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70 Best First Dance Songs for Your Wedding

by Maggie Kreienberg | Updated 08/04/20

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 our first dance on your wedding day is romantic, personal, and
unforgettable. So, of course, you need to find the perfect tune to mark the

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special occasion. But finding the right song to fill just three minutes of your entire
wedding day is a tough task.

A survey conducted by The Black Tux of over 900 married couples revealed some
of the most requested first dance songs in the industry. The study revealed that
"Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers was the most popular choice,
while classic love songs by Etta James, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis Presley also
earned a spot on the list. More contemporary songs from artists like John Legend,
Ed Sheeran, and Adele also made the top 15.

If the top charts aren't your jam, fear not—we've also got the best selections of
unique first dance wedding songs that are anything but ordinary. Whatever your
taste, choose something that you and your partner will both love and cherish for
years to come.

Ahead, we've rounded up the best first dance songs for your wedding.

R E L AT E D : When Should We Do Our First Dance?

01 "500 Miles," by Sleeping at Last

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Lyrics of Love: "But I would walk five hundred miles/And I would walk five
hundred more/Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles/To fall down at
your door"

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02 "Unchained Melody," by The Righteous Brothers

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Lyrics of Love: "Oh, my love, my darling/I've hungered for your touch"

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03 "Amazed," by Lonestar
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Lyrics of Love: "I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my
side/Forever and ever"

04 "Perfect Duet," by Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé

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Lyrics of Love: "But darling, just kiss me slow/Your heart is all I own/And
in your eyes, you're holding mine"
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05 "All of Me," by John Legend

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Lyrics of Love: "Give your all to me/I'll give my all to you/You're my end
and my beginning"

06 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," by Aerosmith

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Lyrics of Love: "The sweetest dream will never do/I'd still miss you,
babe/And I don't want to miss a thing"

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07 "Like I'm Gonna Lose You," by Jasmine Thompson

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Lyrics of Love: "So I'm gonna love you/Like I'm gonna lose you/I'm gonna
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hold you/Like I'm saying goodbye"
 08 "The Way You Look Tonight," by Frank Sinatra
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Lyrics of Love: "There is nothing for me but to love you/And the way you
look tonight"

09 "At Last," by Etta James

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Lyrics of Love: "At last my love has come along/My lonely days are over
and life is like a song, oh yeah"

10 "Sons and Daughters," by Allman Brown

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Lyrics of Love: "And I, I'll wrap myself/Around your heart/I'll be the walls
of his heart"

11 "Yours," by Russell Dickerson

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Lyrics of Love: "I came to life when I first kissed you/The best me has his
arms around you/You make me better than I was before/Thank God I'm yours"

12 "Kiss Me," by Ed Sheeran

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Lyrics of Love: "And your heart's against my chest, your lips pressed in my
neck/I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet/And with a feeling I'll
forget, I'm in love now"
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13 "Escapade," by Janet Jackson

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 Lyrics of Love: "Come on baby, let's get away/Let's save our troubles for
another day"

14 Sweetest Thing," by Allman Brown

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Lyrics of Love: "You're the sweetest thing that I ever did see/Like a bird
taking way/Tears that set you free"

15 "Speechless," by Dan + Shay

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Lyrics of Love: "And I'm speechless/You already know that you're my
weakness/After all this time I'm just as nervous"

16 "My Best Friend," by Tim McGraw

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Lyrics of Love: "I fall in love all over/Every time I look at you"

17 "Give Me Love," Ed Sheeran

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Lyrics of Love: "All I want is the taste that your lips allow/My, my, my, my,
oh give me love"

18 "Your Song," by Elton John

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Lyrics of Love: "I hope you don't mind/That I put down in words/How
wonderful life is while you're in the world"

19 "A Thousand Years," by Christina Perri

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Lyrics of Love: "I have died everyday, waiting for you/Darling, don't be
afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years"

