If there’s anything that’s going to set the mood for your big day, that’s going to be some great music! Whether you’re a classic, vintage or modern bride, finding the perfect music is essential.
From the moment your guests arrive to your first dance, choosing the perfect wedding songs is all about creating the right atmosphere. Think about the general vibe you want to create during the different parts of your wedding, and pick songs to match that feeling.
With so many great songs from different eras, picking the perfect tunes for your wedding day can take a lot of time. Luckily, we’ve done the hard work for you and put together the ultimate list of wedding songs in several different Spotify wedding playlists for you to choose your favorite songs from!
Getting Ready Songs / Wedding Morning Playlist
- Happy, Pharrell Williams
- I Gotta Feeling, The Black Eyed Peas
- I Do, Colbie Caillat
- Dancing in the Moonlight, Toploader
- Rude, Magic!
- Boom Clap, Charli XCX
- All My Life, K-Ci & JoJo
- Drunk in Love, Beyoncé and Jay Z
- Dreams, The Cranberries
- (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You, *NSYNC
- I Love It, Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX
- What a Feeling, Peter Lus featuring Dominico
- Just You and I, Ricky Blaze
- We Found Love, Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
- Everybody in Love, JLS
- Stuck Like Glue, Sugarland
- Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
- Mine, Taylor Swift
- Walking on Sunshine, Katrina & The Waves
- Feel So Close, Calvin Harris
- Best Day of My Life, American Authors
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), Whitney Houston
- River Deep Mountain High, Ike & Tina Turner
- All of Me, John Legend
- Love and Marriage, Frank Sinatra
- Everything, Michael Bublé
- (You Drive Me) Crazy, Britney Spears
- The Time (Dirty Bit), The Black Eyed Peas
- I’m Only Me When I’m With You, Taylor Swift
- Kiss Me, Sixpence None the Richer
- Lucky, Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat
- Wishin’ & Hopin’, Dusty Springfield
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Elton John
- Home, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
- Kiss You, One Direction
- I Could Not Ask For More, Edwin McCain
- More Than Anyone, Gavin DeGraw
- Friday I’m in Love, The Cure
- Ten Feet Tall, Afrojack
- Chapel of Love, The Dixie Cups
- Marry You, Bruno Mars
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Getting Ready songs:
Wedding Pre-Ceremony (Prelude) Songs
- Main Title from The Notebook Aaron Zigman
- The One, Kodaline
- God Only Knows, John Legend & Cynthia Erivo ft. yMusic
- Your Hands Are Cold, Dario Marianelli
- Fearless, Taylor Swift
- Magic, Coldplay
- Tenerife Sea, Ed Sheeran
- Maestro, Hans Zimmer
- Love, Lana Del Rey
- Die a Happy Man, Thomas Rhett
- All My Days, Alexi Murdoch
- La Vie En Rose, Louis Armstrong
- XO, Beyoncé
- Still Fallin’, Hunter Hayes
- Moon River, 2Cellos
- Ever Ever After, Carrie Underwood
- The Theme from ‘The Search for Everything’, John Mayer
- Real Love, The Beatles
- A Thousand Years – Instrumental, The Piano Guys
- Goin’ Home, Antonin Dvorak (1922)
- Water Music, George F. Handel (1717)
- Romance (Op. 44, No.1.), Anton Rubenstein
- A Starlit Sky, The Workday Release (2011)
- A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Lily James
- Maybe I’m Amazed, Paul McCartney (1970)
- My Wish, Rascal Flatts (2006)
- Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
- Free, Zac Brown Band
- Shenandoah, Pete Seeger
- Something Beautiful, Newsboys
- The Four Seasons: Spring Allegro, Antonio Vivaldi (1725)
- String of Pearls, The Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1941)
- Forever in Love, Kenny G. (1993)
- Für Elise, Ludwig Von Beethoven (1867)
- The One, Elton John (1992)
- Heaven, DJ Sammy (2002)
