Shakespeare wrote, "If music be the food of love, play on".
Music creates moods and evokes memories. The right choice of soundtrack can add so much to your special day. It creates the feeling and atmosphere for your ceremony and celebration.
Here's a list of songs and music to inspire you. We have arranged them by type to make your choices easier for you. Sometimes people choose ‘their” song, but if you don’t have one, or it’s not appropriate for your wedding song, here is a magnificent list to suit all tastes. Most are available to listen to on You Tube.
There is music listed from Classical to Jazz, Modern Pop Songs, Old School Love Ballads, Rock and R&B, Boy Bands to Alternative.
For a standard wedding, commitment or renewal of vows you will generally need to have about 4 special songs. One song for the walking in, two songs for the signing of the certificates and one song for walking out or the end of the ceremony. You will also want to think about pre-ceremony music and music for the reception or celebration after the ceremony.
Have fun listening, we did.
| SONG NAME | ARTIST |
Classical and Instrumental
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| Air On G String | Bach |
| And Then I Kissed Him | Pearl Harbor Soundtrack |
| Arrival of the Queen of Sheba | Handel |
| Ave Maria | Beyonce |
| Ave Maria | Schubert or Bach |
| Minuet for String Quartet | Boccherini |
| Moon River | Henry Mancini |
| Nimrod from Enigma Variations | Elgar |
| Ode to Joy | Beethoven |
| Pachabel’s Canon in D | Johaan Pachabel |
| Sheep may Safely Graze | Bach |
| Sleepers Awake | Bach |
| Sleeping Beauty | Tchaikovsky |
| Symphony No 6 – Pastorale | Beethoven |
| The Four Seasons – Spring | Vivaldi |
| The Music of the Night | from Phantom of the Opera |
| The Way You Look Tonight | Jerome Kern |
| Voi Che Sapete from Marriage of Figaro | Mozart |
| Water Music in D | Handel |
| Wedding March | Mendlessohn |
| Wedding Song | Kenny G |
| Yellow | The Vitamin String Quartet |
Jazz Ballads
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| Come Away with Me | Nora Jones |
| Everything | Michael Buble |
| Fly Me to the Moon | Frank Sinatra |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | Frank Sinatra |
| I Promise | Ce Ce Winans |
| It Had to be You | Frank Sinatra |
| Sway | Dean Martin or Michael Buble |
| Unforgettable | Nat King Cole |
| Your Love is King | Sade |
Old School Love Ballads
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| Cherish | Madonna |
| Close to You | Maxi Priest |
| Endless Love | Lionel Ritchie Diana Ross |
| Eternal Flame | Bangles |
| Everything I Do | Bryan Adams |
| Everything She Does is Magic | The Police |
| Friday I’m In Love | The Cure |
| From this Moment On | Shania Twain |
| Groovy Kind of Love | Phil Collins |
| Happy Together | The Turtles |
| How Deep is Your Love | The Bee Gees |
| How Do I Live | Trisha Yearwood |
| I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You | Elvis |
| I Just Can’t Stop Loving You | Michael Jackson |
| Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel |
| Kiss the Bride | Elton John |
| Lean on Me | Bill Withers |
| Love is All Around | Wet Wet Wet |
| Love Me Tender | Elvis |
| Love Song | The Cure |
| My Love | Paul McCartney |
| Nothing Compares 2U | Sinead O’Connor |
| Power of Love | Trisha Yearwood |
| Stand by Me | The Rembrandts |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Roberta Flack |
| The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Prince |
| Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven | Bryan Adams |
| Tonight I Celebrate My Love for You | Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson |
| Tonight’s the Night | Rod Stewart |
| True. | Spandau Ballet |
| Truly Madly Deeply | Savage Garden |
| Two Strong Hearts | John Farnham |
| When Tomorrow Comes | The Eurythmics |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton |
| You Are so Beautiful | Joe Cocker |
| You’ve Got It | Roy Orbison |
Modern Pop Songs
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| A Thousand Years | Christina Perry |
