top 10 wedding songs
10. It Had To Be You by Harry Connick Jr.
Choose this one because…
You like grand entrances. A crescendo of blaring trumpets will herald your arrival like a modern day Camelot and his queen. After the climatic blare, the intro slides into jazzy cat cool with Connick’s smooth vocals and this is your cue to glide in. Clever, sassy, sweet. You might want to opt for Frank Sinatra’s version – but we like this one.
Words to thrill:
It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around, and finally found - the somebody who
Could make me be true, and could make me be blue And even be glad, just to be sad - thinking of you
Perfect soundtrack for: Cool cats.
9. Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli
Choose this one because…
Never mind the fact that Frankie Valli looks nothing like his angelic voice, also never mind the fact that you’ve heard this song in several lame credit card ads. It’s so darn beautiful. If you can resist that plaintive tone, the quivering desire and the heartbreaking longing, then play PCK’s soundtrack instead.
Words to thrill:
You’re just too good to be true.
Can’t take my eyes off of you.
You’d be like heaven to touch. I wanna hold you so much. At long last love has arrived. And I thank God I’m alive. You’re just too good to be true. Can’t take my eyes off you.
Perfect soundtrack for: Romantics who just can’t wait.
8. Let’s Fall In Love by Frank Sinatra
Choose this one because…
Seriously, it’s as good advice as you can get in a song. At first glance you might think it’s meant for the unmarrieds. But no, “to be or not to be let our hearts discover†– that’s what marriages are really about. Also, you can’t go wrong with the lord of swing, Frank Sinatra.
Words to thrill:
Let’s fall in love
Why shouldn’t we fall in love
Our hearts are made of it,
let’s take a chance
Why be afraid of it Let’s close our eyes
And make our own paradise
Little we know of it, still we can try
To make a go of it
Perfect soundtrack for: The optimist.
7. Can’t Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley
Choose this one because…
This is the perennially favourite love song. And you do so admire Elvis the Pelvis. His is the kind of hips…er, voice that sends lurve tingles up your spine.
Words to thrill:
Wise men say only fools rush in
but I can’t help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
would it be a sin
If I can’t help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can’t help falling in love with you
Perfect soundtrack for: The classic couple with a penchant for popular oldies
6. I Will by The Beatles
Choose this one because…
It’s the Beatles! Besides, in the old days, Paul McCartney did have a celestial voice, unlike his sometimes croaky whispers nowadays. But in all seriousness, it’s a really sweet, fussless love song. Not as widely heard as Yesterday or whatever, but at least you’ll stand out.
Words to thrill:
Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we’re together
Love you when we’re apart.
And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
You know I will I will.
5. When I Fall in Love by Nat King Cole
Choose this one because…
You’re a diehard romantic. You love Nat King Cole’s chocolatey rich singing and you like to pretend you are in a Disney cartoon.
Words to thrill:
When I fall in love
It will be forever
Or I’ll never fall in love
In a restless world
Like this is
Love is ended before it’s begun
And too many
Moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
Perfect soundtrack for: The tormented artist who has finally found his/her soul mate.
4. I Finally Found Someone by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams
Choose this one because…
You’re a sucker for soppy duets. Besides, you might not want to admit it, but you actually enjoyed the equally sappy movie that produced this song starring the diva with the large honker – The Mirror has Two Faces. Thank god she only has one nose. The odd corny line aside, this song strangely stokes the inner romantic even in the most cynical coot.
Words to thrill:
This Is It!
Oh, I Finally Found Someone;
Someone To Share My Life;
I Finally Found The One - To Be With Every Night; Cause Whatever I Do
It’s Just Got To Be You!
My Life Has Just Begun, I Finally Found Someone...
Perfect soundtrack for: Lovers who started out as, would you believe - pals.
3. Especially For You by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
Choose this one because…
You and your darling underwent some kind of trial or separation and now everything’s just bloomin’ beautiful. Also because you’ve only ever loved Kylie when she had bad hair and a bod that wasn’t surgically enhanced.
Words to thrill:
Especially for you I wanna let you know what I was going through
All the time we were apart
I thought of you
You were in my heart
My love never changed
I still feel the same
Perfect soundtrack for: Those who never quite got out of the tacky ‘me’ decade that was the 80s.
2. You And Me Song by The Wannadies
Choose this one because…
You want a more contemporary song that doesn’t make you puke your guts out. Also you like the slightly obsessive lyrics – “You and me always, and forever…†It’s a quiet yet loud song…soothing you with calm verses, then hollering the refrain. It rightly signifies the boring everyday bits of every relationship and the manic highs that follow.
Words to thrill:
Then we watch tv
Untill we fall asleep
Not very exciting
But it’s You and me
And we’ll always
Be together
You and me always
And forever
Perfect soundtrack for: Realists.
1. We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters
Choose this one because…
This is the definitive wedding song. It heralds the excitement of what a new life together might bring. What can you expect? Happy Ever After? Well, watch and learn along the way.
Words to thrill:
We’ve only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we’re on our way.
We’ve just begun.
Before the rising sun we fly,
So many roads to choose
We start our walking and learn to run.
And yes, We’ve just begun.
Sharing horizons that are new to us,
Watching the signs along the way,
Talking it over just the two of us,
Working together day to day
Together.
Perfect soundtrack for: Those with a sense of adventure.
