Here are a few musical suggestions to
get your party started.
SECULAR PROCESSIONAL SONGS
- Velvet Underground: “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
- Johnny Cash: “I Walk the Line”
- Yo La Tengo: “Our Way to Fall”
- The Corrs: “Haste to the Wedding”
- Ennio Morricone: “Once Upon a Time in the West”
- The Beach Boys: “God Only Knows”
- Siobhan McDonnell: “Twa Bonnie Maidens”
- Cake: “Love You Madly”
- The Muppets: “Life’s a Happy Song”
- Keb’ Mo’: “Every Morning”
- Death Cab For Cutie: “Stay Young, Go Dancing”
- José Gonazalez: “Heartbeats”
- The Ramones: “Baby, I Love You”
- Josh Ritter: “Baby, That’s Not All”
- City of Prague Philharmonic: “The West Wing Theme”
SECULAR WEDDING CEREMONY SONGS
- Sufjan Stevens: “For the Widows in Paradise”
- Bob Dylan: “Forever Young”
- Magnetic Fields: “The Book of Love”
- The Weepies: “Somebody Loved”
- Judy Collins: “How Can I Keep from Singing”
SECULAR RECESSIONAL WEDDING SONGS
- The Temper Trap: “Sweet Disposition”
- Bruce Springsteen: “Dancing in the Dark”
- Justin Timberlake: “Mirrors”
- Faith Hill: “This Kiss”
- Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You”
- The Cure: “Just Like Heaven”
- Beyoncé: “XO”
- Michael Bublé: “Everything”
- The Sundays: “Summertime”
- Meiko: “Stuck On You”
- Hedwig & The Angry Inch (Stephen Trask): “The Origin of Love”
- Iron & Wine: “Time After Time”
- Erasure: “Always”
- Queen: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
- Capital Cities: “Safe and Sound”
RELIGIOUS CEREMONY WEDDING MUSIC
- Ella Fitzgerald: “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
- Soweto Gospel Choir: “Amazing Grace”
- Oranim Zabar Troupe: “Dodi Li”
- Etta James: “Down by the Riverside”
- Aretha Franklin and Mavis Staples: “Oh Happy Day”
- The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
- Cambridge Choir of Kings College: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
- “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart”
- “Bless the Lord, O My Soul”
- Naomi Shemer: “Yerushalayim Shel Zahav”
- Westminster Abbey Choir: “Ave verum corpus”
- “Magnificat”
- Cambridge Choir of St. John’s College: “Ubi caritas et amor”
- Ribi David Kadoch: “Sheva Brachot”
CLASSICAL CEREMONY MUSIC
- Jeremiah Clarke: “Trumpet Voluntary”
- Johann Sebastian Bach: “Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 29”
- Johann Sebastian Bach: “Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major: Prelude, BWV 1007”
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier: “Prelude from Te Deum”
- Jacques Ibert: “Trois pièces brèves”
- Henry Purcell: “Abdelazer Suite: II. Rondeau”
- Händel: “Water Music, Suite no 2, in D major”
- Jean-Joseph Mouret: “Rondeau from Sinfonies de fanfares”
- Johann Sebastian Bach: “Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068”
- Johann Sebastian Bach: “Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major”
RECEPTION ENTRANCE WEDDING MUSIC
- Walk The Moon: “Shut Up and Dance”
- Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z: “Suit and Tie”
- The Beatles: “Good Day Sunshine”
- Natalie Cole: “This Will Be (an Everlasting Love)”
- Kanye West ft. T-Pain: “Good Life”
- Elmer Bernstein: “National Geographic Theme”
- Talking Heads: “Burning Down the House”
- Calvin Harris: “Feel So Close”
- John Williams: “Cantina Theme” from Star Wars
- Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars: “Uptown Funk”
- Curtis Mayfield: “Superfly”
- Steve Wonder: “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours”
- Neon Trees: “Animal”
- DJ Snake and Lil Jon: “Turn Down for What”
- Dean Martin: “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head”
- Nicki Minaj: “Starships”
- David Bowie: “Young Americans”
- Bob Marley: “Could You Be Loved”
- Florence + The Machine: “Dog Days Are Over”
- Pharrell Williams: “Happy”
- Chaka Khan ft. Rufus: “Tell Me Something Good”
- Noah and the Whale: “5 Years Time”
- Survivor: “Eye of the Tiger”
- Michael Franti and Spearhead: “Say Hey (I Love You)”
- Robert Plant: “Rainbow”
FIRST DANCE WEDDING SONGS
- Andra Day: “Forever Mine”
- James Vincent McMorrow: “Higher Love”
- Beyoncé: “XO”
- Midland: “Make a Little”
