Songs are message , mood and memory makers.
Every time you hear that special song, you will be transported back to a special time.
This page includes some musicians, few helpful info points and list of songs, suggested by Brides of varying tastes. I have included quite a few weblinks as samplers.
I am gradually moving these into categories to make selection easier.
Musicians
You will find a list of talented singers & musicians, including harp, guitar and bagpipe players, in my directory Helpful People/Musicians.
….or for more inspiration, see the list of songs below.
Choosing a Song
Songs are message , mood and memory makers.
Every time you hear that special song, you will be transported back to a special time.
When choosing a song or music for the most exciting walk toward your future, be sure the tempo is just right for your procession, whether you walk, skip or dance, down the aisle;
and that the lyrics suit both your dreams and the occasion.
You might want something very traditional like the Bridal Chorus, or something revved up like ACD’s, You Shook Me All Night Long.
It is entirely your choice, your day.
- TIP: Check the length of the song, particular the song it may not be played in full. Most songs last for about 3 minutes but may not be played in full.
How many songs should we choose and why?
Music evokes emotions and gives us memories.
Here is a guide to the number of songs you will need but this will vary depending on your Ceremony.
| Event | How many | Time |
| 1. Pre-wedding mood | 5 songs on a loop | 15 |
| 2. Groom Party Entrance | 1 | 3 |
| 3. Bridal Party Entrance | 1 | 3 |
| 4. Bride Entrance | 1 | 2 |
| 5. Signing | 2-4 | 6-12 |
| 6. Pronouncement | 1 dramatic or exciting | 3 |
NB: As an AFCC Member I have copyright exemption for Ceremonies but the author must always by cited and this collation holds its own copyright 2017.
Contents
- WEDDING SONGS – Alphabetical
- SONGS BY ARTIST.
- PROCESSIONAL (ENTRANCE) SONGS
- RECESSIONAL (EXIT/PRONOUNCEMENT ) SONGS
- HYMNS.
- CLASSICAL CEREMONY MUSIC.
Wedding Songs – Alphabetical
| A Thousand Years | Christina Perri | 4:48 |
| A Thousand Years | The Piano Guys | |
| Abdelazer Suite II. Rondeau | Henry Purcell | |
| All I Need | Tim Halperin | 3:08 |
| All of Me | John Legend | |
| Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba | Handel | |
| At Last | Etta James | 3:04 |
| Baby, I Love You | The Ramones
The Ronnettes |
|
| Baby, That’s Not All | Josh Ritter | |
| Baruch Haba – (Good Tidings) is an all-purpose celebratory song played at Jewish weddings, for the entrance of the groom | Siman Tov | |
| Best Day Of My Life | American Authors | 3:40 |
| Better Together | Jack Johnson | 5:15 |
| Bridal Chorus, aka Here Comes The Bride (traditionally played on a pipe organ or by a string quartet). | Wagner’s Lohengrin (1850) | |
| Bright Side of the Road | Van Morrison | |
| Can’t Stop the Feeling | Justin Timberlake | |
| Canon in D | Pachelbel | |
| Don’t Stop Believing | Vitamin String Quartet (originally by Journey) | |
| Every Morning | Keb’ Mo’ | |
| Everyday I Love You | Boyzone | |
| Everything | Michael Bublé | 3:33 |
| First Day Of My Life | Bright Eyes | 2:52 |
| From This Moment On | Shania Twain & Bryan White | |
| Glasgow Love Theme | From the movie soundtrack of Love Actually | |
| God Only Knows | The Beach Boys | |
| Good Time | Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen | |
| Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah) | Andy Grammar | |
| Happy | Pharrell | 3:52 |
| Haste to the Wedding | The Corrs | |
| Heartbeats | José Gonazalez | |
| Ho Hey | The Lumineers | 2:40 |
| Hold Me In Your Arms | Southern Sons | |
| Hold My Hand | Jess Glynn | |
| Home | Edward Sharpe &The Magnetic Zeros | 5:07 |
| How Long Will I Love You | Ellie Goulding | |
| I Believe in a Thing Called Love | Darkness | |
| I Do, I Do, – by | Abba | |
| I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing | Aerosmith | 4:57 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | |
| I Have Nothing (Without You) | Whitney Houston | |
| I Like Me better | Lauv | 3:18 |
| I Swear | Westlife | |
| I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | |
| I Won’t Give Up | Jason Mraz | 4:01 |
| I Won’t Let Go | James Morrison | |
| I’ll Be Your Mirror | Velvet Underground | |
| I’m Coming Out | Diana Ross | |
| I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | |
| I’m Yours | Jason Mraz | 4:04 |
| It Takes Two | Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston | |
| Just The Way You Are | Bruno Mars | 3:41 |
| Lady | Kenny Rogers | |
| Lady | Lionel Ritchie | |
| Land of 1000 Dances | Wilson Pickett | |
| Lego House | Ed Sheeran | |
| Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | 3:13 |
| Life’s a Happy Song | The Muppets | |
