Popular First dances
Here is a list of the top 200 first dances in the UK, so if you are having issues deciding on a first dance, this is the page for you...
‘I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets / To carry love, to carry children of our own.’
Key lyrics: ‘At last, my love has come along / My lonely days are over, and life is like a song.’
‘Make You Feel My Love’ – Adele
Key lyrics: ‘I could hold you for a million years / To make you feel my love.’
Key lyrics: ‘All of me loves all of you / Love your curves and all your edges, all your perfect imperfections.’
‘A Thousand Years’ – Christina Perri
Key lyrics: ‘I have died every day waiting for you / Darling, don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years.’
‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’ – Elvis Presley
Key lyrics: ‘Take my hand, take my whole life too / For I can’t help falling in love with you.’
‘Thinking Out Loud’ – Ed Sheeran
Key lyrics: ‘Take me into your loving arms / Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars.’
‘Unchained Melody’ – The Righteous Brothers
Key lyrics: ‘Oh, my love, my darling / I’ve hungered for your touch a long, lonely time.’
‘You Are the Best Thing’ – Ray LaMontagne
Key lyrics: ‘You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.’
‘I Won’t Give Up’ – Jason Mraz
Key lyrics: ‘I won’t give up on us / Even if the skies get rough.’
Key lyrics: ‘L is for the way you look at me / O is for the only one I see.’
‘Endless Love’ – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Key lyrics: ‘My love, there’s only you in my life / The only thing that’s bright.’
Key lyrics: ‘I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words / How wonderful life is while you’re in the world.’
‘The Way You Look Tonight’ – Frank Sinatra
Key lyrics: ‘Yes, you’re lovely, with your smile so warm / And your cheeks so soft.’
‘First Day of My Life’ – Bright Eyes
Key lyrics: ‘This is the first day of my life / I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you.’
‘From This Moment On’ – Shania Twain
Key lyrics: ‘From this moment, life has begun / From this moment, you are the one.’
‘My Person’ – Spencer Crandall
Key lyrics: ‘You’re my person, my heartbeat, my slow dance / My Sunday morning sipping coffee in bed.’
Key lyrics: ‘You and me and all other people / And I don’t know why I can’t keep my eyes off of you.’
‘Forever After All’ – Luke Combs
Key lyrics: ‘They say nothing lasts forever, but they ain’t seen us together.’
Key lyrics: ‘And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times / It’s you, it’s you, you make me sing.’
‘Come Away With Me’ – Norah Jones
Key lyrics: ‘Come away with me and we’ll kiss / On a mountaintop.’
‘Better Together’ – Jack Johnson
Key lyrics: ‘It’s always better when we’re together.’
‘Have I Told You Lately’ – Van Morrison
Key lyrics: ‘Have I told you lately that I love you? / Have I told you there’s no one else above you?’
Key lyrics: ‘I get to love you, it’s the best thing that I’ll ever do.’
Key lyrics: ‘All my life, I prayed for someone like you / And I thank God that I finally found you.’
Key lyrics: ‘What if I’d been born fifty years before you / In a house on the street where you live?’
‘Falling Like the Stars’ – James Arthur
Key lyrics: ‘I swear to God, when I come home / I’m gonna hold you so close.’
Key lyrics: ‘So darling, darling, stand by me / Oh, stand by me.’
‘To the Moon and Back’ – Luke Bryan
Key lyrics: ‘I love you to the moon and back / So glad you gave me your heart to have.’
Key lyrics: ‘Not talking ’bout a year / No, not three or four / I don’t want that kind of forever in my life anymore.’
Key lyrics: ‘For you, I give a lifetime of stability.’
Key lyrics: ‘You think I’d leave your side, baby? / You know me better than that.’
Key lyrics: ‘You already know that you’re my weakness / After all this time, I’m just as nervous.’
Key lyrics: ‘Forever can never be long enough for me / To feel like I’ve had long enough with you.’
‘I Choose You’ – Sara Bareilles
Key lyrics: ‘Tell the world that we finally got it all right / I choose you.’
