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I want to find a dance song for my father and I, and I don't like country music at all. I don't like any of the ones w/ sappy words either, like "daddys little girl" or anything like that. It's just weird to me. I will always be his princess ... I want a cool dance song.
I really love Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli and those kinds of songs.
I just googled "father dance wedding songs" and this was the first link I clicked on:
http://www.nycityweddings.com/planning/wedding_songs/?Display=FatherDance&P=1
It has a lot of different songs, many of which aren't country and daddy's little girl-ish. They may or may not be sappy--depending on you definition of sappy--but it's worth a look.
But seeing as you may have already seen this list and not cared for it, since what I did, anyone could do, haha, Do you both have a favorite song/singer? You could go non-traditional and just pick a song that reminds you of your time together. Or just something that you both would love to dance to together. A newer song that I was thinking about for our dance was "Your Joy" by Chrisette Michele (it's a little sappy, but I like it). Good luck!
Or "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder. It's about his daughter, and there are a bunch of covers out there so you can find a style you like.
Paul Simon has a good one. I think it was on the soundtrack to a kids' movie. Not Rugrats. The other one. Anyway, my sister used that one. (My other sister used a country song.) I haven't decided yet.
"In My Life" by the Beatles
"You Raise Me Up" Josh Groban
"Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion (my FIL and his daughter danced to this at her wedding and there wasn't a dry eye in the house)
"Singing In The Rain"
"You Are So Beautiful"
"Daughters" by John Mayer
Daughter by Loudain Wainwright!
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We are dancing to Secret of Life by James Taylor ... it's not totally "father-daughter" but the lyrics are awesome.
Paul Simon "Father and Daughter" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhT0Pydv4JQ&feature=related From the Wild Thornberrys movie
Loudon Wainwright III "Daughter" featured at the end of Knocked Up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVam-fshUgw
We're dancing to Landslide by Fleetwood Mac.
We considered:
Gracie - Ben Folds
I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
How You've Grown - 10,000 Maniacs
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Thank You – Led Zeppelin
You could use anything that you want for a Daddy Daughter Dance song. I would have used "Desperado" by the Eagles for mine (Dad passed away last May). I'm still playing the song but nobody will be dancing to it. :(
I thought of "My Girl" have to run that by my dad! Its kind of ... boyfriend/girlfriend'ish.
Omg I loved Wild Thornberrys!
Is Celine Dion cheesy? Will people think I'm a cheeseball? "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion is really beautiful though! I forgot about this song. ... and I don't associate it with guys ... 
Joe Cocker song is GORGEOUS. Its my little sister and my dads song though! It somehow became ... there song. Haha.
Daughters could be in the Top Five list for my Father & Daughter dance ... it's more ... my generation. It's so hard picking a song to dance to with your dad ... theres no cool songs that I grew up with, that I know of from my generation of music.
There are songs that remind me of my dad, I never thought of using a non-traditional one ... I will think of it.
I have a funny note to end on: When I was little my dad bought a jukebox + song for my dance recital for me ... it was such an important moment! Lol. I always think of him when I ever hear this song. Some Beach Boys songs remind me of him, the Monster Mash song definitely reminds me of him, Going to the Chapel and My Boyfriends Back ... we danced to those all the time on the jukebox. Haha. OOOH can you feel the love tonight from Lion King. We loved that movie when I was really little.
Thank you! Good replies. I'm playing them all on youtube.
Great ideas! my mom said there is this OLD song called "daddys little girl" that I HAVE to have. Whatever, we'll see. I don't want some hokey dokey song about me being his little baby or something. I'm just not into that. I told my dad i'm ok with him p;icking led Zeppelin and so he's trying to figure out if we're going to go rock n roll or traditional, lol. My dad's really into his rock and roll. Long hair, tattoos, plays guitars, etc. Kinda looks like a biker =]
we danced to "You Are the Sunshine Of My Life" by Stevie Wonder. It was fun, and perfect. :)
My father and I (when I married my x) danced to "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.
That song means so much more to me now than you could imagine. Time stood still when I danced with him and I wish you the happiness I have and rememberances of the most wonderful father in the world because I think this song is perfect.
I lost my father 10 years ago this June. How I wish I could dance with him once more.
Bellenga, that is so touching. You made me appreciate my father so much more, that is really such a magical song.
EJS: Your dad sounds sooo cool!!!!! I think I'd go with Rock n Roll if I were you!
