Wedding Music Lists
Contemporary, Classic Rock, Motown, R&B Big Band, Swing, Jazz Ballads Classical Ceremony Music
Contemporary, Classic Rock, Motown, R&B
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| ABC | Jackson 5 |
| Africa | Toto |
| Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (P) | Marvin Gaye |
| Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now | McFadden & Whitehead |
| Ain’t Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations |
| All About That Bass | Meghan Trainor |
| All Night Long | Lionel Richie |
| All Shook Up | Elvis Presley |
| All You Need Is Love (BG, P) | The Beatles |
| American Girl | Tom Petty |
| Baby One More Time | Britney Spears |
| Bad Girls | Donna Summer |
| Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) | John Lennon |
| Before I Let Go | Frankie Beverly |
| Better Together (BG) | Jack Johnson |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson |
| Black Cow | Steely Dan |
| Black Magic Woman | Santana |
| Blurred Lines | Pharrell Williams |
| Boogie Oogie Oogie | Taste of Honey |
| Brick House | Commodores |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| Brown Sugar | The Rolling Stones |
| Build Me Up Buttercup | Foundations |
| Bust a Move | Young MC |
| Cake By the Ocean | DNCE |
| California Gurls | Katy Perry |
| Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen |
| Can’t Feel My Face | The Weeknd |
| Can’t Get Enough of Your Love (BG) | Barry White |
| Can’t Stop The Feeling | Justin Timberlake |
| Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You (BG) | Frankie Valli |
| Cheap Thrills | Sia |
| Chunky | Bruno Mars |
| Closer | The Chainsmokers |
| Colour My World | Chicago |
| Coming Home | Leon Bridges |
| Counting Stars | OneRepublic |
| Crash Into Me (BG) | Dave Matthews Band |
| Crazy in Love | Beyoncé |
| Cruisin’ | Smokey Robinson |
| Cut the Cake | Average White Band |
| Dancin’ In The Street | Martha and the Vandellas |
| Dancin’ Queen | ABBA |
| Days Like This | Van Morrison |
| Devil With A Blue Dress | Mitch Ryder |
| Disco Inferno | The Trammps |
| Doin’ The Butt | Experience Unlimited (E.U.) |
| Domino | Van Morrison |
| Don’t Stop Believing | Journey |
| Don’t Stop the Music | Rihanna |
| Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough | Michael Jackson |
| Do You Love Me | The Contours |
| Drift Away | Dobie Gray/Uncle Kracker |
| Dynamite | Taio Cruz |
| Everybody | Backstreet Boys |
| Everything | Michael Bublé |
| Everywhere | Fleetwood Mac |
| Evil Ways | Santana |
| Fallen (BG) | Lauren Wood |
| Father and Daughter (P) | Paul Simon |
| Feelin’ it | Brian Culbertson |
| Forever Young (P) | Rod Stewart |
| Forget You | CeeLo Green |
| For the Love of You | The Isley Brothers |
| Funky Stuff | Kool & the Gang |
| Galaxy | War |
| Get Down Tonight | KC and the Sunshine Band |
| Get Lucky | Daft Punk |
| Get Ready | The Temptations |
| Get This Party Started | Pink |
| Get Up Offa That Thing | James Brown |
| Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It | Will Smith |
| Gimme Some Lovin’ | Spencer Davis Group |
| Give it to Me Baby | Rick James |
| Good Luck Charm | Elvis Presley |
| Got to Give it Up | Marvin Gaye |
| Great Balls of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Groove Me | Guy |
| Happy | Pharrell Williams |
| Hard to Handle | The Black Crowes |
| Heatwave | Martha and the Vandellas |
| Higher and Higher | Jackie Wilson |
| How Sweet it is (BG, P, C) | Marvin Gaye |
| I Can’t Help Myself | The Four Tops |
| I Don’t Like It, I Love It | Flo Rida ft. Robin Thicke |
| I Feel Good | James Brown |
