Processional Songs for Walking Down the Aisle

2020

 
Walking to the altar from behind wedding guests to start the wedding ceremony is customarily set to music – processional songs. The people walking down the aisle could include as much as the entire wedding party to as few as the bride herself. This is known as the processional. In addition, the same can be said for the exiting of the wedding party and all the guests, the recessional.

However, the bridal couple starts the recessional after the announcement of the new married couple to their guests from the officiant. Then, the wedding party exists followed by the wedding guests from front to back rows.

Processional Songs are played at a wedding ceremony while the bride walks down the aisle. The same song can also be played while the wedding party walks down the aisle to their seats and positions at the altar. We tried to list the more popular traditional and non-traditional songs. If you have a special processional song that you think we should add to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below

Traditional wedding processional songs listed below include Wedding March by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell and Canon In D Major by Johann Pachelbel. If you have a beach themed wedding, we would suggest Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. We have also included romantic pop songs which include If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keyes and A Whole New World, from the movie Aladdin, by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle.

Our wedding processional songs list includes many genres such as classical, jazz, country, rock, indie, new age and more.

101 Processional Songs for Weddings

Last Updated: February 29, 2020

Album	Artist	Song	Info	Amazon Link
	40 Fingers, Emanuele Grafitti, Enrico Maria Milanesi, Andrea Vittori, and Matteo Brenci	Disney Medley	2019, Instrumental
	4th + Main	I Prayed for You	2019, Country
	Alan Silvestri	Forrest Gump Theme	1994, Instrumental
	Andy Grammer	I Choose You	2013, Pop
	Anthem Lights	Wedding Medley: Marry Me / Bless the Broken Road / All of Me / A Thousand Years	2018, Pop
	Beatles	Here Comes The Sun	1969, Rock
	Ben Harper	Forever	2012, Pop
	Big & Rich	Lost In The Moment	2007, Country
	Brett Young	In Case You Didn't Know	2017, Country
	Bright Eyes	First Day Of My Life	2005, Folk
	Brooklyn Duo	Canon in D	2019, Classical
	Bruno Mars	Marry You	2011, Pop
	Caleb Edens	I Choose You	2019, Folk
	Calum Scott	You Are The Reason	2017, Pop
	Christina Perri	A Thousand Years	2011, Pop
	Colbie Caillat	I Do	2011, Folk
	Dan + Shay	From the Ground Up	2016, Country
	Dan + Shay	Speechless	2018, Country
	Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber	10,000 Hours (Piano Remix)	2019, Country
	Daniel Jang	Can’t Help Falling In Love	2018, Pop
	Dave Fenley	Stuck On You	2019, Country
	David Arkenstone	Hand in Hand	2018, Celtic
	Echosmith	Bright	2013, Rock
	Ed Sheeran	How Would You Feel (Paean)	2017, Pop
	Ed Sheeran	Perfect Symphony (with Andrea Bocelli)	2017, Pop
	Eddie Vedder	Without You	2011, Rock
	Ella Henderson	Yours	2014, Pop
	Ellie Goulding	How Long Will I Love You	2013, Pop
	Emily Hackett feat. Will Anderson	Take My Hand (The Wedding Song)	2014, Pop
	Ennio Morricone	Gabriel’s Oboe	1986, Classical
	Etta James	At Last	1960, Blues
	Eva Cassidy	Songbird	1998, Pop
	Five For Fighting	100 Years	2004, Rock
	George F Handel	Air	1741, Classical
	Haley & Michaels	Giving It All (To You)	2015, Giving It All (To You)
	Haley Reinhart	Can’t Help Falling in Love	2015, Pop
	Hauser	River Flows in You	2019, Classical
	Henry Purcell	Trumpet Voluntary	Originally 1700 by Clarke, Classical
