Music can make or break a party so when it comes to your wedding you want to get the music just right. The first dance for your 2016 wedding can be one of the classics from Celine Dion or Frank Sinatra, but if you want an unusual first dance, move away from the popular Top 40 hits to choose a more classic and unique first dance song and choose a unique song that reflects your personalities as a couple.
The top first dance songs for 2016 are difficult to predict, but trends suggest that Odessa’s ‘I Will Be There’, a romantic indie ballad sung by a female artist with an angelic voice will be high on the list along with Ray LaMontagne’s ‘You Are the Best Thing’. Other artists that are not on the radio, but are selling well include Beruit, Ryan Adams and The Postal Service. With a trend towards a first dance song that is deeply personal for the bride and groom, the days of “everyone is playing this song” may be over.
We’ve got 50 first dance songs that should inspire you to to help you choose that special first dance song. Once you’ve agreed on a song, do a couple of practice runs in your kitchen. You’ll know it’s “the one” if you both get goosebumps:
1. A Sunday Kind of Love – Etta James
2. A Thousand Years – Chrstina Perri
3. All of Me – John Legend
4. All of the Above – T Carter
5. Beautiful in White – Westlife
6. Best Friend – Jason Mraz
7. Better Today – Coffey Anderson
8. Birds of a Feather – The Civil Wars
9. Breathe – Faith Hill
10. Can’t Help Falling in Love – Ingrid Michaelson
11. Free – Simon Webbe
12. God gave me you – Blake Sheton
13. Got to Get You Into My Life – The Beatles
14. Halo – The Cure
15. Handprints on the Wall – Kenny Rogers
16. I Can’t Wait (Be My Wife) – Ben Rue
17. I Do – Derek Gust
18. I Hope you Dance – Lee Ann Womack
19. I Loved her First – Heartland
20. Daydreaming – Breathe Owl Breathe
21. I’m So Glad – Royal Wood
22. Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
23. Islands In The Sun – Feist and The Constantines
24. I Will Be There – Odessa
25. I Will Wait – Mumford and Sons
26. Last Night on Earth – Green Day
27. Lay Me Down – Sam Smith
28. L–O–V–E – Michael Buble
29. My Love Foe You Is Real – Ryan Adams
30. Offering – The Avett Brothers
31. Perfect Two – Auburn
32. Sanctuary – Simon Webbe
33. Slow Show – The National
34. Storybook Love – Willy DeVille
35. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
36. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
37. Take my hand – Emily Hackett
38. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding
39. The Beat Stuff – Hannah Georgas
40. The Luckiest – Ben Folds Five
41. The Woman I Love – Jason Mraz
42. Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison
43. Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
44. Two For The Road – Bruce Springsteen
45. When I say I Do – Matthew West
46. Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones
47. You and Me – Life House
48. You are the Best Thing – Ray La Montagne
49. Young and Beautiful – Lana del Rey
50. Your Rocky Spine – Great Lake Swimmers
