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Tip number one, don’t panic. And remember we are here to help and we have done this literally thousands of times. And in the unlikely event we don’t know the song you eventually pick, we will learn it and play it as if we’ve been doing it for years.
There are some key things to consider when choosing your song but the first point to remember is, there really is no right or wrong choice here. If you choose an obvious song that’s been done to death, well so have loads of other people. And, on the other hand, if you choose an odd-ball song that nobody’s ever heard of, well good for you.
Pointers and key things to consider:
1. A song with a bit of fun to it will put a smile on people’s faces and help to create a fun atmosphere from the start that will carry through the night.
2. Despite what’s written above, a song that is well known and well liked will stand a much better chance of engaging your guests; they may well even clap and sing along.
3. A classic that has had some recent revival will tend to resonate across the generations.
4. Try to avoid the temptation of going with the option of playing an mp3 of the original song when you have a perfectly capable band standing on the stage that you have paid for. Although it is often done, we feel it is a big compromise.
5. Again, there is no right or wrong here. The decision to go with a song that you feel says something about you as a couple will trump any advice we can give every time.
Here is a list of every first dance song we have played over the past fifteen years.
Let it inspire you.
Here is a list of every single song we have ever played for first dance.
Let it inspire you.
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Brian Adams
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square - Frank Sinatra
A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
A Whole New World - Aladdin
Absolute Beginners - David Bowie
After All - Frank and Walters
Ain't That a Kick in the Head? - Dean Martin
All For One - Bryan Adams, Sting and Rod Stewart
All I Ask Of You - Phantom Of The Opera
All I Want Is You - U2
All The Time In The World - Louis Armstrong
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
All of Me - John Legend
All of Me - Michael Bublé
Always - Beyonce
Always A Woman - Billy Joel
Amazed - Lonestar
And I Love You So - Perry Como
Angels - Robbie Williams
Annie's Song - John Denver
Around The World - Nat King Cole
As Love Is My Witness - Westlife
At Last - Etta James
At My Most Beautiful - REM
Baby I Love You - The Ramones
Baby I'm Yours - Arctic Monkeys
Because You Loved Me - Céline Dion
Bed Of Roses - Bon Jovi
Better Love - Hozier
Better Place - Rachel Platten
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Better - Tom Baxter
Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
Bonfire Heart - James Blunt
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
By Your Side - Sade
Caledonia - Dolores Keane
Calico Skies - Paul McCartney
Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Candy - Paulo Nutini
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrole
Circle of Life - Elton John
Close Your Eyes - Michael Bublé
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Come What May - Moulin Rouge
Count On Me - Bruno Mars
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Crazy Love - Michael Bublé
Cry - Derek Ryan
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Moonlight - Thin Lizzy
Days Like This - Van Morrison
Diamonds - Rihanna
Dreams - The Cranberries
Everlasting Love - Love Affair
Everything - Lifehouse
Everything - Michael Bublé
Fallen - Lauren Wood
Feels Like Forever - Joe Cocker
Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazuk
Fields Of Gold - Sting
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
Flying Without Wings - Westlife
Footprints In The Sand - Leona Lewis
Forever And Ever Amen - Randy Travis
Forever Love - Garry Barlow
Free Wheal - Duke Special
Friends In Time - The Golden Hoard
From This Moment - Shania Twain
Galileo (Someone Like You) - Declan O'Rourke
God Only Knows what I'd Be Without You - The Beach Boys
Good Morning Beautiful - Nathan Carter
Good Riddance - Green Day
Grace - Jim McCane
Greatest Day - Take That
Groovy Kind Of Live - Phil Collins
Grow Old with Me - Tom Odell
Happy Together - The Turtles
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Van Morrison
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman - Bryan Adams
Heaven - Brian Adams
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
Here There Everywhere - The Beatles
Heroes or Ghosts - The Coronas
High - Lighthouse Family
Higher Love - James Vincent Mc Morrow
History - One Direction
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Hold On - Michael Bublé
Home - Michael Bublé
How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
How Does a Moment Last Forever - Céline Dion
How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding
How Would You Feel - Ed Sheeran
I Don't Know Much But I Know I Love - Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
I Finally Found Someone - Bryan Adams and Barbara Streisand
I Just Can't Help Believing - Elvis Presley
I Know I Loved You - Savage Garden
I Only Want to Be With You - Dusty Springfield
I Swear - All 4 One
I Wanna Grow Old with You - Westlife
I Want To Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner
I Will always love You - Whitney Houston
I Won't Let You Go - Rascal Flatts
I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
I feel Good - James Brown
If I Should Fall Behind - Bruce Springsteen
Indian Summer - Stereophonics
Inside Out - Imelda May
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
Into Your Arms - The Four of Us
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Islands in the Stream - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
It Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr.
