I plan to dance with my dad to Cat Stevens (nee Yusef Islam)the Wind. Short, sweet and not icky!

I wanted a classic since they tend to be short, so we recently decided on “Ain’t That Love” by Ray Charles. We also wanted the groom and his mom to join in and this song seemed to fit.

Maybe Paul Simon’s “Father and Daughter”? It fits with your dad’s preference for 60/70’s classic music.

I’m torn between two songs - - - either Landslide by either fleetwood mac or the dixie chicks, or angels flying too close to the ground by willie nelson.

What about that Tim McGraw song?
Also- “If These Walls Could Speak” off the “Lead Me On” album by Amy Grant is very touching.

We’re using Paul Simon’s father and daughter. It’s pretty upbeat and has nice lyrics.

Sweet Child of Mine by Guns and Roses!!!

there was a great story on npr about wedding songs. its worth a listen plus the song list isnt bad, check it out:

http://www.npr.org/templates/s.....d=11157882

if for whatever reason the link doesnt work go to npr.org and search wedding day blues: finding the perfect mix cd.

We used The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love for a simultaneous bride-bride’s dad, groom-groom’s mother dance that then expanded to include the other parents, the wedding party and their partners and anyone else who wanted to join in. We picked it because it’s not too slow, has a happy but not too sappy message and it’s fun/easy to dance to.

DIY Weddings has a nice list, too.

You could always find a cool version of “sweet child.”

We danced to Kenny Roger’s “Throught the Years”.

My daughter and her Dad are not using it, but I thought “time after time” by Cyndi Lauper was a good one.

I’m having exactly the same issue. I might go with “teach your children well” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

for my october wedding my dad and i are going to dance to ‘moon river’ by andy williams. i know it’s not classic rock but anyone else looking for a good song might be interested. and i dont know if anyone else dances with their mother, but i’m also going to have a daughter/mother dance with my mom, Sherry to My Cheri Amour, by Stevie Wonder.

I think we will dance to “I loved her first” by Heartland. It’s a slow country song..

daughter - loudon wainwright
here comes the sun - beatles
brightside of the road - van morrison
tupelo honey - van morrison
wildflowers - tom petty
gracie - ben folds
still fighting it – ben folds (good for a boy and mom)
somewhere over the rainbow/what a wonderful world - israel kamakawio ole
lullaby - dixie chicks
wide open spaces - dixie chicks
turn, turn - the byrds
blackbird - the beatles
the rainbow connection - any artist, but kermit’s best
father & daughter - paul simon from the thornberrys soundtrack
wonderful world - louis armstrong
pennies from heaven – louis armstrong
sugar mountain - neil young
never fully dressed without a smile - harry connick jr., or annie soundtrack
landslide - fleetwood mac or dixie chicks
dancing in daddy’s shoes – leon redbone
circle game – joni Mitchell
child of mine – carol king
how sweet it is – james taylor
sweet baby james – james taylor
thank heaven for little girls – gigi soundtrack
I had a good father and mother – kate wolf (very folk)
Molly Ban – Alison Krauss
How you’ve grown – 10,000 maniacs

My dad and I are dancing to Joni Mitchell’s Circle Game. He used to sing it to me when I was a kid, and it holds many memories! It’s also a very fitting song…very emotional for me though!

My dad and I are dancing to Brown Eyed Girl! A little more peppy, a LOT less sappy.

This is a great list!

I’m getting married in April and am having a hard time finding a father-daughter song. They all seem to be the same, you were always there for me, we always did this and that and have so many memories but i can’t do that because my father wasn’t around, I didn’t meet him until i was 16 and it was a very bumpy road to get to the relationship we have now which is finally good. Does anyone have any suggestions on something that may be good song but not say all of those things?

Elton John-
“your song”
My sis danced with our dad to “tiny dancer” by elton john. It was nice…. Im debating using “your song” for mine….. im just so tired of the same ol’ same ol’ suggestions for father daughter songs. Im sure ill manage to decide on something, but its nice to see some different suggestions on here….

I have a good suggestion that would work for a lot of Dads/Father Figures:

“More I Cannot Wish You” from the musical Guys and Dolls.

It’s all about a father figure (not even her real Dad in the musical!) wishing his daughter figure the best in life as well as giving her away to a romantic love. How much more wedding appropriate can you get? Here’s a link with the lyrics and a midi.

