First Dance

This is a list of first dance songs from The Knot that may give you ideas for your first dance song. In addition, a few songs used typically during the parent's and wedding party dances are highlighted. John has played many of these songs but not all of them. If he doesn't know it or isn't suited for it, find out if he has the recording.

After the Lovin' (Englebert Humperdinck)
All I Ask of You (Michael Crawford, from The Phantom of the Opera)
Almost Paradise (Ann Wilson and Mike Reno, from Footloose)
Always (Erasure)
Always (Atlantic Star)
Always and Forever (Heatwave)
All I Long For (Michael English and Susan Ashton)
All the Way (Frank Sinatra)
After All (Peter Cetera and Cher)
All I Ever Wanted (Margaret Becker)
As Time Goes By (from Casablanca)
At Last (Gene Watson)
Avalon (Roxy Music)
Babe (Styx)
Beautiful (Gordon Lightfoot)
Beautiful in My Eyes (Joshua Kadison)
Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)
Butterfly Kisses
The Best Is Yet To Come (Frank Sinatra)
The Best of Times (Styx)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John, from The Lion King)
Caught Up in the Rapture (Anita Baker)
Can't Get Enough of Your Love (Barry White)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Chances Are (Johnny Mathis)
Change The World (Eric Clapton)
Close to You (The Carpenters)
Colour of My Love (Celine Dion)
Colour My World (Chicago)
Come Rain or Come Shine (Frank Sinatra or Bette Midler)
Could I Have this Dance (Anne Murray)
Crazy For You (Madonna)
Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
Daddy's Little Girl
Dance of Love (Dan Hill)
Don't Know Much (Linda Ronstadt/Aaron Neville)
Embraceable You (Nat King Cole)
Endless Love (Diana Ross and Lionel Richie)
Endless Love (Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey)
Every Breath You Take (The Police, Sting)
Every Woman in the World (Air Supply)
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Faithfully (Journey)
Falling Into You (Celine Dion)
Fascination (Jane Morgan)
Feels So Right (Alabama)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra)
Forever (Kenny Loggins)
Forever and Ever, Amen (Randy Travis)
For the First Time (Kenny Loggins)
Friends (Elton John)
Friends for Life (Debi Boone)
Giving You the Best that I've Got (Anita Baker)
Giving You the Rest of My Life (Bob Carlisle)
Glory of Love (Peter Cetera)
Groovy Kind of Love (Phil Collins)
Grow Old With Me (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison or Rod Stewart)
Heaven (Brian Adams)
Here and Now (Luther Vandross)
Here We Are (Gloria Estefan)
Hero (Mariah Carey)
Heroes (David Bowie)
Hold Me (Whitney Houston and Teddy Pendergrass)
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) (James Taylor)
Honestly (Stryper)
I Believe in You and Me (The Four Tops)
I Don't Want to Live Without You (Foreigner)
I Finally Found Someone (Barbara Streisand and Bryan Adams)
I Get a Kick out of You (Frank Sinatra)
I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)
I Love You (April Wine)
I Only Have Eyes For You (The Flamingos or Art Garfunkel)
I Swear (John Michael Montgomery)
I Swear (All 4 One)
I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner)
I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
If (Bread)
If Tomorrow Never Comes (Garth Brooks)
I'll Always Be Right There (Bryan Adams)
I'll Always Love You (Taylor Dayne)
I'm In You (Peter Frampton)
In My Life (The Beatles/Bette Midler)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
I.O.U. (Lee Greenwood)
It Had To Be You (Frank Sinatra)
It Must Be Love (Madness)
I've Got a Crush on You (Linda Ronstadt)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Just You and I (Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle)
Lady (Kenny Rogers)
Let It Be Me (The Everly Brothers)
Let's Stay Together (Al Green)
Lost In Love (New Edition)
Love Song (The Cure)
Love Me Tomorrow (Chicago)
Love Of A Lifetime (Firehouse)
Love Will Keep Us Alive (Eagles)
The Man In Love With You (George Strait)
Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
Misty (Errol Garner)
More (Andy Williams)
More Than Words Can Say (Alias)
My Girl (The Temptations)
Need I Say More (George Strait)
Never Gonna Let You Go (Sergio Mendes)
Night and Day (Frank Sinatra)
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (Glenn Medeiros)
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship)
Now And Forever (Richard Marx)
On Bended Knee (Boys II Men)
On the Wings of Love (Jeffrey Osborne)
The One (Elton John)
The One (Lionel Richie)
One In a Million You (Larry Graham)
One Moment In Time (Whitney Houston)
Only You (The Platters)
Only Want To Be With You (Hootie and the Blowfish)
Open Arms (Journey)
Our Love is Here to Stay (Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme)
Perhaps Love (Placido Domingo and John Denver)
The Power of Love (Celine Dion)
Ribbon in the Sky (Stevie Wonder)
The Rose (Bette Midler)
Same Ole Love (Anita Baker)
Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams)
She's Got a Way (Billy Joel)
Slave to Love (Bryan Ferry 9 1/2 Weeks soundtrack)
So In Love (kd lang)
Solid (As a Rock) (Ashford and Simpson)
Somebody (Depeche Mode)
Someone to Watch Over Me (Frank Sinatra or Linda Ronstadt)
Sometimes When We Touch (Dan Hill)
Somewhere (from West Side Story)
Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Suddenly (Billy Ocean)
Summer Wind (Frank Sinatra)
Sweet Love (Anita Baker)
Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
That's What Friends Are For
Through the Eyes of Love (Melissa Manchester, theme from Ice Castles)
Time In a Bottle (Jim Croce)
Together Forever (Rick Astley)
Tonight and Forever (Carly Simon)
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You (Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson)
True (Spandau Ballet)
True Companion (Marc Cohen)
Truly (Lionel Richie)
Two Less Lonely People In The World (Air Supply)
Unchained Melody (the Righteous Brothers)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
Up Where We Belong (Joe Crocker and Jennifer Warnes)
Vision Of Love (Mariah Carey)
Waiting For a Girl Like You (Foreigner)
The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
We Belong (Pat Benatar)
We've Only Just Begun (The Carpenters)
When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge)
When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole)
When I Need You (Leo Sayer)
A Whole New World (Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle, theme from Aladdin)
Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
With You I'm Born Again (Billy Preston and Serita)
Woman (John Lennon)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
You Are My Lady (Freddie Jackson)
You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
You Do Something To Me (Frank Sinatra)
You Give Good Love (Whitney Houston)
You Mean The World To Me (Toni Braxton)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
Your Love Amazes Me (John Berry)
Your Song (Elton John)
You're in My Heart (Rod Stewart)
You're My Best Friend (Queen)
You're My Home (Billy Joel)
You're the Inspiration (Chicago)
You've Got a Friend (James Taylor)