It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
Its Your Love - Tim McGrath and Faith Hill
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
I'm Yours - The Script
I'm a Believer - The Monkees
I've Had The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
I've got You Uder My Skin - Frank Sinatra
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Kentish Town Waltz - Imelda May
Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran
L.O.V.E. - Nat King Cole
Lady - Kenny Rogers
Let It Be Me - Willie Nelson
Let There Be Love - Nat King Cole
Let's stay Together - Al green
Linger - The Cranberries
Looks Like We Made It - Shania Twain
Love Can Build A Bridge - Cher
Love Is an Open Door - Frozen
Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
Love Me - Collin Raye
Love Will Keep Us Alive - The Eagles
Love Without Fear - Dan Wilson
Love You Till the End - The Pogues
Loving You - Paolo Nutini
Lucky - Jason Mraz
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Moon Dance - Van Morrison
Moon River - Andy Williams
Mr. Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
My First My Last My Everything - Barry White
Never Change - Picture This
Never Enough - The Greatest Showman
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Once Twice Three Times A Lady - Lionel Richie
Only Love Can Hurt like This - Paloma Faith
Open Arms - Journey
Open Arms - Mariah Carey
Our Love Goes Deeper Than This - Duke Special
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Perfect Moment - Martin Mccutcheon
Pocket Full of Rainbows - Elvis Presley
Power of Love - Jennifer Rush
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
Remember When - Alan Jackson
Right Here Waiting For You - Richard Marx
Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits
Rule The World - Take That
Run - Leona Lewis
Sail Away - David Gray
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
She - Elvis Costello
Shut Up and Dance - Walk The Moon
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Someone Like You - Van Morrison
Something About the Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
Something Stupid - Frank and Nancy
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Song Bird - Eva Cassidy
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Stand by You - Rachel Platten
Still The One - Shania Twain
Strangers in The Night - Frank Sinatra
Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Sweetest Thing - U2
Take My Hand - Picture This
Taking You Home - Don Henley
Tear Us Apart - INXS
Tender - Blur
Tenerife Sea - Ed Sheeran
That's Amore - Dean Martin
The Book of Love - Gavin James
The Dance - Garth Brooks
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
The One - Kodaline
The One I Love - David Gray
The Power of Love - Céline Dion
The Sweet Fantastic - Ian Brown
The Voyage - Christy Moore
The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett
The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
Then - Brad Paisley
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
This Magic Moment - The Drifters
This Year's Love - David Gray
Till There Was You - The Beatles
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
To Love Somebody - Michael Bublé
To Make You Feel Love - Edel
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Tougher Than the Rest - Bruce Springsteen
Truly - Lionel Richie
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
Unbreakable - Westlife
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Up On the Roof - James Taylor
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl
Warm - The Coronas
When You Got a Good Thing - Lady Antebellum
When You Kiss Me - Shania Twain
When You Love Someone - Bryan Adams
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating
When You Tell Me That You Love Me - Diana Ross
When you were Sweet Sixteen - The Furies
Where Do You Go To My Lovely - Peter Starstedt
Wherever You Will Go - Charlene Soraia
Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Who Am I - Will Young
Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
Wings - Birdy
Winner In You - Don Baker
Wonderful Thing - Leslie Dowdal
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris
XO - Beyonce
You And Me - Lifehouse
You Are Nobody Until Somebody Loves You - Dean Martin
You Are The Best Thing - Ray Lamontagne
You Belong To Me - Jason Wade
You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller
You Got It - Roy Orbison
You Raise Me Up - Westlife
Your Love Is King - Sade
Your Song - Elton John
You'll Never Walk Alone - Rodgers and Hammerstein
You're Beautiful - James Blunt
You're My Best Friend - Queen
You're Still The One - Shania Twain
You're the Inspiration - Chicago
You've Got The Love - Florence And The Machine