50 Recommended First Dance Songs for Weddings

Browsing the internet, there are some awful lists of suggested special songs for weddings that were clearly not compiled by musical people.  Below are listed 50 awesome tracks to consider for a bride and groom's first dance.  These tracks span various genres and the majority have been used by Ambient DJs' past clients.

The first 25 tracks are Modern or Alternative Tracks, while the second 25 are traditional and timeless selections!

25 Modern or Alternative First Dance Songs

1) You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
2) Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
3) Slave to Love - Bryan Ferry
4) Desire - Ryan Adams
5) The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
6) I Only Have Eyes for You - Jamie Cullum
7) All That You'll Be - Emma Bunton
8) Marry Me - Train
9) I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
10) Better Together - Jack Johnson
11) Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
12) In a Little While - U2
13) Two Love Birds - Robin Thicke
14) By Your Side - Sade
15) Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
16) Lovesong - The Cure, or 311
17) The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
18) All Mine - Portishead
19) The Luckiest - Ben Folds
20) My Favourite Book - Stars
21) Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips
22) True Companion - Marc Cohn
23) For a Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
24) Awake - Secondhand Serenade
25) Make a Memory - Bon Jovi

25 Traditional and Timeless First Dance Songs

1) When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
2) You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics
3) These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding
4) It Had To Be You - Harry Connick, Jr.
5) The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra
6) Crazy Love - Van Morrison
7) I Will - The Beatles
8) Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
9) Amazed - Lonestar
10) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Marcia Griffiths
11) Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
12) Heaven - Bryan Adams
13) Don't Want To Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
14) At Last - Etta James
15) Always and Forever - Heatwave
16) All My Life - K.C. and Jojo
17) Through the Fire - Chaka Khan
18) From This Moment - Shania Twain w/Bryan White
19) It's Your Love - Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
20) Can't Help Falling in Love With You - Elvis Presley
21) Beautiful in My Eyes - Joshua Kadison
22) Crazy for You - Madonna
23) Lost in Love - Air Supply
24) Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
25) We Have All the Time in the World - Louis Armstrong

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