| Amazed | Lonestar |
| Amazing | Alex Lloyd |
| Are You With Me | The Potbelleez |
| At Last | Beyonce |
| Better Together | Jack Johnson |
| Bridal Train | The Waifs |
| Bubbly | Colbie Caillat |
| Catch My Disease | Ben Lee |
| Gamble Everything for Love | Ben Lee |
| Good Feeling | Flo Rida |
| Halo | Beyonce |
| I Do | Colbie Caillat |
| I Don’t Want This Night to End | Luke Bryan |
| I Won’t Give Up | Jason Mraz |
| I’ll Be Around for a While | Empire of the Sun |
| Just a Kiss | Lady Antebellum |
| Just a Kiss | Lady Antebellum |
| Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars |
| Kiss Me | Sixpence None the Richer |
| Kissing You | Desiree |
| Love Lost | The Temper Trap |
| Lucky | Jason Mraz |
| Make You Feel My Love | Adele |
| Marry Me | Train |
| Marry You | Bruno Mars |
| Mine | Taylor Swift |
| Paradise | Coldplay |
| Paradise | Coldplay |
| Perfect Moment | Martine Macutcheon |
| Praise You | Fatboy Slim |
| Put You in a Song | Keith Urban |
| Rhythm of Love | Plain White T’s |
| Say Hey (I love you) | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| Smile | Uncle Kracker |
| This I Promise You | Ronan Keating |
| This Old Love | Lior |
| Walking on a Dream | Empire of the Sun |
| We Come One | Faithless |
| We Found Love | Rhianna ft Calvin Harris |
| We Will Know What it Is | Seeker lover Keeper |
| You’ve Got the Love | Florence and the Machine |
Rock and R & B
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| All Day and All of the Night | The Kinks |
| Beautiful Day | U2 |
| Bliss | Muse |
| Feeling Good | Muse |
| I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing | Aerosmith |
| I Want That Man | Blondie |
| I Want Your Love | Transvision Vamp |
| Let’s Get It On | Jack Black |
| Let’s Stay Together | Al Green |
| Let’s Stick Together | Bryan Ferry |
| Life Is Better With You | Eskimo Joe |
| Like Wow Wipeout | Hoodoo Gurus |
| Love Shack | B52’s |
| Never Tear Us Apart | INXS |
| Tonight Tonight | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Two Strong Hearts | John Farnham |
| Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher | Jimmy Barnes |
Boy Bands
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| As Love is my Witness | Westlife |
| Beautiful in White | Westlife |
| Little Things | One Direction |
| She Will be Loved | Maroon 5 |
| Us Against the World | Westlife |
| When You Say Nothing at All | Ronan Keating |
| You Raise me Up | Westlife |
Alternative Music
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| Always Love | Nada Surf |
| Another Sunny Day | Belle and Sebastian |
| As Lovers Go | Dashboard Confessional |
| Breathless | Nick Cave |
| Catch My Disease | Ben Lee |
| Do You Love Me | Nick Cave |
| Flowers in Your Hair | The Lumineers |
| Fresh Feeling | The Eels |
| Gamble Everything for Love | Ben Lee |
| Hey Girl Hey Boy | The Chemical Brothers |
| Higher Love | James Vincent McMorrow |
| Home | Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros |
| Home Sweet Home | Lady of the Sunshine |
| Hysteric | Yeah Yeah Yeah’s |
| I Will Follow You Into the Dark | Death Cab for Cutie |
| I Would Do Anything for You | Foster the People |
| I’m Into You | Chet Faker |
| Into My Arms | Nick Cave |
| Love Like a Sunset Part 2 | Phoenix |
| Love Lost | The Temper Trap |
| Love They Say | Tegan and Sara |
| Mango Tree | Angus and Julia Stone |
| Never Gonna Give You Up | The Black Keys |
| No one’s Gonna Love You | Band of Horses |
| Rise | Eddie Vedder |
| Sea of Love | Cat Power |
| Smile | Uncle Kracker |
| The First Day of My Life | Bright Eyes |
| The Luckiest | Ben Folds |
| This Old Love | Lior |
| Tonight Tonight | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Toothpaste Kisses | The Maccabees |
| Two Hearts are Better Than One | Katie Herzig |
| Two Lovers | The Rural Alberta Advantage |
| Unison | Bjork |
| Us | Regina Spektor |
| Walking on a Dream | Empire of the Sun |
| We Come One | Faithless |
| We Will Know What it Is | Seeker Lover Keeper |
| You’ve Got the Love | Florence and the Machine |
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