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ItsJessCA
Savvy June 2016

At a loss for the Father / Daughter dance - help!

ItsJessCA, on March 24, 2016 at 3:45 PM Posted in Community Conversations 0 25

I cannot, for the life of me, come up with a father-daughter dance song that doesn't make me want to barf from sap. I've gone through a million lists with no luck. Any gals out there have any unique suggestions? I'd really like to find something with a meaningful message that isn't greeting card cheesy. Thanks!!

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Latest activity by Kara, on March 28, 2016 at 4:04 PM
  • Nonna T
    Master April 2014
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    "Sweet Pea" by Amos Lee

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  • EleanorRigby
    VIP May 2016
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    "My Wish" Rascall Flatts is mine. Love it and not too sappy.

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  • TMNT Bride
    Super October 2016
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    I don't know if it's too sappy for you (I'm guessing it probably will be), but I'm using "Daddy Dance With Me" by Krystal Keith.

    But honestly..anything that's not Butterfly Kisses...so overused!

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  • Lara
    Master July 2015
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    Ask your father. Mine picked The Weight by the Band and it was awesome.

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  • EleanorRigby
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    @Lara P, I asked my dad to pick one, he refused. I bawled during "My Wish" when searching so I knew that was the one. #Nouglycrying

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  • AG2005
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    Humble and kind by Tim mcgraw. I gave my step dad a list of songs and he chose that one

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  • Samantha
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    Ask him. My dad and step dad both picked the songs I would dance with them to. It was one less things that I had to worry about and my dad had always envisioned dancing with me to a certain song.

    Dad picked "My Little Girl" by Tim Mcgraw

    Step Dad picked "My Wish" by Rascall Flatts

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  • Diane
    VIP October 2016
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    I would start narrowing down the list by checking into an artist that your father has always loved, then choose a song from there.

    My dad loves Van Morrison and used to play his cd's all the time so I chose 'have I told you lately '. Sweet and simple song.

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  • SAD
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    I concur with asking your dad. He might be able to pick a song that sums up your relationship well. I used Phil Collins' "You'll Be in My Heart", but ours was a combined father/daughter and mother/son dance, so we couldn't do anything "dad specific".

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  • Colleen
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    I think I'm using What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. Not sappy father/daughter and my father is old so need a song that he knows (nothing even close to "modern").

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  • Rebecca
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    I loved her first- Heartland. Love this song!

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  • Dana
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    We're dancing to "Little Miss Magic" by Jimmy Buffett. Certainly not traditional, but I grew up listening to that song with my dad so it seemed only fitting

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  • Kelly
    Super June 2016
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    I'm having the same problem. I'm my father's daughter through and through, but the available songs just don't suit us. Maybe some of the suggestions in this thread will help us both.

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  • OG Ruth
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    Changes by Kelly & Ozzy Osbourne.

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  • lulu1180
    Super June 2016
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    @ Samantha N I'm also using "My Little Girl" by Tim McGraw

    @AG2005 I love that song!

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  • mimitrue
    Master January 2016
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    We did Rainbow Connection by the Carpenters because he used to play it for me as a little girl.

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  • ItsJessCA
    Savvy June 2016
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    Dad picked Let The Rest of The World Go By (Gene Autry). He used to sing it to me as a kid. Smiley smile

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  • nautiwife
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    God only knows by the beach boys

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  • ******
    Master February 2016
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    We danced to Loudon Wainwright's Daughter - definitely not too sappy. We faded it out right after the line "I lost every time I fought her" Smiley smile

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  • AccountantEmily
    Dedicated September 2016
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    We're doing Tom Petty's 'wildflower'

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