Wedding Playlist Guide for Planning Your Music
Author: Matthew Campbell
How is the playlist compiled? Matthew is commonly in Facebook planning groups, speaking to engaged and recently married couples. Plus, he is checking new songs released, wedding DJ playlists, and top-streamed song lists. This playlist is the most current songs to add to your wedding day playlist.
Congratulations on your engagement!
What songs do I need for my wedding day? Below is a list of events during a wedding day that is commonly set to music – in chronological order! Don’t worry. We got you.

Modern Wedding Day Playlist
Updated monthly with the latest tracks!
Prelude
- Yellow (Instrumental Version) – Tim O’Neill, 2025
- Beautiful Day – Black Violin feat. Lalah Hathaway, 2025
- Can’t Help Falling in Love – Jamie Hannah, 2025
- Until I Found You (Acoustic Cover) – Bear Montana, 2025
- You Are The Reason (Piano Version) – Enrique Lázaro, 2024
- Für Elise – Batiste – Jon Batiste, 2024
- Shape Of My Heart – The Piano Guys, 2024
- Truly Madly Deeply – Sidney, 2024
- Kiss the Rain – HAUSER, 2024
- Love Is – Ingrid Michaelson & Jason Mraz, 2024
Pro Tip
Instead of having designated sides where family and friends sit, have guests sit on both sides. This way families get to intermingle before the I do’s and one side doesn’t dominate the other in size.
Wedding Party Processional
- Feel So Close Acoustic Cover – Silk Street, 2025
- I Love You so Much – Alianna Ferguson, 2025
- Everything I Do, I Do It for You – New Love Songs, 2025
- True Love – J. Brown, 2024
- You In My Life – David Lazarus, 2024
- ALL MY LOVE – Coldplay, 2024
- Stargazing (Moonlight Version) – Myles Smith, 2024
- Lovely Day – Amber Mark, 2024
- Forever – Noah Kahan, 2024
- NOTHING NEW (I DO) – Wedding Version – Brandon Lake, 2024
View Popular Processional Songs
Pro Tip
All eyes are on you as the bride. No matter how nervous, SMILE. Tell a joke, or watch funny videos before walking down the aisle. It will help relieve the stress of the moment.
Partner 2 (Bride) Processional
- I Get To Love You (Wedding Version) – Ashton Brooke Gill, 2025
- Ordinary (Wedding Version) – Alex Warren, 2025
- To Be Yours – Runaway June, 2025
- Jonathan’s Song – Lacy Miller, 2025
- You For A Reason (Stripped) – Warren Zeiders, 2025
- It’ll Always Be You – Kaylee Rose, 2024
- Give Me Away – Riley Roth, 2024
- My World – Calum Scott, 2024
- Pledging My Love – Latasha Lee, 2024
- Life at First Sight – Alexander Stewart, 2024
View Popular Bride Processional Songs
Pro Tip
A wedding is more than a joining of two people. It is a joining of families. Incorporate your parents into the unity ceremony to represent two families banding together.
Unity Ceremony
- Beautiful Things Cover – Silk Street, 2025
- I Love You Forever – JJ Heller, 2025
- Grow Old (Acoustic Version) – Mateo Palmitier, 2025
- Love You to the Moon – Smithfield, 2025
- If You Stay – Kameron Marlowe, 2025
- Love You Too – Ledisi, 2025
- Good Thing Going On – Mat Kearney & Abbey Cone, 2025
- Me and You – The Promised, 2024
- We’ll Figure It Out (Wedding Version) – Smithfield, 2024
- For Life – Moses Bliss, 2024
Pro Tip
As the newlyweds and wedding party are the first people to exit, immediately start the receiving line so that all wedding guests are thanked for coming and also get to meet both families on the way out.
