100 Best First Dance Songs for Weddings in 2021 | Baton Rouge and New Orleans Wedding Photographer
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Here are a few of the best first dance songs which Spotify missed in their round-up! The songs that get chosen, again and again for first dances.
Songbird – Eva Cassidy
Latch – Sam Smith
Love You ‘Till the End – The Pogues
You and I – Stevie Wonder
All of Me – Billie Holiday
For the Love of You, Pts. 1 & 2 – The Isley Brothers
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You – Ms. Lauryn Hill
Songbird – Oasis
A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson
Like Teenage Gravity – Counting Crows
Faster – Matt Nathanson
La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf
Inside Your Heaven – Carrie Underwood
They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
There Will Be Time – Mumford & Sons featuring Baaba Maal
You to Me Are Everything – The Real Thing
From This Moment On – Shania Twain & Bryan White
Little Things – One Direction
Islands In the Stream – Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Respect – Otis Redding
Lady – Kenny Rogers
I’m a Believer – Smash Mouth
I’m Gonna Make You My Wife – the Whispers
Have You Ever Been In Love – Celine Dion
You’re All I Need to Get By – Aretha Franklin
Give Me Love, Ed Sheeran
Forever – Ben Harper
Dontchange – Musiq Soulchild
A Million Love Songs – Take That
Finally // beautiful stranger – Halsey
Yours – Russell Dickerson
Accidentally In Love – Counting Crows
Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Jasmine Thompson
You Are My Sunshine – Jasmine Thompson
Dreams Are More Precious – Enya
Falling In Love With You Again – Imelda May
Love You More – JLS
Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Quindon Tarver
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie and the Blowfish
We Will Dance – Steven Curtis Chapman
No One – Alicia Keys
Angels – Robbie Williams
Two Hearts – Phil Collins
Hero – Enrique Iglesias
Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
Run – Leona Lewis
Lay Your Heart Next to Mine – Steve Azar
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
The Reason – Hoobastank
You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
The Point of It All – Anthony Hamilton
Come Rain or Come Shine – Ray Charles
I Love You – Celine Dion
With A Girl Like You – The Troggs
The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic – Sleeping At Last
Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
The Book of Love – Peter Gabriel
Sons and Daughters – Allman Brown
Over And Over Again – Nathan Sykes
Grow Old With You – Adam Sandler
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
All These Things – Elvis Costello
Put In All On Me – Ed Sheeran feat. Ella Mai
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
I’ll Be There – Jackson 5
Budapest – George Ezra
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
Let There Be Love – Nat King Cole
When You Say Nothing At All – Ronan Keating
Greatest Day – Take That
500 Miles – Sleeping at Last
What If – Colbie Caillat
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Best Part – Daniel Caesar feat. H.E.R.
Drops Of Jupiter – Train
Escapade – Janet Jackson
I Wanna Grow Old With You – Westlife
Crush – Dave Matthews Band
XO – John Mayer
Blessed – Thomas Rhett
Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
You’ve Got the Love – Florence + the Machine
I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston
Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
Work Song – Hozier
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor
Hey Jude – The Beatles
You Do Something to Me – Paul Weller
Love – Lana Del Rey
Alone – Jessie Ware
Nothing’s Going to Stop Us Now – Starship
Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
Halo – Beyoncé
One Great Mystery – Lady Antebellum
Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
I Believe In a Thing Called Love – Lemar
That’s When I Knew – Alicia Keys
First Dance Songs FAQs
What is the most popular first dance wedding song?
Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran came out as the number 1 wedding first dance song in Spotify’s analysis of top first dance songs.
Jewellerybox.co.uk, carried out research looking at which looked into user-created Spotify lists to find which songs have been used the most. They found that Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years was the most popular, appearing on 46 playlists. All the top first dance songs are included in our list above 🙂
What is the first dance at a wedding?
The first dance is a wedding tradition where the couple dance together for the first time in front of their family and friends. It is often performed after the meal and marks the opening of the dance floor when other family and friends join them on the dancefloor for the rest of the evening.
Who dances with the bride first?
The groom dances with the bride first. Then traditionally the order of first dances is:
Bride dances with her father, and the groom with his mother.
Bride dances with her father-in-law, and the groom with his mother-in-law.
The parents dance with each other
The bride dances with the best man, and the groom with the maid-of-honour
The ushers and bridesmaids join, and when the whole wedding entourage has dances together everyone else joins.
However, most couples only dance together and with their parents (first 2 steps).
How do couples choose their song?
Most couples choose a first dance song which was an important song in their relationship. A survey by the American speaker company Sonos revealed that more than half of couples polled (57 per cent) choose their first dance song based on the music they had listened to and reminded them of when they first got together.
It should also be a song you both feel comfortable dancing to in front of your friends.
Should you choreograph your first dance?
Choreographing your first dance can be a nice way to take some of the awkwardness out of it and impress your guests.
However, make sure you don’t take it too seriously – the evening is about having fun after all!
Is the first dance before or after dinner?
Usually – after the dinner. Traditionally, it signals the beginning of the dancing part of the reception, so feeding your guests beforehand is a good idea. Full bellies mean full dancefloors!
How do you make your first dance not awkward?
Your first dance should never be awkward! It’s a special moment for you and your new spouse to celebrate your marriage after the seriousness of the ceremony.
A few tips for making sure it’s not awkward are:
Choose a song you both love. The kind of song that when it comes on you both rush to the dance floor
Go for an upbeat song if you’re not the kind of couple that enjoys slow, smooshy music.
Keep it brief! Dance for a few minutes and then invite your family and friends onto the dancefloor.
Choregraphy. If you like a bit of planning, why not choreograph or at least plan a few moves to pull out so in the heat of the moment you have some reliable shapes to pull out!
Phew! You’ve reached the end of all 100 of our top first dance songs.
We hope you found the perfect one for your wedding amongst them all!
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