# Recommend a song to sing at a wedding. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 4, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463 "2007-08-04T21:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/1 "2007-08-04T21:46:01Z")
My sis and her fellah are getting married on Monday. They’ve asked me to sing a song at the wedding. It’s in a registry office. I’ve not got a clue what song to sing. Any recommendations/suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/2 "2007-08-04T23:04:29Z")
Always and Forever by Heatwave. Simple enough to do acapella ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/3 "2007-08-05T00:26:08Z")
Always and Forever by Kip. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/4 "2007-08-05T00:32:40Z")
Either “The Wedding Song” by Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary), or “We’ve Only Just Begun” by the Carpenters. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/5 "2007-08-05T00:50:02Z")
Grow Old Along With Me is one of my favorites for such an occasion. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/6 "2007-08-05T01:13:41Z")
How about [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_-jA9wnw-4) SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/7 "2007-08-05T04:18:28Z")
Tish Hinojosa’s \*\*“Who Showed You the Way To My Heart?” \*\* Had my brother-in-law sing it at our wedding, and we’re coming up on 9 years next month. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/8 "2007-08-05T04:26:19Z")
Bicycle built for two. It would be funny for the right couple. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/9 "2007-08-05T04:50:11Z")
(going to) the Chapel of Love but change the words to Registry Office. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/10 "2007-08-05T13:20:17Z")
How about [Irving Berlin’s Always](http://www.homestead.com/deenotes/belovingyou.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/11 "2007-08-05T14:14:49Z")
How about ‘Fight the good fight’? 😃 😃 😃 You quickly stop yourself and restart with ‘Love divine, all loves excelling’, of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/12 "2007-08-05T16:12:55Z")
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I’ve gone with Rainy Night In Soho by the Pogues. ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/13 "2007-08-05T16:51:25Z")
Until the Night by Billy Joel, at the very least, listen to it once. ---
**Author:** ![seenidog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@seenidog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seenidog)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/14 "2007-08-05T18:37:16Z")
So many excellent suggestions. I humbly suggest “The Stars are ours Tonight” by the Nylons. It is off the album “Seamless” The irrelavant parts can be left out. It is very adaptable to acapella. Good luck to you and the couple. ---
**Author:** ![Enterprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@Enterprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enterprise)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/15 "2007-08-05T20:09:44Z")
My girlfriend and I are in the same situation come October, and, since we need to practice, we’ve settled on “Love and Marriage”, a re-lyriced “Fly Me to the Moon”, and “Something Stupid”…we’re not exactly aiming for kitsch (though at a previous wedding we did a rewritten “Your Song”); I suppose it really depends on your tastes and theirs. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/16 "2007-08-06T04:39:25Z")
I second Tish Hinojosa’s _Who Showed You the Way to my Heart_ and Irving Berlin’s _Always_. Another good one is Dolly Parton’s _I Will Love You Longer than Always_. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/17 "2007-08-06T17:05:16Z")
Dan Fogelberg’s song “Longer” Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean Higher than any bird ever flew Longer than there’ve been stars up in the heaven, I’ve been in love with you. … I’ll bring fire in the winter You’ll send showers in the spring We’ll fly through the falls and summers with love on our wings … Sappy, I know, but I’ve always loved this one. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/18 "2007-08-06T18:43:28Z")
My band just played a wedding. Their first dance song was Norah Jones’ “Come Away with Me” The wedding we did a couple of months before that the song was “You’re My Everything”. Both have really sweet lyrics. Just adding my $.02 even though you’ve already selected a song. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/19 "2007-08-06T20:08:48Z")
[This](http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/beli.html) can easily be done a capella. It’s a sweet song, perfect for a wedding. Ok, I hate links with no preview of where you’re going, sorry. It’s a song called Believe It Or Not by The Grateful Dead. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463/20 "2007-08-06T21:16:53Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I’ve gone with Rainy Night In Soho by the Pogues. [/QUOTE] Ooo. I only know of that song because of the Boards. Nice choice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-song-to-sing-at-a-wedding/414463.md?page=2)