The popularity of lyrical dance is growing rapidly, and many dancers are choosing this genre to showcase their talent. Be it a college fest performance, or an audition to a big talent show, choosing the right song is of utmost importance. In this article, Melodyful compiles a list of the 100 best songs for lyrical dance routines.
Suzi Taylor, Tracie Stanfield, Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Blake McGrath, Rodney Diverlus, and Dan Karaty.
Lyrical dance got its name from the word “lyrical”; which means to have a poetic quality that expresses one’s deepest emotions. The dance, which was inspired by ballet, jazz, and contemporary, is a fusion of all three dance techniques. The dance form is very passionate and expressive, and often portrays various emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger, love, and hatred.
The performance is usually choreographed in a way that it tells a story through every movement that is made. The lyrics of the song act as a driving force for the various movements being performed. Although it is very similar to contemporary, it is not necessary that the choreography in a lyrical dance will always be graceful. However, it will always be expressive in nature.
Lay Me Down – Sam Smith
Meet Me By The Water – Rachael Yamagata
Miracle – Sara Groves
The Special Two – Missy Higgins
Candlelight – Imogen Heap
Come Home – One Republic
Heartless – The Fray
A Lack of Color – Death Cab for Cutie
Make-Up Smeared Eyes – Automatic Loveletter
Where I Stood – Missy Higgins
Breathe Me – Sia
Colorblind – Counting Crows
Corner of Your Heart – Ingrid Michaelson
Fool – Marie Digby
Barton Hollow – The Civil Wars
Come Round Soon – Sara Barellies
The Chain – Ingrid Michaelson
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down – Alicia Keys
Tell Her You Love Her (Acoustic) – Echosmith
Anything But the Truth – Jack Johnson
At This Moment – Michael Buble
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Jasmine Thompson
Tee Shirt – Birdy
Red Roses – AJ Rafael
Where Do I Start – Nancy Falkow
Where The Wild Roses Grow – Kylie Minogue
Appreciated – Rixton
Beautiful – Kylie Minogue & Enrique Iglesias
All The Pretty Girls – Kaleo
Collide – Howie Day
The Scientist – Coldplay
To Build A Home – The Cinematic Orchestra
Last Dance – Sarah McLachlan
Home Sweet Home – Carrie Underwood
Secrets – One Republic
Aha! – Imogen Heap
Yellow – Vitamin String Quartet
Your Ex-Lover’s Dead – Stars
Mad World – Gary Jules
The Cider House Rules Theme – Cider House Rules Soundtrack
Big Jet Plane – Angus & Julia Stone
Blood From A Stone – Ron Pope
Beautiful – India Arie
Fortune (Acoustic) – William Fitzsimmons
From Eden – Hozier
Hurricane Heart – Marc Broussard
Yellow – Molly Jewell
All of Me – John Legend
Armies Of Your Heart – Elizaveta
Bloom – The Paper Kites
Every Moment – Joy Williams
I Want Crazy – Alex G
If You Say So – Lea Michele
River God – Nichole Nordeman
Skipping Stone – Alexz Johnson
Stereo Love – Kait Weston
The Fire – Kina Grannis
Tied Knots – The Album Leaf
Warrior – Demi Lovato
You Are My Winter – Dillon
Empire – Shakira
Everyone’s Got Something – Perrin Lamb
Everything Will Be Okay – Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery
I Do – Susie Suh
Let It Go – James Bay
My Mind Is A Stranger Without You – A.R. Rahman, Solange Merdinian
One More Step – Lindsay McCaul
Angels In The Room – Delta Goodrem
Beautiful – Carly Rae Jepsen & Justin Bieber
Broken – Rachel Taylor
Broken Ones – Jacquie Lee
Burn Bright – Natalie Grant
Calm Under The Waves – Maria Mena
Clown – Emilie Sandé
Forever Love – Robin Thicke
Freight Train – Sara Jackson
What Love Is This – Kari Jobe
Compass – Zella Day
Stay – Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko
To Make You Feel My Love – Glee
Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
See You Again – Carrie Underwood
All Of Me – John Legend
Let It Go – Idina Menzel
Madness – Muse
Demons – Imagine Dragons
Superhuman – Hobbie Stuart (Cover)
Bad Romance – Vitamin String Quartet
Sober – Kelly Clarkson
All We Are – Matt Nathanson
A Beautiful Mess – Jason Mraz
Dream – Priscilla Ahn
Keep Breathing – Ingrid Michaelson
Free Fallin’ – John Mayer
Say – John Mayer
Say Something – A Great Big World
Ok, It’s Alright With Me – Eric Hutchinson
Don’t You Remember – Adele
Battlefield – Lea Michele
As mentioned above, the lyrics of the song being performed play a very important role. So, make sure you choose the one which you can best portray, so that you can put forth the best show for your audience.