So many sweet choices, I really like yours, Bellenga! I love that song. I'm torn between something traditional and something fun. My dad's kind of a fun rock n' roller dude, though. LoL, we'll see. He's already been asking if we're going to "rock out". Not sure if that means air guitar or what, though....=]
I am the SAME WAY! HATE country music. here are some songs I have found that are not country & does not have the "daddy's little girl" type lyrics.
You Raise me up - Josh Groban
You don't have to let go - Jessica Simpson
Cinderella - Steven Curtis Chapman (may not be your style but it is cute to listen too)
Wind Beneathe my wing - Bette Midler
You could also just dance to a classical instrumental piece too. there doesn't have to be any lyrics. its about the dance, the moment. but then again it also depends on your vision of your day too. I LOVE Josh Groban. Good luck to you. =)
Aaah...my dad is a huge Joe Cocker fan. But we are both huge Gladys fans, so I'm surprising him with "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Gladys Knight. We both love "My Girl", but we've danced to that so many times, when I lived in Texas and they would come visit, that was our sond when we went out, so I want to surprise him with something different, and that song says so much about the wonderful, amazing dad he is to me.
We decided (tonight, yay!) to go with God Only Knows by the Beach Boys. Stayin' true to our California roots. Unfortunately Dad *hates* Billy Joel (wtf!) and does not want to support Elton John with Your Song. What a shame, I'm going to get my Crocodile Rock on later.
We had a combo father/daughter and mother/son dance and used "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John.
I always thought this was a perfect father- daughter song : Billy Joel "Lullaby"
Check it out it's a beautiful piano song.
Please do not go with "Daughters" by John Mayer. It is a beautiful song. But like "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room", I wonder if people ever actual listen to the message in the lyrics. :-/
"Daughters" is about a guy who has fallen in love with a girl who is wounded because her dad walked out on the family when she was little and is pleaing that fathers think twice about how their actions will affect their girls.
It's pretty, but not really the image of my father I want to leave people with on my wedding day.
Pick a song that gives you warm fuzzy feelings about your Dad--that's all that matters! I agree that the cheesy narratives don't work for me either! At my wedding, people just loved how happy my Dad and I seemed and how much fun we were having dancing together--and that was because we were dancing to an upbeat song that had sentimental value to us.
We danced to Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl". It worked for me because I am his only brown eyed daugther (like my Mum) and he used to sing that song me to me when I was younger. Plus, I find slow dancing with Dad creepy. I don't mean to offend anyone but that's just how I felt personally. It was way more fun to "joyfully boogey down!"
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What do you think about: She's Got A Way by Billie Joel???
omg ErikanRaf - I just listened to Cinderella.... bawled. Love it :)
My dad's a long-haired biker, too! (I totally think he's wearing leather to the wedding!!) I think we would dance to Brown Eyed Girl. It's his generation, a little rocky, and he LOOOOOVEs to dance.
I am with you. I don't want the normal Butterfly Kisses song. I believe I'm dancing to Because You Loved me by Celin Dion. Its not just because of that but also because my dad always encourages me that I can do whatever I want and I really am everything I am today because my parents always were right behind me pushing me along. Ahh I'm so emotional right now, I'm crying posting this. Good thing Mr. M just ran to Lowe's lol.
We're dancing to "take good care of my baby" by Bobby Vee. I didn't want a country song either!
You know it may not be a father/daughter song but Louie Armstrongs "La Vie En Rose" just makes me all fuzzy (first heard it in Wall*E lol!)
We're dancing to Sinatra, actually... "The Way You Look Tonight." Our band is condensing our special dance songs down to about 2 minutes each, and we're hoping that they're able to do what my dad requested: just play the first and last verses with an instrumental interlude, because the middle verses are more romantic... the first and last definitely apply for father & daughter relationships!
"my girl" or "isn't she lovely" are my favorites :)
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Oh how sad, no ones mentioned my favorite Father Daughter song. "Turn Around" by Harry Belafonte. It's an awesome song! So sweet, but not creepy. And of course, hello Harry Belafonte! lol
Daughter by Loudon Wainright.
My daddy and I danced to "My Girl" becuase when we were little my dad used to play us The Temptations on cassette tape!
We danced to "Daughter" by Loudon Wainwright :)
Here's a link if you'd like to listen to it!
what about " Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Ray Charles?
Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAIKznMPXUk
I also love Moon River by Frank Sinatra
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