Top Wedding Songs for Your Dream Event

Music does so much of the quiet, invisible work at a wedding — it shapes the mood and gives the whole day its personality. When you're choosing, think about the songs that mean something to the two of you, the moments you want to underline, and the music your guests will love too.

Here are the songs we most often suggest for your entrance and your first dance — a starting point to set the mood for the rest of the evening.

Entrance songs

1. Here Comes the Sun — The Beatles
2. God Gave Me You — Blake Shelton
3. First Day of My Life — Bright Eyes
4. In My Life — The Beatles
5. A Thousand Years — Christina Perri
6. I Choose You — Sara Bareilles
7. Marry Me — Train
8. You Are the Love of My Life — Sam Cooke
9. You Raise Me Up — Josh Groban
10. You Are the Best Thing — Ray LaMontagne
11. Love on Top — Beyoncé
12. You Are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
13. Forever — Chris Brown
14. Kissing You — Des'ree
15. How Long Will I Love You — Ellie Goulding

Timeless first-dance songs

1. At Last — Etta James
2. The Way You Look Tonight — Frank Sinatra
3. Can You Feel the Love Tonight — Elton John
4. Your Song — Elton John
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Queen
6. Wonderful Tonight — Eric Clapton
7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) — Stevie Wonder
8. L-O-V-E — Nat King Cole
9. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) — Natalie Cole
10. When I Fall in Love — Nat King Cole
11. Ain't That a Kick in the Head — Dean Martin
12. Volare — Dean Martin
13. (I've Had) The Time of My Life — Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
14. Can't Take My Eyes Off You — Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
15. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) — Marvin Gaye

Modern wedding songs

1. All of Me — John Legend
2. Come Away with Me — Norah Jones
3. Because You Loved Me — Céline Dion
4. Truly Madly Deeply — Savage Garden
5. Perfect — Ed Sheeran
6. Thinking Out Loud — Ed Sheeran
7. I Swear — All-4-One
8. XO — Beyoncé
9. Ho Hey — The Lumineers
10. A Thousand Miles — Vanessa Carlton
11. I Believe in You and Me — Whitney Houston
12. Born to Be Yours — Kygo & Imagine Dragons
13. Lover's Lullaby — Sweet Tea Project

Whatever you choose, let it be yours. The right song at the right moment sets the tone for everything that follows — so pick the ones that make you both feel something, and the evening will follow their lead.