R&B music is known for its soulful and meaningful songs. This is why R&B songs make great first dance songs as well. Contemporary R&B is a combination of rhythm and blues, funk, soul, hip hop, pop, and dance. If R&B is your favorite style of music, celebrate your first dance as a married couple with an R&B song.
R&B songs make great first dance songs as they typically are full of expression of love and soulful singing. We feature artists of the past and present to give a wide range of choices.
Similar song lists for further reading:
R&B Love Songs for Your First Dance
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Brian McKnight – Nobody
2020
I’ll hold
Nobody’s hand but yours
You can believe for sure
I’ll be nobody’s man but yours, baby
Ledisi & PJ Morton – Anything For You (The Duet)
2020
I will do anything for you, you
You are my life, one means us two
Anything, anything for you
Will Downing – One in a Million
2020
A one in a million, chance of a lifetime
And life showed compassion.
And sent to me a stroke of love called you
A one in a million you
Pink Sweat$ – 17
2020
You’re something like an angel
You’ll do something to my mind
I can see a thousand years
When I’m lookin’ in your eyes
Rahsaan Patterson – Sent From Heaven
2019
Thoughts of you rise like the sun, and
My days are much brighter
Because you’re sent from heaven
Snoh Aalegra – Find Someone Like You
2019
I’ve been waitin’ my whole life, to find someone like you
Find someone like you
Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant – Perfect
2019
Look how you shining
Girl you a diamond
You know you’re priceless
You know you got that slow glow
I see your halo
In case you don’t know
Derran Day – My Word
2018
Cross every star
Swim the ocean so far
Just to get to you
I’ll be there for you
John Legend – All Of Me
2013
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I’m winning
‘Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
Boyz II Men featuring Charlie Wilson – More Than You’ll Ever Know
2011
No I can’t imagine not having you by my side
Everything you are and all you do
I’m still in love with you
KEM – Share My Life
2010
You’re my dream and my joy
My heart belongs to you girl
So I sat down one day and I wrote this song
Cause I need you, in my world
Ruben Studdard – Together
2009
I’m gonna be the one that’s gonna last
And be the one that got your back
Ain’t nothing never that bad that we won’t be together
Alicia Keys – No One
2007
You and me together
Through the days and nights
I don’t worry ’cause
Everything’s gonna be alright
Gerald Levert – Made To Love Ya
2001
My time, to spend with you forever
My life, together I was made
Made to love you
Jaheim – Forever
2001
Forever
The love I have for you will last
Forever
Loving you always
Eric Benet – Spend My Life With You
2000
Can I just see you every morning when
I open my eyes
Can I just feel your heart beating beside me every night
Can we just feel this way together till the end of all time
Sade – By Your Side
2000
Oh, when you’re cold
I’ll be there, hold you tight to me
Oh, when you’re low
I’ll be there by your side
Sisqo – Incomplete
2000
I can make believe I have everything, but I can’t pretend that I don’t see
That without you girl my life is incomplete
K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
1998
And all my life I’ve prayed for someone like you
And I thank God that I, that I finally found you
Monica – Angel Of Mine
1997
You came into my life
Sent from above
When I lost all hope
You showed me, love
Babyface – Everytime I Close My Eyes
1997
And every time I close my eyes
I thank the Lord that I’ve got you yeah
And you’ve got me too
Kenny Lattimore – For You
1996
Every page that I write
Every day of my life
Would not be filled without the things
That my love for you now brings
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
1992
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you’ve dreamed of
And I wish to you joy and happiness
But above all this, I wish you love
Shai – If I Ever Fall In Love
1992
I just wanna be the one who serves you
Sometimes I feel as if I don’t deserve you
I cherish every moment that we share
Surface – The First Time
1991
The love I had for you time won’t ever change
I’ll always feel the same
Now until the end
Luther Vandross – Here And Now
1990
Here and now
I promise to love faithfully
You’re all I need
Here and now
I vow to be one with thee, hey
Your love is all I need
Anita Baker – Just Because
1989
I love you just because
Just because I do, my darlin’
Emotions more than words can help me say
I love you, baby, just because you’re you
Freddie Jackson – You Are My Lady
1985
Just say that you’ll stay with me
Cause our love was meant to be
I promise to love you
More each day
Stevie Wonder – Overjoyed
1985
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed
Chaka Khan – Through The Fire
1985
Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you
I’d gladly risk it all
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross – Endless Love
1981
You mean the world to me
I know I know
I’ve found, I’ve found in you
My endless love
The O’Jays – Forever Mine
1979
Oh, girl
I like what you like, you like what I like,
An` we were made for each other
Heatwave – Always And Forever
1977
Every day, love me your own special way
Melt all my heart away with a smile
Take time to tell me, you really care
And we’ll share tomorrow, together
I’ll always love you forever
Barry White – You’re The First, My Last, My Everything
1974
The first, my last, my everything
And the answer to all my dreams
You’re my sun, my moon, my guiding star
My kind of wonderful, that’s what you are
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You’re All I Need To Get By
1968
Like sweet morning dew I took one look at you
And it was plain to see, you where my destiny
With my arms open wide, I threw away my pride
I sacrificed for you, dedicated my life to you
The Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
1964
Baby, I need your lovin’
Got to have all your lovin’
The Miracles – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
1962
You really got a hold on me, you really got a hold on me, you really got a hold, baby
I love you and all I want you to do is just hold me
Otis Redding – These Arms Of Mine
1962
These arms of mine, they are burning
Burning from wanting you
Sam Cooke – You Send Me
1957
You thrill me
I know you, you, you thrill me
Darling you, you, you, you thrill me
Honest you do
Nat King Cole – When I Fall In Love
1956
When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I’ll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you
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