Congrats on your engagement! You’re planning the wedding and there’s so much to get done! Have you secured a venue? Check! Planned your guest list? Check! Now it’s time to go into the other details, such as nailing down your first dance song!
This is your moment, when it’s just you and your partner on the dance floor, surrounded by your closest family and friends. You want to wow them with this beautiful moment, but what song is going to work based on your theme, vibe and personality?
For some guidance, we’ve put together a list of our favorite wedding first dance songs that we've seen go over really well and got the guests swooning.
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Modern or Alternative First Dances
Coming Home - Leon Bridges
You Are My Starship - Norman Connors
Count of Me - Bruno Mars
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Speechless - Dan & Shay
Yours - Russell Dickerson
Greatest Love Store - LANCO
Forever Like That - Ben Rector
Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
Presidential and Royal Wedding First Dances
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry First Dance
I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney Houston
Prince William and Princess Kate First Dance
Your Song - Elton John / Ellie Goulding (performing)
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama First Dance
You and I - Stevie Wonder
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Onassis First Dance
I Married an Angel - The Meyer Davis Orchestra
A-List Actors First Dance
Idina Menzel and Aaron Lohr First Dance
Por Una Cabeza - (from Scent of a Woman) - Gerado Matos Rodriguez
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban First Dance
At Last - Etta James
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes First Dance
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Oldies First Dance
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You - Frankie Valli
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
This Magic Moment - The Drifters
Rock First Dance
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
Love of a Lifetime - Firehouse
Classic Rock First Dance
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Like your love, the list is endless. Need more inspiration, click here!
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