The Best Anniversary Songs For Weddings

 
Honoring couples celebrating anniversaries is an act of hospitality at the wedding reception. Which anniversary songs are best for the wedding reception and won’t distract too much?

The Anniversary Song Dance

One way to celebrate anniversaries at your wedding reception is to invite all of the married couples to the dance floor. Then, remove couples by groups of 5 years at a time from the current year. Once you get to 40 years, remove couples one year at a time until you find the couple that has been married the longest.

Then, the wedding DJ would play the anniversary song of your choosing to honor the longest-married couple with a special dance. You can even have a special gift set aside for this couple. There are many songs that signify an anniversary for the newly-weds to the young at heart like the “Anniversary Waltz” by Eddy Howard, “Anniversary” by Tony Toni Tone, and “Happy Anniversary” by Kelly Morrison.

Honoring Your Parents and Grandparents

If the wedding couple decides to only honor their parents or grandparents, we recommend selecting a song that symbolizes their history of love together. The anniversary song does not have to be one of the songs on our list. In fact, you could play the song from their first dance as the anniversary song. How special would that be?

If you wish to provide a special gift to wedding couples at your wedding — such as parents and grandparents — we have provided a list of the traditional wedding anniversary symbols as follows just to make it that much more personable to each couple.

Traditional Wedding Anniversary Symbols

• 1st Anniversary – Paper
• 2nd Anniversary – Cotton
• 5th Anniversary – Wood
• 10th Anniversary – Tin
• 15th Anniversary – Crystal
• 20th Anniversary – China
• 25th Anniversary – Silver
• 30th Anniversary – Pearl
• 40th Anniversary – Ruby
• 50th Anniversary – Gold
• 60th Anniversary – Diamond

Why Celebrate Other Anniversaries At Our Wedding?

Just as you ask people for advice for the wedding couple, celebrating other couples encourages the newlyweds. Also, weddings are about celebrating love. Honoring others brings honor to your new life together and creates memories to last a lifetime — not just for the bride and groom.

Top 10 Wedding Anniversary Songs

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10. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
Originally released in 1975.
A great R&B love song celebrating an eternal love for one another.

9. Still The One – Orleans
Originally released in 1976.
A classic rock love song proving how much you still mean to one another after all these years together.

8. Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers
Originally released in 1980.
A great jazz tune with Bill Withers singing “We can make it if we try.”

7. You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers
A classic country song released in 1979.
This song is a great love song story.

6. Anniversary – Tony Toni Tone
Our first true “anniversary” song on the list released in 1993.
This R&B song will be a mainstay on many couple’s lists celebrating an anniversary.

5. When I’m Sixty-Four – The Beatles
A classic love song by the Beatles released in 1967.
A love story about a man growing old with his lover.

4. 100 Years – Five For Fighting
This rock song was originally released in 2003.
A song about growing up until you are 100 years old and in the end “And I’m just dreaming counting the ways to where you are.”

3. You’re Still The One – Shania Twain
Our highest-ranking country song was released in 1997.
Another song stating how much you still mean to each other after all these years together.

2. Anniversary Waltz – Eddy Howard
For generations that have been around for many years, they will appreciate this classic song from 1950. Be sure you know how to waltz before playing this one though.

1. Happy Anniversary – Kelly Morrison
How can a song so new end up at the top of the list? This is a song sung by Kelly who has one of those raspy, memorable voices. This song is one of the feel-good songs that just makes everyone want to dance!

Special Anniversary Parties

Special parties for anniversaries are fun, too. Just remember that if you are a young couple celebrating 5 or 10 years together, we would suggest anniversary songs that propose a message that there are better years to come such as “We’ve Only Just Begun” by the Carpenters and “Grow Old With Me” by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Similar song lists for further reading:

• Wedding Songs the Year you were Married
• Love Playlists to dedicate a Song
• Songs lists by the Era of your Wedding