| Love on Top | Beyoncé | |
| Love Story | Taylor Swift | |
| Love You Madly | Cake | |
| Lucky | Jason Mraz Ft Colbie Caillat | 3:17 |
| Make You Feel My Love | Adele | 3:33 |
| Mandy | Westlife | |
| Marry Me | Train | 3:25 |
| Marry You | Bruno Mars | 3:50 |
| Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | |
| Nothing Is Gonna Change My Love For You | Westlife | |
| Now That We Found Love | Heavy D & The Boyz | |
| On Top of the World | Imagine Dragons | |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Ennio Morricone | |
| One Call Away | Charlie Puth | |
| One Thousand Years | Christin Perri | |
| Only You Can Love Me This Way | Keith Urban | |
| Our Way to Fall | Yo La Tengo | |
| Photograph | Ed Sheeran | |
| Pocket of Rainbow | Elvis | |
| Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Prelude from Te Deum | Marc-Antoine Charpentier | |
| Prince of Denmark’s March | Jeremiah Clarke | |
| Rondeau from Sinfonies de fanfares | Jean-Joseph Mouret | |
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Stevie Wonder | |
| Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 29 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Sky Full of Stars by | Coldplay | |
| Something like this | Coldplay | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | |
| Stay Young, Go Dancing | Death Cab For Cutie | |
| Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Swear It All Over Again | Westlife | |
| Take A Bow | Rihanna | |
| The Walk | Foo Fighters | |
| The Walk | Ludovico Einaudi | |
| The West Wing Theme | City of Prague Philharmonic | |
| The Zaffa – | in Egypt, a specific rhythm is played,traditionally, a belly dancer will lead the bride to the wedding hall, accompanied by musicians playing the elzaff, on drums and trumpets, sometimes the flaming torches. Weddings in other cultures have different formats. | |
| The Wedding March | Mendelssohn | |
| Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran | |
| This I Promise You | Ronan Keating | |
| This Is How We Do It | Montell Jordan | |
| Toccata from Symphony for Organ No.5 (1880) | Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor | |
| Trois pièces brèves | Jacques Ibert | |
| Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke | |
| Twa Bonnie Maidens | Siobhan McDonnell | |
| Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Prelude, BWV 1007 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Water Music, Suite no 2, in D major | Händel | |
| Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826). | Mendelssohn‘s | |
| You Are The Best Thing | Ray Lamontagne | |
| You Shook Me All Night Long | AC-DC | |
| You Where There | Southern Sons | |
| You’re My Best Friend | Queen | |
| Your Love Keeps Lifting Me, Higher and Higher | Jackie Wilson |
SONGS BY ARTIST
| A Thousand Years | Christina Perri | 4:48 |
| A Thousand Years | The Piano Guys | |
| Abdelazer Suite II. Rondeau | Henry Purcell | |
| All I Need | Tim Halperin | 3:08 |
| All of Me | John Legend | |
| Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba | Handel | |
| At Last | Etta James | 3:04 |
| Baby, I Love You | The Ramones | |
| Baby, That’s Not All | Josh Ritter | |
| Baruch Haba – (Good Tidings) is an all-purpose celebratory song played at Jewish weddings, for the entrance of the groom | Siman Tov | |
| Best Day Of My Life | American Authors | 3:40 |
| Better Together | Jack Johnson | 5:15 |
| Bridal Chorus, aka Here Comes The Bride (traditionally played on a pipe organ or by a string quartet). | Wagner’s Lohengrin (1850) | |
| Bright Side of the Road | Van Morrison | |
| Can’t Stop the Feeling | Justin Timberlake | |
| Canon in D | Pachelbel | |
| Don’t Stop Believing | Vitamin String Quartet (originally by Journey) | |
| Every Morning | Keb’ Mo’ | |
| Everyday I Love You | Boyzone | |
| Everything | Michael Bublé | 3:33 |
| First Day Of My Life | Bright Eyes | 2:52 |
| From This Moment On | Shania Twain | |
| Glasgow Love Theme | From the movie soundtrack of Love Actually | |
| God Only Knows | The Beach Boys | |
| Good Time | Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen | |
| Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah) | Andy Grammar | |
| Happy | Pharrell | 3:52 |
| Haste to the Wedding | The Corrs | |
| Heartbeats | José Gonazalez | |
| Ho Hey | The Lumineers | 2:40 |
| Hold Me In Your Arms | Southern Sons | |
| Hold My Hand | Jess Glynn | |
| Home | Edward Sharpe &The Magnetic Zeros | 5:07 |
| How Long Will I Love You | Ellie Goulding | |
| I Believe in a Thing Called Love | Darkness | |
| I Do, I Do, – by | Abba | |
| I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing | Aerosmith | 4:57 |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | |
| I Have Nothing (Without You) | Whitney Houston | |
| I Like Me better | Lauv | 3:18 |
| I Swear | Westlife | |
