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Wedding Songs – The Ultimate Guide

Modern Wedding Posted: February 21, 2013

Often it's music that evokes our fondest memories of special times and events. Make sure you choose songs for your big day that perfectly capture the atmosphere and emotions and conjure up happy memories for a lifetime. Depending on the style of your wedding, you might want to go for a classical theme or use more modern wedding songs or even a mix of the two.

To make your organising a lot easier we have put together this list of  popular modern wedding songs plus all those classic wedding songs. In this ultimate guide to wedding songs we've suggested places to use them, but you can mix it up as you like. We've also linked them to youtube clips so you can listen to the entire song straight up.

Wedding Ceremony Songs:
As guests arrive:

  • Marry You - Bruno Mars
  • Rhythm Of Love - Plain White T's

Walking down the aisle:
Modern:

  • Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
  • Just the way you are - Bruno Mars
  • Marry Me - Train
  • Every time we touch - Cascada (slow version)
  • A moment like this - Kelly Clarkson
  • A Thousand years - Christina Perry
  • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
  • I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
  • Songbird by Eva Cassidy

Classical:

  • Pachelbel's Canon - Johaan Pachelebel
  • Ave Maria - Franz Schubert or Bach
  • To a Wild Rose - Edward MacDowell
  • Air (On A G String) - Bach
  • The Water is Wide (Gift of Love) - Traditional

Recessional & signing register songs:

Modern:

  • Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
  • Everything - Michael Buble
  • This Ole Love - Lior
  • You've Got the Love - Florence & the Machine
  • Halo - Beyonce
  • Paradise - Coldplay
  • Just A Boy - Angus & Julia Stone
  • Lucky - Jason Mraz"¨
  • Mine - Taylor Swift
  • I Do - Colbie Caillat
  • Put You In A Song - Keith Urban
  • Love Lost - The Temper Trap
  • I'd Rather Be With You - Joshua Radin
  • This Will Be (an everlasting love) - Natalie Cole

Classical:

  • Wedding March - Felix Mendelssoh
  • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach
  • Ode to Joy - Beethoven
  • Spring (from Four Seasons) - Antonio Vivaldi
  • Finale (from Water Music) - George F. Handel

First Dance Wedding Songs:

Modern:

  • Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
  • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
  • I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz
  • You've got the love - Florence and the Machine
  • Everything - Michael Buble
  • This Ole Love - Lior
  • We found Love - Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris
  • Good Feeling - Flo Rida
  • I don't want this night to end - Luke Byran
  • Just a Kiss - Lady Antebellum
  • Halo - Beyonce
  • We Will Know What It Is - Seeker Lover Keeper
  • At Last - Etta James or Beyonce
  • What The World Needs Now - Jackie DeShannon
  • You and Me - Lifehouse
  • Your Song - Elton John
  • Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Classical/ Traditional:

(Use the instrumental arrangements of these songs)

  • The Way You Look Tonight - Jerome Kern
  • The Music of the Night - from Phantom of the Opera
  • Unforgettable - Gordon
  • It Had to Be You - Jones & Kahn
  • Moon River - Henry Mancini
  • Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No .15 - Brahms
  • Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky

Wedding Dance Songs:

Get the whole bridal party involved in an unforgettable spectacle or use these as just some fun freestyle tunes for the dance floor!

  • The Time (Dirty Bit) - The Black Eyed Peas
  • The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
  • What The World Needs Now - Jackie DeShannon
  • You've got the love - Florence and the Machine
  • Better Together - Jack Johnson
  • This year's Love - David Grey
  • We found Love - Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris
  • Good Feeling - Flo Rider
  • You make me feel - Cobra Starship
  • You da one - Rihanna
  • Beauty and a Beat - Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj
  • Walking on a dream - Empire of the Sun
  • Call me maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Sitting on Top of the World - Delta Goodrem
  • Fight For You - Jason Derulo
  • Take Care - Drake (featuring Rihanna)
  • Need Your Love - The Temper Trap
  • What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
  • Count on Me - Bruno Mars
  • Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
  • September - Earth, Wind and Fire
  • Say Hey (I love you) - Michael Franti and Spearhead
  • My Girl - The Temptations

More Classical Wedding Songs:

Add a touch of old world charm and class with some of these classical compositions:

  • Arrival of the Queen of Sheba - Handel,
  • Canon in D - Pachelbel
  • Flower Duet (Lakmé) - Delibes
  • Minuet For String Quartet - Boccherini
  • Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar
  • Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach
  • Sleepers Awake - Bach
  • Symphony No.6 - Pastorale - Beethoven
  • The Four Seasons - Spring - Vivaldi
  • Water Music : In D Alla Hornpipe - Handel
  • Wedding March - Mendlessohn
  • Voi Che Sapete from Marriage of Figaro - Mozart

Songs not to play:

Many brides have specifically asked DJs not to play some songs. These are some of the most popular un-requested!

  • Macarena - Los del Río
  • I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
  • My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
  • Achy Breaky Heart  - Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Chicken Dance
  • Conga
  • YMCA

Still didn't find what you were looking for? For something a bit different checkout our Wedding Songs for the Alternative Bride.

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