50 First Dance Song Ideas

Choosing the First Dance song for your wedding reception can be a daunting task. It should be a song that either says something about you as a couple, is a song that means something to you or a combination of both. We could easily have filled up a list of two or three hundred songs, but that puts you right back to thinking of it as daunting.

This list is made up of some classics, current hits and some quirky songs that should – at the very least – give you some inspiration.

The songs are in no particular order so, for your convenience, you can click on the column header arrows to sort the list by song title, genre or by year.

Note: Click on the song title to watch the YouTube video.

Song Title	Artist	Genre(s)	Year
Thinking Out Loud	Ed Sheeran	Pop	2014
You Are the Best Thing	Ray LaMontagne	Pop	2008
All of Me	John Legend	R&B	2013
Amazed	Lonestar	Country	1999
As	Stevie Wonder	R&B	1976
L-O-V-E	Nat "King" Cole	Pop	1965
A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	Pop	2013
At Last	Etta James	Pop	1961
Better Together	Jack Johnson	Pop	2005
Can't Help Falling In Love	Elvis Presley	Pop	1961
Crazy Love	Van Morrison	Pop	1970
Everything	Michael Bublé	Pop	2007
First Day of My Life	Bright Eyes	Pop	2005
Fly Me to the Moon	Frank Sinatra	Swing	1964
Here and Now	Luther Vandross	R&B	1989
How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)	James Taylor	Pop	1975
I Belong to You	Lauren O'Connell w/ Ryan Lerman	Pop	2012
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You	Bryan Adams	Pop	1991
Lucky	Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat	Pop	2008
All I Want Is You	U2	Pop	1988
Only Love	Ben Howard	Pop	2011
I'm Yours	The Script	Pop	2008
Better Together	Jack Johnson	Pop	2005
I'm Sticking With You	The Velvet Underground	Pop	1993
Dancing	Elisa	Pop	2001
Just Breathe	Pearl Jam	Rock	2009
Thank You For Loving Me	Bon Jovi	Rock	2000
Big & Rich	Big & Rich	Country	2007
Little Things	One Direction	Pop	2012
Last of the Ladies	The Courteeners	Pop	2010
Make You Feel My Love	Adele	Pop	2008
I'm Yours	Jason Mraz	Pop	2008
Rhythm of Love	Plain White T's	Pop	2010
I Melt	Rascal Flatts	Country	2002
The Way I Am	Ingrid Michaelson	Pop	2006
I Won't Give Up	Jason Mraz	Pop	2012
Making Memories of Us	Keith Urban	Country	2004
Always and Forever	Heatwave	R&B	1976
Falling Into Love	Dana Glover	Pop	2002
From This Moment On	Shania Twain & Bryan White	Country	1997
It's Your Love	Tim McGraw & Faith Hill	Country	1997
Never Stop	SafetySuit	Pop	2004
Because You Loved Me	Celine Dion	Pop	1996
Today	Joshua Radin	Pop	2006
Then	Brad Paisley	Country	2009
When I Said I Do	Clint Black & Lisa Hartman Black	Country	1999
Who I Am With You	Chris Young	Country	2013
Simplest Love	Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	Pop	2009
Faithfully	Journey	Pop	1983
You and Me	Lifehouse	Pop	2005

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