How to Create a Unique Indie Wedding Playlist

As an experienced wedding DJ, I’ve assembled a list of popular indie songs to get people on the dance floor and for romance at your wedding! The list is grouped by moments and vibes to match your wedding experience.

Love songs by Indie artists can be played at various wedding styles during the ceremony and reception. Because indie artists are not well-known, they can have unique songs that are not played at every wedding!

New Indie Songs to Know

• antidote – Cassia
• Home Is You – Jon Wiilde
• Satellite Acoustic – brainheart

Song Ideas by Moment & Vibe

Prelude & Processional

A list of songs to play as the ceremony begins and for you walk down the aisle towards the altar.

• Always in All Ways – AJ Raggs
• Anywhere – Risk & Refuge
• Bloom – The Paper Kites
• Evermore – Hollow Coves
• Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
• Flightless Bird, American Mouth – Iron & Wine
• I Get To Love You – Ruelle
• I Only Want To Be With You – Birdy
• If I Didn’t Love You – Ben Abraham
• It’s Always Been You – Caleb Hearn
• Landslide – Oh Wonder
• Nobody Else – Dave Thomas Junior
• Sea Of Love – Cat Power
• The Best Thing – Paper Planes
• The Luckiest – Ben Folds
• The One – Kodaline

Recessional

Song ideas to play as the ceremony ends and you walk out as a married couple.

• Always Be Yours – Scott Drury
• First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes
• Here – Tom Grennan
• Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
• I Will Follow You into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
• Mine Forever – Voyageur
• Overwhelmed – Tim McMorris
• Side By Side – Jon Foreman, Madison Cunningham
• You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
• You’ve Got the Love – Florence + The Machine

Cocktail Hour

Song suggestions to play as guests arrive at the reception that has more of an up-tempo beat to them to keep the mood up.

• Amazing – Plaid Brixx
• Amazing – Rex Orange County
• Baby I’m Yours – Arctic Monkeys
• Baby It’s You – London Grammar
• Beach House – daydreamers
• Bright – Echosmith
• Doing to Me – Lou Sedo
• Heat Waves – Glass Animals
• Hypotheticals – Lake Street Dive
• In My Arms – Billy Raffoul
• Let It Happen – Tame Impala
• Let’s Get Married – Bleachers
• Lost – Frank Ocean
• Lost on You – LP
• Loving You – Cannons
• Missing Piece – Vance Joy
• Only One – Phantom Planet
• Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
• Superposition – Young The Giant
• Sweater Weather – The Neighbourhood
• Sweetest Thing – Allman Brown
• The Best – Nicotine Dolls
• this is love – Walk Off the Earth
• Why I Love You – Grentperez
• You – Armaan Malik

First Dance

Song ideas for the first dance as newlyweds.

• All My Love – George Ezra
• Amazing – Teddy Swims
• Amen – John Adams
• Better Half of Me – Tom Walker
• Fall Into Me (Acoustic) – Forest Blakk
• Finally // beautiful stranger – Halsey
• I Don’t Know Any Better – Johnny and Heidi
• I GUESS I’M IN LOVE – Clinton Kane
• If You Love Her – Forest Blakk, Meghan Trainor
• Made to Love You – Drew Angus
• Our Song (Acoustic) – Ron Pope
• The Night We Met – Lord Huron
• The Only Exception – Paramore
• way after forever – Vaultboy

Dinner

A list of slower-tempo songs DJs can play at a softer volume so everyone can carry on a conversation.

• Baby, You Know – Ocie Elliott
• Falling In Love – Cigarettes After Sex
• Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg
• I Was Born To Love You – Ray LaMontagne, Sierra Ferrell
• I’ll Be Around – Garrett Kato
• I’m With You – Vance Joy
• Landed – Ruelle, Aron Wright
• Magnificent – Oh Wonder
• My Love Will Follow You – Dave Barnes
• Next to You – Michael Shynes
• Northern Wind – City and Colour
• Say Yes To Heaven – Lana Del Rey
• Space Song – Beach House
• The Way I Love You – Michal Leah
• What a Wonderful World – Kina Grannis & Imaginary Future
• You And I – Wilco

Last Dance

What song will you choose to play as your reception comes to a close? Here are a few hints.

• Birds of a Feather – Billie Eilish
• Grow Old with Me – Tom Odell
• Home – Matthew Hall
• Starburster – Fontaines D.C.
• Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey
• Wedding Song (Acoustic) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

After Party

These songs are more fun and upbeat. Some can even be played for dancing.

• ‘Til I Found You – Jeremy Loops
• Electric Love – BøRNS
• Everything Now – Arcade Fire
• Just You and I – Tom Walker
• Love You For A Long Time – Maggie Rogers
• Maps – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Meet Me At Our Spot – THE ANXIETY & WILLOW & Tyler Cole
• No One’s Gonna Love You – Band of Horses
• Rollercoaster – Bleachers
• Stick Season – Noah Kahan
• Sugar Babies – Spoon
• The Adults Are Talking – The Strokes
• The Great Divide – The Shins
• Tongue Tied – GROUPLOVE

DJs! Plan Indie Wedding Songs by BPM and Key

(Click on the Song, Artist, Key and BPM table columns for sorting)

*BPM and key pulled from SongData.io

Spotify Indie Playlist

Do you have a favorite indie song for weddings? Please share it below in the comments.