Recessional
- Let’s Ride Away – Avicii & Elle King, 2025
- Time Lies (Ludus) – Sleeping At Last, 2025
- Without You – Warren Zeiders, 2025
- Mine Tomorrow – Hudson Westbrook, 2025
- Fall Into Forever – PARKWILD, 2024
- Wake Me Up – David Garrett, 2024
- Smile – Martin Garrix feat. Carolina Liar, 2024
- Good Day – Forrest Frank, 2024
- Dreaming – Marshmello, P!NK, Sting, 2023
- You Plus Me – Plain White T’s, 2023
View Popular Recessional Songs
Pro Tip
Wedding guests are attending your wedding expecting to have a good time. Have the music reflect the type of event you want to portray ~ fun, exciting, classy, free-spirited, etc.
Guests Arrival & Cocktail Hour
- Paradise – DJ Snake & Bipolar Sunshine, 2025
- How Deep Is Your Love – Prince Royce, 2025
- Flower Moon – Durand Jones & The Indications, 2025
- Baby I’m In Love – Ben Jamin, 2025
- Sweet Dreams – j-hope & Miguel, 2025
- Love In The Middle – Kevin Ross, 2025
- Just Might Get It – Jagged Edge, 2025
- Moonlit Floor – LISA, 2024
- Let’s Go Back – Jungle, 2024
- Good Together – Lake Street Drive, 2024
View Popular Cocktail Hour Music
Pro Tip
Be sure your music entertainer builds excitement before your grand entrance. Don’t enter after a slow song.
Entrance and Introductions
- The Final Countdown 2025 – David Guetta, Hypaton, Europe, 2025
- Rain or Shine – Drew Holcomb, Ellie Holcomb & Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, 2025
- Feel Good – Kolidescopes & 220 KID, 2024
- 100 Lives – Jonas Blue & Eyelar, 2024
- Lighter – Galantis, David Guetta & 5 Seconds Of Summer, 2024
- We Are One – 3 Are Legend, Bryn Christopher, 2024
- Unstoppable – Daniel Caesar, 2023
- What A Night – Flo Rida, 2022
- Amazing – Mary J. Blige feat. DJ Khaled, 2021
- Fire Up The Night – Blake Shelton feat. HARDY, 2021
View Popular Entrance & Intro Songs
Pro Tip
Whether you are on the East Coast or West Coast, go from the grand entrance right into the first dance. It makes for a great transition and keeps the celebration going.
First Dance
- She Never Asked for Easy – Michael Dubois, 2025
- FOOL PROOF – Justin Wilder, 2025
- Ordinary – Alex Warren, 2025
- Towards You – Mayday Parade, 2025
- In Love with Loving You – Ryan Montgomery, 2025
- Gorgeous – Kane Brown, 2025
- Love Of My Life – Dean Lewis, 2024
- Always Been You – Michael Sanzone, 2024
- Invisible – Knox, 2024
- Now I Do – Bailey Taylor, 2024
View Popular First Dance Songs
Pro Tip
Dinner time is the best time for the family to talk and catch up. It’s best to not have the music blasting. At the same time, don’t put everyone to sleep too.
Dinner Music
- Where Have You Been – Kelly Clarkson, 2025
- Lovers’ Holiday – Durand Jones & The Indications, 2025
- Die With a Smile – Boyce Avenue & Connie Talbot, 2025
- Silver Lining – Laufey, 2025
- Bae – Keri Hilson, 2025
- Fire – Alessia Cara, 2025
- Luck on the Bright Side – Drayton Farley, 2025
- Someone to Love You – Sault, 2024
- Beautiful – Fiji Blue, 2024
- Feels Good – JON VINYL, 2024
View Popular Dinner Music Ideas
Pro Tip
If you have more than one male role model in your life, have one cut-in and join the dance. If no male role models in your life, you can have a mother-daughter dance.