| I Got a Feeling | The Black Eyed Peas |
| I Got the Feeling | James Brown |
| I Got to Groove | Tower of Power |
| I’ll Be There (BG) | The Jackson 5 |
| I’ll Be Your Man (P) | Zac Brown Band |
| I’m Coming Home (BG) | Leon Bridges |
| I’m Yours (BG) | Jason Mraz |
| I Saw Her Standing There | The Beatles |
| Is This Love (BG) | Bob Marley |
| I Thank You | Sam & Dave |
| It’s the Same Old Song | The Four Tops |
| I Wanna Dance with Somebody | Whitney Houston |
| I Wanna Take You Higher | Sly and the Family Stone |
| I Want it That Way | Backstreet Boys |
| I Want You Back | The Jackson 5 |
| I Wish | Stevie Wonder |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry |
| Jungle Boogie | Kool & the Gang |
| Jungle Love | The Time |
| Just Dance | Lady Gaga |
| Just the Way You Are | Billy Joel |
| Just the Way You Are | Bruno Mars |
| Keep Me Hangin’ On | The Supremes |
| Kiss | Prince |
| Kiss of Life (BG) | Sade |
| Knock on Wood | Sam & Dave |
| Ladies Night | Kool & the Gang |
| Lady Marmalade | Labelle |
| Last Dance | Donna Summer |
| Lean on Me | Bill Withers |
| Let it Whip | The Dazz Band |
| Let’s Dance | David Bowie |
| Let’s Get it On (BG) | Marvin Gaye |
| Let’s Get it Started | The Black Eyed Peas |
| Let’s Groove Tonight | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Let’s Stay Together (BG) | Al Green |
| Let’s Twist Again | Chubby Checker |
| Living For the Love of You | The Isley Brothers |
| Living in America | James Brown |
| Living on a Prayer | Bon Jovi |
| Locked Out of Heaven | Bruno Mars |
| Louie Louie | The Kingsmen |
| Love Ballad | LTD |
| Loving Wings (BG) | Dave Matthews Band |
| Loving You Is Easy | Ben Rector |
| Love Is Like An Itchin’ In My Heart | The Supremes |
| Love Never Felt So Good | Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake |
| Love Train | The O’Jays |
| Low Rider | War |
| Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf |
| Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffett |
| Mean to Me (BG) | Brett Eldredge |
| Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett |
| Moondance | Van Morrison |
| More of You (BG) | Chris Stapleton |
| More Today Than Yesterday (BG) | Spiral Staircase |
| Moves Like Jagger | Maroon 5 |
| Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett |
| My Girl (BG, P) | The Temptations |
| Never Gonna Give You Up (BG) | Barry White |
| No Parkin’ on the Dance Floor | Midnight Star |
| Off the Wall | Michael Jackson |
| Oh What a Night | The Four Seasons |
| Old Time Rock and Roll | Bob Seger |
| Overjoyed | Stevie Wonder |
| Oye Como Va | Santana |
| Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO |
| Perfect (BG) | Ed Sheeran |
| Perm | Bruno Mars |
| Pick Up the Pieces | Average White Band |
| Pink Cadillac | Bruce Springsteen |
| Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry |
| Pride and Joy | Marvin Gaye |
| PYT | Michael Jackson |
| Raise Your Glass | Pink |
| Rapper’s Delight | The Sugarhill Gang |
| Ribbon in the Sky | Stevie Wonder |
| Rescue Me | Fontella Bass |
| Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| Rude | Magic! |
| Run Around Sue | Dion |
| Sara Smile | Hall & Oates |
| Save the Last Dance for Me | Michael Bublé |
| Sea Cruise | Johnny Rivers |
| Secret Garden (BG) | Bruce Springsteen |
| September | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Sex Machine | James Brown |
| Shake it Off | Taylor Swift |
| Shake Your Body Down | Michael Jackson |
| Shame | Evelyn “Champagne” King |
| Shape of You | Ed Sheeran |
| She’s a Bad Mama Jama | Carl Carlton |
| Shout | The Isley Brothers |
