Wedding Songs: 30 Cheeky First Dance Songs

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If you're not up for the much-hyped sentimental first dance, don't feel you have to adhere to tradition. Forgo the schmaltz by opting for a song that's slightly tongue-in-cheek, or select something so lovey-dovey or overdone that it's outrageous. Suddenly, all the pressure's gone. Here are 31 offbeat wedding songs for newlyweds who believe in healthy doses of wit, levity, and laughter.

1. "A Fine Romance" (Joe Derise)
2. "After The Loving" (Englebert Humperdinck)
3. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Ashford & Simpson)
4. "An Old Fashioned Wedding" (from "Annie Get Your Gun")
5. "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" (Dean Martin)
6. "Because" (Dave Clark Five)
7. "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" (The Spinners)
8. "Destination Moon" (Dinah Washington)
9. "Happy Together" (The Turtles)
10. "I Got You Babe" (Sonny & Cher)
11. "I Love You, Always Forever" (Donna Lewis)
12. "I Only Want To Be With You" (Vonda Shepard)
13. "I Say A Little Prayer" (Aretha Franklin)
14. "I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family)
15. "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello)
16. "I'm A Believer" (The Monkees)
17. "Islands In The Stream" (Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers)
18. "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
19. "Love And Marriage" (Frank Sinatra)
20. "Love Is Strange" (Mickey & Sylvia)
21. "Loving You" (Minnie Riperton)
22. "Memories Are Made Of This" (Dean Martin)
23. "Never Knew Love Like This" (The Spinners & Dionne Warwick)
24. "Oh, What A Night" (The Four Seasons)
25. "Orange Colored Sky" (Nat King Cole)
26. "Orange Colored Sky" (Natalie Cole)
27. "She's An Angel" (They Might Be Giants)
28. "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill)
29. "With Plenty Of Money And You" (Count Basie & Tony Bennett)
30. "You're My First, My Last, My Everything" (Barry White)

Wedding Song Ideas: Real Brides' Must-Play Lists

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First Dance Songs

"We're Man and Wife" (Michelle Featherstone)
"Bless the Broken Road" (Rascal Flatts)
"Carried Away" (George Strait)
"Thank God I Found You" (Mariah and 98 degrees)
"Cross My Heart" (George Strait)
"I Need You" (Tim McGraw and Faith Hill)
"It's Your Love" (Tim McGraw and Faith Hill)
"Remember When" (Alan Jackson)
"Love Song" (311)
"Lost in This Moment" (Big and Rich)
"At Last" (Etta James)
"Three Times a Lady" (Commodores)
"Spend My Life" (Eric Benet)
"All I Ask of You" (Phantom of the Opera)
"Set Me as a Seal" (Matt Maher)
"Chasing Cars" (Snow Patrol)
"Stay Forever" (Ween)
"Book of Love" (Peter Gabriel)(short summer wedding dresses)
"The Luckiest" (Ben Folds)
"Love of a Lifetime" (Firehouse)

Father-Daughter Dance Songs
"My Girl"(The Temptations)
"Butterfly Kisses" (Bob Carlisle)
"I Loved Her First" (Heartland)
"My Wish" (Rascal Flatts)
"Last Date" (Floyd Cramer)
"Little Miss Magic" (Jimmy Buffett)
"De Nina a Mujer" (Julio Iglesias)
"Main Theme" (John Williams; Star Wars)
"Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)
"What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)
"Kind & Generous" (Natalie Merchant)
"There You'll Be" (Faith Hill)

Mother-Son Dance Songs
"Because You Loved Me" (Celine Dion)
"A Song for my Son" (Rita Heatherington) OR (Mikki Viereck)
"My Wish" (Rascal Flatts)
"Angels" (Randy Travis)
"Oh Mother" (Joe W)
"A Song for Mama" (Boyz II Men)
"The Man You've Become" (Molly Pasutti)

Last Dance Songs
"Theme from New York, New York" (maternity hospital gowns tori spelling)(Frank Sinatra)
"Remember When" (Alan Jackson)
"Fantasy (Remix)" (Mariah Carey Featuring ODB)
"You Never Can Tell" (Chuck Berry from Pulp Fiction)
"Bless the Broken Road" (Rascal Flatts)
"Wonderful Tonight" (Eric Clapton)
"Last Dance" (Donna Summer)
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" (Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo; Cheers)
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Frank Sinatra)
"Margaritaville," (Jimmy Buffett)
"From This Moment On" (Diana Krall)

The Songs In-Between
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Frank Sinatra)
"Ain't No Other Man" (Christina Aguilera)
"Inside Your Heaven" (Carrie Underwood)
"SexyBack" (Justin Timberlake)
"That's Amore" (Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin)
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (Dean Martin)
"Let's Get Loud" (Jennifer Lopez)
"Hotel" (Cassidy)
"Where the Party At" (Jagged Edge)
"Tell Me" (P. Diddy Featuring Christina Aguilera)
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light" (Meat Loaf)
"Sexy Love" (Ne-Yo)
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Def Leppard)
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" (John Denver)
"At Last" (Etta James)
"Fast Cars and Freedom" (Rascal Flatts)(wedding dress 2012)
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Louis Armstrong) OR (The Mamas & the Papas)
"Rocky Top" (Phish) OR (Dolly Parton)
"We Are Family" (Sister Sledge)
"You've Got a Friend in Me" (Randy Newman; Toy Story)
"Rock With You" (Michael Jackson)
"Big Pimpin' (Jay-Z)
"Brick House" (The Commodores)
"Le Freak" (Chic)
"Super Freak" (Rick James)
"Funky Cold Medina" (Tone Loc)
"Get Down Tonight" (KC and the Sunshine Band)