If you are looking for wedding song ideas to help you decide which one you want to play during your first dance, then check out this list of first dance wedding songs to help inspire you!!
It can be difficult when trying to find the perfect song to play during your first dance on your wedding day.
While some brides love emotional songs, others prefer to have more upbeat songs played during their first dance.
Whether you are looking for a country love song, an R&B love song, a classic love song, or an instrumental cover of a love song, there are tons of options listed below.
To help you pick the BEST song to use during your first dance with your newly wedded partner, down below, you will find eighty seven emotional and romantic songs that will help you to decide which one you want to use on your wedding day!
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1. “From the Ground Up” Dan and Shay
Favorite lyric: “And we’ll build this love from the ground up, now ’til forever it’s all of me, all of you”
2. “I’ll Be There” The Jackson 5
Favorite lyric: “Whenever you need me, I’ll be there, I’ll be there to protect you, with an unselfish love I respect you, just call my name and I’ll be there”
3. “God Gave Me You” Blake Shelton
Favorite lyric: “God gave me you for the ups and downs, god gave me you for the days of doubt”
4. “Amazed” Lonestar
Favorite lyric: “I wanna spend the rest of my life with you by my side”
5. “Wedding Medley (Marry Me, Bless the Broken Road, All of Me, A Thousand Years)” Anthem Lights
6. “My Wish” Rascal Flatts
Favorite lyric: “My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to, your dreams stay big, your worries stay small, you never need to carry more than you can hold”
7. “Soulmate” Josh Turner
Favorite lyric: “When I get down you’re the one that lifts me up, I thank the Lord above for your love”
8. “They Don’t Know About Us” One Direction
Favorite lyric: “Cause this love is only gettin’ stronger so, I don’t wanna wait any longer, I just wanna tell the world that you’re mine, girl”
9. “Love Me Like You Do” Instrumental Cover By Brooklyn Duo
10. “Tennessee Whiskey” Chris Stapleton
Favorite lyric: “You’re as smooth as Tennessee whiskey, you’re as sweet as strawberry wine, you’re as warm as a glass of brandy and honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time”
11. “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” Barry White
Favorite lyric: “The first, my last, my everything and the answer to all my dreams, you’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star, my kind of wonderful, that’s what you are”
12. “At Last” Etta James
Favorite lyric: “My heart was wrapped up in clover the night I looked at you”
13. “Prayed for You” Matt Stell
Favorite lyric: “For someone to love me like you do, graceful eyes to see me through, a smile that steals me, a heart that heals me”
14. “Leave the Door Open” Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak
Favorite lyric: “I ain’t playing no games every word that I say is coming straight from the heart, so if you tryna lay in these arms I’ma leave the door open”
15. “Love Someone” Lucas Graham
Favorite lyric: “Cause you still look perfect as days go by even the worst ones, you make me smile, I’d stop the world if it gave us time”
16. “I Will Always Love You ” Instrumental Cover By Tim O’Neill
17. “Eyes on You” Chase Rice
Favorite lyric: “No matter where we go, no matter what we do, if you’re there, girl, I’ve got my eyes on you”
18. “Born to Love You” LANCO
Favorite lyric: “But I’ve already found what I’m lookin’ for, wherever I go and whatever I do, I was born to love you”
19. “I Won’t Give Up” Jason Marz
Favorite lyric: “Well, I won’t give up on us even if the skies get rough, I’m giving you all my love”
20. “Halo” Instrumental Cover By Henry Smith
21. “Endless Love” Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
Favorite lyric: “You will always be my endless love”
22. “Beautiful Crazy” Luke Combs
Favorite lyric: “Beautiful, crazy, she can’t help but amaze me, the way that she dances”
23. “The Rest of Our Life” Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Favorite lyric: “Even when time takes its toll I’ll stay young for the rest of my life, with you, I’ll stay young for the rest of my life”
24. “I’ll Be” Acoustic Version By Edwin McClain
25. “When I Fall in Love” Nat King Cole
Favorite lyric: “And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too is when I fall in love with you.”