‘Grow Old with Me’ – John Lennon
Key lyrics: ‘Grow old along with me / The best is yet to be.’
‘Breathe Again’ – Toni Braxton
Key lyrics: ‘If I never feel you in my arms again / If I never feel your tender kiss again.’
Key lyrics: ‘I came to life when I first kissed you / The best me has his arms around you.’
‘Feels Like Home’ – Chantal Kreviazuk
Key lyrics: ‘It feels like home to me / It feels like I’m all the way back where I come from.’
‘Say You Won’t Let Go’ – James Arthur
Key lyrics: ‘I’m gonna love you ’til my lungs give out / I promise ’til death we part like in our vows.’
Key lyrics: ‘You make me wanna say I do, I do, I do, do-do-do-do-do-do.’
‘How Long Will I Love You’ – Ellie Goulding
Key lyrics: ‘How long will I love you? / As long as stars are above you.’
Key lyrics: ‘Will she have my kids? / Will she be my wife? / She might just be my everything and beyond.’
‘Here and Now’ – Luther Vandross
Key lyrics: ‘Here and now, I promise to love faithfully.’
‘I Believe in You and Me’ – Whitney Houston
Key lyrics: ‘I believe in dreams again / I believe that love will never end.’
Key lyrics: ‘I’ve got an angel / She doesn’t wear any wings.’
Key lyrics: ‘You look so beautiful in this light / Your silhouette over me.’
Key lyrics: ‘I’ll be your crying shoulder / I’ll be love’s suicide.’
‘Lucky’ – Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat
Key lyrics: ‘Lucky I’m in love with my best friend.’
‘So This Is Love’ – Ilene Woods
Key lyrics: ‘So this is love, so this is what makes life divine.’
‘When You Say Nothing at All’ – Alison Krauss
Key lyrics: ‘You say it best when you say nothing at all.’
Key lyrics: ‘Through the ups and the downs / Yes, I’m gonna stay with you.’
‘God Gave Me You’ – Blake Shelton
Key lyrics: ‘God gave me you for the ups and downs / God gave me you for the days of doubt.’
‘Back at One’ – Brian McKnight
Key lyrics: ‘One, you’re like a dream come true / Two, just wanna be with you.’
‘You’re Still the One’ – Shania Twain
Key lyrics: ‘You’re still the one I run to / The one that I belong to.’
‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ – King Harvest
Key lyrics: ‘Everybody’s dancing in the moonlight.’
Key lyrics: ‘I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky / I’ll be there.’
‘Kiss Me’ – Sixpence None the Richer
Key lyrics: ‘Kiss me beneath the milky twilight / Lead me out on the moonlit floor.’
Key lyrics: ‘Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.’
Key lyrics: ‘You’re the one designed for me / A distant stranger that I will complete.’
Key lyrics: ‘How do I live without you? / I want to know.’
Key lyrics: ‘And I will take you in my arms / And hold you right where you belong.’
‘If I Ain’t Got You’ – Alicia Keys
Key lyrics: ‘Some people want diamond rings / But I don’t want anything if it ain’t you.’
‘When God Made You’ – NewSong & Natalie Grant
Key lyrics: ‘When God made you / He must have been thinking about me.’
Key lyrics: ‘Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling / Do you feel my heart beating?’
‘She Keeps Me Warm’ – Mary Lambert
Key lyrics: ‘She says I smell like safety and home.’
‘I Could Not Ask for More’ – Edwin McCain
Key lyrics: ‘I could not ask for more than this time together.’
Key lyrics: ‘I can be your hero, baby / I can kiss away the pain.’
Key lyrics: ‘Two drifters, off to see the world / There’s such a lot of world to see.’
‘Wonderful Tonight’ – Eric Clapton
Key lyrics: ‘And then she asks me, ‘Do I look all right?’ / And I say, ‘Yes, you look wonderful tonight.”
‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ – Frankie Valli
Key lyrics: ‘You’re just too good to be true / Can’t take my eyes off you.’
