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Your wedding video is much more than video!  In fact, at least half of the viewing impact comes from the sound track, the spoken words and the music. To truly individualize your video for your personal tastes, we encourage you to take an active role in planning the video and especially the music, which sets the mood, the pace, and defines your personality.

To help you with selections, we have included a list below of popular wedding songs. Much of your video already includes music from the 'live' ceremony and reception. There is also a need for background music for special events, such as pictures in the park, a Love Story and a 'reflections' or the wedding highlights video.

We suggest the following:

1) select six songs that you enjoy most,  perhaps in order of preference
2) Identify your First Dance music, and anything special to be played
3) Provide a mix: instrumentals/vocals, fast/slow, romantic/high energy
4) Identify the artists where possible

NOTE: we acknowledge and support the US Copyright Act as an important protection of our creative skills and works for hire. While we will not knowingly contradict these laws, we also believe the use of music in wedding videos is for limited and personal re-use. It is not intended for rebroadcast to public audiences or for commercial resale. In no case will we include an entire piece of commercial music in a video, but rather segments to fit the visual content of your personal project -- much of which is 'royalty free' and pre-paid as part of your contract.  It is understood that we will only include music clips at the discretion and direction of the bride and groom (or related clients), who are solely responsible for the content of their event, and the accompanying video .. including pre-recorded music played by a DJ, recorded from media, or sung or played by musicians.

The selections below are our recommendations.  You may have others.  Please provide us as many tracks as possible, on legally purchased, commercial CD audio media, or tape cassette.

"ROMANTIC" FAVORITES

Below are some 1-minute samples of songs that work with Photo Montage videos, highlights or other romantic segments. 

 

Van Morrison - Someone Like You

Alison Krause - "You Say it Best"

Paul McCartney - aybe I'm Amazed"

Ben Folds - "The Luckiest"

Celine Dion - "First Time Ever ..."

Collin Raye - "The Gift"

Enya - "Only Time"

Josh Groban - "You Raise Me Up"

Norah Jones - "Come Away with Me"

Vanessa Williams "Sweetest Day"

 

