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Wedding planning can feel like decision after decision, but one of those selections is unanimously more fun than the rest: choosing your first dance song! Whether you’ve had a favorite song since you first got together or you’re determining a theme song for your relationship, your first dance song will hold a special place in your heart (and ears) for the rest of your life. There are plenty of lists of first dance songs to consider, but we’ve narrowed down a few from each genre that we bet you haven’t thought of yet. Will you dance beneath the stars to a contemporary folk song or spin under a spotlight to an old school tune?
Check out our top 10 reception songs:
- You’re All I Need to Get By – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- The Wedding Song – Angus & Julia Stone
- I Believe in a Thing Called Love – Branches
- Latch (Acoustic) – Sam Smith
- Something About Your Love – Mason Jennings
- Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
- When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss
- Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
- Like a Star – Corinne Bailey Rae
- I Got You – Jack Johnson
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Old School Romance
You’re All I Need to Get By – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
When You’re Smiling – Louis Armstrong
The Very Thought Of You – Nat King Cole
Someone to Watch Over Me – Frank Sinatra
You and Me – Penny & The Quarters
They Can’t Take That Away From Me – Ella Fitzgerald
My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone
You Belong To Me – Patsy Cline
Photo by Meredith Washburn; see more from this wedding here!
Folk
The Wedding Song – Angus & Julia Stone
No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses
Ends of the Earth – Lord Huron
I’m So In Love With You – Jill Andrews (feat. Seth Avett)
Dancing Shoes – Green River Ordinance
I Love You, Honeybear – Father John Misty
Covers
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Ingrid Michaelson
Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Sleeping At Last
You Are My Sunshine – Morgane and Chris Stapleton
I Believe in a Thing Called Love – Branches
Stand By Me – Florence + The Machine
Photo by Joe + Kathrina; see more from this wedding here!
Pop
Stickwitu – The Pussycat Dolls
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
I Turn To You – Christina Aguilera
Alternative
Something About Your Love – Mason Jennings
Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
Brighter Than Sunshine – Aqualung
Somewhere Only We Know – Keane
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
Stolen – Dashboard Confessional
Photo by Lindsey Boluyt; see more from this wedding here!
Country
Late To The Party – Kacey Musgraves
When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
Feet Don’t Touch the Ground – Stoney LaRue
Constantly – Cross Canadian Ragweed
R&B
A Couple of Forevers – Chrisette Michele
If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
Like a Star – Corinne Bailey Rae
Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
photo by Soul Season Photography; see more from this wedding here!
Singer/Songwriter
Hold You In My Arms – Ray Lamontagne
It’s Good To Have You – Josh Rouse
Be Be Your Love – Rachel Yamagata
We Found Each Other In The Dark – City and Colour
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Which first dance song will you lace up your dancing shoes to? Save the Spotify playlist to keep all of these songs in one place! Have a first dance song picked out, but not a destination? Find out which wedding destination is your perfect fit!
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Such a great list! i am definitely sharing this with my brides! Thanks!
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great list! Very good selection.
You can’t really go wrong with Jack Johnson! :) if we can reduce the amount of John Legend “All of Me” as first dance, i’ll be alright lol!
I wish you’d included a Spotify playlist so we could easily listen to these songs.
Hi Christy,
The Spotify playlist is linked at the end of the post! Here it is: https://open.spotify.com/user/junebug-weddings/playlist/4fY1YmEokQmtnEbaRVrpj1