| Shotgun | Jr. Walker & The All Stars/Los Amigos Invisibles |
| Shut Up and Dance | Walk the Moon |
| Simply the Best (BG) | Stephanie Rainey/James Bay |
| Sing a Song | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 634-5789 | Wilson Pickett |
| Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel/Harry Styles |
| Smooth Sailing | Leon Bridges |
| Some Kind of Wonderful (BG) | Grand Funk Railroad |
| Soul Man | Sam & Dave |
| Stand By Me (P) | Ben E. King |
| Stay with Me Tonight | Jeffrey Osborne |
| Stop in the Name of Love | The Supremes |
| Suit and Tie | Justin Timberlake |
| Super Freak | Rick James |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver |
| Takin’ Care of Business | Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| Teenage Dream | Katy Perry |
| Teeny Weeny Bit | Cash McCall & Louisiana Red |
| Tennessee Whiskey | Chris Stapleton |
| Tenth Avenue Freeze Out | Bruce Springsteen |
| Tequila | The Champs |
| That’ll Be the Day | Buddy Holly |
| That’s What I Like About You | The Romantics |
| The Way You Move | Outkast |
| Thinking Out Loud | Ed Sheeran |
| This is How We Do it | Montell Jordan |
| This Magic Moment (BG) | The Drifters |
| This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (BG) | Natalie Cole |
| Til Kingdom Come (BG) | Coldplay |
| Til There Was You (BG, P) | The Beatles |
| Timber | Kesha/Pitbull |
| Time of Our Lives | Pitbull |
| Treasure | Bruno Mars |
| Try a Little Tenderness | Otis Redding |
| Twenty-Four Karat Magic | Bruno Mars |
| Twist and Shout | The Beatles |
| Under The Boardwalk | The Drifters |
| Uptown Funk | Bruno Mars |
| Vienna | Billy Joel |
| Wagon Wheel | Darius Rucker |
| Walk Through This World with Me | George Jones |
| We Are Family | Sister Sledge |
| We’re Havin’ a Party | Sam Cooke |
| What Does It Take | Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
| What’s Going On | Marvin Gaye/Donny Hathaway |
| What is Hip | Tower of Power |
| When a Man Loves a Woman (BG) | Percy Sledge |
| When I’m Sixty Four (C) | The Beatles |
| Workin’ Day and Night | Michael Jackson |
| You Are the Best Thing (BG) | Ray LaMontagne |
| You Can’t Hurry Love | The Supremes |
| Your Smiling Face (BG) | James Taylor |
| You’ll Never Find | Lou Rawls |
| You Make My Dreams | Hall & Oates |
| You’re All I Need to Get By (BG) | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
| You’re My Home | Billy Joel |
| You’re the First, the Last, My Everything (BG) | Barry White |
Big Band, Swing, Jazz
| Song Title | Artist |
|---|---|
| All the Way | Frank Sinatra |
| Amore (BG, C) | Dean Martin |
| Angelina | Louie Prima |
| As Time Goes By | From “Casablanca” |
| Autumn Leaves | Jazz Standard |
| Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin |
| The Best Is Yet to Come (BG) | Frank Sinatra |
| Birdland | Weather Report |
| Come Fly With Me | Frank Sinatra |
| Comin’ Home Baby | Jazz Standard |
| For Sentimental Reasons (BG) | Nat King Cole |
| Fly Me to the Moon (BG) | Frank Sinatra |
| Hernando’s Hideaway (C) | Tango |
| In the Mood | Glenn Miller |
| It Had to Be You (BG) | Frank Sinatra |
| I’ve Got the World On a String | Frank Sinatra |
| Jump Jive & Wail | Louie Prima |
| The Way You Look Tonight (P) | Frank Sinatra |
| L-O-V-E (BG, C) | Nat King Cole |
| Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin |
| Misty | Erroll Garner |
| Moonglow | Benny Goodman |
| Moonlight Serenade (BG) | Glenn Miller |
| More (BG) | Frank Sinatra |
| New York, New York | Frank Sinatra |
| Our Love is Here to Stay (BG) | George Gershwin |
| Por Una Cabeza | Tango |
