# Songs that were obviously written to be wedding songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590 "2015-01-22T16:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/21 "2015-01-22T21:49:33Z")
One of the reasons Journey gets the love 'em / hate 'em reviews is that they were formed around Neal Schon to be a rock group but seem to have made most of their pop chart hits with ballads and then pop radio just overplays the top 40 to death, until a song that seemed nice when it came out tends to grate on the nerves after the 4th week of incessant replays. Open Arms (Escape) When You Love a Woman (Trial By Fire) All the Things (Arrival) Loved By You (Arrival) Kiss Me Softhly (Arrival) With Your Love (Arrival) Most of these are Jonathan Cain (keyboardist) compositions, with \*Open Arms \*and \*With Your Love \*being explicitly wedding-oriented songs. \*Open Arms _is notable because Steve Perry recalled that day at the studio as, "I was starting to feel sick_ and just wanted to get it over with and go home." and doesn’t that just characterize a wedding perfectly! 😃_With Your Love_ appears to have been written with Cain’s new wife – perhaps it was their joint vows? –G \*To be fair, he said he was coming down with a cold, not morning sickness. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/22 "2015-01-22T22:48:11Z")
And then there’s the flip side - a song that really wasn’t meant to be played at a wedding, but… well, I’ll let Ray Wylie Hubbard tell the story, he’s so much better at it than me. At about the 31:00 mark of this full show: The whole show is great, but the intro to this song is pretty damned funny. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/23 "2015-01-23T08:52:20Z")
The Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Mark Knopfler and Waylon Jenning’s cover of Buddy Holly’s “Learning The Game” And maybe “Storybook Love” from The Princess Bride. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/24 "2015-01-23T09:16:33Z")
"Aqualung”? No? How about “There Is Love (The Wedding Song)”? ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/25 "2015-01-24T04:15:05Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > I feel like a lot of those country music songs about daddies and daughters are blatant wedding songs - i.e. “Butterfly Kisses”, “I Loved Her First,” blah blah blah. I’ve already informed the Daughter that it’s Stevie Ray’s “Pride and Joy” or nothing. And yes, I’ll take dance lessons so we can do a proper swing dance to it. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/26 "2015-01-24T04:26:34Z")
A lot of these songs are making me think that it’s kind of nice to be single. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/27 "2015-01-24T17:50:02Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I recall hearing years ago that James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” was extremely popular as a wedding song. > > [Considering that it’s actually a song about suicide,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofSnsGkops) I guess it joins “Born In The USA” in the great big list of songs that people don’t understand because they only pay attention to the chorus. Extreme’s “More Than Words” is NOT a wedding song, either. It’s not even a love song. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/28 "2015-01-24T18:56:29Z")
“Truly, Madly, Deeply”, by Savage Garden. I was crazy about it when it came out, but I listen to it now and while I still like it, there’s some cringing from the sap: The same goes for their "I knew I Loved You": [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jjnmICxvoVY/maxresdefault.jpg "Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnmICxvoVY) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/29 "2015-01-24T19:59:41Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I don’t suppose the Chicken Dance qualifies… 😃 > > When we did our reaffirmation of vows for our 6th anniversary (we eloped and it took 6 years before we could afford to do a party) my BIL sang something called _Wedding Hymn_ which was just that. However, it never was and never will be something you’ll hear on the radio, tho one might see it in a hymnal. the chicken dance would make a great “first dance”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/30 "2015-01-24T20:12:09Z")
The classic wedding song is “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/31 "2015-01-25T01:20:42Z")
Jimmy Soul’s [_If You Want To Be Happy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NF5XU-k2Vk) might fit the bill… ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/32 "2015-01-25T02:09:00Z")
_I Will Be Here_ by Steven Curtis Chapman ---
**Author:** ![MsKaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@MsKaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsKaren)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/33 "2015-01-25T04:25:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > …I guess it joins “Born In The USA” in the great big list of songs that people don’t understand because they only pay attention to the chorus. I add “Every Breath You Take” to this. This obsessive stalker is creepy and full of accusations. "In a 1983 interview with the New Musical Express, Sting explained: “I think it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil. It’s about jealousy and surveillance and ownership.” [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=548](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=548) Back on the OP’s topic “The Way You Look Tonight” and “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You.” Written with weddings in mind, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590/34 "2015-01-25T19:03:37Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > Jimmy Soul’s [_If You Want To Be Happy_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NF5XU-k2Vk) might fit the bill… If you really want to blow peoples’ minds, play some of the earlier covers: Robert Mitchum The Charmer (better known today as Louis Farrakhan) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nUPxElXRTtQ/maxresdefault.jpg ""Ugly Woman" by The Charmer, Louis Farrakhan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUPxElXRTtQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-were-obviously-written-to-be-wedding-songs/710590.md?page=1)