‘The Book of Love’ – Peter Gabriel
Key lyrics: ‘The book of love is long and boring / And written very long ago.’
Key lyrics: ‘Today this could be, the greatest day of our lives.’
‘Let’s Stay Together’ – Al Green
Key lyrics: ‘Let’s stay together / Loving you whether times are good or bad.’
‘I Was Made for Loving You’ – Tori Kelly ft. Ed Sheeran
Key lyrics: ‘Even though we may be hopeless hearts just passing through / Every bone screams I don’t know what we should do.’
Key lyrics: ‘I built a house for love to grow / I was so young that it was hard to know.’
‘Valentine’ – Jim Brickman ft. Martina McBride
Key lyrics: ‘You would still have my heart until the end of time.’
‘Loving You’ – Minnie Riperton
Key lyrics: ‘Loving you is easy ’cause you’re beautiful.’
‘When I Fall in Love’ – Nat King Cole
Key lyrics: ‘When I fall in love / It will be forever.’
Key lyrics: ‘And you shall take me strongly in your arms again / And I will not remember that I even felt the pain.’
30 modern first dance songs
Key lyrics: ‘Can I go where you go? / Can we always be this close forever and ever?’
‘You’re Somebody Else’ – Flora Cash
Key lyrics: ‘Well, you look like yourself / But you’re somebody else, only it ain’t on the surface.’
‘Peaches’ – Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon
Key lyrics: ‘I wanna wrap my arms around you, baby, never let you go, oh.’
‘Better Half of Me’ – Tom Walker
Key lyrics: ‘And I’m still up at 4 AM / Is this ever gonna end? / Can I rely on you?’
Key lyrics: ‘Don’t know what to say / I wanna see your face / And I know what it feels like to fall in love.’
‘We Found Love’ – Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
Key lyrics: ‘We found love in a hopeless place.’
Key lyrics: ‘Light up, light up / As if you have a choice.’
‘Shallow’ – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Key lyrics: ‘I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in / I’ll never meet the ground.’
‘One Call Away’ – Charlie Puth
Key lyrics: ‘I’m only one call away / I’ll be there to save the day.’
‘You Are the Reason’ – Calum Scott ft. Leona Lewis
Key lyrics: ‘I’d climb every mountain / And swim every ocean / Just to be with you.’
Key lyrics: ‘Baby, you’re like lightning in a bottle / I can’t let you go now that I got it.’
Key lyrics: ‘You are the only one I’ll ever love / If it’s not you, it’s not anyone.’
Key lyrics: ‘You’ve got me, you’ve got me, you’ve got me / Speechless.’
‘If the World Was Ending’ – JP Saxe ft. Julia Michaels
Key lyrics: ‘If the world was ending, you’d come over, right? / You’d come over and you’d stay the night.’
‘Always Remember Us This Way’ – Lady Gaga
Key lyrics: ‘So when I’m all choked up and I can’t find the words / Every time we say goodbye, baby, it hurts.’
‘Sweet Creature’ – Harry Styles
Key lyrics: ‘Sweet creature, sweet creature / Wherever I go, you bring me home.’
Key lyrics: ‘You’re a sunflower, I think your love would be too much.’
Key lyrics: ‘It’s your golden hour / You slow down time in your golden hour.’
‘Hold Me While You Wait’ – Lewis Capaldi
Key lyrics: ‘Hold me while you wait / I wish that I was good enough.’
‘This Year’s Love’ – David Gray
Key lyrics: ‘This year’s love had better last.’
Key lyrics: ‘Show me love / Treat it like we freakin’ on the weekend, show me love.’
‘Blinding Lights’ – The Weeknd
Key lyrics: ‘I’m blinded by the lights / No, I can’t sleep until I feel your touch.’
Key lyrics: ‘I don’t wanna look at anything else now that I saw you / I don’t wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you.’
Key lyrics: ‘Just let me adore you, oh honey.’
Key lyrics: ‘So, baby, come light me up, and maybe I’ll let you on it.’
