# So what song did you dance to at your wedding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 6, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492 "2024-10-06T01:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/21 "2024-10-06T12:06:42Z")
It was 41 years ago. I don’t have a clue. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/22 "2024-10-06T12:50:46Z")
I don’t remember mine, but I was best man at my friend’s wedding and their 1st dance song was “A Whole New World” from _The Little Mermaid_. I’ll ask my wife today is she remembers ours. Yeah it was a long, long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/23 "2024-10-06T13:03:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > We didn’t have dancing I’ve never been to a wedding without dancing! (By wedding I mean reception, I usually avoid the church part). ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/24 "2024-10-06T13:12:39Z")
They don’t have dancing at Japanese weddings so we didn’t do that. Which was fine by me because I’m a terrible dancer. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/25 "2024-10-06T13:48:31Z")
We danced to “This Will Be Our Year” by the Zombies. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/26 "2024-10-06T13:51:07Z")
That’s fascinating. I learned something new today. I feel like there’s a thread going for that on the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/27 "2024-10-06T13:52:14Z")
I just listened to that last night, I was feeling very nostalgic. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/28 "2024-10-06T15:20:56Z")
“Have I Told You Lately that I Love You”, Van Morrison version. Funny story about our married dance- my uncle, who I didn’t see very often since he moved out of state when I was young, showed up to the wedding with a video camera and volunteered to film the wedding and reception, which we were grateful for since we had only arranged for still photos. Before the wedding my future wife had wanted to have some dance moves for our upcoming wedding, so we had taken ballroom dancing classes. At our married dance we showed off our moves— a couple spins, a dip, etc., no Fred and Ginger, but we were pretty good out there. I think we even got a bit of applause. At some point later after we got back from the honeymoon, we sat back and played our wedding video. When it got to the point of the wedding dance, you could clearly hear my uncle say to my aunt “that’s what older childless couples do to fill up the time- they do things like take ballroom dancing classes.” 🙄 We weren’t _ **that** _ old when we married, like 30 and 36, and in fact the first of our eventual two children followed soon after. It is true we had less spare time for stuff like ballroom dancing classes after kids came along 😏 ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/29 "2024-10-06T15:53:20Z")
Dear god I hope the videos taken at mine and various other weddings I attended and danced at were lost in the floods of hurricanes. Beatles song I forget which one. I find most first dances cringy especially when the parent dances with the bride or groom. I leave the table and head for the bar. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/30 "2024-10-06T16:04:42Z")
_Time In A Bottle_ by Jim Croce. At my daughter’s wedding, I danced with her to _The Hokey Pokey_. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/31 "2024-10-06T16:52:41Z")
No dancing. We had a string quartet at our reception. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/32 "2024-10-06T18:15:52Z")
_The Best is Yet to Come_ by Frank Sinatra. I wanted _At Last_ by Etta James but my wife vetoed it because it was too long. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/33 "2024-10-06T20:45:09Z")
I love the song and I really enjoy that version. You just never know what people are thinking do you? I wonder if your aunt agreed with him 🤔? ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/34 "2024-10-06T20:57:36Z")
[Penguin](https://youtu.be/CzTFqKc5hT4?si=AM2u7O-SuR-WV8Pp) by Christina Perri. Penguins have a special significance to us and this is a beautiful song. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/35 "2024-10-06T22:32:39Z")
I love that, it’s very original & so close to the heart for both of you! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/36 "2024-10-06T23:05:25Z")
Thank you. I love Perri’s voice and that song was just right for the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/37 "2024-10-07T05:17:02Z")
First dance was something traditional, forget what, but the REAL first dance (second) was This Must Be The Place, Talking Heads. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/38 "2024-10-07T10:06:52Z")
Feels Like Home by Randy Newman’s Faust, sung by Bonnie Raitt [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/imECa3rx8fQ/hqdefault.jpg "Bonnie Raitt - Feels Like Home - Faust - Rosie O'Donnell Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imECa3rx8fQ) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/39 "2024-10-07T14:52:59Z")
Longer by Dan Fogelberg ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492/40 "2024-10-07T21:20:56Z")
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