Shortlist for Official Charts Pop Gem #64: First Dance

Which of your favourite wedding songs have made it onto our shortlist dancefloor?
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Each week, we look for your Pop Gems, those overlooked classics, those top tunes that used to be huge but somehow fell down the back of pop's sofa.

This week, the theme was FIRST DANCE – the classic tracks you would love to hear as you take to the dancefloor at your wedding.

Slushy, sassy or sexy, we didn’t care, just as long as we could picture you twirling beautifully, staring into each other’s eyes, while Grandma got stuck into the buffet for the tenth time that evening.

You’re a romantic lot, and despite a few surprises, most of our shortlist concerns itself with declarations of love. We fought like cat and dog picking a shortlist, as usual – every wedding needs a good punch-up – and got it down to this fantastic 14.

If you need a refresher, watch our very handy video playlist.

ARTIST TRACK PEAK POSITION YEAR
PINK RAISE YOUR GLASS 13 2010
PARAMORE THE ONLY EXCEPTION 31 2010
JLS EVERYBODY IN LOVE 1 2009
DIANA ROSS & WESTLIFE WHEN YOU TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME 2 2005
BUSTED CRASHED THE WEDDING 1 2003
DANIEL BEDINGFIELD IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE 1 2002
ATOMIC KITTEN ETERNAL FLAME 1 2001
SAVAGE GARDEN TRULY MADLY DEEPLY 4 1998
SHANIA TWAIN YOU'RE STILL THE ONE 10 1998
THE WANNADIES YOU & ME SONG 18 1996
CE CE PENISTON FINALLY 2 1992
SU POLLARD STARTING TOGETHER 2 1986
CYNDI LAUPER TIME AFTER TIME 3 1984
SANDIE SHAW LONG LIVE LOVE 1 1965

Video playlist

Are you glad you crashed our wedding? See all 14 of our final contenders for the ultimate wedding first dance song.

And the winner is…

All will be revealed on Saturday, when we announce our Pop Gem pick on Facebook and Twitter.

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