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    20 first dance songs for your wedding that won’t make you cringe. Promise.

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    By Caroline Leaper
    Published 21 March 2016 In Features

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    There's not even a sniff of Michael Bublé...

    Choosing your perfect first dance song is not an easy task. This is a track, a three minute moment where all of your friends and family have to watch you swaying (hopefully not too awkwardly) on the dancefloor, could well be one of the defining moments of your big day. No pressure, right?

    So who better than Sarah-Jane Crawford, BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ, RedCarpetGreenDiet blogger and all-round cool girl, to help give us some wedding song ideas that are oh so lovely, but not totally cringe?

    Plus, if that wasn't enough, we've got the details on what 10 celebrity couples chose to dance to on their big day.

    Sarah-Jane Crawford's First Dance Song Suggestions...

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