Father-Figure Dance
- Cry at Our Last Dance (Wedding Version) – Tayler Holder, 2025
- Yours – Post Malone, 2024
- Daddy Daughter Dance (Acoustic) – Julia Cole, 2024
- Kiss The Bride – Bon Jovi, 2024
- Not Proud of You – David C Smalley, 2024
- For The Both of Us – Dan + Shay, 2023
- Good Hands – Kylie Morgan, 2022
- When God Made You My Father – Riley Roth, 2022
- Good Hands – Johnny and Heidi, 2022
- Like My Father – Jax, 2021
View Popular Father-Figure Dance Songs
Pro Tip
The dance will mean more to your mother figure. Make her feel special by offering her a special note, gift, or memento to remember your day.
Mother-Figure Dance
- Momma Song – Benson Boone, 2025
- Straight Outta Heaven – Queen Naija, 2024
- Dance Like No One’s Watching – Gabby Barrett, 2024
- Sun/Son – Jhené Aiko, 2024
- Perfect Day – Al Green, 2023
- Mother’s Love – Soul Payn, 2023
- No Prayer Like Mama’s – Jay Allen, 2023
- I Love You Mom – Jackson Nance, 2022
- He’s Her Life – Waylon Nihipali, 2022
- She’s Magic – Mike Parker, 2022
View Popular Mother-Figure Dance Songs
Pro Tip
Do not plan the whole party playlist or be too restrictive in your music choices to the music entertainer. They are professional and should know what will fill the dance floor and be able to read the crowd and make adjustments accordingly.
Party Time!
- Hoedown – Ink, 2025
- Sweet Caroline (Two Friends Remix) – Neil Diamond & Two Friends, 2025
- The Giver – Chappell Roan, 2025
- The Gambler (VAVO Remix) – Kenny Rogers & VAVO, 2025
- Abracadabra – Lady Gaga, 2025
- Wake Me up (Country Version) – Cooper Alan & Aloe Blacc, 2024
- Now Or Never – Pitbull, Bon Jovi, 2024
- APT. – ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, 2024
- WHATCHU KNO ABOUT ME – GloRilla & Sexyy Red, 2024
- A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey, 2024
Pro Tip
A memorable way to fill the dance floor is to celebrate the longest-married couple at your wedding. You can also offer a memento to the couple like a corsage and a boutonniere.
Anniversary Dance
- Marry Me Again – Rodney Atkins, 2025
- You’re Still the One · Boyce Avenue & Connie Talbot, 2025
- What I Got – SmithField, 2024
- Country Gold – Anne Wilson, Jordan Davis, 2024
- Best Friends – Eric Paslay, 2023
- Remember The Time – The Teskey Brothers, 2023
- Porch Swing – Taylor Hicks, 2023
- Never Not Loving You – Johnny and Heidi, 2022
- That’s How Love Is Made – The War and Treaty, 2022
- Love You Still (abcdefu romantic version) – Tyler Shaw, 2022
View Popular Anniversary Dance Songs
Pro Tip
Consider having a private last dance. This is when you invite all guests outside the reception venue to prepare for the final send-off. Then, dance to a second first dance song with just the wedding couple in the room (along with the photographer).
Last Dance
- THE ONE. – Kesha
- Hurricane – Frank Walker feat. Clara Mae, 2025
- Last Song – Alan Walker & Faouzia, 2025
- Glad You Came – Mario, 2024
- Never Going Home Tonight – David Guetta & Alesso feat. Madison Love, 2024
- Take Me Home, Country Roads – KSHMR, 2024
- Carry You Home – Alex Warren, 2024
- Out Of Reach – BoyWithUke, 2023
- The Best Is Yet to Come – Tom Walker, 2022
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Ron Pope, The National Parks, 2022
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About
DJ, Author, Music Lover

I have always had a love for music and the way it makes you feel. My passion grew for wedding celebrations with years as a wedding DJ. Now, as a wedding music planner, I research popular and unique wedding songs to create personalized playlists for couples and help wedding pros curate crowd-cheering music. Let’s get the party started! – Read More About Me