Your first dance is sort of a big deal. What you pick as your first dance song will always be yours. Just like your love, your first dance song is forever. Check out this list of first dance songs by genre. See if any of these song lyrics speak to you and your love story.
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Planning a wedding is all about you. Choosing your wedding music is a great excuse to have a date night and listen to some of these song options. Get up and dance in your living room and see if you can picture yourselves dancing at your wedding. I got chills when we found ours. You’ll just know when you’ve found the one.
Country
Not every couple is a country music fan but country musicians sure do pour their heart out into love songs making for great first dance song options. This section includes my favorite country song picks.
1. Speechless, Dan + Shay
Starin’ at you, standin’ there, in that dress | What it’s doin’ to me, ain’t a secret | ‘Cause watchin’ you is all that I can do | And I’m speechless
2. Thank God, Kane and Katelyn Brown
So, thank God | I get to wake up by your side | And thank God | Your hand fits perfectly in mine
3. Better Together, Luke Combs
Sometimes we’re oil and water | But I wouldn’t have it any other way | And if I’m being honest, your first and my last name | Would just sound better together and probably always will
4. Best Friend, Tim McGraw
I fall in love all over every time I look at you | I don’t know where I’d be without you here with me | Life with you makes perfect sense | You’re my best friend
5. I Don’t Dance, Lee Brice
No, I don’t dance, but here I am | Spinnin’ you ’round and ’round in circles | It ain’t my style, but I don’t care | I’d do anything with you anywhere
6. I’m Gonna Love You, Jessie James Decker
I’m gonna love you like nobody’s loved you | I ain’t in a hurry, so let’s take our time | Just wrap your arms around me, give in to me tonight | ‘Cause I’m gonna love you for the rest of my life
Classics
Sometimes oldies are goodies, especially for those old soul couples. Here are some classic love song options for your first dance.
1. Can’t Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley
Take my hand | Take my whole life, too | For I can’t help falling in love with you
2. Unforgettable, Nat King Cole
That’s why, darling, it’s incredible | That someone so unforgettable | Thinks that I am unforgettable too
3. The Way You Look Tonight, Frank Sinatra
Lovely, never, never change | Keep that breathless charm | Won’t you please arrange it? | ‘Cause I love you | A-just the way you look tonight
4. Fly Me To the Moon, Frank Sinatra
You are all I long for | All I worship and adore | In other words: please, be true | In other words: I love you
5. At Last, Etta James
My love has come along | My lonely days are over | And life is like a song
6. You’re My Best Friend, Queen
Ooh, you make me live | Whatever this world can give to me | It’s you, you’re all I see | Ooh, you make me live now honey
Traditional Pop
These next songs have been super popular first dance song options and a good mix of soft to slightly more upbeat options depending on your vibe.
1. Perfect, Ed Sheeran
When I saw you in that dress, looking so beautiful | I don’t deserve this | Darling, you look perfect tonight
2. Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
And darling I will be loving you ’til we’re 70 | And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23 | And I’m thinking ’bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways | Maybe just the touch of a hand
3. Everything, Michael Bublé
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times | It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing | You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything
4. A Thousand Years, Christina Perri
I have died every day waiting for you | Darling, don’t be afraid | I have loved you for a thousand years | I’ll love you for a thousand more
5. Lucky, Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
Lucky I’m in love with my best friend | Lucky to have been where I have been | Lucky to be coming home again
6. I Won’t Give Up, Jason Mraz
Well, I won’t give up on us | Even if the skies get rough | I’m giving you all my love | I’m still looking up
7. Marry Me, Train
Forever can never be long enough for me | To feel like I’ve had long enough with you
8. All of Me, John Legend
You’re my end and my beginning | Even when I lose, I’m winning | ‘Cause I give you all of me | And you give me all of you, oh-oh
9. You and Me, Dave Matthews Band
You and me together could do anything, baby | You and me together, yes, yes
10. Crush, Dave Matthews Band
It’s crazy I’m thinking | Just knowing that the world is round | Here I’m dancing on the ground | Am I right side up or upside down | Is this real or am I dreaming
11. Like I’m Gonna Lose You, Meghan Trainor
… So I’m gonna love you like I’m gonna lose you | I’m gonna hold you like I’m saying goodbye
From A Disney Movie
Picking a first dance song from a Disney movie could be so nostalgic and out of the box. You don’t have to have a Disney themed wedding to use a Disney song for your first dance. These options are all about love.
1. Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, from the Lion King
2. You’ll Be in My Heart, from Tarzan
3. Love is an Open Door, from Frozen
4. A Whole New World, Aladdin
Above all, I hope this post helps you think of the perfect first dance song that captures your love because regardless of what you choose, it’ll be YOUR song forever.
Check out this first dance song portrait-it’s a great gift idea for your spouse after the wedding.
One Last Thought
Wedding Reception Idea: Surprise your parents with their first dance song from their wedding at your wedding reception. Have your photographer capture their faces in the moment.