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Top
20 Wedding Songs
It
can be hard deciding what music to have for your church service,
civil ceremony or first dance. Use our Top 20 Song Lists to
help you choose your songs
•
For
the ceremony
•
For
your first dance
•
For
the evening reception
For
the ceremony
Music for the wedding ceremony plays an important part in
setting the mood and evoking emotion for the wedding day.
Use some of our suggestions to set the mood for your wedding
ceremony.
Traditional
Wedding Ceremony Music
1. Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Richard Wagner)
(also known as “Here Comes the Bride”)
2. Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel)
3. Guitar Concerto in D Major, Largo, (Antonio Vivaldi)
4. Air (from Water Music Suite),
(George Frederic Handel)
5. The Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Voluntary in
D major) (Jeremiah Clarke)
6. Procession of Joy (Hal Hopson)
7. Rigaudon (Andre Campra)
8. Wedding March (from The Marriage of Figaro), (Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart)
9. Prelude from “Te Deum” (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
10. Trumpet Tune and Air (Henry Purcell)
11. Trumpet Voluntary (John Stanley)
12. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba – Handel
13. Trumpet Tune and Air –
Purcell Entree Pontificale
– Bossi
14. Pomp and Circumstance March
– Elgar Carillon Murril
15. I Was Glad – Parry
16. Music for the Royal Fireworks – Handel
17. Wedding March from a Midsummer Night’s Dream
– Mendelssohn
18. Toccata (Symphony no 5) or March Pontificale
– Widor
19. Prelude and Fugue in A – Bach
20. Trumpet Voluntary – Clarke
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For your first dance
Your first dance is an important stage of the wedding proceedings
and can be a good photo opportunity as well as entertaining
for your guests. Some couples prefer to have dance lessons
prior to the wedding day in order to be confident with their
dancing skills. Its always worth choosing a song that means
something to both the bride and groom.
Use our list of the Top 20 songs to help you pick the right
one for you and your partner:
1. Celine Dion
– My Heart Will Go
On
2. Al Green
– Let’s Stay
Together
3. Norah Jones
– Come Away With
Me
4. Toploader
– Dancing in the
Moonlight
5. Shania Twain
– You’re Still
The One
6. The Rembrants
– I’ll Be There
For You
7. Robbie Williams
– She’s The
One
8. Frank Sinatra
– I’ve Got You
Under My Skin
9. Elvis Costello
– She
10. Nat King Cole
– Let There Be Love
11. Tina Turner
– You’re Simply
the Best
12. Grease
– You’re The
One That I Want
13. Bryan Adams
– Everything I Do
14. Abba
– Waterloo
15. Take That
– A Million Love
Songs
16. Elton John
– Can You Feel the
Love Tonight
17. Chris de Burgh
– Lady in Red
18. Madness
– It Must Be Love
19. Temptations
– My Girl
20. Lonestar
– Amazed
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For the evening reception
The music at the evening reception will be crucial in creating
the right atmosphere at your wedding. When compiling your
list of music requests, keep in mind your guests and the music
you and your partner like.
Use our list of Top 20 songs to get the party started at your
wedding:
1. The Mavericks
– Dance
the Night Away
2. Monkees
– I’m
a Believer
3. Bee Gees
– Night
Fever
4. Bee Gees
– Stayin
Alive
5. Gloria Gaynor
– I
will survive
6. Abba
– Dancing
Queen
7. Grease Soundtrack
– Grease
Mega Miz
8. Donna Summer
– Hot
Stuff
9. Village People
– YMCA
10. Cyndi Lauper
– Girls
Just Wanna Have Fun
11. Brian Adams
– Summer
of ’69
12. Los del Rio
– Macarena
13. Wild Cherry
– Play
that Funky Music
14. Sister Sledge
– We
are Family
15. Beach Boys
– Twist
and Shout
16. Chubby Checker
– Let’s
Twist Again
17. Van Morrison
– Brown-eyed
girl
18. Pretenders
– Don’t
get me wrong
19. Geri Halliwell
– Its
Raining Men
20. Stealers Wheel
– Stuck
in the Middle with You
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