Wedding Dinner Music & Cocktail Hour Music

Ideas List 2019

 
Wedding background dinner music can be played starting with the guests’ arrival at the reception facility. Music could also be started at the beginning of the cocktail hour. Background dinner music continues until the end of the main course at a wedding reception. Depending on the chain of events selected by the bridal couple, background dinner music usually plays about an hour and a half. Need help with the order of events? View our common format of a wedding reception article.

Dinner Music & Cocktail Hour Ideas

We could literally list millions of songs in all different music styles. That’s impossible. We will guide you through a mixture of old and new songs in a few music styles. Know your guests and their music likes. Stick to your wedding theme too. A black tie event will have different background music than a backyard cookout.

Last Updated: April 29, 2019

Album	Artist	Song	Info	Amazon Link
	4th + Main	I Prayed For You	2019, Country
	Adam Doleac	Puzzle Of Us	2019, Country
	Andrea Bocelli & Matteo Bocelli	Fall On Me	2018, Classical
	ASHLEE + EVAN	I Do	2018, Pop
	Backstreet Boys	No Place	2019, Pop
	Bill Withers	Lovely Day	1977, R&B
	Bruno Mars	Just The Way You Are	2010, Pop
	Cake	Love You Madly	2001, Rock
	Caleb and Kelsey	From the Ground Up	2019, Country
	Caleb and Kelsey	God Gave Me You	2019, Country
	Cardigans	Lovefool	1996, Pop
	Chainsmokers & Coldplay	Something Just Like This	2017, Dance
	Chantal Kreviazuk	Feels Like Home	2002, Pop
	Devin Dawson	All On Me	2017, Country
	DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne	I’m the One	2017, Hip Hop
	Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb	Electricity	2019, Pop
	Dustin Tebbutt	All Your Love	2018, Rock
	Ed Sheeran	Kiss Me	2011, Pop
	Emotions	Best Of My Love	1977, R&B
	Endless Summer	When You Say Nothing at All	2019, Pop
	Foo Fighters	Everlong (Acoustic Version)	2009, Rock
	Four Tops	I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	1965, R&B
	Jackson 5	ABC	1970, R&B
	Jake Owen	Anywhere With You	2011, Country
	Jason Derulo	Marry Me	2013, Pop
	Jason Mraz	Have It All	2018, Pop
	Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra & Haley Reinhart	My Baby Just Cares For Me	2018, Jazz
	Jess Glynne	I’ll Be There	2018, Pop
	John Legend x BloodPop®	A Good Night	2018, R&B
	John Mayer	New Light	2018, Pop
	Josh Groban (Duet with Jennifer Nettles)	99 Years	2018. Pop
	Kane Brown	Live Forever	2018, Country
	Kina Grannis	Can’t Help Falling in Love	2018, Pop
	King Calaway	World For Two	2019. Country
	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	Shallow	2018, Pop
	Larry Graham	When We Get Married	1980, Pop
	Lauryn Hill	Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You	1998, R&B
	Leon Bridges	Coming Home	2015, R&B
	Lionel Richie	Penny Lover	1983, R&B
	LP	Lost on You	2017, Rock
	Lukas Graham	Love Someone	2018, Pop
	Mario	Let Me Love You	2004, R&B
	Maroon 5	The Way You Look Tonight	2010, Pop
	Matt White	Love	2013, Pop Rock
	Michael Bublé	Everything	2007, Pop
	Michael Bublé	When I Fall In Love	2018, Pop
	Mumford & Sons	Forever	2018, Rock
	Nat “King” Cole	L-O-V-E	1964, Pop
	Natalie Cole	This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)	1974, R&B
	Ne-Yo	Another Love Song	2017, R&B
	OneRepublic	Counting Stars	2014, Pop
	Plain White T’s	1,2,3,4	2008, Pop
	Pretenders	I’ll Stand By You	1994, Rock
	Prince	Kiss	1986, Pop
	Randy Travis	Forever And Ever, Amen	1987, Country
	Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Your Guardian Angel	2006, Rock
	Secondhand Serenade	Fall For You	2008, Rock
	Shaggy feat. Rayvon	Angel	2000, Pop
	Snow Patrol	Chasing Cars	2006, Indie Rock
	Skylar Grey	Everything I Need	2018, Pop
	Staind	Tangled Up In You	2008, Rock
	Straight No Chaser	When A Man Loves A Woman	2018, Pop
	Taylor Swift	Love Story	2008, Pop Country
	Thompson Square	Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not	2011, Country
	We Three	Fall for You	2018, Pop
	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Wedding Song	2013, Rock

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