Top Anniversary Songs List

Last Updated: January 24, 2021
Anniversary song list curated by Matthew Campbell

Song	Amazon Link
Al Green Let’s Stay Together 1972, Soul
Alan Jackson I’d Love You All Over Again 1991, Country
Ambrosia Biggest Part Of Me 1980, Rock
America All My Life 1979, Rock
Anna Nalick As Time Goes By 2019, Folk
Anne Murray Could I Have This Dance 1980, Country
Avant feat. KeKe Wyatt You & I 2013, R&B
Avett Brothers Swept Away 2004, Folk
Backstreet Boys As Long As You Love Me 1997, Pop
Barry White You’re The First, The Last, My Everything 1974, R&B
Beatles Here, There and Everywhere 1966, Rock
Beatles In My Life 1965, Rock
Beatles When I’m Sixty-Four 1967, Pop
Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love 1977, Pop
Ben E King Stand By Me 1961, Soul
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life 1987, Pop
Billy Joel Just The Way You Are 1977, Rock
Bobby Vinton Please Love Me Forever 1967, Pop
Bon Jovi Always 1994, Pop Rock
Brad Paisley Two People Fell In Love 2001, Country
Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are 2010, Pop
Calum Scott You Are The Reason 2017, Pop
Captain & Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together 1975, Pop
Carpenters We’ve Only Just Begun 1970, Rock
Celine Dion Because You Loved Me 1996, Pop
Chase Rice Forever to Go 2020, Country
Climax Blues Band I Love You 1980, Rock
Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black When I Said I Do 1999, Country
Coldplay Yellow 2000, Rock
Cowboy Junkies Anniversary Song 1993, Country Rock
Dan + Shay From The Ground Up 2016, Country
David Pomeranz On This Day 2001, Pop
Dean Martin That's Amore 1953, Pop
Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud 2014, Pop
Ed Sheeran with Beyonce Perfect 2017, Pop
Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle You And I 1982, Country
Eddy Howard Anniversary Waltz 1955, Vocal
Edwin McCain I Could Not Ask For More 1999, Rock
Elton John Your Song 1970, Pop
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight 1977, Rock
Eva Cassidy Anniversary Song 2000, Pop
Extreme More Than Words 1991, Rock
Five For Fighting 100 Years 2003, Rock
Fleetwood Mac You Make Loving Fun 1977, Rock
Frank Sinatra My Way 1969, Jazz
Frank Sinatra The Best Is Yet To Come 1964, Jazz
Grover Washington Jr. with Bill Withers Just The Two Of Us 1981, R&B
Harry Connick Jr. It Had To Be You 1991, Big Band
Honeydrippers Sea Of Love 1985, Rock
Ian Janes Can’t Remember Never Loving You 2018, Country
Jason Mraz I’m Yours 2008, Pop
Jodeci Forever My Lady 1991, R&B
John Legend Stay With You 2004, R&B
Johnny Cash A Thing Called Love 1972, Country
Josh Groban You Raise Me Up 2001, Inspirational
Josh Groban (Duet with Jennifer Nettles) 99 Years 2018, Pop
Journey After All These Years 2008, Rock
Kelly Clarkson A Moment Like This 2002, Pop
Kelly Morrison Happy Anniversary 2009, Rock
Kenny Rogers You Decorated My Life 1979, Country
King Calaway You're Still The One 2019, Country
Kool and The Gang Celebration 1980, Disco
Lady Gaga Always Remember Us This Way 2018, Pop
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross Endless Love 1981, R&B
Little River Band Happy Anniversary 1977, Rock
Mary Chapin Carpenter Grow Old With Me 1995, Country
Michael Buble The Best is Yet to Come 2007, Pop
Michael Franti & Spearhead Just to Say I Love You 2018, Folk
Nat King Cole L-O-V-E 1965, Jazz
Natalie Cole This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) 1975, R&B
Old Skool Gang Beautiful (You Are so Beautiful to Me) 2018, R&B
Orleans Still The One 1976, Rock
Patty Loveless and Vince Gill My Kind Of Woman / My Kind Of Man 1999, Country
Paul Anka Times Of Your Life 1975, Pop
Peabo Bryson And Roberta Flack Tonight, I Celebrate My Love 1983, R&B
Queen You’re My Best Friend 1976, Rock
Randy Travis Forever And Ever, Amen 1987, Country
Rascal Flatts Through The Years 2020, Country
Ray Goodman & Brown Happy Anniversary 1980, R&B
Rex Smith You Take My Breath Away 1979, Rock
Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody 1965, Soul
Rod Stewart Forever Young 1988, Rock
Rod Stewart Have I Told You Lately 1993, Rock
Roy Clark Honeymoon Feelin’ 1974, Country
Russell Dickerson Love You Like I Used To 2020, Country
Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply 1997, Pop
Shania Twain Forever And For Always 2003, Country
Shania Twain You’re Still The One 1998, Country
Shanice Saving Forever For You 1992, R&B
Sonny & Cher I Got You Babe 1965, Pop
Stevie Wonder You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 1973, Soul
Tank Our Song 2019, R&B
Teddy Swims You're Still The One 2020, Pop
Thomas Rhett Die A Happy Man 2015, Country
Tim McGraw You Just Get Better All The Time 1997, Country
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill The Rest of Our Life 2017, Country
Tony Toni Tone Anniversary 1993, R&B
Tori Kelly feat. Ed Sheeran I Was Made for Loving You 2015, Pop
Van Morrison Have I Told You Lately 1989, Rock
Willie Nelson Our Song 2020, Country

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