Last Dance Song
Choosing a last dance song for your wedding is a great way to round off and finalize the perfect evening. Many venues have curfews on how late your reception can carry on for and often they have very high overtime fees.
If you are having your wedding at a private residence you must also consider your neighbors, so it is often a necessity to formally end the evening at some point and a last dance song is a great way to do so. Even if this is not the case with your wedding it is always a good idea to decide on a good time to call it a night.
Weddings should be happy, unfilled occasions, but they should also be classy and sophisticated no matter how informal. It is after all a celebration of love and of your union and not a frat party.
By setting a time to leave with your new spouse and choosing a last dance song you can decide to end your night in a way that best suits your personalities instead of having it fizzle out to a few die hard (and probably very intoxicated) party goers.
The last dance song to end off your wedding night can be something like the music played at the end credits to a movie. Do you want your last dance song to depict the romance of an ever after, strolling into the sunset kind of love. Or should your last dance song rather be an up beat sing along finale or perhaps you want to end your movie with funny song kind of like watching the bloopers of the evening?
If you don't want to end your wedding on a last dance, have a look at the end of the page for some last dance alternatives and ideas.
Listen to the last dance songs below and find the perfect one to end off your special evening with:
Last Dance Song Ideas:
New Songs:
Looking for some more modern last dance songs or exit songs? How about one of the following:
The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
(I've Had) the Time of My Life Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the sun comes up) - Garth Brooks
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross and The Supremes
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
As time goes by - Jimmy Durante
Avalon - Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Could I Have This Dance - Anne Murray
Don't Happen Twice - Kenny Chesney
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
For Once In My Life - Frank Sinatra
From This Moment - Shania Twain & Brian White
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight - The Spaniels
Grow Old With You - Stephen Lynch
Happy Trails - Van Halen or Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Hawaiian Wedding Song - Elvis Presley
Home To You - John Michael Montgomery
How Do You Keep The Music Playing - Frank Sinatra
How Your Love Makes Me Feel - Diamond Rio
I Could Not Ask For More - Edwin McCain
I Cross My Heart - George Strait
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
I Just Fall In Love Again - Anne Murray
I Love The Way You Love Me - John Michael Montgomery
I'll Be Seeing You - Frank Sinatra
I'll Be There For You - The Rembrandts (from Friends)
I'll Never Let You Go - Steelheart
It's The End Of The World - R.E.M.
Late In The Evening - Paul Simon
Leaving On A Jet Plane - Chantal Kreviazuk or John Denver
Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love - Cole Porter
Let's Get Lost - Frank Sinatra
Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Ann-Margret or Louis Armstrong
Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Ribbon In The Sky - Stevie Wonder
Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
Save The Last Dance For Me Michael Buble or The Drifters
See You Later Alligator - Bill Hailey & His Comets
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
Somewhere Over The Rainbow / What A Wonderful World Israel Kamakawiwo Óle
Sunday Morning After - Amanda Marshall
Swept Away - Christopher Cross
Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick
That's What Friends Are For - DJ Jazzy D - Well worth a listen if you want an upbeat version of the original
The Best Is Yet To Come - Tony Bennett
The Loveliest Night of the Year - Mario Lanza
The Party's Over - Willie Nelson
The Time (Dirty Bit) - Black Eyed Peas
The Way You Love Me - Faith Hill
Time To Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli
Today Was A Fairytale - Taylor Swift
Waiting For Tonight - Jennifer Lopez
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
What I Like About You - The Romantics
When I Said I Do - Clint Black & Lisa Hartman-Black
When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
Where Everybody Knows Your Name - Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo (The Cheers Theme)
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles
With A Song In My Heart - Ella Fitzgerald
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderful, Wonderful - Johnny Mathis
You're Still The One - Shania Twain
5 Last Dance Song Alternatives and Ideas:
If you want to break from the traditional last dance song a little or you are looking for that cherry on the top to individualize your wedding, then try one of the following suggestions:
1. Ask your MC or DJ to ask your guests to create a circle of love around you as you dance your last dance to your chosen song.
2. Your MC or DJ can announce that you will instead of a last dance like to have a tunnel. Your guests form a tunnel with their hands and you and your new husband/wife will either run through the tunnel or take your time saying goodbye to friends and loved ones.
3. Prepare a Wedding Slideshow of you and your fiance growing up and then about your life together, and have it projected onto a wall or screen by the dance floor as you two dance your last dance together.
4. Use your First Dance Song as your Last Dance Song as well. This is a great way to bring your reception to a full circle and reminds your guests why they are really there.
5. If you cannot decide between a slow and romantic last dance song, and a fast, upbeat song, then why not have both? Have your DJ announce the last dance song and start it out with the slow song, then have your guests form a tunnel (perhaps with sparklers) by where you exit while the upbeat song is playing.
Chosen your last dance song? Now plan your party music!
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