First Dance Songs
Click on the Spotify or Apple Music buttons to listen to the whole playlist. Keep scrolling down on this page to see the songs listed, the artist, and the style(s) of dance that fit. I’ve made a conscious effort to include all of the songs I think can represent all sorts of love stories. I will try to keep this page updated as well as the playlist!
KEY ABBREVIATIONS*:
ECS - East Coast Swing
WCS - West Coast Swing
NC2 - Nightclub 2 Step
C2S - Country Two-Step
Afterglow - Ed Sheeran
Rhumba, Bolero
All My Loving - The Beatles
Triple Step Swing/East Coast Swing (ECS), Foxtrot
All We Are - Matt Nathanson
Viennese Waltz
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Foxtrot, West Coast Swing (WCS)/slower swing styles
And I Love Her - The Beatles
Rhumba
Any Time at All - The Beatles
Triple Step Swing/ECS, various quicker swing styles
As Long as You Love Me - Sleeping At Last
Rhumba, Bolero
As Long as You Love Me - Backstreet Boys
Night Club Two Step (NC2)
Barcelona - Ed Sheeran
Salsa, NC2
Begin Again - Taylor Swift
Foxtrot, NC2
Best Day Of My Life - American Authors
NC2, WCS, Jitterbug, Hustle
Bits and Pieces - JP Cooper
Rhumba, Bolero, Foxtrot
Can I Kiss You? - Dahl
NC2, Hustle
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis (or covers)
Foxtrot
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
Foxtrot
Classic - MKTO
WCS, Hustle, NC2
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
SLOW VERSION - Foxtrot
NORMAL - ECS/Triple Step Swing/var. swing styles
Dance With Me - Orleans
NC2, WCS, Jitterbug
Dancing In The Moonlight - Jubël (cover artist)
Rhumba, Cha Cha (all versions)
Hustle (Jubel cover only)
Dancing’s Not a Crime - P!ATD
WCS, Jitterbug, NC2
Dusk Till Dawn - Daniel Jang (cover)
NC2
Death of a Bachelor - P!ATD
NC2, WCS, Rhumba, Foxtrot
Enchanted - Taylor Swift
NC2, Foxtrot
Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift
NC2, Rhumba
Falling like the Stars - James Arthur
Foxtrot
Feel Invincible - Skillet
Triple Step Swing
First Dance - Never Shout Never
Jitterbug
Hey Stupid, I Love You - JP Saxe, Mau y Ricky
NC2
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
NC2
Hometown - Diplo
NC2, Rhumba
How You Get the Girl - Taylor Swift
Cha Cha, Hustle, Rhumba box can fit (very quick)
I Will Follow You Into the Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Jitterbug, Rhumba, Bachata
I Will Be There - Odessa
NC2
I’ll Name the Dogs - Blake Shelton
NC2, Country 2-Step (C2S)
if we never met - John K
Rhumba
(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer
Jitterbug, var. Swing Styles
It’s De-lovely - Cole Porter (Hal Linder & Barbara Lang)
Foxtrot
Lifetimes - Oh Wonder
NC2
Like No One Does - Jake Scott
NC2, Rhumba
Lose It - Oh Wonder
NC2, WCS
Love Me Do - The Beatles
ECS/Triple Step Swing, var. swing styles
Lover - Taylor Swift
Viennese Waltz
Lucky - Chelsea Cutler
NC2, Rhumba
Meet Me At Our Spot - THE ANXIETY, WILLOW SMITH
NC2
May I Have This Dance - Meadowlark (cover)
WCS, NC2
May I Have This Dance - Francis and the Lights
Rhumba, NC2, WCS
Heart Like Yours - Williamette Stone
Foxtrot
*this song is deceptively in 4/4, but keeping a standard foxtrot box lets you transition easier
Rescue - Tyler James Bellinger
NC2, WCS
Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
NC2, Salsa/Mambo, WCS
Shut Up and Dance - WALK THE MOON
Hustle, Bachata
Slow Dance - AJ Mitchell
NC2, Rhumba, Cha Cha (towards the end of the chorus)
Slow Dance in a Parking Lot - Jordan Davis
NC2, Rhumba, C2S
Something Just Like This - The Theorist (cover)
Foxtrot
T-Shirt - Thomas Rhett
NC2, WCS, C2S
Talk Too Much - COIN
NC2, Rhumba, Hustle
Texas - Magic Man
Hustle (quick), Rhumba, Jitterbug
This Love - Taylor Swift
Foxtrot, Rhumba, NC2
A Thousand Years - Daniel Jang (cover)
Viennese Waltz, American Waltz
Today Was a Fairytale - Taylor Swift
NC2, Foxtrot (for that princess-y look)
The Way I Are - Bebe Rexha
NC2, WCS
We Were the Same - Matt Maeson
Foxtrot, ECS/Triple Step Swing, Hustle
A Year Ago - Birds of Bellwoods
Rhumba, ECS/Triple Step Swing, Hustle
Young Dumb & Broke - Kina Grannis (cover)
Rhumba
Young Dumb & Broke - Khalid
NC2, Rhumba
2step - Ed Sheeran
NC2
2002 - Anne-Marie
NC2, WCS
2002 - Daniel Jang (cover)
Rhumba
Perfect - Ed Sheeran (and any of the duets)
Viennese Waltz
You’re Still The One - Shania Twain
NC2
Making Memories of Us - Keith Urban
Rhumba, Bolero
Your Everything - Keith Urban
NC2
From This Moment On - Shania Twain
Rhumba
Conversations in the Dark - John Legend
Foxtrot, Rhumba
In Case You Didn’t Know - Brett Young
NC2
Better Together - Jack Johnson
NC2, WCS (quick), ECS/Triple Step Swing, Jitterbug (slow)
Tough Ones - Cooper Allan
NC2
Lost in This Moment - Big & Rich
NC2
Take My Hand - Emily Hackett
Rhumba
That’s What Love Is - Alexandra Kay
Foxtrot
Someone Like You - Collin McLoughlin
NC2
I Am Yours - Andy Grammar
Foxtrot
When I Look At You - Miley Cyrus
Viennese Waltz, mod. American Waltz
All of Me - John Legend
Foxtrot