Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Top 90 Wedding Songs


Thanks to Bridal Guide, whether your taste is traditional, trendy or somewhere in between, they have published this great list of wedding songs to suit every style. Never heard that song? Just click on their link and you can hear a short clip =)

Pre-Ceremony
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)
Modern
6. Clocks (Coldplay)
7. Rainbow Connection (Sarah McLachlan)

Bridal Party Entrance
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)
Modern
13. Forrest Gump Suite (theme from the film)
14. Now We Are Free (Zimmer and Gerard)

Bride’s Entrance
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)
Modern
20. You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)
21. The Prayer (Bocelli and Dion)

Recessional
Traditional
22. La Rejouissance (Handel)
23. Allegro Maestoso (Handel)
24. Spring (Vivaldi)
Popular
25. Is This Love (Bob Marley)
26. Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Modern
27. Beautiful Day (U2)
28. All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)

Reception Music: Couple’s Entrance
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)
Modern
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
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)
Modern
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
Traditional
54. Daddy’s Little Girl (Al Martino)
55. Thank Heaven for Little Girls (Maurice Chevalier)
56. Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Popular
57. My Girl (The Temptations)
58. Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
Modern
59. Hero (Mariah Carey)
60. My Little Girl (Tim McGraw)
61. I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Womack)

Mother/Son Dance
Traditional
62. What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
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)
Modern
68. Kind & Generous (Natalie Merchant)

Cake Cutting
Traditional
69. Love & Marriage (Frank Sinatra)
70. Sugar Sugar (Archies)
Popular
71. How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)
72. Lips Like Sugar (Echo & The Bunnymen)
Modern
73. Love You Madly (Cake)
74. Sweetest Thing (U2)

Bouquet Toss
Traditional
75. She’s a Lady (Tom Jones)
Popular
76. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
Modern
77. Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani)
78. Hey Ladies (Beastie Boys)

Garter Toss
Traditional
79. James Bond Theme
Popular
80. Bad Boys (Inner Circle)
81. I’m Too Sexy (Right Said Fred)
Modern
82. Gettin' Jiggy Wit It (Will Smith)

Last Dance Wedding Songs
Traditional
83. Last Dance (Donna Summer)
84. New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)
85. Almost Like Being in Love (Nat King Cole)
Popular
86. Happy Together (Buck Wild)
87. What a Wonderful World (Joey Ramone)
Modern
88. Good Riddance (Green Day)
89. Save the Last Dance for Me (Michael Bublé)
90. Closing Time (Semisonic)

This is a good reference but you should always use songs that have a special meaning to both you and your groom. Our wedding song was Selena's "Dreaming of You". We chose that song because that was our song in High School. Corney I know, but it's funny because going back to that point watching the movie and listening to that song we would have never thought that would be our wedding song, lol. Hope this list helps and we're glad we were able to pass along to you.

I hope you dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
- Lee Ann Womack


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