The 6 Corniest First Dance Wedding Songs Ever

Let me preface this with the fact that I seriously considered using some of these for my own wedding (that groom of mine shot me down), so I use the word "corniest" with love.

"Forever," by Jesse and the Rippers

Who are Jesse and the Rippers, you ask? Why John Stamos's fictional band on Full House, of course. As soon as I remembered this song existed, I pitched it to Paul by playing the hilariously cheesy music video that went along with it. He just shook his head no. A groom I know told me he had his first dance to it: "We didn't choose it for the deep meaning, but rather because it was awesomely terrible and we wanted something to make us laugh." That's a perfect reason to pick it, if you ask me.

"I Do (Cherish You)," by 98 Degrees

*Even though this song was clearly written to be a wedding song, it has a couple things pushing it into the corny category. First, a 90s boy band sang it. And not just any boy band: one with Nick Lachey in it. Second, pretty much any song with a parenthetical phrase in the title is automatically corny. Think "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" and "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight." *__"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" by Elton John __

I toyed with using this one too because The Lion King came out around the time I was pining for Paul. But a ditty made famous by singing cartoon animals was crossing a line for me. Besides, all Disney movie theme songs are intrinsically corny. "A Whole New World" also comes to mind.

"Forever in Love," by Kenny G

I really, really wanted to use this instrumental number because Paul and I played it in our band class. It was the only time I was on snare drum while he was on bass drum, which meant we got to--gasp--stand right next to each other for a whole four minutes. Plus, it's a beautiful melody (YouTube it). But, sigh, it's Kenny G (although he was cool enough for Foster the People to perform with on SNL!).