26. “Wanted” Hunter Hayes
Favorite lyric: “I wanna call you mine, wanna hold your hand forever and never let you forget it, I wanna make you feel wanted”
27. “Marry Me” Train
Favorite lyric: “Together can never be close enough for me to feel like I am close enough to you, you wear white, and I’ll wear out the words I love you”
28. “Without You” Instrumental Cover By Fin Moon
29. “Speechless” Dan and Shay
Favorite lyric: “Starin’ at you, standin’ there, in that dress, what it’s doin’ to me, ain’t a secret, cause watching you is all that I can do, I’m speechless”
30. “I Get to Love You” Ruelle
Favorite lyric: “I get to love you, it’s the best thing that I’ll ever do, I get to love you it’s a promise I’m making to you”
31. “Stuck with U” Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber
Favorite lyric: “So go ahead and drive me insane, baby, run your mouth I still wouldn’t change being stuck with you”
32. “Hero” Enrique Iglesias
Favorite lyric: “I can be your hero, baby I can kiss away the pain, I will stand by you forever”
33. “I Don’t Dance” Lee Brice
Favorite lyric: “I don’t dance, but here I am spinning you ’round and round in circles, it ain’t my style, but I don’t care I’d do anything with you anywhere”
34. “All to Myself” Dan and Shay
Favorite lyric: “I want you all to myself we don’t need anyone else, let our bodies do the talkin'”
35. “Young and Beautiful” Lana Del Ray
Favorite lyric: “Will you still love me when I’m no longer young and beautiful? Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul? I know you will, I know you will, I know that you will”
36. “Love Story” Instrumental Cover By Eva Bronner
37. “In Case You Didn’t Know” Brett Young
Favorite lyric: “In case you didn’t know baby, I’m crazy ’bout you, and I would be lyin’ if I said that I could live this life without you”
38. “Yours (Wedding Edition)” Russell Dickerson
Favorite lyric: “I came to life when I first kissed you, the best me has his arms around you”
39. “Kiss the Girl” Brent Morgan
Favorite lyric: “There is one way to ask her, it don’t take a word not a single word, go on and kiss the girl”
40. “You and Me” Lifehouse
Favorite lyric: “And it’s you and me and all of the people and I don’t know why I can’t keep my eyes off of you”
41. “Perfect” Ed Sheeran and Beyonce Duet
Favorite lyric: “But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own and in your eyes, you’re holding mine”
42. “Us” James Bay
Favorite lyric: “Tell me how to be in this world, tell me how to breathe in and feel no hurt, tell me how could I believe in something I believe in us”
43. “Mine Would Be You” Blake Shelton
Favorite lyric: “Baby, if I had to choose my best day ever, my finest hour, my wildest dream come true, mine would be you”
44. “Night Changes” One Direction
Favorite lyric: “But there’s nothing to be afraid of even when the night changes, it will never change me and you”
45. “All of Me” John Legend
Favorite lyric: “You’re my end and my beginning even when I lose, I’m winning, cause I give you all of me”
46. “Falling Like the Stars” James Arthur
Favorite lyric: “And I need you to know that we’re falling so fast, we’re falling like the stars, falling in love and I’m not scared to say those words, with you, I’m safe”
47. “Just the Way You Are” Bruno Mars
Favorite lyric: “When I see your face there’s not a thing that I would change, cause you’re amazing just the way you are”
48. “Heaven” Kane Brown
Favorite lyric: “I swear you’re an angel sent to this world, what did I do right to deserve you, girl”
49. “Beneath Your Beautiful” Labrinth and Emily Sande
Favorite lyric: “Would you let me see beneath your beautiful? Would you let me see beneath your perfect?”
50. “Right Here Waiting” Instrumental Cover By Magic Piano Covers
51. “Little Things” One Direction
Favorite lyric: “But if I do, it’s you, it’s you, they add up to, I’m in love with you and all these little things”
52. “I Guess I’m in Love” Clinton Kane
Favorite lyric: “And darlin’, this is more than anything I felt before, you’re everything that I want, but I didn’t think I’d find”
53. “Kiss Me” Ed Sheeran
Favorite lyric: “I’m in love now, kiss me like you wanna be loved”
54. “My Girl” The Temptations
Favorite lyric: “What can make me feel this way, my girl”
55. “Can’t Help Falling in Love” Elvis Presley
Favorite lyric: “Take my hand, take my whole life, too, for I can’t help falling in love with you”
56. “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” Aerosmith
Favorite lyric: “I don’t wanna close my eyes, I don’t wanna fall asleep cause I’d miss you, baby and I don’t wanna miss a thing”
57. “Teenage Dream” Instrumental Cover By Bailey Rushlow
58. “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees
Favorite lyric: “I believe in you, you know the door to my very soul, you’re the light in my deepest darkest hour, you’re my saviour when I fall”
59. “Love Story” Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version)
Favorite lyric: “You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess, it’s a love story, baby, just say, yes”
60. “Unconditionally” Katy Perry
Favorite lyric: “I’ll take your bad days with your good, walk through the storm, I would, I do it all because I love you”
61. “Thinking Out Loud” Ed Sheeran
Favorite lyric: “So honey now, take me into your loving arms, kiss me under the light of a thousand stars”
62. “La Vie en Rose” Louis Armstrong
Favorite lyric: “When you press me to your heart I’m in a world apart”
63. “I Have Nothing” Whitney Houston
Favorite lyric: “This passion inside I can’t run from myself, there’s nowhere to hide your love I’ll remember forever”
64. “You Are the Reason” Calum Scott
Favorite lyric: “I’d climb every mountain and swim every ocean, just to be with you”
65. “Thinkin Bout You” Frank Ocean
Favorite lyric: “I’ve been thinking ’bout you, do you think about me still?”
