Welcome!

Yes, welcome to the first Bands R Us Blog!

If you're planning the music for your upcoming wedding, we wanted to share a few ideas with you for first dances! Not every couple have a particular song that jumps out as the obvious choice, so what to choose!

For those of you who are tired of the 'old classics' like 'Can't Take My Eyes off You' what about some of these...

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
All I Want is You - U2
If I Aint Got You - Alicia Keys
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Rule the World - Take That
Greatest Day - Take That
Your Song - Ellie Goulding
Better Together - Jack Johnson
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Everything - Michael Buble

and a particular favourite we were asked to play this year was

You and Me - The Wannadies

Of course if you want something more traditional, why not go down the jazz route. There are a lot of great songs like

Fly Me To the Moon
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Let There be Love
The Look of Love
We Have All the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
I've Got You Under My Skin - Sinatra
Let's Face the Music and Dance
At Last - Etta James

You should also decide whether or not you want your band to play the song for you or perhaps you would prefer the original version. If you have a choreographed routine worked out you should let your band know exactly what version you need to be played. Most bands do offer to play the first dance as part of their service as long as it's possible, but it's worth bearing in mind that if you pick a song that is heavily orchestrated, say a Frank Sinatra classic like Fly Me To the Moon, your band wont be able to reproduce the original sound so if that is important to you perhaps you might consider using the recording.

However, if you can have the band play your first dance it is a fantastic way to kick off the evenings entertainment, going straight into the first live music set at this point is a good time as everyone will be gathered around the dancefloor.

So have fun choosing and we'd love to hear your comments on the subject!