Weddingbee Blog

Oh man, y’all…this. I think Wolfman and I have talked about our first dance more than any other topic. More than food, the venue, the ceremony, everything. We both love music—it’s one of the things that brought us together—and with our first-dance song, we have this singular opportunity to pick a song that is “us.” Whatever we pick, we will sort of “own” forever—so we really want to get it right. Out of dozens of listening sessions to our respective iPods…here’s our top contenders:

[1] the xx, “Islands”

This song has a lot going for it. It’s a band we discovered together, have seen live, and (in my opinion) has some indie street cred. It’s short (good, because the actual dancing is something I’m not particularly looking forward to) and the lyrics work:

I don’t have to leave anymore
What I have is right here
Spend my nights and days before
Searching the world for what’s right here

Underneath and unexplored
Islands and cities I have looked
Here I saw
Something I couldn’t overlook

I am yours now
So now I don’t ever have to leave

I think it fits nicely with our meeting story.

[2] JJ Heller, “Until You Came Along”

I heard this song in some engagement video I saw a while ago, and the lyrics are PERFECT:

Nothing makes sense without you
It’s like waking up in the dark
I didn’t have a song
Until you came along

Falling in love with you was easy
You were always meant to have my heart
I was broken all to pieces
You were there to be the missing part…

And I never wanna go back
To the way things were before
You saved me and you made me yours

I especially love the “you were always meant to have my heart” line. JJ has a pretty voice, and this would be a nice slow dance. We’d probably want to shorten it as the end does drag a bit. I’m a much bigger fan than Wolfman is—he thinks it’s important to also pick an artist that represents us, and I cannot name another JJ song to save my life. Still…it’s great, so it’s still on the list.

[3] the xx, “Angels”

Another from the same band…it’s really lovely and a perfect length. Perhaps a tad too slow, but the hook is so simple that people will be able to really hear how occasion appropriate it is:

Light reflects from your shadow
It is more than I thought could exist
You move through the room
Like breathing was easy
If someone believed me

They would be
As in love with you as I am
They would be
In love, love, love

[4] The Black Keys, “Dearest”

This is a Buddy Holly cover by a band we love, it’s a perfect length, and the beat sort of lends itself to an easy, swaying sort of dance. Cute wedding-worthy lyrics:

Together, our love will grow old.
Our love will grow old.

You may be a million miles away.
Please believe me when you hear me say, ‘I love you. I love you.’

So, what do you think? Seriously…will you pick for us?