20 "Marry Me," by Train

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Lyrics of Love: "Forever can never be long enough for me/Feel like I've had
long enough with you"
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 21 "I Am Yours," by Andy Grammer
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Lyrics of Love: "Still can't believe it when you say you're mine and/I am
yours, I am yours, I am yours"

22 "Back To You," by Twin Forks

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Lyrics of Love: "Follow the signs right back to you/Back to you, back to
you/I know they wind right back to you"

23 "That’s When I Knew," by Alicia Keys

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Lyrics of Love: "That's when I knew I fell in love/That's when I knew you
were the one"

24 "Have You Ever Been In Love," by Celine Dion

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Lyrics of Love: "Have you ever been in love/You could touch the moonlight"

25 "In Case You Didn’t Know," by Brett Young

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Lyrics of Love: "In case you didn't know/Baby I'm crazy 'bout you/And I
would be lying if I said/That I could live this life without you"

26 "Falling Like The Stars," by James Arthur

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Lyrics of Love: "We're fallin' like the stars, fallin' in love/And I'm not scared
to say those words with you, I'm safe"

27 "Only Wanna Be With You," by Hootie and the Blowfish

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Lyrics of Love: "I just want to love you but you wanna wear my ring/Well
there's nothing I can do/I only wanna be with you"

28 "Thinking Out Loud," by Ed Sheeran

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Lyrics of Love: "And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70/And baby my Ad

heart could still fall as hard at 23"

 29 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," by Frankie Valli
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Lyrics of Love: "I love you, baby/And if it's quite alright/I need you, baby/To
warm the lonely night"

30 "Can't Help Falling in Love," by Elvis Presley

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Lyrics of Love: "Take my hand/Take my whole life too/For I can't help
falling in love with you"

31 "Work Song," by Hozier

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Lyrics of Love: "When my time comes around/Lay me gently in the cold
dark earth/No grave can hold my body down/I'll crawl home to her"

32 "XO," by John Mayer

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Lyrics of Love: "Your heart is glowing/And I'm crashing into you/Baby kiss
me, kiss me"

33 "This Kiss," by Faith Hill

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Lyrics of Love: "It's the way you love me/It's a feeling like this"

34 "Make You Feel My Love," by Adele

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Lyrics of Love: "No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do/To make you feel my
love"

35 "I Won't Give Up," by Jason Mraz

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Lyrics of Love: "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"

36 "Hold Me," by Stevie Wonder

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Lyrics of Love: "So hold me, baby hold me/Say you'll never let me go" Ad
 37 "Teenage Dream," by Boyce Avenue
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Lyrics of Love: "My heart stops when you look at me/Just one touch now
baby I believe this is real"

38 "January Wedding," by The Avett Brothers

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Lyrics of Love: "I understand because my heart and hers are the same/And
in January we're gettin' married"

39 "Fresh Eyes," by Andy Grammer

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Lyrics of Love: "So suddenly I'm in love with a stranger/I can't believe that
she's mine"

40 "Lay Your Heart Next to Mine," by Steve Azar

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Lyrics of Love: "It will be all right/When you hold me tight/And you lay
your heart next to mine"

41 "You Are the Best Thing," by Ray LaMontagne

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Lyrics of Love: "Believe me, you don't even have to try/Oh, because/You are
the best thing"

42 "There Will Be Time," by Mumford & Sons featuring Baaba

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Lyrics of Love: "And in the cold light, I live to love and adore you/It's all that I am,
it's all that I have"

43 "Come Rain or Come Shine," by Ray Charles

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Lyrics of Love: "I'm gonna love you/Like no one's loved you/Come rain or
come shine"

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44 "You Are," by Lionel Richie
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Lyrics of Love: "And my love you'll see/We'll stay together, just you and me/I've
got so much love"

45 "Dreams Are More Precious," by Enya

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Lyrics of Love: "Come see, close your eyes/Come see, give me your
sorrow/And I keep watch for you"

