First dance
A custom first dance song written about the two of you
Every guest has heard the usual first dance songs at other weddings. A custom first dance song is about the two of you only: where you met, the proposal, a line you keep saying to each other, sung with both your names. You hear the first minute free and practise to it in the living room before you pay.
听一首真实样曲
Down the Middle
送给 Maya and Sam
A real first dance song made here
"Down the Middle": Maya and Sam's three lines (a missed concert, a wobbly ferry proposal, every dessert split in two) sung as indie folk with both names.
$12.99 包含什么
先免费听，满意了才付一次钱。
- 免费试听
- 填好邮箱后约两分钟，就能听到前 60 秒。不用绑卡。
- 整首歌
- 完整歌曲约两分钟，MP3 格式，下载后永久保存。
- 歌词
- 付款前，试听页上就能看到每一句歌词。解锁后还有歌词单，可打印或存成 PDF。
- TA 的链接
- 一个私密链接，对方不用注册就能听完整首歌，页面上写着你的名字和一句留言。随时可以关闭。
- 照片视频
- 免费：用你的照片做成 9:16 竖屏视频，歌词同步显示，另有 15 秒和 30 秒两个短版。在你的浏览器里生成。
- 名字
- 名字不好念？写下它的读音（比如 Saoirse 写成 SEER-sha），歌手就照这个读音唱。
- 重录
- 每首歌可免费重录一次：改一句、换风格或换声音，再录一遍。
- 名字唱错了？
- 付款后如果名字唱错，可以免费重制一次，把名字唱对。
- 语言
- 可以用英语、德语、法语、西班牙语或日语演唱。
- 预告
- 付款前就能发一个 15 秒的预告链接，告诉对方：有一首歌正在路上。
- 这首歌还可以
- 婚宴现场：MP3 用任何手机或 DJ 的电脑都能播放，歌词单也可以放进婚礼流程单里。
- 惊喜不会提前泄露：试听只发到你的邮箱，在你发出链接之前，对方什么都收不到。
How a first dance song gets made
- Type both first names, for example "Maya and Sam" (up to 40 characters). If either name is easy to get wrong, add how it is said.
- Pick "Partner" and "Wedding" in the form, then write up to three lines: how you met, the proposal, and one thing about your life together now.
- Choose a style and a female or male voice. About two minutes later you hear the first 60 seconds, with every line of the lyrics on the page.
- Keep it for $12.99 and the full song, the MP3 and the lyric sheet are yours straight away. If it is not right, you pay nothing.
Dancing to a two-minute song
Each song runs about two minutes. For a first dance that is usually a relief rather than a problem: two minutes is long enough for a few turns and a dip, and short enough that nobody has to fill four minutes of swaying while the whole room watches.
We do not set an exact tempo, so judge it by ear. Play the preview in the kitchen, put your arms around each other and sway. If it feels too fast or too busy, use the free re-record to switch to a piano ballad or acoustic pop and listen again.
If you want the floor to fill up afterwards, ask the DJ to go straight from your song into a song everyone knows, and to invite guests to join at the change.
| Style | How it tends to feel on the floor |
|---|---|
| Piano ballad | The slowest and most open; easy for a simple sway. |
| Acoustic pop | Gentle guitar with a clear beat you can count steps to. |
| R&B / soul | Close and smooth, for couples who like to move. |
| Country | Warm and easy-going; suits barn and outdoor weddings. |
| Indie folk | Soft and a little rustic, good for small weddings. |
What to tell us about the two of you
Three lines are enough. One couple sent: "We met queuing for the same sold-out concert and neither of us got in." "He proposed on the ferry and nearly dropped the ring." "We still split every dessert down the middle." That gave the verses a story and the chorus a promise to come back to. The prompts below help you find yours.
- The night you met, with one detail only you two would remember.
- Where and how the proposal happened, including what went wrong.
- A phrase you say to each other that nobody else understands.
- A line you plan to say in your vows, or the promise behind it.
- The place you are getting married, if it means something.
A surprise, or made together
Some couples sit down together and write the three lines over dinner. Others keep it secret: one partner makes the song, tells only the DJ, and the other hears their story for the first time on the dance floor.
If it is a surprise, use your own email in the form. The preview, the receipt and the link go only to you, and nothing reaches your partner until you choose to play it. Practise the dance to a well-known song of similar speed, then swap the file on the day.
When to make it before the wedding
The song itself takes minutes, so the dates below are about everything around it: practising, the DJ and the wedding stationery.
| Before the wedding | What to do |
|---|---|
| Three months | Make a few previews in different styles and pick the one you can both sway to. |
| Six to eight weeks | Unlock it, start practising, and send the MP3 to your DJ or venue with the file named after you both. |
| Before the stationery goes to print | Copy a line of the chorus into the order of service or the menu cards, if you want guests to have it. |
| The week of the wedding | Save a copy on two phones, and check the DJ has the right file by asking them to play the first ten seconds. |
On the day: the DJ, the band and the video
- DJ: the MP3 plays from a laptop, a phone or a USB stick. Ask for it to start from the beginning and run to the end, not fade early.
- Live band: you get the recording and the lyrics, not sheet music. A band can learn it by ear from the MP3, but give them time.
- Videographer: the song can go under your own wedding film. The terms allow it in your own non-commercial videos and events.
- Screen at the reception: the free photo video sets your engagement photos to the song with the lyrics on screen, for a projector after dinner.
Parent dances and other wedding moments
The same form makes a song for a father-daughter or mother-son dance. Choose "Daughter" or "Son" and the lyrics are written in a parent’s voice; write about the day they were born, the drive to school, and what you hope for them now.
A song with both names can also play while you walk into the reception, or during the cake cutting if you would rather not dance at all.
Two languages in one family
Each song is sung in one language. If half the guests speak Spanish, German, French or Japanese at home, open that site and the whole song, both names included, is written and sung in that language. Some couples make one in each language: one for the first dance, one for the family table.