Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Top 7 Bridal Waltz Songs

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Need some ideas for romantic wedding songs? We've got you covered. 
Romantic love songs are a feature of every wedding. The slower tempo of love songs is ideal for the first dance by the bride and groom and also the father-daughter dance.




#7 A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
From the album The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the song is the second single from the album
As heard in this proposal video from popular Malaysian blogger Timothy Tiah Ewe Tiam proposing to his girlfriend/fiancée Audrey Ooi Feng Ling, with "A Thousand Years" used as the backing track.

Christina Perri confessed that the video made her cry.
Lyrics
I have died everyday
waiting for you
Darlin' don't be afraid
I have loved you for a
Thousand years
I'll love you for a
Thousand more


#6 You & Me - Lifehouse
The first single released from the eponymous third studio album Lifehouse. 
After critical success an extended wedding version of the song was released in 2005 
Ultimate Guitar called the song "a tender love-ballad" and noted how it would be "a perfect soundtrack for a wedding". 


Lyrics
'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you


#5 Amazed - Lonestar
The first version of the song was recorded by the American country music group Lonestar and was the second single from their 1999 album Lonely Grill. The song spent eight consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Tracks chart that same year



Lyrics
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life,
with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do,
Baby I'm amazed by you.



#4 Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some estimates having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.
It was the July 1965 version by The Righteous Brothers that became a jukebox standard for the late 20th century, regaining massive popularity when used in the 1990 blockbuster film Ghost.



Lyrics 
Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me


#3 At Last - Etta James
At Last is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives. 

In 1960, it was covered by blues singer Etta James in an arrangement that improvised on Warren's melody. James' version was the title track in the same-named album At Last! and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.


Lyrics
At last, my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh, yeah, at last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clovers
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to rest my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh, yeah when you smile, you smile
Oh, and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine
At last
 


#2 Just the Way you Are - Bruno Mars
Just the Way You Are is a debut single by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. 
In 2011, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "Just the Way You Are" has sold 12.5 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.


Lyrics
When I see your face,
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing,
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing,
Just the way you are


#1 Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon. 
The song helped open up Aerosmith to a new generation and remains a slow dance staple.


Lyrics
Lying close to you
Feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
Just stay in this moment forever, forever and ever


9 comments:

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Lovely music selection! I love the bruno mars song!

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Wedding Style Guide said...

So do we...

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I remember Lifehouse’s “You and Me” being played in my sister’s wedding reception. It was the best song I have ever heard. When I get married, I want this song sung in my wedding ceremony.

Style Guide Magazine said...

Thank you so much..

Style Guide Magazine said...

Thank you for sharing..

After the Wedding said...

Thanks for the post -a good reminder.to get things in order

Unknown said...

I watched the youtube video of the meme proposal.. yes I am now in tears. It was beautiful and that song is definitely going on my list!!

Unknown said...

Awww this is pretty cool post.
i love the weddings songs here you shared. Thanks for the suggestions.

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Easyday said...

I like your selections of wedding songs. I wish you also have some list of father daughter wedding songs too. Cheers!