Key lyrics: ‘I wanna take you somewhere so you know I care / But it’s so cold, and I don’t know where.’
Key lyrics: ‘If you wanna run away with me, I know a galaxy and I can take you for a ride.’
Key lyrics: ‘You light me up inside like the 4th of July / Whenever you’re around, I always seem to smile.’
‘Forever After All’ – Luke Combs
Key lyrics: ‘They say nothing lasts forever, but they ain’t seen us together.’
‘Home’ – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Key lyrics: ‘Home is wherever I’m with you.’
15 upbeat first dance songs
Key lyrics: ‘Because I’m happy / Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof.’
‘Walking on Sunshine’ – Katrina and the Waves
Key lyrics: ‘I’m walking on sunshine, whoa-oh! / And don’t it feel good!’
Key lyrics: ‘Baby, it’s you / You’re the one I love / You’re the one I need.’
Key lyrics: ‘Sugar, yes please / Won’t you come and put it down on me?’
‘Better Together’ – Jack Johnson
Key lyrics: ‘You and I, we’re better together / I could live without you, but I’d rather not.’
Best Day of My Life’ – American Authors
Key lyrics: ‘This is gonna be the best day of my life / My life.’
‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ – Whitney Houston
Key lyrics: ‘I wanna dance with somebody / I wanna feel the heat with somebody.’
‘Shut Up and Dance’ – WALK THE MOON
Key lyrics: ‘Ooh, I want to dance with you / Oh, don’t you dare look back.’
‘Higher Love’ – Kygo ft. Whitney Houston
Key lyrics: ‘Bring me a higher love / Where’s that higher love I keep thinking of?’
‘Dog Days Are Over’ – Florence + The Machine
Key lyrics: ‘The dog days are over / The dog days are done / The horses are coming, so you better run.’
‘Feel So Close’ – Calvin Harris
Key lyrics: ‘I feel so close to you right now / It’s a force field.’
Key lyrics: ‘I do my hair toss, check my nails / Baby, how you feelin’? / Feeling good as hell!’
‘Let’s Get Loud’ – Jennifer Lopez
Key lyrics: ‘Let’s get loud, let’s get loud / Turn the music up, let’s do it.’
Key lyrics: ‘Keep it real to real in the way I feel / I could walk you down the aisle.’
‘Can’t Stop the Feeling!’ – Justin Timberlake
Key lyrics: ‘I got that sunshine in my pocket / Got that good soul in my feet.’
30 indie first dance songs
‘There Will Be Time’ – Mumford & Sons ft. Baaba Maal
Key lyrics: ‘In the cold light, I live to love and adore you / It’s all that I am, it’s all that I have.’
Key lyrics: ‘Bloom, bloom, bloom, bloom, bloom / You are the light in the dark.’
Key lyrics: ‘Come with me, my love / To the sea, the sea of love.’
Key lyrics: ‘I belong with you, you belong with me, you’re my sweetheart.’
‘You’ve Got the Love’ – Florence + The Machine
Key lyrics: ‘You’ve got the love, you’ve got the love / You’ve got the love, you’ve got the love.’
‘Flightless Bird, American Mouth’ – Iron & Wine
Key lyrics: ‘I was a quick wet boy / Diving too deep for coins / All of your straight lines.’
‘Grow Old With Me’ – Tom Odell
Key lyrics: ‘Grow old with me, let us share what we see / And we’ll share what we love.’
Key lyrics: ‘I would die for you / But that’s just not enough.’
‘Turning Page’ – Sleeping at Last
Key lyrics: ‘And with your love, my hands are tied / In this world where we could collide.’
Key lyrics: ‘She is love, and she is all I need.’
‘First Day of My Life’ – Bright Eyes
Key lyrics: ‘This is the first day of my life / I swear I was born right in the doorway.’
Key lyrics: ‘Look at the stars, look how they shine for you / And everything you do, yeah, they were all yellow.’
‘Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop’ – Landon Pigg
Key lyrics: ‘I think I fell in love today, oh / I think I fell in love today.’