| I Walk the Line | Johnny Cash | |
| I Won’t Give Up | Jason Mraz | 4:01 |
| I Won’t Let Go | James Morrison | |
| I’ll Be Your Mirror | Velvet Underground | |
| I’m Coming Out | Diana Ross | |
| I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | |
| I’m Yours | Jason Mraz | 4:04 |
| It Takes Two | Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston | |
| Just The Way You Are | Bruno Mars
Swift Timmy |
3:41 |
| Lady | Kenny Rogers | |
| Lady | Lionel Ritchie | |
| Land of 1000 Dances | Wilson Pickett | |
| Lego House | Ed Sheeran | |
| Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | 3:13 |
| Life’s a Happy Song | The Muppets | |
| Love on Top | Beyoncé | |
| Love Story | Taylor Swift | |
| Love You Madly | Cake | |
| Lucky | Jason Mraz Ft Colbie Caillat | 3:17 |
| Make You Feel My Love | Adele | 3:33 |
| Mandy | Westlife | |
| Marry Me | Train | 3:25 |
| Marry You | Bruno Mars | 3:50 |
| Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | |
| Nothing Is Gonna Change My Love For You | Westlife | |
| Now That We Found Love | Heavy D & The Boyz | |
| On Top of the World | Imagine Dragons | |
| Once Upon a Time in the West | Ennio Morricone | |
| One Call Away | Charlie Puth | |
| One Thousand Years | Christin Perri | |
| Only You Can Love Me This Way | Keith Urban | |
| Our Way to Fall | Yo La Tengo | |
| Photograph | Ed Sheeran | |
| Pocket of Rainbow | Elvis | |
| Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Prelude from Te Deum | Marc-Antoine Charpentier | |
| Prince of Denmark’s March | Jeremiah Clarke | |
| Rondeau from Sinfonies de fanfares | Jean-Joseph Mouret | |
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Stevie Wonder | |
| Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 29 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Sky Full of Stars by | Coldplay | |
| Something like this | Coldplay | |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Israel Kamakawiwo’ole | |
| Stay Young, Go Dancing | Death Cab For Cutie | |
| Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Swear It All Over Again
Swift Timmy |
Westlife | |
| Take A Bow | Rihanna | |
| The Walk | Foo Fighters | |
| The Walk | Ludovico Einaudi | |
| The West Wing Theme | City of Prague Philharmonic | |
| The Zaffa –
https://youtu.be/y7GEFK69gok |
in Egypt, a specific rhythm is played,traditionally, a belly dancer will lead the bride to the wedding hall, accompanied by musicians playing the elzaff, on drums and trumpets, sometimes the flaming torches. Weddings in other cultures have different formats. | |
| The Wedding March | Mendelssohn | |
| Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran | |
| This I Promise You | Ronan Keating | |
| This Is How We Do It | Montell Jordan | |
| Toccata from Symphony for Organ No.5 (1880) | Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor | |
| Trois pièces brèves | Jacques Ibert | |
| Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke | |
| Twa Bonnie Maidens | Siobhan McDonnell | |
| Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Prelude, BWV 1007 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Water Music, Suite no 2, in D major | Händel | |
| Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826). | Mendelssohn‘s | |
| You Are The Best Thing | Ray Lamontagne | |
| You Shook Me All Night Long | AC-DC | |
| You Where There | Southern Sons | |
| You’re My Best Friend | Queen | |
| Your Love Keeps Lifting Me, Higher and Higher | Jackie Wilson |
PROCESSIONAL (entrance) SONGS
RECESSIONAL (EXIT/PRONOUNCEMENT ) SONGS
| Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | |
| Brand New Colony | Postal Service | |
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Queen | |
| Dog Days Are Over | Florence + The Machine | |
| I Choose You | Sara Bareilles | |
| I Got You (at the End of the Century) | Wilco | |
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours | Stevie Wonder | |
| Stolen | Dashboard Confessional | |
| That’s What’s Up | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes | |
| Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke |
HYMNS
CLASSICAL CEREMONY MUSIC
| Abdelazer Suite II. Rondeau | Henry Purcell | |
| Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Prelude from Te Deum | Marc-Antoine Charpentier | |
| Rondeau from Sinfonies de fanfares | Jean-Joseph Mouret | |
| Sinfonia from Cantata, BWV 29 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Suite No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Trois pièces brèves | Jacques Ibert | |
| Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke | |
| Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Prelude, BWV 1007 | Johann Sebastian Bach | |
| Water Music, Suite no 2, in D major | Händel |
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