First Dances
For Weddings
&
Civil Partnerships
First Dance
When all your guests have settled in and your additional evening guests have arrived it's time for the Bride & Grooms or Civil Partners 1st dance together. This would normally be followed by a second song for the Bridal Party (Top table) or all the other guests. You can also include further songs for Father & Daughter and/or Mother & Son dances if you wish. The choices for your first dances and any other favourites will be discussed during the planning stages.
Song Choices
This list has been compiled from most of the First Dance songs I have been asked for. I have added this page as a guide; you don't have to select one of these and it doesn't have to be a slow song either!
A Million Love Songs - Take That
All Of My Life - KCi & Jo Jo
Always - Atlantic Starr
Always And Forever - Luther Vandross, Heatwave
Amazed - Lonestar
Angels - Robbie Williams
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
Baby Know That I Have Found you - Alison Krause
Buy Me A Rose - Luther Vandross
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley or UB40
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
Close To You - Carpenters
Closest Thing To Crazy - Katie Maelua
I Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie or Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey
Especially For You - Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Every Breath You Take - Sting
Everything - Michael Buble
Everything I Do, I Do For You - Bryan Adams
Everything I Own - Ken Booth
Flying Without Wings - R Kelly
Fying Without Wings - Westlife
Forever - Westlife
Forever and Always - Shania Twain
From This Moment - Shania Twain and Brian Adams
Greatest Day - Take That
Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart or Van Morrison
Heaven - Bryan Adams or DJ Sammy (Slow version)
Hello - Lionel Richie
Hello Again - Neil Diamond
Hero - Enrique Inglesias or Mariah Carey
Home - Michael Buble
How Deep Is Your Love - Take That or Bee Gees
How Do I Live - Leanne Rimes
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - James Taylor
I Am So In Love With You - UTV
I Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
I Can't Stop Loving You - Don Gibson
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher or UB40
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden
I Love You - Celine Dion
I Swear - All 4 One
I Want to Grow Old With You - Adam Sandler
I Want This Dance For The Rest Of My Life - Anne Murry
It's Your Love - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks or Ronan Keating
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red
I'm Your Angel - Celine Dion & R Kelly
Imagine - John Lennon
In All The Right Places - Lisa Stansfield
Irish Wedding Song - Al Logan
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
It Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr.
It Must Be Love - Madness
I've Finally Found Someone - Bryan Adams & Barbara Streisand
I've Had The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Just The Two Of Us - Bill Withers
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel or Barry White
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack
Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Love & Marriage - Frank Sinatra
Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Loving You - Minnie Ripperton
More Than Words - Extreme
Moonlight Sernade - Glen Miller
My Girl - The Temptations
My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
Never Gonna Leave Your Side - Daniel Bedingfield
Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
Only You - Platters
Perfect Day - Lou Reed or Various Artists
Perfect Moment - Martine McCutcheon
Queen of my Heart - Westlife
Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams
Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
She - Elvis Costello
She Wears My Ring - Solomon King
She's The One - Robbie Williams
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Starting Together - Sue Pollard
Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
Still In Love - Bryan McKnight
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Thank You For Loving Me - Bon Jovi
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
The Rose - Bette Midler or Westlife
The Very Thought Of You - Nat King Cole
The Way You Look Tonight - Westlife or Michael Buble
The Wedding Song (Ava Maria) - Julie Rogers
Third Finger, Left Hand - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Three Times A Lady - Lionel Richie
Time After Time - Eva Cassidy
To Really Love A Woman - Bryan Adams
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peobo Bryson and Roberta Flack
True - Spandau Ballet
True Love Ways - Buddy Holly
Truly - Lionel Richie
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
Unbreakable - Westlife
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
When I Fall In Love - Celine Dion or Nat King Cole
When I Need You - Leo Sayer
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston and Syreeta
Without You - Nilsson
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Words - Boyzone or Bee Gees
You Are Everything - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller
You'll Be In My Heart - Phil Collins
Your Love is King - Sade
Your Song - Elton John
You're In My Heart - Rod Stewart
You're Still The One - Shania Twain
You're My Best Friend - Queen
You're The Best Thing - Style Council
You're The Inspiration - Chicago
Father / Daughter Dance Songs
A Fathers Love - Joe Wodarek
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John
I Loved Her First - Heartland
Dance with my Father - Luther Vandross
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrisson or Rod Stewart
Hero - Enrique Iglesias
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
My Girl - Temptations
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
You are the Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder
You are so Beautiful - Joe Cocker
You Raise Me Up - Westlife
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