Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs.

For wedding favors, Jeff and I decided to give away CDs. My cousin Lisa did this at her wedding, and I thought it was such a cute, fun, youthful idea. I've found some creative packaging and think the CDs could double as escort cards; I'm all about the two-in-one.

I've mostly left the imaging and production up to Jeff as one of his few responsibilities for our big day, but of course I had to have my say. At first, we were going to do a "Bride's CD" and "Groom's CD" but in the end ... well, let's be real, it was too much work.

But now we must come to a consensus. We've got about 44 songs we need whittle at least in half. Here are 16 which are definites for me, with some notes. Please feel free to leave suggestions in the comments!

We decided to go a mix of old-school, new-school, classics and some under-the-radar tunes. I didn't want to be pretentious, or load it with a bunch of obscure songs to prove how cool/emo I am. Because I'm not. Most of these songs just remind me of Jeff when I hear them, that's why I want them. (Click on song titles for best videos of the songs I could find.)

1. Queen -- You're My Best Friend: Queen is one of my favorite bands of all time, in the top-10 if not the top-5. Queen didn't actually write this song, but the writer did pen it for his wife. Jeff is absolutely my best friend. 

Favorite lyric: "You've stood by me girl/I'm happy, happy at home/You're my best friend."

2. Barry Louis Polisar -- All I Want is You: You probably know this song from Juno. It's a fun little diddy that makes me smile when I hear it. It's a little bit country without being obnoxious. 

Favorite Lyric: "If you were a wink, I'd be a nod/If you were a seed, well I'd be a pod./If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug/And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug."

3. The Arctic Monkeys -- Baby I'm Yours: The Arctic Monkeys are one of our favorite bands. Jeff first put this cover on a CD for me a few years ago and it was sort of a no-brainer for this list.

Favorite lyric: "Baby, I'm yours/And I'll be yours until the sun no longer shines/Yours until the poets run out of rhyme/In other words, until the end of time."

4. Frank Sinatra -- The Way you Look Tonight: Jeff is from New York. So that means: Jeff likes the Yankees. Jeff likes pizza. And of course, Jeff likes Sinatra. It's a classic, and might stop the old folk from throwing this CD away.

Favorite lyric: "Lovely ... Don't you ever change/Keep that breathless charm/Won't you please arrange it?/Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight."

5. Al Green -- Let's Stay Together: Jeff and I have been known to feel the funk. And just like couples all around the country embarrass their kids by doing weird slow dance movements to this song, Jeff and I hope to do the same in 20 years.

Favorite lyric: "I'm so in love with you/Whatever you want to do/Is alright with me/'Cause you make me feel, so brand new/And I want to spend my life with you."

6. Alicia Keys -- No One: Jumping ahead a few decades, here's a cookie cutter song that, I can't help it, I love. I sing it in the car as loud as possible and hit at least 35% of the notes. Probably our most current selection.

Favorite Lyric: "I just want you close/Where you can stay forever/You can be sure/That it will only get better."

7. Colin Hay -- I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You: Jeff went on a business trip earlier this year. When he came home, the first thing he did was tell me that he had been listening to a song the whole time he was there, and it made him think of me. He put it on and we had a welcome home slow dance in the living room. ::Insert gagging noises here::

Favorite lyric:  "I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy/What is closer to the truth/That if I lived till I was 102/I just don't think I'll ever get over you."

8. The Beatles -- Here, There, Everywhere: Jeff and I are huge Beatles fans, and this won't be the only Beatles song on this CD. This one's off Revolver.

Favorite Lyric: "But to love her is to need her everywhere/Knowing that love is to share/Each one believing that love never dies/Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there."

9. Joshua Radin -- Only You: This is our first dance song, so of course it had to be on here. It's a cover of a Yaz song from the 80s, which was also featured on the British version of The Office in the moment that Tim and Dawn finally get together. There's a version of this cover on the City of Angels soundtrack, but this is the acoustic cover that was released as an iTunes single of the week. On top of all that, it was the first song Jeff ever said made him think of me :) I can't wait to dance to it!

Favorite lyric: "All I needed was the love you gave/All I needed for another day/And all I ever knew/Only you."

10. Bob Dylan -- I Want You: Jeff insisted on a Dylan song, even though I'm not much of a fan. He gave me a few choices, and this is the one I went with.

Favorite lyric: "I wasnt born to lose you/I want you, I want you/I want you so bad/Honey, I want you."

11. U2 -- Can't Help Falling in Love: When I first saw this on the preliminary list Jeff gave me, I was skeptical. I don't really love U2, and the original of this song is so good, why mess with it? Well, I gave it a chance and listened to it, and it's really beautiful, even if it's been overly Bono-fied.

Favorite lyric: "Take my hand/Take my whole life too/'Cause I can't help/Falling in love with you."

12. Me My Head (Formerly The Moths) -- Wildbirds: I'm not really sure how or where Jeff picked up on this band, but this is probably our most obscure tune. This band is really fantastic and I fully expect them to blow up. This may stick out a bit on the list, but I don't care!

Favorite lyric: "They labeled us doomed and romantic/But they never had a love to match it."

13. Old 97s -- Question: Jeff told me he's "over" this song, but I'm not! It's so romantic and reminds me of the night we got engaged when I hear it. (Side note: finding video of this song was hard and it sounds like the lead singer can't really sing this song. Yikes.)

Favorite lyric: "Someday, somebody's gonna ask you/A question that you should say yes to/Once in your life."

14. The Beatles -- Something: Another classic. Do I really need to say anything?

Favorite lyric: "You're asking me will my love grow/I don't know, I don't know/Stick around, and it may show."

15. Billy Bragg -- The Price I Pay (This will take you to the Rhapsody page, but you can listen to the full song there): Jeff went through a Billy Bragg phase a few months ago, and I'm embarrassed to say, I sometimes meet Jeff's frequent phases with scorn. But I chilled out, started actually listening to Bragg, who ain't bad. This song is not really a love song as much as a "I like a girl who treats me bad" but I think you'd have to listen hard to hear that.

Favorite lyric: "Girl I love you so much, that sometime's it's such /I'd walk a mile with a stone in my shoe/And that's the price I pay for loving you the way that I do."

16. Kenny Rogers -- Through The Years: My grandparents were married over 50 years. On their 50th anniversary, when I was maybe six or seven, we had a party for them. A family friend videotaped the event and at the end of the tape, he put a photo montage of my grandparents, their children and grandchildren. And he set it to this song. I hadn't thought about the song in a long time until at my friend Meg's wedding it was played during the anniversary dance (Where married couples dance, and are 'removed' from the floor in ascending order of years they've been married, leaving the longest married on the floor at the end). I started to cry! This song makes me tear up every time I hear it. I love, love it.

Favorite lyric: "I swear you've taught me everything I know/Can't imagine needing someone so/But through the years it seems to me/I need you more and more."

Thoughts? Suggestions?