66. “Beyond” Leon Bridges
Favorite lyric: “Feeling things I’ve never felt, it’s kinda hard for me to explain her personality and everything, brings me to my knees”
67. “Lost Without You” Freya Ridings
Favorite lyric: “And I’ve been strong for so long, that I never thought how much I love you”
68. “Anyone” Justin Bieber
Favorite lyric: “You are the only one I’ll ever love, yeah, you, if it’s not you, it’s not anyone”
69. “Photograph” Ed Sheeran
Favorite lyric: “Holding me closer ’til our eyes meet, you won’t ever be alone, wait for me to come home”
70. “If I Ain’t Got You” Alicia Keys
Favorite lyric: “Some people want diamond rings, some just want everything but everything means nothing if I ain’t got you, yeah”
71. “A Thousand Years” Christina Perry
Favorite lyric: “I have died everyday waiting for you, darling, don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years”
72. “You and I” One Direction
Favorite lyric: “You and I, we don’t wanna be like them we can make it ’til the end, nothing can come between you and I”
73. “Diamonds” Rihanna
Favorite lyric: “So shine bright, tonight, you and I, we’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky”
74. “The One” Kodaline
Favorite lyric: “Life, it’s easy to be scared of, with you, I am prepared for what is yet to come. Cause our two hearts will make it easy joining up the pieces together, making one”
75. “Flashlight” Jessie J
Favorite lyric: “I got all I need when I got you and I, I look around me, and see a sweet life, I’m stuck in the dark but you’re my flashlight”
76. “I Like Me Better” Lauv
Favorite lyric: “I like me better when I’m with you, I knew from the first time, I’d stay for a long time ’cause I like me better when”
77. “I’m Yours” Jason Marz
Favorite lyric: “But I won’t hesitate no more, no more, it cannot wait, I’m yours”
78. “Lean on Me” Bill Withers
Favorite lyric: “Lean on me when you’re not strong and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on”
79. “A Moment Like This” Kelly Clarkson
Favorite lyric: “A moment like this, some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this, some people search forever for that one special kiss”
80. “Turning Page” Sleeping At Last
Favorite lyric: “I’ve waited a hundred years, but I’d wait a million more for you”
81. “Your Song” Elton John
Favorite lyric: “I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words, how wonderful life is while you’re in the world”
82. “Kiss from a Rose” Seal
Favorite lyric: “There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say, you remain my power, my pleasure, my pain, baby, to me, you’re like a growing addiction that I can’t deny”
83. “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” Elton John
Favorite lyric: “And can you feel the love tonight? It is where we are, it’s enough for this wide-eyed wanderer that we got this far”
84. “Halo” Beyonce
Favorite lyric: “Everywhere I’m lookin’ now I’m surrounded by your embrace, baby, I can see your halo, you know you’re my saving grace”
85. “My Love is Your Love” Whitney Houston
Favorite lyric: “Cause your love is my love and my love is your love, it would take an eternity to break us”
86. “Without You” Mariah Carey
Favorite lyric: “I can’t live if living is without you”
87. “You’re Still the One” Shania Twain
Favorite lyric: “You’re still the one I run to the one that I belong to, you’re still the one I want for life”
Click here to view the Spotify playlist that has all of these first dance wedding songs added to it!!
Once you have picked the song you are going to use for your first dance, if you need help with picking the song you want to walk down the aisle to, then here you can find thirty eight different instrumental songs that you can use when you walk down the aisle!
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