The Best Music For Your Entire Wedding Day

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We've been to a LOT of weddings and we've heard every kind of wedding music imaginable. Some songs were epic, and some were *not*. Let us save you from a party-killing track that empties the dance floor. As wedding pros, we've seen and heard a LOT of special wedding music moments and these are the best tracks for each part of your big day!

Getting Ready Music

Getting Ready

  • Love on Top — Beyoncé

  • Respect — Aretha Franklin

  • 1, 2 Step — Ciara feat. Missy Elliott

  • California Gurls — Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg

  • Bang Bang — Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj

  • Let's Go Crazy — Prince

  • Hollaback Girl — Gwen Stefani

  • Say My Name — Destiny's Child

  • Don't Cha — The Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes

  • Run the World (Girls) — Beyoncé

  • Bootylicious — Destiny's Child

  • Jenny From the Block — Jennifer Lopez feat. Jadakiss and Styles P

  • SexyBack — Justin Timberlake feat. Timbaland

  • Man! I Feel Like a Woman! — Shania Twain

  • What's Love Got to Do With It — Tina Turner

  • Happy — Pharrell Williams

  • Girls Just Want to Have Fun — Cyndi Lauper

Ceremony Music

Wedding Party or Family Processional Songs

  • Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World — Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole

  • Wedding March — Mendelssohn

  • Can't Help Falling in Love — Haley Reinhart

  • Just the Way You Are — Bruno Mars 

  • Beyond — Leon Bridges

  • All of Me — John Legend

  • The Rest of Our Life — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

  • Strangers in the Night — Frank Sinatra

  • XO — John Mayer

Bride or Groom Down the Aisle Songs

  • Thousand years — Christina peri

  • Extravagant — Steffany Gretzinger

  • Love Someone — Jason Maraz

  • What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong

  • When You Say You Love Me — Josh Groban

  • Canon in D — Johann Pachelbel

  • Here Comes The Sun — The Beatles

  • Somewhere Over The Rainbow — Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole

  • Claire de Lune — Debussy

  • Can’t Help Falling In Love — Elvis Presley

  • She — Elvis Costello

  • Stand By Me — Ben E. King

  • Perfect — Ed Sheeran

End of Ceremony Music

  • Mirrors — Justin Timberlake

  • Sweet Creature — Harry Styles

  • Love Me Harder — Ariana Grande

  • Best Love Song — T-Pain

  • You Are the Best Thing — Ray LaMontagne

  • This Will Be (An Everlasting Love — Natalie Cole

  • Fly Me to the Moon — Frank Sinatra

  • You Make My Dreams Come True — Hall & Oates

  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered — Stevie Wonder

  • All I Do is Dream of You — Michael Bublé

Pro Tip: Every song sounds "fancier" when played instrumentally. Bonus points if it’s played on a stringed instrument. Try finding a piano version of your favorite song or even hire a professional pianist to play live!

Reception Music

Wedding Party Entrance

  • Uptown Funk — Bruno Mars

  • Can’t Stop the Feeling — Justin Timberlake

  • Sugar — Maroon 5

  • Dynamite — Taio Cruz

  • 24K Magic — Bruno Mars

  • Welcome to the Jungle — Guns N’ Roses

  • About Damn Time — Lizzo

  • Watermelon Sugar — Harry Styles

  • Good 4 U — Olivia Rodrigo

  • My House — Flo Rida

  • Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Baby — Barry White

  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) — Stevie Wonder

  • This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) — Natalie Cole

  • Walking on Sunshine — Katrina and the Waves

  • Eye of the Tiger — Survivor

  • U Can't Touch This — MC Hammer

  • Yeah! — Usher

Couple's Entrance

  • Love Story — Taylor Swift

  • Fancy Like — Walker Hayes

  • Firework — Katy Perry

  • Let’s Groove — Earth, Wind & Fire

  • Whoomp! (There It Is) — Tag Team

  • SexyBack (ft. Timbaland) — Justin Timberlake

  • Another One Bites the Dust — Queen

  • She’s With Me — High Valley

  • Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys

  • Sweet Disposition — The Temper Trap

  • Could You Be Loved — Bob Marley and the Wailers

  • We Are Family — Sister Sledge

  • Brown Eyed Girl — Van Morrison

Couple's First Dance

  • God Gave Me You — Blake Shelton

  • I Don't Dance — Lee Brice

  • Til I Found You — Phil Wickham

  • Yours — Russell Dickerson

  • Amazed — Lonesta

  • Perfect Duet — Ed Sheeran and Beyoncé

  • All of Me — John Legend

  • I Don't Want to Miss a Thing — Aerosmith

  • The Way You Look Tonight — Frank Sinatra

  • At Last — Etta James

  • Speechless — Dan and Shay

  • Can’t Help Falling in Love — Haley Reinhart

  • Loves Me Like a Rock — Paul Simon

Mother Son/Child dance

  • Beautiful Boy — John Lennon

  • Mom — Meghan Trainor

  • 93 Million Miles — Jason Mraz

  • Mother Like Mine — The Band Perry

  • Simple Man — Lynard Skynard

  • A Song for Momma — Boyz II Men

  • Letter To MyYMother – Edwin McCain

  • Like My Mother Does — Laure Alaina

  • Mother — Sugarland

  • My Mother’s Eye — Etta Jones

  • Mama Said — Lucas Graham

  • The Perfect Fan — Backstreet Boys

Father Daughter/Child Dance

  • Butterfly Kisses — Bob Carlisle

  • Isn’t She Lovely — Stevie Wonder

  • Father and Daughter — Paul Simon

  • Daughters — John Mayer

  • What A Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong

  • Right by You (For Luna) — John Legend

  • The Way You Look Tonight — Frank Sinatra

  • Sweet Pea — Amos Lee

  • My Girl — The Temptations

  • I Loved Her First — Heartland

  • My Little Girl — Tim McGraw

  • The Best Day — Taylor Swift

  • Daddy — Beyoncé

  • Butterfly Fly Away — Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus

  • One Call Away — Charlie Puth

  • Just Fishin — Trace Adkins

  • Unforgettable — Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole

  • I Turn To You — Christina Aguilera

General Parent-Child Dance

  • Forever Youg — Rod Stewart

  • Humble and Kind — Tim McGraw

  • Prayer — Andrea Bocelli & Céline Dion

  • You Raise Me Up — Josh Groban

  • My Wish — Rascal Flatts

  • How Long Will I Love You — Ellie Gouldig

  • Days Like This — Van Morrison

  • You are my Sunshine — Morgane Stapleton with Chris Stapleton

  • Do I Make You Proud — Taylor Hicks

  • Remedy — Adele

  • Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley — I Love You Because

  • God Only Knows — The Beach Boys

  • Lean On Me — Bill Withers

  • You’ll Be In My Heart — Phil Collins

  • The Baby — Blake Shelton

  • Handprints On The Wall — Kenny Rogers

  • Time After Time — Cyndi Lauper

  • I Hope You Dance — Lee Ann Womack

  • Anytime You Need a Friend — Mariah Carey

  • When You Need Me — Bruce Springsteen

Wedding Exit Songs

  • Bye, Bye, Bye — *NSYNC

  • Love on Top — Beyoncé

  • Paradise — George Ezra

  • Sugar — Maroon 5

  • I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do — ABBA

  • The Edge of Glory — Lady Gaga

  • Save the Last Dance For Me — Michael Bublé

  • Come Fly With Me — Frank Sinatra

  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) — Stevie Wonder

  • We Are Family — Sister Sledge

  • I Got You Babe — Sonny & Cher