| Route 66 | Blues Standard |
| Satin Doll | Duke Ellington |
| Silhouette | Kenny G |
| Songbird | Kenny G |
| Strangers in the Night (BG) | Frank Sinatra |
| Summer Wind (BG) | Frank Sinatra |
| Take Five | Dave Brubeck |
| Take the ‘A’ Train | Duke Ellington |
| Tenderly | Jazz Standard |
| Things Ain’t What They Used to Be | Duke Ellington |
| Unforgettable (BG, P) | Nat King Cole |
| Watermelon Man | Herbie Hancock |
| What a Wonderful World (BG, P) | Louis Armstrong |
Ballads
| Song Title | Artist | |
|---|---|---|
| All I Ask Of You (BG) | Phantom of the Opera | |
| All of Me (BG) | Billy Holiday | |
| All of Me (BG) | John Legend | |
| All the Way (BG) | Frank Sinatra/Celine Dion | |
| All My Life (BG) | Aaron Neville/Linda Ronstadt | |
| Always and Forever (BG) | Heatwave | |
| Amazed (BG) | Lonestar | |
| At Last (BG) | Etta James | |
| Beautiful in My Eyes (BG, P) | Joshua Kadison | |
| Because You Loved Me (BG, P) | Celine Dion | |
| Bless the Broken Road (BG) | Rascal Flatts | |
| Blue Moon (BG) | Various Artists | |
| By Your Side (BG) | Sade | |
| Can’t Help Falling in Love (BG) | Elvis Presley | |
| Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You (BG) | Four Seasons | |
| Carolina on My Mind (P) | James Taylor | |
| Chasing Cars (BG) | Snow Patrol | |
| Come Away with Me (BG) | Norah Jones | |
| Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) | Andrea Bocelli | |
| Could I Have This Dance (BG) | Anne Murray | |
| Crazy | Patsy Cline | |
| Crazy Love (BG) | Van Morrison | |
| Daddy’s Little Girl (P) | Various Artists | |
| Darling Forever (BG) | The Marvelettes | |
| Die a Happy Man (BG) | Thomas Rhett | |
| Don’t Know Why | Norah Jones | |
| Dream a Little Dream (BG) | Various Artists | |
| Everything | Michael Bublé | |
| Feels Like Home (BG) | Bonnie Raitt | |
| From This Moment (BG) | Shania Twain | |
| God Only Knows (BG, P) | The Beach Boys | |
| Goodnight My Love | Various Artists | |
| Grow Old With Me (BG) | Mary Chapin Carpenter | |
| Harvest Moon (BG) | Neil Young | |
| Have I Told You Lately (BG, P) | Van Morrison | |
| Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (BG) | Mel Carter | |
| Hold On (BG) | Michael Bublé | |
| I Believe in You and Me (BG) | Four Tops | |
| Could Not Ask For More (BG) | Edwin McCain | |
| I Do (Cherish You) (BG) | Mark Wills | |
| I Hope You Dance (BG, P) | Lee Ann Womack | |
| I Loved Her First (P) | Heartland | |
| In Your Eyes (BG) | Peter Gabriel | |
| I Only Have Eyes For You (BG) | Various Artists | |
| I Swear (BG) | All-4-One | |
| I Wish You Love | Various Artists | |
| If I Ain’t Got You | Alicia Keys | |
| If I Fall Behind (BG) | Bruce Springsteen/Faith Hill | |
| In My Daughter’s Eyes (P) | Martina McBride | |
| In My Life (P) | The Beatles | |
| Inseparable (BG) | Natalie Cole</ | Natalie Cole |
| Into the Mystic (BG) | Van Morrison | |
| Jersey Girl (BG) | Bruce Springsteen | |
| Just My Imagination (BG) | The Temptations | |
| Just the Way You Are (BG, P) | Billy Joel | |
| La La (Means I Love You) (BG) | The Delfonics | |
| Leather and Lace (BG) | Stevie Nicks | |
| Let It Be Me (BG) | Jerry Butler & Betty Everett | |
| Longer (BG) | Dan Fogelberg | |
| Love Ballad (BG) | Jeffrey Osborne | |
| Love Me Tender (BG) | Elvis Presley | |
| Love Song (BG) | Adele | |
| Loving Wings (BG) | Dave Matthews Band | |
| Making Memories of Us (BG) | Keith Urban | |
| Me and You (BG) | Kenny Chesney | |
| Mean to Me (BG) | Brett Eldredge | |
| Michelle | The Beatles | |
| More of You (BG) | Chris Stapleton | |
| My Girl (BG, P) | The Temptations | |