- Praise to the Lord the Almighty, Johann G. Walther (1680)
- Young and Beautiful, Lana Del Rey (2013)
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart (1787)
- At Last, Etta James (1960)
- Angel Eyes, Jim Brickman (1995)
- Colorblind, Counting Crows (1999)
- The Scientist, Coldplay (2002)
- Don’t Let Go, Bryan Adams and Sarah McLachlan (2002)
- The Reason, Hoobastank (2003)
- All That I Am, Rob Thomas (2005)
- Your Song, Ellie Goulding (2010)
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Pre-Ceremony songs:
Wedding Processional Songs
- Bridal Chorus, Wagner
- Canon in D, Pachelbel
- A Thousand Years – Instrumental, The Piano Guys
- Glasgow Love Theme, from Love Actually
- Marry Me, Train
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ave Maria, Franz Schubert
- Clair de Lune, Claude Debussy
- Arioso, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Spring, Antonio Vivaldi
- Ode to Joy, Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark’s March), Jeremiah Clarke
- Prelude in C, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Solomon, HWV 67: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Georg Friedrich Handel
- Appalachian Spring Suite, Aaron Copland
- Thais Meditation, Jules Massenet
- Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet, Nino Rota
- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351, Georg Friedrich Handel
- Butterfly Waltz, Brian Crain
- Trumpet Tune in D Major, Henry Purcell
- Gymnopédie No.1, Erik Satie
- Prelude-Largo, Georg Friedrich Handel
- Say You Won’t Let Go, Boyce Avenue
- Higher Love, James Vincent McMorrow
- Hymn for the Weekend, Coldplay
- I Choose You, Sara Bareilles
- Fallin’ for You, Colbie Caillat
- Endless Love, Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
- Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
- Where Are You Going, Dave Matthews Band
- How Does a Moment Last Forever, Céline Dion
- Beautiful Day, U2
- I Love You, Sarah McLachlan
- All You Need is Love, the Beatles
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Sleeping at Last
- There Will Be Time, Baaba Maal featuring Mumford and Sons
- Good Life, OneRepublic
- The Power of Love, Celine Dion
- Lucky, Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat
- Best Day of My Life, the American Authors
- Better Together, Us the Duo
- Hanging a Moment, Lifehouse
- Wonderwall, Guitar Tribute Players
- More Than Words, Orinoco Haven
- Thinking Out Loud, the Guitar Dreamers
- A Sky Full of Stars, the Piano Guys
- Take Me to Church, Simply Three
- I’m Yours, the Vitamin String Quartet
- Get Lucky, the Vitamin String Quartet
- Uptown Funk, the Vitamin String Quartet
- Here Comes the Sun, Fred Benedetti
- Viva La Vida, 2Cellos
- A Day Without Rain, Enya
- All of Me, Daniel Jang
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Wedding Processional songs:
Wedding Recessional Songs
- Wedding March, Mendelssohn
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Stevie Wonder
- First Day Of My Life, Bright Eyes
- You’ve Got The Love, Florence + The Machine
- Little of Your Love, HAIM
- Something to Talk About, Bonnie Raitt
- Smooth Sailin’, Leon Bridges
- Golden Days, Whitney
- Sweet Creature, Harry Styles
- What I Like About You, The Romantics
- Shake, The Head and The Heart
- You Are the Best Thing, Ray LaMontagne
- Electric Love, BØRNS
- Here Comes Your Man, Pixies
- I Will Wait, Mumford & Sons
- Just Like Heaven, The Cure
- That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars
- Want to Want Me, Jason Derulo
- Love Love Love, Avalanche City
- You’re My Best Friend, Queen
- You and I, Ingrid Michaelson
- Us, Regina Spektor
- I Believe In A Thing Called Love, The Darkness
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher, Jackie Wilson
- Love On Top, Beyoncé
- Such Great Heights, The Postal Service
