Jun 13, 2008 07:48 EDT Wayne to Colleen: “You look wonderful tonight.”

London, 13 June 2008 - To celebrate this summer's biggest wedding between Wayne Rooney and Colleen McLoughlin, new research released today by Shazam, the world's leading mobile to web music service provider, reveals the nation's favourite wedding 'first dance' songs.

Topping the chart is the classic love song, Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton followed by Angels by in second place and You're Beautiful by coming a close third.

The survey was conducted in the UK amongst 16 - 64 year olds who were asked to pick 'what would be their favourite song to have as their first dance at their wedding', from the most popular romantic tracks, on Shazam's 5 million strong database, compiled by thousands of music fans across the UK using Shazam to 'ID' their favourite tunes with their mobile phone.

Perhaps surprisingly, Wonderful Tonight is more popular with men than women with 25% more men selecting it as their favourite song. In fact, the sappy You're Beautiful is the top wedding tune for the under-25s and is ranked at 115 in the Shazam All Time Top 200 Chart.

While the top three songs may seem conventional choices to celebrate your first dance as man and wife, the poll also revealed some more interesting faves for the first dance with The Beatles' classic In My Life in fifth place and Led Zeppelin's All of my Love appearing in seventh, perhaps boosted by their recent sold-out live concert.

The results of the poll have prompted speculation as to which song Wayne and Colleen will choose for their first dance as a married couple. Will Mills, Shazam's Head of Music said, "The poll shows how classic our music tastes are when it comes to that all-important first dance and demonstrates the important role that music plays in our lives."

Shazam allows consumers to more fully enjoy music, making it easy to discover and share new and favourite tracks. To see how easy it is to discover music with Shazam, you can download ShazamiD by simply texting SMART to 80805, visit shazam.com or try it out by dialling 2580.

Shazam will identify the track and immediately text back the name of the artist and song title. Shazam is also available on Facebook where it automatically updates a user's profile with their newly discovered tracks to share with their friends.

The Top 10 Wedding First Dance Tracks

Position Artist Title

1 Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight

2 Robbie Williams Angels

3 James Blunt You're Beautiful

4 The Real Thing You To Me Are Everything

5 The Beatles In My Life

6 Daniel Bedingfield If You're Not The One

7 Led Zeppelin All of My Love

8 Christina Aguilera Beautiful

9 James Morrison You Give Me Something

10 Maroon 5 She Will Be Loved The survey was conducted in Great Britain via OnLineBus, an Internet omnibus survey. A sample size of 1009 GB adults aged 16-64 were interviewed by CAWI over the internet from 5th - 9th June 2008. The song list was drawn from the most popular romantic tracks on the 5 million strong Shazam database.

About Shazam Shazam is one of the most popular apps of all time, used by hundreds of millions of people globally to connect to the world around them. Building on its pioneering leadership in music identification, Shazam now helps people discover, interact with, and share video, audio, or printed content on TV, radio, movie screens, magazines, newspapers, packaged goods, and retail stores -- and now Shazam lets music fans follow their favorite artists to see their Shazams and share in the thrill of discovery. The app has exceeded 20 billion total Shazams since its launch, and users Shazam over 20 million times each day. For more information on how Shazam has created new technology tools for brands to utilize data visit www.shazam.com

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