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We believe that relationships have a soundtrack, and that ours in particular could probably be performed on Broadway and be turned into a movie musical that could be more popular in Europe than The Dark Knight. Pei has a classic and alternative rock CD collection that rivals anybody’s, and Fran’s totally accidental musical theater/acapella/eclectic 80’s techno/Chinese pop background fills in the blanks in the world music category.

As it isn’t possible to produce a CD with all of these selections for our friends and family, we’ve done the next best thing – we’ve linked to YouTube videos of our wedding soundtrack.

This is the same list that was provided to our DJs and music coordinator. It was impossible to play all of the music on this list at our wedding, as it is over 4 hours of music, but it is what it might have sounded like if we were producing a soundtrack. We’ve tried to pick links to the “official” authorized video uploaded by the recording company to YouTube, or rare and unique recordings that give a different twist to the music. Some of the videos do not allow embedding, so you will have to click through to the YouTube website to view them.

If you had requested a song at the banquet and it’s not here, please let us know what it was, and we’ll add it to the playlist.

Ceremony Music (Click here to play all of the selections in this section on YouTube as a playlist)

1. Jesu, Man of One’s Desiring (the Celtic Woman version actually has words)
   
2. Pachelbel’s Canon in D (where a comedian complains that all of today’s songs are really versions of Canon in D)
3. Prayer of St. Francis (this Filipino Acapella version is outstanding)
4. The Verve, Bittersweet Symphony
   

Banquet Music (Click here to play all of the selections in this section on YouTube as a playlist)

1. Dick Dale, Miserlou (Pulp Fiction Main Theme)   (Intro Music)
2. Alicia Keys, No One (Live in Japan) First song
3. Stevie Wonder, Isn’t She Lovely Father/Daughter Dance
4. Stevie Wonder, I Just Called to Say I Love You Mother/Son Dance
5. Gheorghe Zamfir    Der einsame hirte (Kill Bill Vol. 1-  End Theme)    Best Man’s Speech (background)
6. Santa Esmeralda    Esmeralda Suite (Kill Bill Vol. 1 -  O Ren Ishi Duel Theme)    Cake Cutting
7. Jay Chou    Grandfather’s Tea (Ye Ye Pao De Cha 爺爺泡的茶) Toasting at Tables
8. Malcolm McLaren    About Her (Kill Bill Vol. 2)    Toasting at Tables
9. Vivian Chow, A Long & Lasting Love (天荒愛未老) (Crystal Gale)
10. Donna Summer, Last Dance

Music We Wanted (Click here to play all of the selections in this section on YouTube as a playlist)

1. 50 Cent,   In da Club
2. ABBA    Dancing Queen
3. Barry Manilow     Copacabana
4. Beyonce    Crazy In Love
5. Black Eyed Peas    Don’t Phunk With My Heart
6. Bob Marley    Jammin
7. Bob Marley    One Love/People Get Ready
8. Brian Seltzer Orchestra     Jump Jive An’ Wail
9. Chris Brown    Forever
10. Coldplay    The Scientist
11. Coldplay    Yellow
12. Daft Punk    One More Time
13. Depeche Mode    Everything Counts
14. Depeche Mode    People Are People
15. Diana Krall    Fly Me to the Moon
16. DJ Sammy    Heaven
17. Elvis Presley    Can’t Help Falling in Love
18. Eric Clapton    Wonderful Tonight
19. Flo Rida featuring T-Pain   Low
20. Foo Fighters    Big Me
21. Foundations    Build Me Up Buttercup
22. Frank Sinatra    Come Fly With Me
23. Frank Sinatra    The Best is Yet to Come
24. Gloria Estefan    You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)
25. Gloria Estefan    Turn the Beat Around
26. Gwen Stefani    Hollaback Girl
27. Human League    Don’t You Want Me
28. Jay Chou    Secret Signal (暗號)
29. Justin Timberlake    Sexy Back
30. Kanye West     Stronger
31. Kool and the Gang    Celebration
32. Kylie Minogue   Can’t Get You Outta My Head
33. Lenny Kravitz    I Belong to You
34. Madonna     Into the Groove
35. Madonna     Jump
36. Marie Digby    Say It Again
37. Mary J Blige/U2    One
38. Mr. C The Slide Man  Cha Cha Slide
39. Ne Yo     Closer
40. Neil Diamond    Sweet Caroline
41. Nelly Furtado/Timberland    Say It Right
42. New Order    Bizarre Love Triangle
43. New Order    True Faith
44. Olivia Newton-John    Magic
45. Priscilla Chan    Thousands of Songs (千千阙歌)
    
46. Rhianna    Don’t Stop the Music
47. Ricky Martin    Cup of Life
48. Ricky Martin     Livin la Vida Loca
49. Robert Downey Jr/Sting    Every Breath You Take
50. Sean Paul    Get Busy
51. Sean Paul    Temperature
52. Thompson Twins    Hold Me Now
53. U2    All I Want is You
54. Utada Hikaru  Simple & Clean (Kingdom Hearts Theme)