	Imaginary Future & Kina Grannis	I Will Spend My Whole Life Loving You	2017, Indie
	Israel Kamakawiwo’ole	Over The Rainbow	1988, World
	Jack Johnson	Better Together	2005, Rock
	Jaheim	Forever	2001, R&B
	Jake Owen	Made for You	2019, Country
	Jason Mraz	I'm Yours	2008, Pop
	Jason Mraz	Love Someone	2014, Pop
	Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat	Lucky	2009, Rock
	Jeremiah Clarke	The Prince of Denmark’s March	1700, Classical
	Jim Brickman	Angel Eyes	1994, Instrumental
	Johann S Bach	Air On The G String	Early 1700s, Classical
	Johann S Bach	Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring	1716, Classical
	John Legend	All Of Me	2013, R&B
	John Mayer	XO	2014, Pop
	John Williams	Jurassic Park Theme	1993, Instrumental
	Jonny Houlihan	So in Love With You	2020, Country
	JP Cooper	Cheerleader	2018, Pop
	Kiana Ledé	I Choose You (Acoustic)	2017, R&B
	Kina Grannis	Can’t Help Falling in Love	2018, Pop
	King Calaway	World For Two	2019, Country
	Kodaline	The One	2015, Rock
	LANCo	Born To Love You	2017, Country
	Lexanna	Parachute (Acoustic)	2019, Country
	Lonestar	Amazed	1999, Country
	Ludwig van Beethoven	Ode To Joy	1824, Classical
	Lukas Graham	Love Someone	2018, Pop
	Lumineers	Ho Hey	2012, Folk
	MAJOR.	Why I Love You	2016, R&B
	Mark Knopfler	Storybook Love	1987, Instrumental
	Michael Bublé	Everything	2007, Jazz
	Michael Bublé with Bryan Adams	After All	2013, Pop
	Music Travel Love	The Only One	2019, Pop
	Natalie Cole	This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)	1975, Pop
	P!nk	Glitter In the Air	2008, Pop
	Patty Griffin	Heavenly Day	2013, Folk
	Pet Shop Boys	Wedding in Berlin	2020, New Wave
	Piano Guys	A Thousand Years	2017, Classical
	Piano Guys	Without You	2013, Pop
	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Coronation March	1891, Classical
	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Romeo And Juliet Love Theme	1880, Classical
	Rachel Platten	Better Place	2015, Pop
	Rascal Flatts	Bless The Broken Road	2004, Country
	Ray LaMontagne	You Are the Best Thing	2008, Rock
	Reneé Dominique feat. Jason Mraz	Could I Love You Any More	2019, Pop
	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Highland Cathedral	1998, Classical
	Russell Dickerson	Yours (Wedding Edition)	2017, Country
	Ryann Darling feat. Cory Ard	For a Lifetime	2018, Indie
	SafetySuit	Never Stop (Wedding Version)	2012, Pop Rock
	Sailr	All My Life	2019, Pop
	Samantha Durnan	I Found You	2019, Indie
	Sara Bareilles	I Choose You	2014, Pop
	Scott Brothers	You Chose Me	2018, Pop
	Scotty McCreery	This Is It	2018, Country
	Shania Twain feat. Bryan White	From This Moment On	1997, Country
	Tamia	Today I Do	2018, Pop
	Thomas Rhett	Die A Happy Man	2015, Country
	Tom Waits	A Little Trip To Heaven	2005, Rock
	Train	Marry Me	2010, Rock
	Us The Duo	No Matter Where You Are (Wedding Version)	2020, Folk Pop
	Verve	Bittersweet Symphony	1997, Rock
	Vitamin String Quartet	All I Want Is You	2000, Rock
	Whitney Houston	Saving All My Love For You	1985, R&B
	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Wedding Song (Acoustic)	2013, Rock

The processional is the start of the actual ceremony rituals. Yes, there is music play as guests meander in and take their seats. However, the first official ceremony song typically starts with the processional songs. No matter your favorite music styles or the theme of your wedding, you can definitely find a son above that will fit your needs. If you like country music, Zac Brown Band would be a good start. If you would like the processional to be more of a pomp and circumstance type of song, then consider The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.

Processional song list curated by Matthew Campbell