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/morecannot.htm

The midi is a bit weird, for a better version just listen to the Guys and Dolls soundtrack.

Renee, I can relate to your predicament and I think this song is not too over the top in terms of the father always being perfect.

leila, you wanted to know is an Elvis song would work? A friend of mine danced to “The Wonder of You” with her Dad. It was lovely.

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/e.....49579.html

I may steal this idea from her.

Yo La Tengo’s “You Can Have It All” or “In My Life” by the Beatles (if I can keep from crying everytime I hear it). I wish I could use an Elliott Smith song, but they’re all pretty sad.

I’m only just starting to plan, but the father duaghter dance was chosen before the colors…
My dad and I have a blissfully wierd relationship and we both have a warm place in our hearts for Ozzy. So we will be dancing to Kelly & Ozzy Osbourne “Changes”.
Its probably the least likely song our family would expect…something by Frank Zappa would’ve been more likely!

This is REALLY obscure…but Harry Chapin’s Story of Life is an absolutely amazing song.

Wow! I thought I was the only one having this trouble. It wasn’t so much of the sappiness I didn’t like , but rather the “typical” songs don’t fit us, some sound creepy and others too religious. My dad is a 70s rock guy too, he also loves Metallica. After a few months I have found one that my dad will love to dance to and will bring back memories for both of us…Metallica - Nothing Else Matters!

My dad won’t be at my wedding, so no father/daughter dance for me. But I think a good choice would be “Standing” from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical, sung by Tony Head. It’s really a sweet song about a pseudo-father/daughter relationship and it’s doubly appropriate if you’re a fan of the show. The soundtrack is called “Once More, With Feeling” for those who are interested.

It took me forever to figure out what song my father and I were going to dance to. All the poppy/country songs that are very popular father daughter songs just didn’t fit us. We both love classic rock and are fans of Neil Young so we choose “Here for you” its a great song he wrote for his daughter.

My daddy sang “you are so beautiful” by Joe Cocker in my ear as we were dancing. I’ll remember that until the day I die.

everything about my wedding is different. a good example is my wedding color is neon green. my first dance song is adam sandlers “i wanna grow old with you.” my dad is a rocker so the sappy songs wont work, this site has really helped me out. thanks all.

So, I am having trouble b/c the last time my dad and i danced was at my grad and was uber awkward due to a broken collar bone and a total lack of rhythm. Neither of us partner dance well. my partner and his mother on the other hand are great! We want to dance at the same time, but want it to look good for all of us. My family is country. His is spanish. Suggestions, please?!

My dad is on the hip side, too. I have been scouring Motown and Standards playlists. I’m trying to narrow it between “My GIrl” or “Puttin on the Ritz” or “Jeepers Creepers”

“take good care of my baby” - i’m the youngest of 8 girls . it just works
“Take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Please don’t ever make her blu-u-u-ue
Just tell her that you love her
Make sure you’re thinking of her
In everything you say and do-o-o-o

Aww, take good care of my ba-a-a-by
Now don’t you ever make her cry-y-y-y
Just let your love surround her
Paint a rainbow all around her
Don’t let her see a cloudy sky”

i think going back to your childhood is the best place to find a meaningful fun song.

my dad is a classic rock kinda guy and its been really hard finding a song, but he keeps saying “everytime i think about it i think of ‘Kiss that frog’ by peter gabriel or ‘twistin the night away’”

those were songs i used to sing and dance too with him when i was kid. now Kiss the frog is kinda an insult to my husband, so i think im going with twistin the night away…

‘You belong to me’ by Patsy Cline. I’m moving to London from Maryland so the theme of the song works well…I wanted to choose a happier song cause I know I’m gonna be a crier, but in the end, I’ll probably bawl at anything that day.

I’m a sap. A heavily tattooed, foul mouthed, sarcastic sap. Not quite sure how that happened.

I’ve got 2 suggestions:

Tori Amos wrote a beautiful song for her daughter called Ribbons Undone, it’s on her Beekeeper album.

I’m having trouble deciding between that and Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

My Father & I don’t have that type of relationship. Don’t get me wrong, he’s supported me along the way. My mom insists of a Father-Daughter dance…..I’m thinking “Dance with My Father” by Luther Vandross & Beyonce. Yes, Cliche I know!

