AI creates the ultimate first dance song

Posted by Danielle Harvey on 22 November 2023

two brides dancing first dance surrounded by their guests There are over 217,000 first dances in the UK every year (1,950,000 in the US) yet couples usually pick the same handful of songs. Have you ever wondered why tracks like Etta James' At Last and Just You And I by Tom Walker are so popular at weddings? And what makes them so timeless?

Function Central, a platform for finding and hiring musicians and bands for events, have answered exactly that! By analysing the most popular first dance songs to find the top 10 that couples choose, they have used AI to create the world's ultimate first dance song based on their findings, showing couples that they can have a timeless first dance song that is unique to their wedding.

song lyrics The top 10 first dance songs and artists:

At Last – Etta James
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Baby I'm Yours – Arctic Monkeys
Let's Stay Together – Al Green
Just You And I – Tom Walker
Stand By Me – Ben E King
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Your Song – Elton John
All Of Me – John Legend
Better Half Of Me – Tom Walker

Function Central's AI track Forever Entwined
The song is a pop ballad sang by a male. According to AI the song encompasses elements of love, eternity, dance, destiny, and the timeless nature of emotions, and is filled with motifs of binding love, moments that transcend time, and promises of forever – much like the themes found in the top ten first dance songs. The lyrics themselves are filled with emotion and are a perfect blend of the top 10 songs.

Since there isn't yet a single AI tool that can create a fully-fledged song at the touch of a button, they brought in composing and music production duo Tim Clarke and Adam Shaw to put together a track using a combination of AI-based production tools. These included: Sounddraw to create the backing track, Audiocipher to spit out melodies and Voicify to generate the vocal tone.

THE VIDEO
Finally Neuralframes, an AI-based text-to-video tool, was used to create the music video honing in on keywords from the song lyrics as prompts and Neuralframes converted them into animations modelled on visual artists.

WHY DID FUNCTION CENTRAL CREATE THIS?
AI offers a unique lens to deconstruct what makes these songs so universally loved and then rebuild those elements into something new yet familiar, offering a fresh perspective on the classic first dance songs.
Younger generations are breaking the mould when it comes to weddings, they are looking for a unique way to put their stamp on traditions such as first dances. AI has been used to write their wedding vows already, so harnessing AI to create original songs that encapsulate your love story is bound to grow in popularity too.

Check out functioncentral.co.uk/ultimate-ai-first-dance-song You can also find the full top 40 first dance songs in this Spotify playlist.