A wedding day is always meaningful, but one of the most memorable moments for many is the father-daughter dance. If you’ve got a special relationship with your dad, you’ll want a beautiful moment on your big day to encapsulate it.
To help you find that perfect tune, we’ve rounded up a few of our favourite songs guaranteed to bring some tears to your guests eyes when you take to the floor with your pops.
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
Favourite lyrics: “We have been heaven blessed / I can’t believe what God has done / Through us he’s given life to one / But isn’t she lovely made from love”
Father and Daughter – Paul Simon
Favourite lyrics: “I’m gonna watch you shine / Gonna watch you grow / Gonna paint a sign / So you always know / As long as one and one is two / Ooh ooh / There could never be a father / Love his daughter more than I love you”
My Girl – The Temptations
Favourite lyrics: “I’ve got so much honey the bees envy me / I’ve got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees”
I Loved Her First – Heartland
Favourite lyrics: “From the first breath she breathed / When she first smiled at me / I knew the love of a father runs deep”
Slipping Through My Fingers – ABBA
Favourite lyrics: “Slipping through my fingers all the time / I try to capture every minute / The feeling in it”
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Favourite lyrics: “When the evening shadows and the stars appear / And there is no one there to dry your tears / I could hold you for a million years / To make you feel my love”
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You – Rod Stewart
Favourite lyrics: “Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness / Ease my troubles, that’s what you do”
You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
Favourite lyrics: “You’re everything I hope for / You’re everything I need / You are so beautiful to me”
Unforgettable – Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole
Favourite lyrics: “Never before has someone been more / Unforgettable in every way / And forevermore (and forevermore) / That’s how you’ll stay (that’s how you’ll stay)”
(They Long to Be) Close to You – The Carpenters
Favourite lyrics: “On the day that you were born the angels got together / And decided to create a dream come true / So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold and starlight in your eyes of blue”
Daddy – Beyoncé
Favourite lyrics: “Even if my man broke my heart today / No matter how much pain I’m in I would be okay, oh / ‘Cause I got a man in my life that can’t be replaced / Father’s love is unconditional, it won’t go away”
Your Song – Elton John
Favourite lyrics: “I hope you don’t mind / That I put down in words / How wonderful life is while you’re in the world”
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Favourite lyrics: “You were my strength when I was weak / You were my voice when I couldn’t speak / You were my eyes when I couldn’t see / You saw the best there was in me”
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