We all want Robbie at weddings

Robbie Williams and disco legends The Village People are top of the pops at wedding receptions across Britain.

Robbie's 1997 hit Angels is the most frequently played first-dance song for newly-weds, while The Village People's YMCA is the most popular tune for those who like to perform synchronised routines.

Angels topped the first-dance poll ahead of Van Morrison's Have I Told You Lately and Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight.

Other popular choices were a mixture of romantic hits from the past three years, ballads from the Nineties and several Eighties oneoff chart-toppers - including The Power Of Love by Jennifer Rush and Chris de Burgh's Lady In Red.

The wedding tunes poll was commissioned by hotels group Corus. More than 1,000 staff were asked which songs they had most frequently heard in the past 18 months while working at wedding receptions.

Mark Staples, of Corus, said: "Angels by Robbie Williams has become the slow-dance song of choice for an entire generation of newly-weds. But Van Morrison and Eric Clapton seem to have enduring popularity."

Researchers also asked about the most frequently played floor-filling songs with dance routines.

YMCA easily topped the poll, followed by: Frank Sinatra's New York, New York; Macarena, by Los Del Rio; Time Warp, from the Rocky Horror Picture Show; and The Twist, by Chubby Checker.