# some different ideas for a Father/daughter wedding dance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881 "2007-02-19T22:51:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/1 "2007-02-19T22:51:55Z")
I live down in the Keys and a group is renting the house next door to us- one of the people is the father of the bride and the wedding is this weekend. My husband is a musician so he asked his opinion, then the husband asked me, and now I’m asking you. He’s been tasked to find a good father/daughter song to dance to and asked for our help. Please Og, no Daddy’s Little Girl or any of that kind of thing. I’ve got a handful of standards together for him, but I’m looking for some songs that you may have heard (or used) and said “Wow, now THAT’S different!” (but appropriate) For the sake of this thread, I’m looking for not the usual stuff- not Butterfly Kisses or anything like that. Blech. I mention the location because hey, if it’s got some island flare, all the better. Also, it’s father TO daughter, as opposed to the usual daughter to father deal. And not that “Fathers be Good To Your Daughters” song. That one creeps me out some. Ideas? So far I’ve got a few for him to listen to and chew on: You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker What a Wonderful World- Louis Armstrong In My Daughter’s Eyes- Martina McBride Have I Told You Lately That I Love You- Stewart (blech) Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkle Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World- Kamakawiwo’ole (this one is my favorite, personally) ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/2 "2007-02-19T22:56:42Z")
We used the Beatles’ “In My Life.” ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/3 "2007-02-19T22:57:13Z")
My cousin’s bride danced to “Father and Daughter” by Paul Simon, and it was beautiful and very appropriate. I loved it, and covet a recording of that song for myself. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/4 "2007-02-19T23:02:02Z")
[QUOTE=StuffLikeThatThere] My cousin’s bride danced to “Father and Daughter” by Paul Simon, and it was beautiful and very appropriate. I loved it, and covet a recording of that song for myself. [/QUOTE] Is this the one with “As long as one and one is two, there has never been a father who loved his daughter more than I love you”? If so, I second that one. I’m not always sure my father loves me but when I hear that I believe he would echo the words in relation to me. So it works. The “Over the Rainbow” is beautiful too. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/5 "2007-02-20T02:00:16Z")
I like [this site](http://www.shall-we-dance.com/videos/index.html) for questions about wedding songs to dance to. If you will scroll thru the Dance Maven’s pages you will find plenty of questions about Father-Daughter dances. Or, you could ask her one yourself 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/6 "2007-02-20T03:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=BoBettie] Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World- Kamakawiwo’ole (this one is my favorite, personally) [/QUOTE] My daughter and husband danced to this one at her wedding. It’s one of our personal favorites, from way before that silly ER episode. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/7 "2007-02-20T03:14:53Z")
My dad and I danced to “My Girl”. It’s a bit faster that, say, “Butterfly Kisses” but very charming. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/8 "2007-02-20T03:39:06Z")
My cousin got married a year ago, and she used the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows.” The lyrics aren’t necessarily about _romantic_ love, and the parental relationship gives a sweet twist to “God only knows what I’d be without you”. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/9 "2007-02-20T04:13:03Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Is this the one with “As long as one and one is two, there has never been a father who loved his daughter more than I love you”? If so, I second that one. I’m not always sure my father loves me but when I hear that I believe he would echo the words in relation to me. So it works. [/QUOTE] That’s the one. The lyrics are just beautiful. I like the “God Only Knows” suggestion, too. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/10 "2007-02-20T10:15:02Z")
It makes me kind of sad that [All My Loving](http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/all_my_loving.asp) by The Beatles has that line about “I’ll pretend that I’m kissing / The lips I am missing,” since my parents sang Beatles’ songs to me when I was little, and “All My Loving” is one that Dad sang to me often. Of course, not as strange as [Leave My Kitten Alone](http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/leave_my_kitten_alone.asp), which along with “I Am the Walrus,” was a song I found absolutely hilarious as a child. Um, in summation, [Take Good Care of My Baby](http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/take_good_care_of_my_baby.asp) might work. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/11 "2007-02-20T10:30:21Z")
It’s pretty obscure, but I always thought [Delilah Gets Married](http://www.yellowtailrecords.com/lyrics/lyr_doug.html#dlmarried) might make a good father/daughter dance song. It’s sung from the point of view of a woman who’s nervous about her wedding reception because she didn’t learn how to waltz with her father. In waltz time, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/12 "2007-02-20T11:31:53Z")
Eh, just use “Miserlou.” ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/13 "2007-02-20T11:58:43Z")
Lambada - The Forbidden Dance. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/14 "2007-02-20T14:12:51Z")
[QUOTE=Autumn Almanac] We used the Beatles’ “In My Life.” [/QUOTE] Weird. That happens to be my dad’s favorite song and I want to use it in my father/daughter dance should I ever be blessed to snag me a man. I thought I was unique _sniffle_ ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/15 "2007-02-20T14:16:41Z")
… The Aristocrats! well, you said _different_. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/16 "2007-02-20T14:17:54Z")
A real father/daughter dance song is “The First Man You Remember” from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love. George sings it to his daughter Jenny when they are dancing. I want to be the first man you remember. I want to be the last man you forgot. I want to be the first one that you turn to. I want to be the last one you regret. Well, kind sir, I’d be delighted. There is nothing I would rather do. What could be more sweeter than sharing my first dance with you? ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/17 "2007-02-20T14:34:50Z")
A friend of ours did a fun tox trot with her father to something by Harry Connick Jr. It was fun, not the syruppy-weepy kind of thing. It was quite joyful and celebratory. ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/18 "2007-02-20T16:35:45Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Weird. That happens to be my dad’s favorite song and I want to use it in my father/daughter dance should I ever be blessed to snag me a man. I thought I was unique _sniffle_ [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, I’m sure we weren’t the first and we won’t be the last. It just means great minds think alike. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/19 "2007-02-20T16:47:51Z")
My recent wedding, we opted out of the Father/Daughter (and the would-have-been-obligated Mother/Son dance), but we received a positive response to our choice for the wedding party’s entrance into the reception. The party walked in to Queen “You’re My Best Friend.” If they’re looking for a more upbeat Father/Daughter dance, it certainly wouldn’t be the worst choice. Oh, and I’m voicing dissent for “God Only Knows.” It’s a great, beautiful song. But the verses are entirely the wrong emotion: _The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me_ Yipes. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881/20 "2007-02-20T20:12:53Z")
How about [“Thriller”](http://youtube.com/watch?v=OPmYbP0F4Zw)? Seriously, though, I also hate “Butterfly Kisses” with a vengeance. So sappy you could coat a waffle with it. And my wife’s family loves it. ugh. Whatever you pick will be better than that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-different-ideas-for-a-father-daughter-wedding-dance/392881.md?page=2)