Key lyrics: ‘Come on skinny love, just last the year / Pour a little salt, we were never here.’
Key lyrics: ‘1, 2, 3, 4, tell me that you love me more / Sleepless long nights, that is what my youth was for.’
Key lyrics: ‘And at once I knew I was not magnificent / Strayed above the highway aisle.’
‘Sweet Disposition’ – The Temper Trap
Key lyrics: ‘Sweet disposition / Never too soon, oh, oh / I’m just trying to find / A place for you.’
‘Big Jet Plane’ – Angus & Julia Stone
Key lyrics: ‘She said, ‘Hey, you, and you / Don’t you know that I am the one / Who can make you feel so blue?”
Key lyrics: ‘All I want is nothing more / To hear you knocking at my door.’
Key lyrics: ‘Oh, Ophelia, you’ve been on my mind / Girl, since the flood.’
Key lyrics: ‘All that space in between where we stand / Could be our chance / Could be our chance.’
‘Roslyn’ – Bon Iver & St. Vincent
Key lyrics: ‘This is not the sound of a new man / or a crispy realisation / It’s the sound of the unlocking and the lift away.’
Key lyrics: ‘I will be the one to keep you warm / Hold your heart, keep it from the storm.’
Key lyrics: ‘If I lay here / If I just lay here / Would you lie with me and just forget the world?’
Key lyrics: ‘And I know that I will love you / And I know that you will love me.’
Key lyrics: ‘You don’t know me, but I know you / I don’t even want to / I don’t even want to tell you.’
‘Heroes’ – David Bowie (Acoustic Version)
Key lyrics: ‘We can be heroes, just for one day / We can be us, just for one day.’
Key lyrics: ‘I will be your shelter, I will be your storm / I will make you shiver, I will keep you warm.’
‘Stolen’ – Dashboard Confessional
Key lyrics: ‘You have stolen my heart / And I don’t know what to do.’
‘Passenger Seat’ – Death Cab for Cutie
Key lyrics: ‘I’m in love with you / And I am, and I am / In love with you.’
15 unconventional first dance songs
‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ – T.V. Carpio
Key lyrics: ‘Oh, please, say to me / You’ll let me be your man / And please, say to me / You’ll let me hold your hand.’
‘Creep’ – Radiohead (Acoustic Cover)
Key lyrics: ‘When you were here before, couldn’t look you in the eye / You’re just like an angel, your skin makes me cry.’
‘The Book of Love’ – Magnetic Fields
Key lyrics: ‘But I, I love it when you give me things / And you, you ought to give me wedding rings.’
‘You’re My Best Friend’ – Queen
Key lyrics: ‘Ooh, you make me live / Whatever this world can give to me / ‘Cause you’re all I see.’
‘Come As You Are’ – Nirvana (String Quartet Cover)
Key lyrics: ‘Come as you are, as you were / As I want you to be.’
‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ – Guns N’ Roses
Key lyrics: ‘She’s got eyes of the bluest skies / As if they thought of rain / I hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain.’
‘Take Me to Church’ – Hozier (Acoustic Version)
Key lyrics: ‘Take me to church / I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies / I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife.’
‘The Only Exception’ – Paramore
Key lyrics: ‘And I am breaking / I’m not broken / And I’m not breaking / I’m not broken.’
‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ – Gotye ft. Kimbra
Key lyrics: ‘Now you’re just somebody that I used to know / Now you’re just somebody that I used to know.’
Key lyrics: ‘This is Ground Control to Major Tom / You’ve really made the grade / And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.’
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ – Nirvana
Key lyrics: ‘With the lights out, it’s less dangerous / Here we are now, entertain us / I feel stupid and contagious.’
‘Such Great Heights’ – Iron and Wine (a Postal Service cover)
Key lyrics: ‘They will see us waving from such great heights / Come down now, they’ll say / But everything looks perfect from far away.’
‘Young and Beautiful’ – Lana Del Rey
Key lyrics: ‘Will you still love me when I’m no longer young and beautiful?’
