe3qw)_ from _The Muppets Take Manhattan_. I wanted to walk down the aisle to that, but since it was a Roman Catholic mass, it wasn’t allowed… boo. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150/40 "2010-08-23T18:20:21Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > > [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > > > Ask the bride and groom for suggestions of things meaningful to them, and then rearrange the song as needed? > > The bride has NO suggestions…she just wants the wedding to plan itself! Which is exactly what MY daughter said to me about her upcoming wedding…“I just want the wedding fairy to come in and do everything” !!! > > I will be singing during the ceremony (Methodist) so it needs to be appropriate to a church service, but not necessarily religious in theme. And the United Methodist definition of appropriate is pretty broad! I like At Last…that kind of standard is my strong suit, if I have one. It probably should be something most people will recognize. You could get a second person and sing “When God Made You”, or use a backing track for the harmony. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-song-suggestions-for-a-wedding/538150.md?page=3)