FINALLY! A modern First Dance Wedding Song List!
There are a whole lot of “Old Fart Wedding DJ Song Lists” littering our internet. These were written by semi-retired, gray-bearded, Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia-look-alike disc jockeys. They probably got one gig a month and therefore had plenty of time to flood the web with their cheesy old 80′s power-ballad favorites! Do you really want Dirty Dancing smarmy smash hits at your wedding?
Before now, in order to find good modern first dance songs ideas on the net, you had to weed through Dionne Warwick, Peter Frampton and a whole host of artists with sweet mullets who are no longer relevant in today’s pop culture. Most brides and grooms getting married today have no idea who these singers are and were probably not even alive yet when they were popular. While there are some great classics out there, this list concentrates on late ninties up until today; the slow jams that today’s bride and groom likely grew up with and listen to. Here is my list:
TOP 100 MODERN FIRST DANCE WEDDING SONGS – NEW/ALTERNATIVE LIST, by DJ Kenny Casanova, 2011
Adele – Make you feel my Love
Alanis Morissette – Head Over Feet
Alicia Keys – Fallin’
Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You
All 4 One – I Swear
Ashlee Simpson – Pieces Of Me
Avril Lavigne – I’m With You
Ben Folds – The Luckiest
Barenaked Ladies – It’s All Been Done
Beyoncé – At Last (Remake of Etta James)
Brad Paisley – Then
Bright Eyes – First Day of My Life
Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
Bruno Mars – Marry You
Carrie Underwood – Look At Me
Charlotte Church – Crazy Chick
Christina Aguilera – Beautiful
Christina Aguilera – I Turn To You
Creed – With Arms Wide Open
Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
Colbie Caillat – I Do
Coldplay – Green Eyes
Coldplay – In My Place
Corrs – All The Love In The World
Counting Crows – Accidentally In Love
Dave Matthews Band – You and Me
Delta Goodrem – Out Of The Blue
Dido – Thank You
Dixie Chicks – Cowboy Take Me Away
Edwin McCain – I’ll Be
Edwin McCain – I could not ask for more
Enrique Iglesias – Hero
Frankie J with Baby Bash – Obsession (No Es Amor)
Frankie J – More Than Words
Foo Fighters – Everlong
Ginuwine – Differences
Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
Guy Sebastian – Angles Brought Me Here
Howie Day – Collide
IZ Isreal Kamakawiwoʻole – Somewhere over The Rainbow
Jack Johnson -Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson – Better Together
James Blunt – You’re Beautiful
Jason Mraz and Colbie Callait Lucky
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Jennifer Lopez – Baby I Love You
John Michael Montgomery – I Swear
Josh Groban – You Raise Me Up
Katy Perry – Thinking Of You K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
K-Ci & JoJo – Crazy
Kelly Clarkson – A Moment Like This
Kelly Clarkson – Before Your Love
Kelly Clarkson – Thankful
Leane Womack – I Hope You Dance
Lonestar – Amazed
Maroon 5 – She Will Be Loved
Marc Broussard – Lucky
Michelle Branch – Game Of Love
Michael Buble – Everything
Mika – Love Today Miley Cyrus – The Climb
Monica and Usher – Slow Jam
Newton Faulkner – Dream Catch Me
Norah Jones- Those Sweet Words
Ne-Yo – Sexy Love
O-Town – Always
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
OneRepublic – Stop and Stare
Owl City – If My Heart Was A House
Plain White T’s – 1 2 3 4
Plain White T’s – Rhythm of Love
Paulini – Angel Eyes
Rascal Flats – My Wish
Ray LaMontagne – Hold You In My Arms
Ricki Lee – Love Is All Around
Rihanna – Umbrella
Rob Thomas – Little Wonders
Runner Runner – Can’t Hardly Wait
Santana & Chad Croeger – Into The Night
Sara Evans – I could not ask for more
Sarah McLachlan – I Will Remember You
Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You
Shakira – Underneath Your Clothes
Shania Twain – Always and Forever
Sixpence None The Richer – Kiss Me
Smashing Pumpkins – Today
Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars
Stickwitu – Pussycat Dolls
Taylor Swift – Today Was a Fairytale
Taylor Swift – Ours
Train – Marry Me
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight
Uncle Kracker – Smile
Usher – U Got It Bad
U2 – Beautiful Day
Vanessa Amorosi – Perfect
Van Morrison – Days like This
Van Morrison – Faith in Me
Vanassa Carlton – A Thousand Miles
Westlife – Swear It Again
Love the picture!!
Good collection.Nice list added.
Did anyone else notice that some of these songs are about cheating and lost love?
Lisa – I KNOW! It’s crazy, but that is where pop artists dwell today. And honestly, the younger kids and modern brides & grooms of today DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LYRICS. Back in the day, you wanted to stay away from songs with content like this, but today, it is more about the beat and music, than what is being sung.
Example… I have young five-year-old kids at sweet 16′s requesting Rihanna’s S&M and know all the words, but have no idea what they are singing about!
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