The 100 Best Wedding Songs of All Time
From Ed Sheeran to ABBA, Stevie Wonder to Taylor Swift, these are the 100 best wedding songs of all time. We've turned them into a Spotify playlist so all you need to do is press play!

Want to know the best wedding songs of all time? You’re in the right place. Whether you’re after the best first dance songs or the best song to walk down the aisle to, we’ve got the go-to soundtrack for your big day.
Your wedding day will be one of the most important of your life and needs the perfect music to set the tone and get everyone in the mood. From classics to modern hits, slow songs to floor fillers, every one of these 100 songs deserve a place on your wedding playlist.
How to Plan Your Wedding Music
If you head to our wedding songs page, we’ve laid out where you need music at each stage of your wedding. You might be having a DJ or band for your wedding reception and can use our playlists as inspiration, or for background music to your reception or getting ready jams, just press play!

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The first things to think about when planning your wedding songs are:
1. Do you have a theme?
Vintage weddings might work well with a Motown cover band; a rustic barn wedding might suit a festival-style live folk band; a string quartet would work for a glamorous wedding. Think about what works with your theme and what type of music you like as a couple.
2. What’s the vibe of your reception going to be – chilled afternoon tea or drunken dancing?
The reception is when you’ll have most of the important wedding music (except the bride entrance). It’s when you’ll have your first dance, background music to your meal, party songs for your evening dancing and a final send-off song to end the night. How pop/rock/classical/country/folk/soul you go should fit in with the atmosphere you’re creating for the reception.
3. Which parts of the day do you want music for?
The absolutely key times to have music are the bride’s entrance, the recessional song, during your wedding breakfast, the first dance, and during your wedding party. That said, it’s advisable to have it at times where there otherwise would be silence, like the signing of the register, and during your ceremony. You may also choose to have music for the bouquet toss and cake cutting, as well as doing a father-daughter dance. Plan out when you want music on your big day and it’ll help you get the flow right.
4. Get listening!
Make lists of your favourite songs, ask guests for theirs, play our playlists and talk to your band or DJ. Once you know what you want to play, you can match it with the best stage of your wedding day.
Below are the 100 best wedding songs of all time and a Spotify playlist to help you pick. You can watch the whole of best wedding songs playlist here too:
The Best Wedding Songs of All Time
- Perfect – Ed Sheeran
- Amazed – Lonestar
- I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
- This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
- Can’t Help Falling In Love – Haley Reinhart
- Wherever You Will Go – Charlene Soraia
- A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
- Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
- I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
- At Last – Etta James
- Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Run – Leona Lewis
- All Of Me – John Legend
- Shallow – Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
- Sucker – Jonas Brothers
- L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross & The Supremes
- Daydream Believer – The Monkees
- Symphony – Clean Bandit ft Zara Larsson
- Your Song – Rita Ora
- Born To Be Yours – Imagine Dragons and Kygo
- Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
- Make You Feel My Love – Adele
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- Best Part – Daniel Caesar ft. H.E.R.
- Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
- Sweetheart – Thomas Rhett
- Us – James Bay
- Speechless – Dan + Shay
- You Are the Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
- Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
- Love Story – Taylor Swift
- I Like Me Better – Lauv
- Endless Love – Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
- You Are The Reason – Calum Scott and Leona Lewis
- Stand By Me – Ben E. King
- Burning Love – Elvis Presley
- Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
- You Send Me – Sam Cooke
- Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
- Wannabe – Spice Girls
- Firework – Katy Perry
- You’re The One That I Want – Grease
- Songbird – Eva Cassidy
- Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
- How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
- All You Need Is Love – The Beatles
- Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
- Love On Top – Beyonce
- No Scrubs – TLC
- Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
- All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
- I’m Every Woman – Chaka Khan
- Reach – S Club 7
- I’m Kissing You – Des’ree
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – ABBA
- Jump – Girls Aloud
- Like A Prayer – Madonna
- I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
- From This Moment On – Shania Twain & Bryan White
- Better Together – Jack Johnson
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight – Elton John
- The Luckiest – Ben Folds
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) – Stevie Wonder
- You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates
- We Go Together – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Best Day of My Life – American Authors
- Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
- What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
- Your Song – Ellie Goulding
- Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) – Beyoncé
- Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
- Dancing in The Moonlight – Toploader
- Valerie – Amy Winehouse
- Marry You – Bruno Mars
- Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
- Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker
- Can’t Stop The Feeling! – Justin Timberlake
- (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
- Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
- Never Forget – Take That
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – Marvin Gaye
- Toothpaste Kisses – The Maccabees
- Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon
- Last Request – Paolo Nutini
- Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
- (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
- Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
- Marry Me – Train
- Everything – Michael Bublé
- Ho Hey – The Lumineers
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do – ABBA
- I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
- Something – The Beatles
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen