First Dance Songs - Bride and Groom First Dance Songs

The first dance is the first dance between a bride and groom as a married couple, and is often the first dance of the wedding reception. It is followed by other dances like the father daughter dance, mother groom dance and others, and finally ends with a dollar dance or an invitation for every guest to begin dancing on the dance floor to wedding songs. First dance, however, starts the entire chain of dancing events. Of course, the timing of the bride groom dance can vary in the evening based on your preferences. The first dance can be done immediately following the grand entrance with the wedding party circling the dance floor or the bride groom dance can begin the chronological order of the formal dances with fun and dancing to follow. It is entirely up to the bride and groom on how you want the evening to progress. The most important thing though, is to have the bride and groom agree on a song that is special to them. There are literally thousands of choices of great love songs and wedding songs. First dance songs are remembered by the bride and groom for the rest of their lives, so it’s important to pick a song that is significant. Some couples choose a funny song or an instrumental and those can be just as memorable as a touching ballad.

Many brides and grooms prepare for months for their first dance, by attending dance lessons. They will learn a magnificent waltz, spicy tango, or some other glamorous dance routine to go along with their first dance song. This is often a wonderful surprise for the guests as they are entertained by the couple's dance number. If you plan on doing a special, professional dance for your first dance, contact a local dance studio and get lessons. You'll also want to pick out your first dance song well in advance, so you can practice to that specific tune. But again, the most important thing is to choose something memorable from the catalog of wedding songs. First dance songs are a symbol of your love and commitment, so take your time in choosing. We cannot name all the great first dance songs but below are the Top 114 of the more popular songs with brides and grooms around the U.S. Each song has a song lyric link, iTunes purchase link and Amazon.com link to listen to song sample and purchase the song in mp3 or the complete CD.

Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite first dance songs. If you have a special first dance song that you think should be added to our list, send us an email through the contact us link on the bottom of the page and we'll add it. Be sure to also check out the first dance song lyric link to find song relevance to what you want for in your song choice. Once decided, we provided a link to iTunes to purchase and Amazon.com to purchase and listen to a sample of each song.

First Dance Songs

Song	Artist	Format	Lyrics	iTunes	Amazon
1+1	Beyonce	R&B
A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	Rock
All My Life	K-Ci & JoJo	R&B
Always	Bon Jovi	Rock
Always and Forever	Luther Vandross/Heatwave	R&B
Amazed	Lonestar	Country
Angels	Robbie Williams	Dance
Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not	Thompson Square	Country
At Last	Etta James	Jazz
Back At One	Brian McKnight	R&B
Beautiful In My Eyes	Joshua Kadison	Rock
Better Together	Jack Johnson	Rock
Bless The Broken Road	Rascal Flatts	Country
By Your Side	Sade	R&B
Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley	Oldies
Chasing Cars	Snow Patrol	Rock
Come Away With Me	Norah Jones	Jazz
Crazy For You	Madonna	Dance
Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	Country
Crazy Love	Brian McKnight	R&B
Dance With Me	Anthony W Carter	Country		Website	Website
Everything	Michael Buble	Jazz
Everything I Do (I Do For You)	Bryan Adams	Rock
Everything To Me	Monica	R&B
Faithfully	Journey	Rock
First Day Of My Life	Bright Eyes	Rock
For You	Kenny Lattimore	R&B
From This Moment On	Shania Twain & Bryan White	Country
God Gave Me You	Blake Shelton	Country
Happier Than The Morning Sun	Stevie Wonder	R&B
Have I Told You Lately	Van Morrison/Rod Stewart	Rock
Heavenly Day	Patty Griffin	Folk
History In The Making	Darius Rucker	Country
Hold On	Michael Buble	Jazz
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)	James Taylor	Rock
I Could Not Ask For More	Edwin McCain	Rock
I Cross My Heart	George Strait	Country
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing	Aerosmith	Rock
I Gotta Feeling	Black Eyed Peas	Dance
I Melt	Rascal Flatts	Country
I Will Always Love You	Whitney Houston	R&B
I Will Be Here	Steven Curtis Chapman	Christian
I Won't Give Up	Jason Mraz	Rock
Ice Cream	Sarah McLachlan	Rock
I'll Be	Edwin McCain	Rock
I'm Yours	Jason Mraz	Rock
In Your Eyes	Peter Gabriel	Rock
Into The Mystic	Van Morrison	Rock
It's Your Love	Tim McGraw	Country
Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	Country
Just To See You Smile	Tim McGraw	Country
Keeper Of The Stars	Tracy Byrd	Country
Let's Stay Together	Al Green	R&B
Look At Me	Carrie Underwood	Country
Lost In This Moment	Big & Rich	Country
Love Of My Life	Sammy Kershaw	Country
Lucky	Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat	Rock
Made To Love Ya	Gerald Levert	R&B
Make You Feel My Love	Adele	R&B
Making Memories Of Us	Keith Urban	Country
Marry Me	Train	Rock
Me And You	Kenny Chesney	Country
My Best Friend	Tim McGraw	Country
Never, Ever and Forever	Lee Ann Womack	Country		- -
No One	Alicia Keys	R&B
Now That I Found You	Terri Clark	Country
One In A Million	Larry Graham	R&B
Only You Can Love Me This Way	Keith Urban	Country
Rainbow Connection	The Muppetts	Soundtrack
She's Everything	Brad Paisley	Country
Smile	Uncle Kracker	Rock
Somewhere Over The Rainbow	Israel Kamakawiwo'ole	World
Soulmate	Josh Turner	Country
Spend My Life With You	Eric Benet	R&B
Stand By Me	Ben E. King	R&B
Steal My Heart Away	Van Morrison	Rock
The Best Day	George Strait	Country
The Only Exception	Paramore	Rock
The Way I Am	Ingrid Michaelson	Indie
The Way You Look Tonight	Frank Sinatra	Oldies
Then	Brad Paisley	Country
These Arms Of Mine	Otis Redding	R&B
This Years Love	David Gray	Rock
To Make You Feel My Love	Garth Brooks	Country		- -
Tonight And The Rest Of My Life	Nina Gordon	Rock
True	Ryan Cabrera	Rock		- -
Two Is Better Than One	Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift	Rock
Unchained Melody	Righteous Brothers	Oldies
Unforgettable	Nat King Cole	Oldies
Wanted	Hunter Hayes	Country
We Are Man And Wife	Michelle Featherstone	Folk
What A Wonderful World	Louis Armstrong	Oldies
Whatever It Is	Zac Brown Band	Country
When God Made You	NewSong	Christian
When I Fall In Love	Nat King Cole	R&B
When I Said I Do	Clint Black	Country
When You Got A Good Thing	Lady Antebellum	Country
When You Say Nothing At All	Alison Krauss	Country
Without You	Keith Urban	Country
Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	Rock
You And I	Stevie Wonder	R&B
You And Me	Lifehouse	Rock
You And Me	Dave Matthews Band	Rock
You Are The Best Thing	Ray Lamontagne	Rock
Your Everything	Keith Urban	Country
Your Song	Elton John	Rock
You're All I Need To Get By	Marvin Gaye	Oldies
You're The Inspiration	Chicago	Rock

* First Dance songs list is updated periodically throughout the year. If you have a song that you think should be included, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below.

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