Your First Dance at your wedding is a special dance as Husband and Wife. It usually starts off the reception, and gets the party going. Some couples have a song dedicated as “our song”, in their relationship, so you can always pick that as your first dance song… But if you’ve decided to use your special song while walking down the isle, during the ceremony, or some other time, you might not want to re-use it again. Maybe your song just isn’t really a good “first dance song”, so you are searching for the perfect First Dance Song to use for your important dance at your wedding.
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We’ve asked over 200 brides what their First Dance Song was, and put together a list of the top songs for you to go through. From the top trendy songs, to the classics…perfect movie songs and lots of country.
We added songs to “Trending” when it was listed 5 or more times.
All links are clickable for easy listening. We hope you find the perfect song for your perfect day!
TRENDING FIRST DANCE SONGS:
From the Ground Up – Dan & Shay
Speechless – Dan + Shay
You Make It Easy – Jason Aldean
Perfect– Ed Sheeran
Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
I Don’t Dance – Lee Brice
Thinking out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Marry Me – Train
I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
Then – Brad Paisley
Never Stop – Safetysuit
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
Crazy Girl – Eli Young Band
CLASSIC FIRST DANCE SONGS:
I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
At Last – Etta James
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Stand By Me – Ben E King
L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra
It Had To Be You – Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
Happy Together – Turtles
We Belong Together – Ritchie Valens
You’re All I Need to Get By-Marvin Gaye
Come Rain or Come Shine-Ray Charles
Suddenly – Billy Ocean
LOVE SONGS OF THE 80’s-90’s:
I Do Cherish You – Mark Wills
You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
At Last– sang by Cyndi Lauper
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
Hero – Enrique Iglesias
Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
Everything I do – Bryan Adams
You’re the Inspiration – Chicago
It’s Your Love -Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Faithfully – Journey
Amazed – Lonestar
Heaven – Bryan Adams
I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss version
Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
Endless Love – Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross
COUNTRY FIRST DANCE SONGS:
My Best Friend – Tim McGraw
Yours – Russell Dickerson
Unanswered Prayers – Garth Brooks
Rest of our Life – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
When You Got A Good Thing – Lady Antebellum
More of You – Chris Stapleton
Grow Old – Florida Georgia Line
In Case You Didn’t Know – Brett Young
Wanted – Hunter Hayes
Love your Love The Most – Eric Church
I Wanna Be Your Everything – Keith Urban
Home – Lady Antebellum
This Is It – Scotty McCreary
Still Fallin’ – Hunter Hayes
Diamonds or Twine – Ryan Hurd
Bless the Broken Road -Rascal Flatts
Heaven – Kane Brown
I Cross My Heart – George Straight
Rockin Years – Dolly Parton
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
H.O.L.Y. – Florida Georgia Line
Crazy As Me – Granger Smith
Thank God I Got Her – Johnny Diaz
She’s Everything – Brad Paisley
Dance With Me – Phillip Phillips
Tangled Up In You– Staind
Die A Happy Man – Thomas Rhett
Tie You Down– Taylor Ray Holbrook
Together – Josh Ward
Fall Into Me – Brantley Gilbert
Promise To Love Her – Blane Howard
I Hope You Dance – LeeAnn Womack
Heartbeat – Carrie Underwood
Greatest Love Story – Lanco
Another Day In Paradise – Phil Vassar
God Gave Me You – Blake Shelton
Deeper Than the Hollar – Randy Travis
Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd
I Do – Morgan Evans
Lost In This Moment – Big & Rich
Today Was A Fairytale – Taylor Swift
Love I’ve Found In You – Lady Antebellum
Love In A Bar – Ryan Hurd
With You I Am– Cody Johnson
Who I Am– Wade Bowen
Best Shot– Jimmie Allen
If I Didn’t Have You-Thompson Square
