40 R&B First Dance Songs To Share Your Love For Each Other

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 a 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 choice.

R&B First Dance Songs

Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
1972

Alicia Keys – No One
2007

Anita Baker – Just Because
1989

B.O.B. featuring Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
2010

Babyface – Everytime I Close My Eyes
1997

Barry White – You’re The First, My Last, My Everything
1974

Beyonce – 1+1
2011

Boyz II Men featuring Charlie Wilson – More Than You’ll Ever Know
2011

Boyz II Men – On Bended Knee
1994

Brian McKnight – Back At One
1999

Chaka Khan – Through The Fire
1985

Eric Benet – Spend My Life With You
2000

Four Tops – Baby I Need Your Loving
1964

Freddie Jackson – You Are My Lady
1985

Gerald Levert – Made To Love Ya
2001

Heatwave – Always And Forever
1977

Jaheim – Forever
2001

John Legend – All Of Me
2013

K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
1998

Kem – Share My Life
2010

Kenny Lattimore – For You
1996

Lionel Richie & Diana Ross – Endless Love
1981

Luther Vandross – Here And Now
1990

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You’re All I Need To Get By
1968

Method Man and Mary J Blige – I’ll Be There for You / You’re All I Need to Get By
1995

Monica – Angel Of Mine
1997

Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E
1965

Nat King Cole – When I Fall In Love
1956

Otis Redding – These Arms Of Mine
1962

Ruben Studdard – Together
2009

Sade – By Your Side
2000

Sam Cooke – You Send Me
1957

Shai – If I Ever Fall In Love
1992

Sisqo – Incomplete
2000

Stevie Wonder – Overjoyed
1985

Surface – The First Time
1991

The O’Jays – Forever Mine
1979

The Miracles – You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
1962

The Tony Rich Project – Nobody Knows
1996

Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
1992