- Whole Wild World, Bahamas
- One Love, Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Still Into You, Paramore
- Happy Together, The Turtles
- On Top Of The World, Imagine Dragons
- Here (In Your Arms), Hellogoodbye
- Rhythm Of Love, Plain White T’s
- Here Comes the Sun, The Beatles
- Everything, Michael Buble
- I Really Like You, Carly Rae Jepsen
- All We Got, Chance the Rapper
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John & Kiki Dee
- You Yes You, Tune-Yards
- Heart It Races, Dr. Dog
- I Would Die 4 U, Prince
- Adventures of You and Me, Ryan Bingham
- Do You Love Me, Guster
- Mess Is Mine, Vance Joy
- Gimme Some Lovin’, The Spencer Davis Group
Listen to the full play list of Wedding Recessional songs:
Wedding Cake Cutting Songs
- How Sweet It Is to Be Love by You, James Taylor
- Pour Some Sugar on Me, Def Leppard
- Sugar Sugar, The Archies
- Cake by the Ocean, DNCE
- Sweetest Thing, U2
- Sugar, Maroon 5
- I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), The Four Tops
- Love on Top, Beyoncé
- Cuts Like a Knife, Bryan Adams
- Sugar Shack, Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
- Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith
- Honey Bee, Blake Shelton
- Sweet Pea, Amos Lee
- Honey, Mariah Carey
- I Want Candy, Bow Wow Wow
- Ice Cream, Sarah McLachlan
- Build Me Up Buttercup, The Foundations
- Lucky, Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
- I Got You Babe, Sonny & Cher
- The Way I Am, Ingrid Michaelson
- Good Life, One Republic
- This Will Be…(An Everlasting Love), Natalie Cole
- Love and Marriage, Frank Sinatra
- Home, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
- Today Was a Fairy Tale, Taylor Swift
- I Do, Colbie Caillat
- Halo, Beyoncé
- Best Day of My Life, American Authors
- Marry You, Bruno Mars
- L-O-V-E, Nat King Cole
- Better Together, Jack Johnson
- Everything, Michael Bublé
- You Are the Best Thing, Ray LaMontagne
- You and Me, Dave Matthews Band
- Happy Together, The Turtles
- Safe and Sound, Capital Cities
- 1, 2, 3, 4, The Plain White T’s
- You and I, Ingrid Michaelson
- Brighter Than the Sun, Colbie Caillat
- Stuck Like Glue, Sugarland
- Can’t Help Falling In Love, Elvis Presley
- Lost in This Moment, Big & Rich
- The Way You Look Tonight, Frank Sinatra
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Cake Cutting songs:
Wedding Bouquet Toss Songs
- Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), Beyonce
- Wishin’ and Hopin’, Dusty Springfield
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper
- Only Girl (In The World), Rihanna
- How Will I Know, Whitney Houston
- That’s My Girl, Fifth Harmony
- Man! I Feel Like A Woman, Shania Twain
- Wannabe, Spice Girls
- Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen
- Pretty Girl Rock, Keri Hilson
- Haven’t Met You Yet, Michael Buble
- Can’t Hurry Love, The Supremes
- Ain’t No Other Man, Christina Aguilera
- Clumsy, Fergie
- Hollaback Girl, Gwen Stefani
- Applause, Lady Gaga
- Lady Marmalade, Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, Pink
- California Gurls, Katy Perry
- Party, Beyonce
- Hips Don’t Lie, Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean
- Stand By You, Rachel Platten
- Don’t Cha, Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes
- The Tide Is High, Blondie
- Ladies Night, Kool & The Gang
- A Public Affair, Jessica Simpson
- This One’s for the Girls, Martina McBride
- I’m Every Woman, Whitney Houston
- Schoolin’ Life, Beyonce
- Nice for What, Drake
- Best Life, Cardi B ft. Chance the Rapper
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Bouquet Toss songs:
Wedding First Dance 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
- Sara 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
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of First Dance songs:
