90 Best Money Dance Songs – Dollar Dance
“It takes money, (Dollar bill y’all, dollar bill y’all)” to go on a honeymoon, if you pardon the quote from Jimmy Spicer. But that doesn’t mean that the dollar dance is bad. It’s a fun way to celebrate the wedding couple and to get some extra face time with the bride and groom. So, what’s the best song to play? We got you.
What’s the Dollar Dance?
The dollar dance or money dance at a wedding reception is a bit controversial in our American culture. The concept behind the money dance is that the men pay for the opportunity to dance with the bride and the women pay for the opportunity to dance with the groom. The money is typically saved for the wedding couple’s honeymoon.
This tradition is a fun way to get one-on-one time during the wedding reception with the bride and groom. The good thing is that it works for same-sex couples, too. Generally, people line up to dance part of the song and dollar bills are either pinned to the dress or there is a bag.
Do We Need A Dollar Dance At Our Wedding?
We talked about the dollar dance in our post “60 Songs To Avoid at Your Wedding“. Suffice it to say, that this decision is up to you and how you want to approach your wedding ceremony. If it is a huge part of your culture, then do it.
“In Nigeria, it’s called the money spray, in Greece tossing money at the couple is part of a dance called kalamatiano (afterwards the money is collected and given to the band), and in Poland it’s tradition to pin money to the bride’s dress at the reception.” The Knot
The dollar dance doesn’t have to have the word “dollar” in it. It doesn’t even have to be slow. We have a ton of songs like “Brown Eyed Girl” that are fun dancing songs and even “I Will Always Love You” on the list that’s nice and slow. Make sure to talk to your wedding planner and DJ to find the best song — or songs — for this special time.
Do you see any that we missed? Comment on the post with the song you suggest along with the one it should replace.
Similar song lists for further reading:
List of the Top Money Dance Songs
Money Dance song list curated by Matthew Campbell
Last Updated: January 24, 2021
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| Song | Amazon Link | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Doleac Mom and Daddy’s Money 2018, Country |  | |
| Adele Make You Feel My Love 2008, R&B | | |
| Aerosmith I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing 1998, Rock | | |
| Barenaked Ladies If I Had $1,000,000 1996, Rock | | |
| Beatles With A Little Help From My Friends 1967, Rock | | |
| Ben E. King Stand By Me 1961, Soul | | |
| Big & Rich Lost In This Moment 2007, Country | | |
| Blake Shelton God Gave Me You 2011, Country | | |
| Bobby Darin Mack The Knife 1959, Pop | | |
| Boyz II Men End of the Road 1992, R&B | | |
| Brad Paisley She’s Everything 2005, Country | | |
| Brad Paisley Wrapped Around 2001, Country | | |
| Brian McKnight Back At One 1999, R&B | | |
| Bruno Mars 24K Magic 2016, Pop | | |
| Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are 2010, Pop | | |
| Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 1991, Rock | | |
| Bryan Adams Heaven 1984, Rock | | |
| Chicago Colour My World 1970, Rock | | |
| Chris Stapleton Millionaire 2017, Country | | |
| Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey 2015, Country | | |
| Christina Perri A Thousand Years 2011, Pop | | |
| Dan + Shay From The Ground Up 2016, Country | | |
| Dan + Shay Speechless 2018, Country | | |
| Dean Martin That's Amore 1953, Pop | | |
| Dionne Warwick That’s What Friends Are For 1982, Pop | | |
| Dire Straits Money For Nothing 1985, Rock | | |
| Eagles Peaceful Easy Feeling 1972, Rock | | |
| Ed Sheeran Perfect 2017, Pop | | |
| Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud 2014, Pop Rock | | |
| Edwin McCain I’ll Be 1998, Rock | | |
| Elton John Can You Feel The Love 1994, Pop Rock | | |
| Elton John Kiss the Bride 1983, Pop Rock | | |
| Elvis Presley Can’t Help Falling In Love 1961, Pop | | |
| Eric Church Doing Life With Me 2020, Doing Life With Me | | |
| Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight 1977, Rock | | |
| Etta James At Last 1960, Blues | | |
| Fantasia Enough 2019, R&B | | |
| Frank Sinatra The Way You Look Tonight 1964, Pop | | |
| Garth Brooks Friends In Low Places 1990, Country | | |
| George Strait I Cross My Heart 1992, Country | | |
| Hunter Hayes Wanted 2012, Country | | |
| Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Somewhere Over The Rainbow 1990, World | | |
| Jackson 5 I’ll Be There 1970, R&B | | |
| James Arthur Falling Like The Stars 2019, Pop | | |
| James Taylor How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) 1975, Folk | | |
| James Taylor You’ve Got A Friend 1971, Folk | | |
| James Tw Incredible 2019, Pop | | |
| Jimmy Buffett Fins 1979, Rock | | |
| Joe Cocker With A Little Help From My Friends 1969, Rock | | |
| John Legend All Of Me 2013, R&B | | |
| Johnny Gill feat. Kevon Edmonds Home 2019, R&B | | |
| Johnny Mathis Chances Are 1957, Pop | | |
| Josh Turner Why Don’t We Just Dance 2009, Country | | |
| Journey Faithfully 1983, Rock | | |
| K-Ci & Jojo All My Life 1997, R&B | | |
| Kacey Musgraves Butterflies 2018, Country | | |
| Kane Brown Heaven 2017, Country | | |
| Kenny Rogers Through The Years 1981, Country | | |
| Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance 2000, Country | | |
| Lee Brice I Don’t Dance 2014, Country | | |
| Lonestar Amazed 1999, Country | | |
| Louis Armstrong What A Wonderful World 1967, Pop | | |
| Luke Bryan Most People Are Good 2017, Country | | |
| Mariah Carey I’ll Be There 1992, R&B | | |
| Meghan Trainor feat. John Legend Like I’m Gonna Lose You 2015, R&B | | |
| Michael Buble Everything 2007, Jazz Pop | | |
| Michael Buble Save The Last Dance For Me 2006, Pop | | |
| Michael W. Smith Friends 1983, Christian | | |
| Music Travel Love The Only One 2019, Pop | | |
| N Sync This I Promise You 2000, Pop | | |
| Nat King Cole L-O-V-E 1964, Jazz | | |
| Norah Jones Come Away With Me 2002, Pop | | |
| Pink Floyd Money 1973, Rock | | |
| Rascal Flatts Bless The Broken Road 2004, Country | | |
| Rascal Flatts My Wish 2006, Country | | |
| Reneé Dominique feat. Jason Mraz Could I Love You Any More 2019, Pop | | |
| Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody 1965, Soul | | |
| Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply 1997, Pop | | |
| Sonny & Cher I Got You Babe 1965, Pop | | |
| Stevie Wonder Isn’t She Lovely 1976, R&B | | |
| Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man 1968, Country | | |
| Temptations My Girl 1965, R&B | | |
| This Wild Life You Changed Everything 2019, Indie | | |
| Thomas Rhett Die A Happy Man 2015, Country | | |
| Tim McGraw Humble And Kind 2016, Country | | |
| Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars Billionaire 2010, Reggae | | |
| Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl 1967, Rock | | |
| Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans Count On Me 1996, R&B | | |
| Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) 1987, Pop | | |
| Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You 1992, R&B | | |
| Zac Brown Band Whatever It Is 2009, Country | | |
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