 First Dance Titles and Artists

1) A whole New World - Peabo Bryson/Regina Belle

2) After All - Cher/Peter Cetera

3) All my life - K-CI and Jo Jo, or Linda Ronstadt and Arron Neville

4) All the Way - Celine Dion / Frank Sinatra

5) Always - Bon Jovi

6) Always and Forever - Heatwave

7) Amazed - Lonestar

8) Angel in My Eyes - John Michael Montgomery

9) At Last - Etta James

10) At Last - Nat King Cole

11) Beautiful in My Eyes - Joshua Kadison

12) Because you Loved Me - Celine Dion

13) Breathe - Faith Hill

14) By Your Side - Sade

15) Can you Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John

16) Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis Presley

17) Cant Take my Eyes off You - Frankie Valli

18) Colour My World - Chicago

19) Could I have this Dance - Anne Murray

20) Crazy for You - Madonna

21) Dreaming of You - Selena

22) Endless Love - Diana Ross/Lionel Richie

23) Endless Love - Luther Vandross

24) Everything I do - Bryan Adams

25) Everytime I close my Eyes - Babyface

26) Faithfully - Johnny Mathis

27) Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatry

28) For the First Time - Kenny Loggins

29) For you - Kenny Lattimore

30) Forever - Beach Boys

31) Forever and Ever - Randy Travis

32) Forever More - James Ingram

33) Forever My - Lady Jodeci

34) Forever is As Far as I'll Go - Alabama

35) From here to eternity - Michael Petersen

36) From this Moment On - Shania Twain/ Bryan White

37) Give Me Forever (I do) - John Tesh

38) Giving You the Rest of My Life - Bob Carlisle

39) God Must Have Spent a Little More Time - N-Sync

40) Grow Old with Me - John Lennon

41) Grow Old with Me - Mary Chapin Carpenter

42) Happily Ever After - Case

43) Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart

44) Have I told You Lately - Van Morrison

45) Heaven - Bryan Adams

46) Here and Now - Luther Vandross

47) Hold On To Me - John Michael Montgomery

48) How Do I Live - Leann Rimes

49) How Do I Live - Trisha Yearwood

50) I Believe in You and Me - Four Tops

51) I Believe in You and Me - Whitney Houston

52) I Cross My Heart - George Strait

53) I Do - Paul Brandt

54) I Do (Cherish You) - 98 Degrees

55) I Do (Cherish You) - Mark Wills

56) I Dont Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

57) I Finally Found Someone - Barbara Streisand

58) I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden

59) I Love the Way - John Michael Montgomery

60) I Love You - Climax Blues Band

61) I Pledge My Love - Peaches and Herb

62) I Swear - All-4-One

63) I Swear - John Michael Montgomery

64) I Wanna Love You Forever - Jessica Simpson

65) I will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

66) I Will Stand - Kenny Chesney

67) Ill Always Be Right There - Bryan Adams

68) Ill Be there for You - Bon Jovi

69) Ill Remember - Madonna

70) Ill Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart

71) If you Say My Eyes Are - Whitney Houston

72) In My Life - Beattles

73) In this Life - Collin Raye

74) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

75) Inseparable - Natalie Cole

76) It Had to Be You - Harry Connick, Jr.

