Top 10 upbeat first dance songs

Most of our clients want their wedding to be one big party, and this includes their first dance! We’ve put together a list of fun, upbeat songs that real wedding clients have selected for this key moment of the night.

You’ll see from the list below that films are a great source of inspiration for first dance songs!

1. You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry (You know, the one from Pulp Fiction!)
2. Love On Top – Beyonce
3. Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader
4. You Got It – Roy Orbison
5. You Make My Dreams (Come True) – Hall & Oates
6. Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Staton, transitioning in the cover by Kym Mazelle (from Romeo + Juliet)
7. Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn
8. Thinking Of You – Lord Echo
9. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – Leo Sayer
10. Baby, I Love Your Way – Big Mountain.

Listen on Spotify

You can listen to all of these tracks in our Spotify playlist.

For more help in choosing a first dance song, read our blog on this very topic.

Photo credit: Georgia Verrells