| My Little Girl (P) | Tim McGraw | |
| My Wish (P) | Rascal Flatts | |
| Nearness Of You, The (BG) | Various Artists | |
| One In A Million (BG) | Larry Graham | |
| Overjoyed | Stevie Wonder | |
| Perfect (BG) | Ed Sheeran | |
| Prayer, The (BG) | Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion | |
| Remember When (P) | Alan Jackson | |
| Ribbon in the Sky | Stevie Wonder | |
| Sara Smile | Hall & Oates | |
| Sea of Love (BG) | The Honeydrippers | |
| Sleepwalk | The Ventures | |
| Someone Like You (BG) | Van Morrison | |
| Someone To Watch Over Me (BG) | George Gershwin | |
| Song For My Son, A (P) | Mikki Viereck | |
| Songbird (P) | Fleetwood Mac | |
| Stay With You (BG) | John Legend | |
| Stuck on You (BG) | Lionel Richie | |
| Taking You Home (BG) | Thomas Rhett | |
| Thank You (BG) | Dido | |
| That’s All | Michael Bublé | |
| That’s How Strong My Love Is (BG) | Otis Redding | |
| Thinking Out Loud (BG) | Ed Sheeran | |
| Through the Years (P) | Kenny Rogers | |
| Times of Your Life (P) | Paul Anka | |
| To Make You Feel My Love (BG) | Adele | |
| To Sir With Love (P) | LuLu | |
| True Companion (BG) | Marc Cohn | |
| Tupelo Honey (BG) | Van Morrison | |
| Vienna | Billy Joel | |
| What A Difference A Day Makes (BG) | Standard | |
| When A Man Loves A Woman (BG) | Percy Sledge | |
| When I Said I Do (BG) | Clint Black & Lisa Hartman Black | |
| When the Right One Comes Along (BG) | Striking Matches | |
| When You Say Nothing at All (BG) | Alison Krauss | |
| Wind Beneath My Wings (P) | Bette Midler | |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | |
| You are My Shining Star (BG) | The Manhattans | |
| You are So Beautiful (BG, P) | Joe Cocker | |
| You are the Best Thing | Ray LaMontagne | |
| You are the Sunshine of My Life (BG, P) | Stevie Wonder | |
| You Make Me Feel Brand New (BG) | The Stylistics | |
| You Send Me (BG) | Sam Cooke | |
| Your Precious Love (BG) | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | |
| Your Song (BG) | Elton John | |
| You’re Everything (BG) | Keith Urban | |
| You’re Still The One | Shania Twain | |
| You’ve Got A Friend | James Taylor |
Classical Ceremony Music
| Music Title | Composer |
|---|---|
| Air (From Handel’s Water Music ~ Processional) | Handel |
| Air On the G String | Bach |
| Andante | Mozart |
| Arrival of the Queen of Sheeba (Processional) | Handel |
| Canon in D | Pachelbel |
| Hatikvah (National Anthem ~ Processional) | Traditional |
| Hornpipe (From Handel’s Water Music ~ Recessional) | Handel |
| Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring | Bach |
| Kemp’s Jig | Traditional |
| Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi ~ Recessional) | Vince Guaraldi |
| Mazurka in C | Chopin |
| Minuet in C | Mozart |
| Minuet in G | Bach |
| My One and Only Love (Traditional jazz ballad) | Traditional |
| Ode to Joy | Beethoven |
| Simantov and Mazeltov (Recessional) | Traditional |
| Somewhere (from West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein |
| Spring (From Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons) | Vivaldi |
| The Swan | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| Trumpet Tune | Purcell |
| Trumpet Voluntary | Purcell |
| When You Wish Upon a Star (Disney Theme) | Leigh Harline |
| Yerusalem Shel Zav (Jewish Processional) | Traditional |
Songs followed by:
- (BG) indicate song choices suitable for the Bride and Groom’s first dance
- (P) include popular wedding music options for special, parents’ dances
- (C) lists selections for cake cutting music which can be low-key or fun to highlight this wedding tradition