- Des’ree: “I’m Kissing You”
- Diana Ross (& Lionel Richie): “Endless Love”
- Rihanna: “Love on the Brain”
- Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers: “Islands in the Stream”
- Aqualung: “Brighter Than Sunshine”
- Whitney Houston: “My Love Is Your Love”
- Ryan Adams: “When the Stars Go Blue”
- Cyndi Lauper: “Time After Time”
- Sade: “By Your Side”
- Chris Stapleton: “Tennessee Whiskey”
- Luther Vandross: “Here and Now”
- Joe Cocker: “You Are So Beautiful”
- Christina Perri: “A Thousand Years”
- Brian McKnight: “Back at One”
- Sarah Bareilles: “I Choose You”
- Eric Clapton: “Wonderful Tonight”
- John Legend: “All of Me”
- The Righteous Brothers: “Unchained Melody”
- Alanis Morissette: “Head Over Feet”
- Elton John: “Your Song”
- Keane: “Somewhere Only We Know”
- Michael Bublé: “Everything”
- Ingrid Michaelson: “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
- Ray LaMontagne: “You Are the Best Thing”
- Coldplay: “Green Eyes”
- Landon Pigg: “Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop”
- Rilo Kiley: “I Never”
- Beyoncé: “Halo”
- Van Morrison: “Into the Mystic”
- U2: “All I Want Is You”
- Band of Horses: “No One’s Gonna Love You”
- David Gray: “This Year’s Love”
- The Zombies: “This Will Be Our Year”
- The Beatles: “When I’m Sixty-Four”
- Stevie Wonder: “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”
- Old Crow Medicine Show: “Wagon Wheel”
- Ray Charles: “Hallelujah (I Just Love Her So)”
- James Brown: “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
- Lauryn Hill: “I Can’t Take My Eyes off of You”
- Marvin Gaye: “Let’s Get It On”
- Al Green: “Let’s Stay Together”
- Nina Simone: “Feeling Good”
- Nat King Cole: “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”
- The Wombats: “Let’s Dance to Joy Division”
- Chantal Kreviazuk: “Feels Like Home”
- Patty Griffin: “Heavenly Day”
- Norah Jones: “Turn Me On”
- The Beach Boys: “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
- The Beatles: “All You Need Is Love”
- Etta James: “At Last”
- Journey: “Faithfully”
- Sam Cooke: “You Send Me”
- Peter Gabriel: “In Your Eyes”
- Stevie Wonder: “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
- P!nk ft. Lily Allen: “True Love”
- Mary Lambert: “She Keeps Me Warm”
- Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat: “Lucky”
- The Lumineers: “Ho Hey”
- Adele: “Make You Feel My Love”
- Neutral Milk Hotel: “In an Aeroplane over the Sea”
- Otis Redding: “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
Many thanks to “A Practical Wedding”
for this amazing list.
RECENT POPULAR WEDDING SONGS
- Beyoncé: “Die With You”
- Christina Perri: “A Thousand Years”
- Ed Sheeran & Beyoncé: “Perfect Duet”
- John Mayer: “You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me”
- Harry Styles: “Sweet Creature”
- Katy Perry: “Chained to the Rhythm”
- Bleachers: “Let’s Get Married”
- Camila Cabello: “Havana (remix)”
- Portugal. The Man: “Feel It Still”
- Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee: “Despacito”
- Beyoncé: “All Night”
- Taylor Swift: “I Don’t Want to Live Forever”
- DJ Snake & Justin Bieber: “Let Me Love You”
- Bruno Mars: “24k Magic”
- Rihanna: “Love on the Brain”
- John Legend: “Love Me Now”
- The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk: “I Feel It Coming”
- James Arthur: “Say You Won’t Let Go”
- The Chainsmokers ft. Daya: “Don’t Let Me Down”
- Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna: “This Is What You Came For”
- Andy Grammar: “Honey I’m Good”
- One Republic: “Counting Stars”
- Natalie La Rose Ft. Jerimih: “Somebody”
- Pitbull Ft. Ke$ha: “Timber”
- Ed Sheeran: “Thinking Out Loud”
- Band of Horses: “No One’s Gonna Love You”
- Taylor Swift: “Shake It Off”
- Meghan Trainor: “All About That Bass”
- John Legend: “All of Me”
- Lumineers: “Ho Hey”
MOST REQUESTED WEDDING SONGS
- Bruno Mars: “24k Magic”
- Icona Pop: “I Love It”
- Walk The Moon: “Shut Up and Dance”
- Rihanna: “We Found Love”
- Katy Perry: “Teenage Dream”
- Old Crow Medicine Show: “Wagon Wheel”
- Pitbull Ft. Ke$ha: “Timber”
- Christina Perri: “A Thousand Years”
- Justin Timberlake: “Suit & Tie”
- Black Eyed Peas: “I Gotta Feeling”
