Whether your taste is traditional, trendy or in between, here are wedding songs to suit every style.
By: Tracey PorporaPre-Ceremony
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 1. Water Music (Handel) | |
| 2. The Wedding Song (Paul Stookey) | ||
| Popular | 3. Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve) | |
| 4. A Day Without Rain (Enya) | ||
| 5. By Your Side (Sade) | ||
| 6. Clocks (Coldplay) | ||
| 7. Rainbow Connection (Sarah McLachlan) |
Bridal Party Entrance
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 8. Canon in D (Pachelbel) | |
| 9. Trumpet Tune (Purcell) | ||
| 10. Autumn (Vivaldi) | ||
| Popular | 11. Café del Mar (Nalin & Kane) | |
| 12. Clair de Lune (Ocean’s Eleven) | ||
| 13. Forrest Gump Suite (theme from the film) | ||
| 14. Now We Are Free (Zimmer and Gerard) |
Bride’s Entrance
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 15. Wedding March (Mendelssohn) | |
| 16. Hymne (Vangelis) | ||
| Popular | 17. Flora’s Secret (Enya) | |
| 18. Trumpet Tune & Air (Purcell) | ||
| 19. Fantasia On Greensleeves (English folk song) | ||
| 20. You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban) | ||
| 21. The Prayer (Bocelli and Dion) |
Recessional
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 22. La Rejouissance (Handel) | |
| 23. Allegro Maestoso (Handel) | ||
| 24. Spring (Vivaldi) | ||
| Popular | 25. Is This Love (Bob Marley) | |
| 26. Ode to Joy (Beethoven) | ||
| 27. Beautiful Day (U2) | ||
| 28. All You Need Is Love (The Beatles) |
Reception Music: Couple’s Entrance
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 29. Grand March from Aida (Verdi) | |
| 30. Love’s Theme (Barry White) | ||
| Popular | 31. Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band) | |
| 32. Chariots of Fire (Vangelis) | ||
| 33. We Will Rock You (Queen) | ||
| 34. Baba O’Reilly (The Who) | ||
| 35. When I Get You Alone (Thicke) | ||
| 36. Let’s Get It Started (Black Eyed Peas) | ||
| 37. Crazy in Love (Beyoncé /Jay-Z) |
First Dance Wedding Songs
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 38. At Last (Etta James) | |
| 39. This Will Be (Natalie Cole) | ||
| 40. Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers) | ||
| 41. All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera) | ||
| 42. When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole) | ||
| Popular | 43. Crazy (Patsy Cline) | |
| 44. Let’s Stay Together (Al Green) | ||
| 45. Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison) | ||
| 46. I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You (Elvis Presley) | ||
| 47. Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) | ||
| 48. You’re Still the One (Shania Twain) | ||
| 49. Come Away with Me (Norah Jones) | ||
| 50. I Could Not Ask for More (Edwin McCain) | ||
| 51. Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden) | ||
| 52. I Love You (Sarah McLachlan) | ||
| 53. Making Memories of Us (Keith Urban) |
Father/Daughter Dance
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 54. Daddy’s Little Girl (Al Martino) | |
| 55. Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Maurice Chevalier) | ||
| 56. Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof) | ||
| Popular | ||
| 58. Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler) | ||
| 60. My Little Girl (Tim McGraw) | ||
| 61. I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Womack) |
Mother/Son Dance
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | ||
| 63. You Are My Sunshine (Bill Henderson) | ||
| Popular | 64. You’re the Inspiration (Chicago) | |
| 65. Times of Your Life (Paul Anka) | ||
| 66. In My Life (The Beatles) | ||
| 67. Through the Years (Kenny Rogers) | ||
Cake Cutting
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | ||
| 70. Sugar Sugar (Archies) | ||
| Popular | ||
| 72. Lips Like Sugar (Echo & The Bunnymen) | ||
| 74. Sweetest Thing (U2) |
Bouquet Toss
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | ||
| Popular | ||
78. Hey Ladies (Beastie Boys) |
Garter Toss
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | 79. James Bond Theme | |
| Popular | ||
| 81. I’m Too Sexy (Right Said Fred) | ||
Last Dance Wedding Songs
Music Style | Song Title | |
| Traditional | ||
| 84. New York, New York (Frank Sinatra) | ||
| 85. Almost Like Being in Love (Nat King Cole) | ||
| Popular | ||
| 87. What a Wonderful World (Joey Ramone) | ||
| 89. Save the Last Dance for Me (Michael Bublé) | ||
| 90. Closing Time (Semisonic) |
