Ever since Mr. and Mrs. Monkey danced to The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson for their first dance, I’ve been playing the song on repeat. Here they are clapping during the parts of the song where there are claps! (I hope you guys don’t mind that I posted this - your first dance was too adorable!)
Alternating on the other side…
The song was featured on the Grey’s Anatomy soundtrack. Here’s a great live performance on Carson Daly.
The Way I Am
If you were falling, then I would catch you.
You need a light, I’d find a match.
Cuz I love the way you say good morning.
And you take me the way I am.
If you are chilly, here take my sweater.
Your head is aching, I’ll make it better.
Cuz I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.
I’d buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair.
Sew on patches to all you tear.
Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise.
And you take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
You take me the way I am.
This sweet song is addicting! 
OMG! EVer since I hear it on the old navy commercial I downloaded it and have been listening to it on repeat!!
I have this song on repeat as well! It just makes me smile. What a great choice for a first dance song.
OH great - I’m playing it on repeat too! =) I LOVE IT! The pics are adorable Mr & Mrs. Monkey
I love this song– those pictures are adorable and it’s such a great choice for a first dance.
oooh yeah the old navy song! i always sing that part about taking the sweater over and over. now i’ll have to find the song itself. it’s so pretty.
I’ve been wondering what song this was. I keep singing the part on the Old Navy commerical over and over thinking I should really find it.
oooohh I love that song too!!!
While I don’t have it on repeat, I do have a collection of songs I first heard on Grey’s Anatomy and this is one of my favorites!
LOL… are ALL of the bees playing this on repeat? I’m no exception… I just d/led this song on Sunday night!
It give me shivers- it is such a wonderful sweet song. Thanks for posting!!!!
I’ve never heard this but it’s totally addicting! How old is she? She looks so young. I’ll have to check her out. Thanks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have had this song stuck in my head, but only the part that is in that commercial. It has been driving me nuts that I didn’t know who it was. I LOVE the tone to her voice.
I’m off to iTunes now.
Such a pretty song!
Ok now I don’t feel like a freak for putting it on repeat when I found out what the song acutally was the other day. While in repeat mode, I was just thinking how great it would be for our first dance song or if I am brave enough, actually sing the song to my sweetie.
Oh my gaaawd!! i thought that was just the old navy sweater song…yes yes. please forgive me, i lost track of grey’s anatomy when i decided to go back to school full time. that will be playing at my desk all day today…hehe!
I attended the Monkeys’ wedding as well and loved their first dance and the song too! It’s been on repeat ever since Mr. Monkey told me the name and artist of the song. =)
My fiance and I never had a “song,” but ever since we heard the song on the Grey’s Anatomy and went to several of Ingrid Michaelson’s shows, we fell in love with her voice. It was no question that this would be our first dance song. I’m glad she’s getting more recognition cause all her songs are great.
great first dance selection! yes - she has a great voice! and mrs. monkey was a beautiful bride!!
I was going to choose this song for my first song too. She was actually on the radio here in Dallas the other day and I actually texted myself her name and the name of the song.
I love it!
OMG, that’s my fiance and my song too! it’s on our wedding website, and when my fiance heard it on the Old Navy commercial he was like “They stole our song! those jerks!” LOL!!
It’s on an Old Navy commercial, too, and I’ve had it stuck in my head and torturing people by poorly singing/humming it… and NOW I know what it is! Thank you!!!
Ingrid is my favorite! First heard her on Grey’s Anatomy, bought the CD immediately on iTunes, and played it on repeat OVER AND OVER AND OVER again for a very long time. I saw her live at a teeny tiny bar/performance space a few months ago, and it was fantastic!
i think i found a new favorite song.
We used this in our wedding after I heard a snippet of it on Greys. Now that it is on the Old Navy commercial, my husband and I are PISSED! It just isn’t the same.
This is going to be my first dance song also, my wedding is in April. Fell in love with it after hearing it on Greys as well. Not thrilled that it’s now the Old Navy song :T Happy for Ingrid tho. She’s awsome.
If y’all love this song, check out the album…she’s got some great tunes on there! Love her!
I’ve been thinking of using this as my first dance song! It is so cute and perfect.
[...] LB, his nervousness was compounded by his conviction that I was going to break into clapping à la Mr. and Mrs. Monkey (we danced to the same song as them - “The Way I Am”, by Ingrid [...]
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The Old Navy commercial song! Ok, now I know it, hehe! They look so adorable in their first dance!