77) Its Your Love - Tim McGraw/Faith Hill

78) Jut the Way You Are -  Billy Joel

79) Just to Hear You Say - Faith Hill

80) Just You and I - Eddie Rabbigt/Crystal Gayle

81) Keeper of the Stars - Tracy Byrd

82) Lady - Kenny Rogers

83) Lets Get Married - Jagged Edge

84) Lets Stay Together - Al Green

85) Longer - Dan Folgelburg

86) Look At Us - Vince Gill

87) Love is All Around - Wet Wet Wet

88) Love is Here to Stay - Rosemary Clooney

89) Love of a Lifetime - Firehouse

90) Love of My Life - Jim Brickman

91) Love Remains - Collin Raye

92) Me and You - Kenny Chesney

93) Meet Me Half Way - Kenny Loggins

94) Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller

95) Never Felt this Way - Brian McKnight

96) Never Thought - Dan Hill

97) No Ordinary Love - Sade

98) Nothings Gonna Change my Love - Glenn Medeiros

99) Now and Forever - Richard Marx

100) On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men

101) Onee In a Million You - Larry Graham

102) Power of Love - Celine Dion

103) Ribbon in the Sky - Steve Wonder

104) Right Here Waiting -  Richard Marx

105) Say It - Voices of Theory

106) Say Once More -Amy Grant

107) She - Elvis Costello

108) Sea of Love - Honeydrippers

109) Stuck on You - Lionel Richie

110) Suddenly - Billy Ocean

111) Sweet Love - Anita Baker

112) Thank You - Dido

113) Thank You for Loving Me - Bon Jovi

114) The Best is Yet to Come - Frank Sinatra

115) The Dance - Garth Brooks

116) The Prayer - Celine Dion

117) The Way you Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra

118) Through the Eyes of Love - Melissa Manchester

119) Through the Years - Kenny Rogers

120) Til the End of Time - Perry Como

121) To Make you Feel My Love - Billy Joel, Bob Dylan or Garth Brooks

122) Tonight I celebrate - Peabo Bryson/Roberta Flack

123) True Companion - Marc Cohn

124) True Love Ways - Buddy Holly

125) Truly - Lionel Richie

126) Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden

127) Unchained Melody - Righteous Bros

128) Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

129) Valentine -  Martina McBride / Jim Brickman

130) Weve Only Just Begun - Carpenters

131) What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

132) When a Man Loves a Woman - Michael Bolton

133) When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge

134) When I fall in love - Celine Dion

135) When I said I do - Clint Black

136) When you Love Someone - Bryan Adams

137) Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

138) With You - Tony Terry

139) Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

140) You - Jesse Powell

141) You and I - Steve Wonder

142) You Are Everything - Stylistics

143) You Are My Lady - Freddie Jackson

144) You Belong to Me - Duprees

145) You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone

146) You Put a Move on My Heart - Tamia

147) Your Love Amazes Me - John Berry

148) Your Song - Elton John

149) Youre in My Heart - Rod Stewart

150) Youre My Best Friend - Queen

151) You're the Inspiration - Chicago

152) You're Still the One - Shania Twain

CAKE CUTTING AND OTHER EVENTS

1) Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups

2) Cut the Cake - Average White Band

3) Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams

4) Eat it - Weird Al Yankovic

5) Everything I do - Henry Mancini

6) Hit Me with Your Best Shot - Pat Benetar

7) Happy Together - Turtles

8) How Sweet It is - James Taylor

9) I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher

10) Jaws Theme - Ronnie Neuman

11) Love and Marriage - Frank Sinatra

12) Recipe for Love - Harry Connick Jr

13) That's Amore - Dean Martin

14) The Bride Cuts the Cake Traditional

15) When I'm 64 - Beattles

PARTY FAVORITES

1) Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cirrus

2) Alley Cat Traditional

3) Boot Scootin Boogie -Brooks and Dunn

4) Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

5) Cmon N Ride It (The Train) - Quad City DJs

6) Celebration - Kool and the Gang

7) Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups

8) Chattahoochie - Alan Jackson

9) Chicken Dance Traditional

10) Conga - Gloria Estefan

11) Cotton Eyed Joe - Rednex

12) Dance to the Music - Sly and The Family Stone

13) December, 1963 - Frankie Valli

14) Devil Went Down To - Charlie Daniels Band

15) Do You Love Me - Contours

16) Dollar Wine Dance - Bryon Lee

17) Electric Slide - Marcia Griffith

18) Everybody Have Fun - Wang Chung

19) Friends in Low Places

20) Grease Megamix - Grease Cast

21) Heands UP -  Ottowan

22) Hokey Pokey - Traditional

23) Hot Hot Hot Arrow

24) I feel Good - James Brown

25) I will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

26) In the Mood - Glenn Miller

27) Jump Jive-an - Wall Brian Setzer Orchestra

28) Just a Gigolo - David Lee Roth

29) LaBamba - Los Lobos

30) Lets Twist Again - Chubby Checker

31) Limbo - Chubby Checker

32) Locomotion - Kylie Minogue

33) Love Shack - B-52s

34) Macarena - Los Del Rio

35) Mambo #5 - Lou Bega

36) Mony Mony - Billy Idol

37) Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Segar

38) Paradise by the dashboard light - Meatloaf

39) Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry

40) Runaround Sue - Dion

41) Shout - Otis Day

42) Stayin Alive - Bee Gees

43) Stroll - Diamonds

44) Tequila - Champs

45) Thank God Im a Country Boy - John Denver

46) Time Warp - Rocky Horror Cast

47) Twist -Chubby Checker

48) Twist and Shout - Isley Brothers

49) Walkin on the Sun - Smash Mouth

50) We are Family - Sister Sledge

51) We like to Party - Venga Boys

52) What I like About You - Romantics

53) What is Love - Haddaway

54) Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men

55) YMCA - Village People

56) You Shook Me all Night Long - AC/DC

57) Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin Daddies

INTRODUCTIONS

1) Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

2) Axel F Harold Faltermeyer

3) Get Ready for This 2 Unlimited

4) OH Yeah Yello

5) Rock and Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter

6) Rocky Theme Instrumental

7) Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones

8) St. Elmos Fire Love Theme Instrumental

9) Tonight Show Theme - Doc Severinsen

LAST DANCE

1) Always and Forever - Heatwave

2) As Time Goes By - Jimmy Durante

3) Good Riddance - GreenDay

4) Goodnight Sweetheart - Spaniels

5) Hit the Road Jack - Buster Poindexter

6) I've had the time of my life - B. Medley

7) Last Dance - Donna Summer

8) My Way - Frank Sinatry

9) Save the Best for Last - Fenessa Williams

10) The Last Dance - Frank Sinatra

11) Thats What Friends are For - Dionne Warwick

12) Times of Your Life - Paul Anka

13) Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra

14) Unforgettable - Nat Cole

15) What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

16) Wonderful Tonight - Eric Capton

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