Our wedding anniversary is coming up this weekend (twelve years, thanks for asking). So for this month’s playlist, I’m sharing the song that we had for our first dance at our wedding, along with songs from others’ weddings and a few that we considered but didn’t choose.
As usual, you can listen along on Spotify.
- ‘Shining Light’ – Ash. This was our choice of music for our first dance. Ash are one of my favourite bands; I have seen them live three times now, and the second of those gigs was the first gig that Christine and I went to together, about two weeks into our relationship.
- ‘Amaranthine’ – Amaranthe. I really like this song, and there’s a nice acoustic version as well. I regularly listen to Amaranthe’s music; they’re in the same genre as the likes of Within Temptation, Nightwish and Evanescence, but their sound is a little more commercial.
- ‘Superhuman Touch’ – Athlete. Athlete are probably best known for ‘Wires’, about the lead singer’s son being born prematurely, and ‘Chances’ which was featured in the Doctor Who episode ‘Vincent and the Doctor’, both from their second album ‘Tourist’. ‘Superhuman Touch’ is from the fourth album, ‘Black Swan’, and is a lovely upbeat song about love.
- ‘Chasing Cars’ – Snow Patrol. One of my favourite songs of all time. It’s one of the 100 biggest selling songs in the UK of all time and it deserves it.
- ‘All of Me’ – John Legend. This came out shortly after our wedding but would have been a strong contender if we had heard it sooner. I particularly like how the lyrics talk about loving the whole person, including all of their ‘perfect imperfections’.
- ‘Amazed’ – Lonestar. I’m not really into country music, but this is a lovely song about being completely besotted with someone.
- ‘Heaven (Candlelight Mix)’ – DJ Sammy & Do. This is a cover of a Bryan Adams song that’s also a popular wedding song, but I prefer Do’s vocals on this version. This is a slower version of a 2002 dance track that was one of the soundtracks of my first year at university.
- ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ – Savage Garden. You could include many Savage Garden songs in this playlist, so I’ll limit myself to just one. Savage Garden may have only ever made two albums, but they were both great and still stand up well today.
- ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ – Aerosmith. I haven’t actually seen the film ‘Armageddon’, from which this song features on the soundtrack. The inclusion of an orchestra just makes this a truly epic love song.
- ‘Cup of Brown Joy (Teabag Remix)’ – Professor Elemental. So I’ve included this because some friends of ours genuinely had this as their first dance, even though it’s more about a love of, well, drinking tea. And it’s an opportunity to share another song by Professor Elemental. You can also listen to it on Bandcamp.