- Jason Mraz: “I’m Yours”
- Adele: “Make You Feel My Love”
- Chainsmokers: “Closer”
- Kanye West: “Stronger”
- Carly Rae Jepsen: “Call Me Maybe”
PARTY WEDDING SONGS
- Jackson 5: “ABC”
- The Temptations: “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
- Aretha Franklin: “Chain of Fools”
- Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: “Dancing in the Streets”
- Jerry Lee Lewis: “Great Balls of Fire”
- Elvis Presley: “Burning Love”
- Four Tops: “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)”
- Ritchie Valens: “La Bamba”
- Wilson Picket: “Mustang Sally”
- Aretha Franklin: “Respect”
- The Four Seasons: “Sherry”
- Isley Brothers: “Shout (Parts 1 & 2)”
- The Supremes: “Stop! In the Name of Love”
- Buddy Holly: “That’ll Be the Day”
- Righteous Brothers: “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”
- The Flaming Lips: “She Don’t Use Jelly”
- Michael Jackson: “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough”
- Jackson 5: “I Want You Back”
- The Temptations: “My Girl”
- Jackie Wilson: “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher”
- Sam Cooke: “Wonderful World”
- Four Tops: “(Reach Out) I’ll Be There”
- The Romantics: “What I Like About You”
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)”
- Kool and The Gang: “Get Down on It”
- Earth, Wind & Fire: “September”
- The Cars: “Just What I Needed”
- The Cure: “Close to Me”
- Queen: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
- The B-52s: “Love Shack”
- Kool and the Gang: “Celebration”
- New Order: “Love Vigilantes”
- New Order: “Age of Consent”
- Bruce Springsteen: “Dancing in the Dark”
- Dexys Midnight Runners: “Come on Eileen”
- David Bowie: “Modern Love”
- Talking Heads: “Psycho Killer”
- The Smiths: “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
- The Clash: “Rock the Casbah”
- Stevie Wonder: “Superstition”
- Simple Minds: “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”
- Big Country: “In a Big Country”
- Toto: “Africa”
- The Proclaimers: “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
- Blondie: “Heart of Glass”
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: “American Girl”
- The Clash: “Train in Vain”
- The Buggles: “Video Killed the Radio Star”
- Traveling Wilburys: “End of the Line”
- Whitney Houston: “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”
- Daft Punk ft. Pharrell: “Get Lucky”
- Fat Joe ft. Ashanti: “What’s Luv?”
- Daft Punk: “Harder, Better, Faster”
- Daft Punk: “One More Time”
- Ghost Town DJs: “My Boo”
- Hall & Oates: “You Make My Dreams”
- The Outfield: “I Don’t Want to Lose Your Love Tonight”
- Queen and David Bowie: “Under Pressure”
- Beyoncé: “Countdown”
- Taylor Swift: “Shake It Off”
- Weezer: “El Scorcho”
- Miley Cyrus: “Party in the USA”
- Styx: “The Best of Times”
- Arcade Fire: “Wake Up”
- The Be Good Tanyas: “The Littlest Birds”
- MC Hammer: “U Can’t Touch This”
- Boys II Men: “Motown Philly”
- Mariah Carey: “Always Be My Baby”
- Carly Rae Jepsen: “Call Me Maybe”
- Icona Pop: “I Love It”
- Jimmy Soul: “If You Want to Be Happy”
- M.I.A.: “Paper Planes”
- MGMT: “Time to Pretend”
- RUN-DMC: “It’s Tricky”
- Salt-N-Pepa: “Shoop”
LAST SONG OF THE NIGHT
- David Bowie: “Magic Dance”
- Bon Jovi: “Livin’ on a Prayer”
- The Eagles: “Already Gone”
- Little Eva: “The Locomotion”
- Lady Gaga: “Bad Romance”
- Michael Jackson: “Thriller”
- Outkast: “Hey Ya!”
- The Black Eyed Peas: “I Got a Feeling”
- The Beatles: “Twist and Shout”
- Al Green: “Let’s Stay Together”
- The Contours: “Do You Love Me”
- Ellie Goulding: “Anything Could Happen”
- Donna Summer: “Last Dance”
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes: “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life”
- Garth Brooks: “Friends in Low Places”
- Queen: “You’re My Best Friend”
- Neil Diamond: “Sweet Caroline”
- Ray Charles: “(Night Time Is) The Right Time”
- Etta James: “At Last”
- Frank Sinatra: “The Nearness of You”
- Patty Griffin: “Heavenly Day”
- Louis Armstrong: “What a Wonderful World”
- Otis Redding: “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
- Queen: “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- The Drifters: “Save the Last Dance”