{"id":43032,"date":"2017-05-12T06:16:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T20:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/classic-songs-for-your-first-dance\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T06:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T19:04:19","slug":"classic-songs-for-your-first-dance","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/classic-songs-for-your-first-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic romantic songs for your first dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Wedding planning is stressful business, and even after booking your venue, florist, and ordered your wedding dress, you <em>still<\/em>\u00a0have to choose your first dance song. Luckily for you, we&#8217;re here to help! Here&#8217;s a list of our 7 favourite first dance songs. *<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69678\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/next-level-glamour-tanique-shanes-penthouse-modern-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-69678\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/30191351\/first-dance.jpg\" alt=\"first dance\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/next-level-glamour-tanique-shanes-penthouse-modern-wedding\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check out this gorgeous penthouse #RealWedding<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>* Warning: you may need tissues.<\/p>\n<h2>At Last &#8211; Etta James<\/h2>\n<p>Name a more iconic first dance song &#8211; I dare you.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-cbOl96RFM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n<h2>Your Song &#8211; Elton John<\/h2>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s the classic or Ellie Goulding&#8217;s cover, this song is definitely a keeper.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/13GD78Bmo8s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>My Girl &#8211; The Temptations<\/h2>\n<p>This song will never cease to make me smile.<\/p>\n<h2><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6IUG-9jZD-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/h2>\n\n<h2>When a Man Loves a Woman &#8211; Percy Sledge<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a classic for all you oldschool romantics.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jHS8LAqHyHs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>The Way You Look Tonight &#8211; Tony Bennett<\/h2>\n<p>I think- I think there&#8217;s something in my eye.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mx3SPsH9AMQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n<h2>The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face &#8211; Roberta Flack<\/h2>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s an eyelash.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9jmusgMgro\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>Come Away With Me &#8211; Norah Jones<\/h2>\n<p>Nope I&#8217;m definitely crying.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lbjZPFBD6JU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/10-songs-walk-aisle\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s our 13 favourite songs to walk down the aisle to!\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43033,"template":"","au_article_tag":[112,1609,634,40],"class_list":["post-43032","au-article","type-au-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","au_article_category-weddingmusic","au_article_tag-first-dance","au_article_tag-first-dance-songs","au_article_tag-music-2","au_article_tag-wedding-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/43032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/43032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=43032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}