Wedding Songs For Your Ceremony, Reception and Dance Party

The best (and easiest) way to immediately get your guests in the mood for celebrating is with a playlist of wedding songs that tug at their heartstrings and instantly create lasting memories of your day.

Start the process of compiling your wedding playlist by posting a call-out for song requests on your response cards or your wedding website -- this is an easy way to make sure everyone's favourite tunes are covered off and that you'll have a range of wedding songs that will appeal to all of your guests. Next, it's time to start brainstorming which wedding songs you'll want to having playing during the most important parts of your day -- the processional and recessional, your first dance, and of course during the late-night dance party when you finally get to let loose with all of your friends and family.

To help you get started on the perfect wedding playlist we compiled a list of tried and true favourites, wedding song suggestions from other couples, and new tunes you may not have heard before that are just ideal for your big day. Take a listen to the wedding music suggestions below, then start downloading and prepare to host the party of a lifetime.

You can also check out this list of wedding songs for more great tunes you may have never heard before.

For Your Walk Down The Aisle

• "For Your Love" -- Sam & Bill
• "Lazuli" -- Beach House
• "The Book Of Love" -- The Magnetic Fields (Peter Gabriel cover)
• "Never Tear Us Apart" -- Vitamin String Quartet (INXS cover)
• "Marry Song" -- Band of Horses
• "All I Want Is You" -- Vitamin String Quartet (U2 cover)
• "The Luckiest" -- Ben Folds

For Signing the Papers and Your Recessional

• "You Are The Best Thing" -- Ray LaMontagne
• "The Book Of Love" -- The Monotones
• "When I'm With You" -- Best Coast
• "Strangers" -- The Kinks
• "Today" -- Smashing Pumpkins
• "No One" -- Alicia Keys
• "Good Life" -- OneRepublic
• "I'm Sticking To You" -- The Velvet Underground
• "Fresh Feeling" -- Eels
• "The Way You Do The Things You Do" -- The Temptations

For Your First Dance With Your New Hubby

• "In Your Eyes" -- Peter Gabriel
• "Make You Feel My Love" -- Adele
• "All My Life" -- K-Ci & JoJo
• "Five Days In May" -- Blue Rodeo
• "True Companion" -- Mark Cohn
• "I'm Yours" -- Jason Mraz
• "Groovy Kind Of Love" -- Phil Collins
• "By Your Side" -- Sade
• "These Arms Of Mine" -- Otis Redding
• "Happen Now" -- Joel Plaskett Emergency

For Your Father/Daughter Dance

• "Cupid" -- Sam Cooke
• "You're The Inspiration" -- Chicago
• "The Best Is Yet To Come" -- Frank Sinatra
• "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" -- James Taylor

To Get The Everyone On the Dance Floor

• "Mad About You" -- Belinda Carlisle
• "Ooh La La" -- The Faces
• "Hello" - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
• "Teenage Dream" -- Katy Perry
•  "Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
• "Safety Dance" -- Men Without Hats
• "Call Your Girlfriend" -- Robyn
• "Like A Prayer" -- Madonna
• "I Want You Back" -- The Jackson 5
• "Night Moves" -- Bob Seger
• "Rasputin" -- Boney M
• "The Dog Days Are Over" -- Florence + The Machine

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