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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 11, 2014 3:38 PM UTC  Bride and groom dancing at reception Bride and groom dancing at reception Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jul 11, 2014 3:38 PM UTC Summertime is wedding time, so to commemorate the season, Spotify looked at thousands of wedding-themed playlists to determine the 10 most popular first dance songs. So, not a totally scientific round-up, but the results do seem to be pretty accurate based on our own not-so-scientific assessments. We’re surprised that “Come Away With Me” by Norah Jones and “Marry You” by Bruno Mars aren’t on the list, but otherwise, we can totally picture newlyweds dancing to these tunes: 1. “At Last” by Etta James 2. “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz 3. “You Are The Best Thing” by Ray LaMontagne 4. “All of Me” by John Legend 5. “Better Together” by Jack Johnson 6. “A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri 7. “Everything” by Michael Bublé 8. “First Day Of My Life” by Bright Eyes 9. “Then” by Brad Paisley 10. “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele And now, if you feel like listening to them, here’s the playlist: ([h/t Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/best-wedding-first-dance-songs-2014-7)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2976545/these-are-the-10-most-popular-wedding-first-dance-songs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2976545/these-are-the-10-most-popular-wedding-first-dance-songs/"},"headline":"These Are the 10 Most Popular Wedding First Dance Songs","datePublished":"2014-07-11T15:38:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:36.272Z","description":"According to Spotify, that is","url":"https://time.com/2976545/these-are-the-10-most-popular-wedding-first-dance-songs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Spotify","Weddings","Songs","Adele"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13296e3082cfe3f/69869b693bc99952c31a47d4/119702455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13296e3082cfe3f/69869b693bc99952c31a47d4/119702455.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"119702455","caption":"119702455","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2976545/these-are-the-10-most-popular-wedding-first-dance-songs/","name":"These Are the 10 Most Popular Wedding First Dance Songs"}}]}] ```