Wedding Father & Daughter Dance Songs
- Sweet Pea, Amos Lee
- How Sweet It Is, James Taylor
- Come Fly With Me, Frank Sinatra
- Times of Your Life, Paul Anka
- Unforgettable, Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole
- The Way You Look Tonight, Frank Sinatra
- Butterfly Kisses, Bob Carlisle
- Father and Daughter, Paul Simon
- Forever Young, Rod Stewart
- What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Stevie Wonder
- Daughter, Loudon Wainwright III
- My Girl, The Temptations
- I Loved Her First, Heartland
- Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison
- Cinderella, Steven Curtis Chapman
- My Funny Valentine, Frank Sinatra
- Sweet Child O’ Mine, Guns N’ Roses
- The Way You Do the Things You Do, The Temptations
- The Wonder of You, Elvis Presley
- Dance With My Father, Luther Vandross
- Have I Told You Lately, Rod Stewart
- I’ve Got the World on a String, Frank Sinatra
- It Had to Be You, Ray Charles
- Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel), Billy Joel
- Michelle, The Beatles
- My Little Girl, Tim McGraw
- Not While I’m Around, Ken Jennings and Angela Lansbury
- Oh! My Papa, Eddie Fisher
- Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, Israel IZ Kamakawiwoole
- The Long and Winding Road, The Beatles
- There Goes My Life, Kenny Chesney
- When You Need Me, Bruce Springsteen
- I Got You Babe, Sonny & Cher
- You Are So Beautiful, Joe Cocker
- (They Long to Be) Close to You, The Carpenters
- A Wink and a Smile, Harry Connick Jr.
- Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
- Scarlet Begonias, The Grateful Dead
- Always, in All Ways, Kenny Loggins
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Father and Daughter Dance songs:
Wedding Mother & Son Dance Songs
- A Song for Mama, Boyz II Men
- Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
- Child of Mine, Carole King
- I Say a Little Prayer, Aretha Franklin
- I’ll Always Love My Mama, The Intruders
- You Raise Me Up, Josh Groban
- God Only Knows, The Beach Boys
- What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
- Mama Said, Lukas Graham
- 93 Million Miles, Jason Mraz
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You), James Taylor
- Forever Young, Rod Stewart
- The First Lady in My Life, Paul Todd
- I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack
- Thank You Mom, Good Charlotte
- Mama, Spice Girls
- The Perfect Fan, The Backstreet Boys
- Sweet Child O’ Mine, Guns N’ Roses
- Hero, Mariah Carey
- Mother Like Mine, The Band Perry
- Mother and Child Reunion, Paul Simon
- Oh, Mother of Mine, The Temptations
- Hey Mama, Kanye West
- Dear Mama, 2Pac
- Your Song, Elton John
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack
- Do I Make You Proud, Taylor Hicks
- Love Can Move Mountains, Celine Dion
- Mama’s Song, Carrie Underwood
- Greatest Love of All, Whitney Houston
- Bridge Over Troubled Water, Aretha Franklin
- In My Life, The Beatles
- Unforgettable, Nat King Cole
- Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton
- Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson
- There You’ll Be, Faith Hill
- Angels, Randy Travis
- Have I Told You Lately, Van Morrison
- All You Need is Love, The Beatles
- Wind Beneath my Wings, Bette Midler
Listen to the full Spotify playlist of Mother and Son Dance songs:
Spotify Playlist Tips
Creating your own Spotify playlists for different parts of your day is a great way to keep all your music organized. Title your playlists with the exact moments you want them to be played so anyone can pick up your iPod or phone and know exactly which list to play.
If your wedding is in a remote location or you’re unsure if there is any wifi at the venue, make sure to download your entire playlist. I can’t stress this enough, no one wants the music cutting out mid boogie because of a shoddy wifi connection!