46 "Faster," by Matt Nathanson

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Lyrics of Love: "Yeah you own me/And you make my heart beat faster,
faster"

47 "First Day of My Life," by Bright Eyes

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Lyrics of Love: "This is the first day of my life/I'm glad I didn't die before I
met you/But now I don't care, I could go anywhere with you"

48 "Crush," by Dave Matthews Band

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Lyrics of Love: "Just as long as you're around/And here I'll be dancing on
the ground"

49 "Home," by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

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Lyrics of Love: "Ah, home, let me come home/Home is wherever I'm with
you"

50 "Latch," by Sam Smith

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Lyrics of Love: "How do you do it, you got me losing every breath/What
did you give me to make my heart beat out my chest"

51 "You and Me," the Wannadies

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Lyrics of Love: "But it's you and me/And we'll always be together/You and
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me - always - and forever"
 52 "Happy," by Pharrell
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Lyrics of Love: "Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth/Because
I'm happy"

53 "Waste," by Phish
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Lyrics of Love: "A dream it's true/But I'd see it through/If I could be/Wasting
my time with you"

54 "We Will Dance," by Steven Curtis Chapman

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Lyrics of Love: "Sometimes we dance as one/And feel the beating of each
other's hearts"

55 "Luckiest," by Ben Folds Five

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Lyrics of Love: "I love you more than have/Ever found the way to say/To
you"

56 "Better Together," by Jack Johnson

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Lyrics of Love: "Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together/Well, it's
always better when we're together"

57 "Spend My Life With You," by Tamia & Eric Benet

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Lyrics of Love: "Can we just feel this way together til the end of all time/Can
I just spend my life with you"

58 "I'm Gonna Make You My Wife," by the Whispers

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Lyrics of Love: "I'm gonna make you my world/You be my morning
light/The star at night/Or the air I breathe"

59 "Man on Fire," by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Ad

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Lyrics of Love: "Only one desire/That's left in me/I want the whole damn
world/To come dance with me"

60 "Lucky," by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat

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Lyrics of Love: "I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend/Lucky to have
been where I have been/Lucky to be coming home again"

61 "Never Let Me Go" by Florence + The Machine

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Lyrics of Love: "Never let me go, never let me go/And the arms of the ocean
are carrying me/And all this devotion was rushing over me"

62 "Love You Like I Used To," by Russell Dickerson

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Lyrics of Love: "Didn't know I could ever love you more than I did/But baby
I do, I don't love you like I used to, no"

63 "Girl You're Alright," by Paul Otten

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Lyrics of Love: "All her friends tell me she's got a halo/I think I knew that
right from the get-go"

64 "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," by Sleeping At Last

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Lyrics of Love: "Every little thing she does is magic/Everything she does
just turns me on/Even though my life before was tragic/Now, I know my love for
her goes on"

65 "You & I (Nobody in the World)," by John Legend

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Lyrics of Love: "All of the stars, you make them shine like they were
ours/Ain't nobody in the world but you and I/You and I"

66 "Say You Won't Let Go," by James Arthur

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Lyrics of Love: "I know I needed you/But I never showed/But I wanna stay with
you until we're grey and old"

67 "You're Still the One," by The Maine

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Lyrics of Love: "You're still the one I run to/The one that I belong to/You're
still the one I want for life"

68 "Mine Would Be You," by Blake Shelton

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Lyrics of Love: "Baby, if I had to choose/My best day ever/My finest hour,
my wildest dream come true/Mine would be you"

69 "Who Would Have Thought," by Dylan Dunlap

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Lyrics of Love: "Who would have thought that you'd make me love
California?/And that's saying a lot, 'cause I hated it here before ya"

70 "You Are My Sunshine," by Jasmine Thompson

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Lyrics of Love: "You are my sunshine/My only sunshine/You make me
happy/When skies are gray"

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