I Cross My Heart – George Strait
To The Moon and Back– Luke Bryan
My Kind of Crazy – Brantley Gilbert
Millionaire – Chris Stapleton
When I Said I Do – Clint Back
What’s Mine Is Yours – Kane Brown
Born To Be Your Woman -Joey and Rory
Diamond In My Pocket – Cody Johnson Band
Johnny and June– Heidi Newfield
More of You -Chris Stapleton
Next to Heaven-Aaron Watson
When You Say Nothing At All-Keith Whitley
Hold My Hand– Hootie & the Blowfish
Makin’ Me Look Good Again -Drake White
One Woman-Randy Rogers Band
She’s Like Texas– Josh Abbott Band
Let Me Go– Christian Kane
Give It All We Got Tonight-George Strait
Like Theres No Yesterday– Mark Wills
Love of My Life – Sammy Kershaw
It’s Your World – Jason Allen
Fall– Clay Walker
Like Red on a Rose – Alan Jackson
Parallel Line – Keith Urban
Make it Easy – Sierra Black
Better Today – Coffey Anderson
I Could Not Ask For More – Sara Evans and Edwin McCain
MOVIE/TV SONGS FOR YOUR FIRST DANCE:
Beauty And The Beast Waltz – Beauty and the Beast
La Vie en Rose – Louis Armstrong – The Notebook
These Arms of Mine – Otis Redding – Dirty Dancing
Forever – The Beach Boys/Jesse and the Rippers version- Full House
All I Ask Of You – Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You – Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson – Phantom of the Opera
Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John – The Lion King
So Close – Jon Mcaughlin – Enchanted
Fallen – Lauren Wood – Pretty Woman
Storybook Love – Mark Knopfler- Princess Bride
Fooled Around and Fell in Love – 5. Elvin Bishop – Guardians of the Galaxy
Grow Old With You – OrtoPilot Version – The Wedding Singer
Stars – Skillet – The Shack
With You I Am – Cody Johnson
Never Enough from The Greatest Showman
The Wonder of You– Conor O’Brien – Big Little Lies
As the World Falls Down – David Bowie-Labyrinth
ROCK (Alternative, Pop Rock, Grunge, etc.):
Yellow – Coldplay
Sad Song – We The Kings
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Thank You – Chris Cornell
The Edge of Tonight – All Time Low
I’ll Follow You – Shinedown
Thank You For Loving Me– Bon Jovi
Love Exists – Amy Lee
Stand By Me – Florence + The Machine
Can’t Help Falling in Love– TwentyOne Pilots
Just Breathe – Pearl Jam
Tonight – Def Leppard
Here I Am – Bryan Adams
Your Guardian Angel – Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
Everlong – Foo Fighters
Long As I Can See The Light – Creedence Clearwater Revival
No Matter What – Papa Roach
Nothing Else Matters-Lissie cover of Metallica
Ocean – Martin Harris ft Khalid
Bloom – The Paper Kites
Fire and the Flood – Vance Joy
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Sleeping At Last
Your Guardian Angel– Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
No One’s Gonna Love You – the Band of Horses
R & B/SOUL:
Get You– Daniel Ceasar
Loved by You – Kirby
Adorn – Miguel
You & I – John Legend
Why I love You – Major
Exceptional – Babyface
All Of Me – John Legend
Someone Like You – Cupid
Adore – Prince
You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
Crazy Love – Van Morrison
POP SONGS FOR YOUR FIRST DANCE:
Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran
Latch – Sam Smith
I’m Yours – Ron Pope
Lucky – Jason Mraz
Mess is Mine – Vance Joy
You Are the Reason – Calum Scott
Yours – Calum Scott
Something Just Like This – Chainsmokers & Coldplay
I Get To Love You – Ruelle
How Would You Feel – Ed Sheeran
Forever Starts Today (acoustic) – Tim Halperin
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
Better Together – Jack Johnson
I Choose You – Sara Bareilles
True Love Ways – Buddy Holly
That’s When I’ll Stop Loving You -*NSYNC
Champagne Kisses – Jessie Ware
I Get To Love You – Ruelle
Valentine – Martina McBride
Sweetest Devotion – Adele
Close Your Eyes – Michael Buble
Some Kind of Wonderful – Joss Stone
This I Promise You – NSYNC
Infinity– Niykee Heaton
Hold– Vera Blue
Perfectly Perfect – Simple Plan
Little Moon– MacKenzie Bourg
Reader Recommendations:
Ring On Every Finger – Locash
It’s a little faster and more upbeat but I think the country song “Ring on Every Finger” by Locash would just be a perfect first dance song!
Ooo, I’ll have to look that one up! Thanks for the suggestion. 🙂