Ok I just had to tell my plan!!!

My Dad and I have always loved Convoy by CW McCall and I can’t imagine not dancing to it. I don’t think that choice is for everyone but it’s personal and I love it plus my mom will freak.

How about a song with no words? That could help avoid the cheese factor.

I found this blog very helpful, but I went back and forth on songs, and ended up choosing “He didn’t have to be” by Brad Paisley. My step dad is walking me down the aisle and I think it will be a great song for he and I to dance to. I really did like “It’s for my dad” by Nancy Sinatra too. I thought about “There you’ll be” by Faith hill. “Kind and Generous” by Natalie Merchant was another one I liked.

I’m dancing with my father too brown eyed girl or the hustle by Van Mccoy. When I was a little girl, he would always play that song and I always loved it to this day! I thought it would be funny for something like that!

Dana and Nancy! Thank you for the song recommendation! My Dad is also obsessed with Neil Young.

“Isn’t She Lovely” by Stevie Wonder was actually written by the boy wonder for his baby daughter when she was born. I might be using this one…

My dad and I used to dance to Black Water by The Doobie Brothers when I was a little kid so that is what we are going to do our father/daughter dance to. Sappy just doesn’t fit us!

Love the suggestions! I’ll be using “Still the One” by Orleans. It’s totally appropriate, given that it’s from my father’s era of music. It’s a fun song that everyone can dance to.

I just found Daughter by Bread. Upbeat and perfect for us. I couldn’t imagine slow dancing with my dad. We’re sentimental at our own tempo!

I used to sing Bad to the Bone with my dad…so while Dad is prepping himself for a sappy song, we are suprising him with Bad to the Bone Intro…and then ease it into something he and I can dance to…but I haven’t gotten that far yet!

Ok, this one is just because my Dad would sing it to me ALL the time when I was a little girl…”I Feel Fine” by The Beatles

Little Miss Magic by Jimmy Buffett

Ditto on “Kind and Generous” by Natalie Merchant! My Dad and I danced to that one at my wedding several years ago…the song embodied everything I wanted to say to my father that day!

Cat Stevens also…..Wild World!

Though my dad is a bit of weeper and when I played the song for him he was crying! He’s too cute!

This thread was so helpful! My dad and I decided to do the father/daughter dance to “angie” - rolling stones simply because it’s my name. we figured an anti mushy route would be best. this way my dad isn’t hurt by the idea of not dancing at all.

I have gone back and forth between alot of these songs listed but I had two that really stuck out. “Hold my Hand” by Hootie and the Blowfish and “What a Wonderful World” by Luis Armstrong

I am planning on using Nickel Creek’s “When You Come Back Down”, nice tune , nice message. I had the hardest time with planning this and my ceremony processional (Apocalyptica’s version of “Nothing Else Matters”) since the I am trying to blend our taste in music with what won’t scare the elderly at our wedding.

My mom and dad divorced when I was 2. He and I have had a VERY strained relationship my whole life. He is not walking me down the aisle or giving me away but I feel like the dance might be a nice gesture. What the heck can we dance to? I am just lost. HELP!

Hello everyone! I’m a lover of song lyrics so I’ve noticed that a lot of recommended “father/daughter dance songs” on all wedding type sites have lyrics that pertain to romantic love as opposed to family love. I find this a little creepy! My suggestion is to look up the lyrics to a song you’re thinking about before finalizing any plans. Your list will be shorter, but less weird as well!

I am dancing with my step-dad to “To sir with love” by LuLu and with my dad to “I loved her first” by Heartland. Both have individual messages that I can convey

I know it is sappy, but how’s about, (You Are My) Special Angel by Bobby Helms? My mom used to sing that to me when I was little… when I got married, I got married at a Baptist church, so no dancing allowed. If it had been, song with my stepdad would have either been “My Girl” by the Temptations or Sha-Boom! LOL

My dad and I are definitely doing a polka– he loves to dance, and thinks it’d be way more fun than a slow song. Now it’s just a matter of whether we do the Beer Barrel Polka or the one that goes “I don’t want her, you can have her, she’s too fat for me!”

I am dancing with my grandfather to “Zoe Jane” by Staind. He is the only father figure I have ever known so I thought it was appropriate.