Everlong’ – Foo Fighters (Acoustic)
Key lyrics: ‘And I wonder / When I sing along with you / If everything could ever feel this real forever.’
‘Crashed the Wedding’ – Busted
Key lyrics: ‘True love lasts forever / And now we’re back together.’
30 classic first dance songs
‘Unforgettable’ – Nat King Cole
Key lyrics: ‘Unforgettable, that’s what you are / Unforgettable, though near or far.’
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ – Frank Sinatra
Key lyrics: ‘Fly me to the moon / Let me play among the stars / Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars.’
‘The Very Thought of You’ – Billie Holiday
Key lyrics: ‘The very thought of you / And I forget to do / The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do.’
‘And I Love You So’ – Perry Como
Key lyrics: ‘And I love you so / The people ask me how / How I’ve lived till now / I tell them I don’t know.’
‘Cheek to Cheek’ – Fred Astaire
Key lyrics: ‘Heaven, I’m in heaven / And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.’
‘Dream a Little Dream of Me’ – Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
Key lyrics: ‘Stars shining bright above you / Night breezes seem to whisper ‘I love you’.’
‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’ – Frank Sinatra
Key lyrics: ‘I’ve got you under my skin / I’ve got you deep in the heart of me.’
‘For Once in My Life’ – Stevie Wonder
Key lyrics: ‘For once in my life, I have someone who needs me / Someone I’ve needed so long.’
Key lyrics: ‘I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day / When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May.’
‘The Way You Look Tonight’ – Fred Astaire
Key lyrics: ‘Someday, when I’m awfully low / When the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you.’
‘What a Wonderful World’ – Louis Armstrong
Key lyrics: ‘I see trees of green, red roses too / I see them bloom for me and you.’
‘Let’s Face the Music and Dance’ – Nat King Cole
Key lyrics: ‘Let’s face the music and dance / Let’s face the music and dance.’
‘Isn’t It Romantic’ – Ella Fitzgerald
Key lyrics: ‘Isn’t it romantic? / Music in the night, a dream that can be heard.’
‘It Had to Be You’ – Harry Connick Jr.
Key lyrics: ‘It had to be you, it had to be you / I wandered around and finally found / The somebody who could make me be true.’
Key lyrics: ‘When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore.’
Key lyrics: ‘Only you can make the darkness bright.’
‘That’s How Strong My Love Is’ – Otis Redding
Key lyrics: ‘That’s how strong my love is, baby, baby / That’s how strong my love is.’
‘You Belong to Me’ – Jo Stafford
Key lyrics: ‘See the pyramids along the Nile / Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle.’
Key lyrics: ‘I’ll be loving you, always / With a love that’s true, always.’
‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ – Ella Fitzgerald
Key lyrics: ‘There’s a somebody I’m longing to see / I hope that he turns out to be / Someone to watch over me.’
‘True Love’ – Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly
Key lyrics: ‘True love, true love / Oh, true love, true love.’
Key lyrics: ‘When marimba rhythms start to play / Dance with me, make me sway.’
‘A Kiss to Build a Dream On’ – Louis Armstrong
Key lyrics: ‘Give me a kiss to build a dream on / And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss.’
‘They Can’t Take That Away From Me’ – Frank Sinatra
Key lyrics: ‘The way you wear your hat / The way you sip your tea / The memory of all that.’
‘You Do Something to Me’ – Paul Weller
Key lyrics: ‘You do something to me, something that simply mystifies me.’
‘How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)’ – Marvin Gaye
Key lyrics: ‘How sweet it is to be loved by you / How sweet it is to be loved by you.’
‘When a Man Loves a Woman’ – Percy Sledge
Key lyrics: ‘When a man loves a woman / Can’t keep his mind on nothin’ else.’
Key lyrics: ‘So darling, darling stand by me / Oh, stand by me.’
Key lyrics: ‘Chances are, ’cause I wear a silly grin / The moment you come into view.’
Key lyrics: ‘I only have eyes for you / The moon may be high / But I can’t see a thing in the sk