Today, we're bringing you something unashamedly sentimental - a list of our favourite songs for the father daughter dance! A longstanding tradition in the US that's yet to fully take hold in the UK and Ireland, the father daughter dance is an opportunity to have a special moment with one of the most important people in your life. All you need is a dancefloor, a wedding band or DJ, and a song. Featuring everything from classic rock bangers to nostalgic pop gems to timeless jazz numbers, our list of father daughter dance songs (and the accompanying Spotify playlist!) will help get you started. Oh, and there's no reason why grooms have to miss out on this tradition - we've seen quite a few father son dances on our travels!

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Father Daughter Dance Songs

To Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan You're My Best Friend - Queen Daughters – John Mayer How You've Grown - 10,000 Maniacs I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison You Got It – Roy Orbison I Turn to You - Christina Aguilera Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans They Can't Take That Away From Me – Ella Fitzgerald Over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Sweet Pea - Amos Lee How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - James Taylor Sweet Child o' Mine – Guns N' Roses Thank You – Led Zeppelin When You Need Me - Bruce Springsteen I Hope You Danc e – Lee Ann Womack Through the Years – Kenny Rogers There'll You'll Be – Faith Hill Walk With You - Edwin McCain Sunrise, Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong Wildflowers - Tom Petty Gracie - Ben Folds My Darling - Wilco Kind and Generous - Natalie Merchant Daughter - Loudon Wainwright Father and Daughter - Paul Simon Isn’t She Lovely - Stevie Wonder Ain’t That Love - Ray Charles To Sir With Love - Lulu It’s For My Dad - Nancy Sinatra Three Little Birds - Bob Marley My Wish - Rascal Flatts I Wish You Love - Frank Sinatra Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel Daddy - Beyoncé Daddy’s Little Girl - Michael Bolton Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - Elton John Daddy's Hands - Holly Dunn Daddy Dance With Me - Krystal Keith Dream - Priscilla Ahn Forever - The Beach Boys God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton Always Be Your Baby - Natalie Grant Lullaby - Billy Joel Stealing Cinderella - Chuck Wicks Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler Unforgettable - Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole You Are My Sunshine - Johnny Cash It Won’t Be Like This for Long - Darius Rucker My Girl - The Temptations My Little Girl - Tim McGraw One in a Million - Larry Graham She’s a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones She’s Leaving Home - The Beatles You Send Me - Sam Cooke It’s All in the Game - Tommy Edwards The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra Stairway to the Stars - Ella Fitzgerald Someone to Watch Over Me - Amy Winehouse Just the Way You Are - Maggie Gyllenhaal I Loved Her First - Hearland Dance with my Daughter - Joe Blaine Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion Child of Mine - Carol King Dance with My Father - Luther Vandross Just fishin' - Trace Adkins Cecilia and the Satellite - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney I Don’t Dance - Lee Brice Roots and Wings - Miranda Lambert Dance Like Yo Daddy - Meghan Trainer Landslide - Fleetwood Mac I Will Walk With You - John Fogerty Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison One Call Away - Charlie Puth I Lived - One Republic Hold My Hand - Hootie and the Blowfish Emmy Lou - Vance Joy Humble and Kind - Tim McGraw Butterfly Fly Away - Miley Cyrus You’ll Be in My Heart - Phil Collins God Only Knows - The Beach Boys Don’t Blink - Kenny Chesney All American Girl - Carrie Underwood I’ll Be Your Man - Zac Brown Band Never Grow Up - Taylor Swift You’ve Got A Friend - James Taylor Make you Feel My Love - Adele Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles Ready Set Go - Billy Ray Cyrus He Didn’t Have to Be - Brad Paisley Tiny Dancer - Elton John Stand By Me - Ben E King In My Daughter's Eyes - Martina McBride My Old Man - Zac Brown Band Love Me Now - John Legend

Featured image credit: Shaun Menary Photography via Inside Weddings

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