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Top 50 Father Daughter Dance Songs

We analyzed more than 250 wedding playlists to come up with the most requested father daughter dance songs 2016. These weddings took place in Wilmington, North Carolina and Corolla, Duck, Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head in the Outer Banks. Songs by Billy Joel, The Beatles, Kenny Chesney, Van Morrison, Frank Sinatra and Brad Paisley were all chosen as tributes to fathers and daughters.

“I Loved her First” by Heartland, “My Little Girl” by Tim McGraw and “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle made the top of the wedding songs father daughter dance list. “My Girl” by The Temptations and “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong are always classic choices for father daughter dance songs.

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The 5 Most Popular Artists and Their Songs

We also looked at which artists were the most requested for father-daughter dances, and which of their songs were most popular, and Van Morrison leads the pack with 3 songs:

About The Analysis

To come up with this father daughter dance songs list, we looked at more than 250 wedding song selections to discover the top 50 listed above. While we expected the likes of traditional tunes like “My Little Girl,” “Daughters” and “Brown-Eyed Girl,” we were really surprised by the hard rock ballad “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” We just have to applaud the dads and daughters who took on that one.

We hope this song list helps you with father daughter dance song ideas. Do you have any recommendations for good father daughter dance songs that aren’t on our list? Feel free to let us know in the comments.

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About the Author
George Wainwright has been a DJ since 1988 and is the owner of Coastal DJ & Video, a team of DJs and videographers serving pretty much all of NC. His music favorites include Beach Classics, Old School, Disco, Top 40, and Club.

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I Loved Her First – Heartland


My Little Girl – Tim McGraw


Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle


My Girl – The Temptations


My Wish – Rascal Flatts


What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong


Cinderella – Steven Curtis Chapman


The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra


Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder


In My Life – The Beatles


Somewhere Over the Rainbow & What A Beautiful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole


Father And Daughter – Paul Simon


Humble And Kind – Tim McGraw


Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion


Landslide – Fleetwood Mac


Stand By Me – Ben E. King


Unforgettable – Natalie Cole and Nat Cole


It Won’t Be Like This For Long – Darius Rucker


Just Fishin’ – Trace Adkins


Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton


Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison


Daughters – John Mayer


Walk With You – Edwin McCain


I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack


Stealing Cinderella – Chuck Wicks


Wildflowers – Tom Petty


You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins


Sweet Heart O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses


Lullabye – Billy Joel


You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker


God Only Knows – Beach Boys


Forever Young – Rod Stewart


Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross


Your Song – Elton John


How Sweet It Is – James Taylor


Daughter – Loudon Wainwright III


Daddy’s Little Girl – Al Martino


There Goes My Life – Kenny Chesney


Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel


Tupelo Honey – Van Morrison


Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison


The Way You Look Tonight – Steve Tyrell


Make You Feel My Love – Adele


Tough Little Boys – Gary Allan


Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles


He Didn’t Have To Be – Brad Presley


Then They Do – Trace Adkins


There You’ll Be – Faith Hill


Tiny Dancer – Elton John


To Sir With Love – Lulu

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