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All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
Ever since we’ve been engaged, perhaps even before, I’ve wanted “All I Want is You” by Barry Louis Polisar to be played as we walk down the aisle after we’re married. (Recessional, I think, in fancy-wedding-speak.) I just think it’s perfect, magic, and, well, awesome.
Imagine being surprised as a guest as that played at the end of the wedding! Somebody singing the song up front! Instruments popping up (banjo? harmonica?) and playing it! Just fantastic.
We have a little problem, though. Our church, on the handout thingy they gave us when we booked the date, clearly states, “No secular music.” Way to rain on my parade. We might be able to get around this, if we beg hard enough, or so I hope.
Has anybody else had the secular/non-secular issue with ceremony music?
Our church is also strict regarding the music played at the ceremony. We’re considering it for a quirky first dance instead.
Love that song. Love it. So fun and sweet.
Maybe you can accomplish this as you enter your car, outside (in front of,) the church?
our church is the same. but i might be able to do instrumental but there is a fun christian song about love that i really really like that could totally be doable. now if i can only find that scrap of paper i wrote it on!
oh, no secular music? i hope they make an exception for you! or you can do the recessional to handel’s messiah.
We used this song for our cake cutting, so fun!!
That’s a bummer about the no secular music, though 
That’s all we used for our wedding and our minister loved it! Fingers crossed they bend the rules for ya.
Yes! Our church is the same way and it makes me sad, although I do understand. Instead I keep thinking of songs like this that I would want to have playing as I enter the reception. It is hard to find processional/recessional music that I like!
That song would be perfect for your recessional–I hope you get to use it!
Yes! Our church has the same restriction. I understand, as it’s a church, but what classical music is classified as “secular” and “religious” is confusing me.
aww poo You can always use it for another part of your wedding, if you really can’t do it at the church!
Beautiful song! I think it depends on your church - my SIL was VERY strict on no-secular music but we are doing a church ceremony (we already had a non-religious ceremony) and we think we can get away with doing a secular song.
That was one reason why we nixed the church idea, we wanted the freedom to play and do whatever we want- granted we won’t be playing Highway to Hell or anything like that!
That is such a cute, happy, and positive song, it would be sad not to play it- especially live!
I’m walking down the aisle to this song! My aunt plays the mandolin and the harmonica, and my uncle plays the guitar, and they’re preforming all our ceremony music.
In fact, she actually developed a harmonica solo to go along with the song, haha!
this song is so good and it would be a tragedy if you couldn’t use it for your recessional. if we didn’t get to walk down the aisle to my sister playing Soul Love on the electric guitar, I’d be HEARTBROKEN. the song seems so important to you guys that merely playing it during cocktail hour wouldn’t suffice. so i suggest you beg, plead, incorporate sacred lyrics in the song, anything! just get your church to let you use it 
however, if they won’t budge on the rules, maybe use it as a first dance song? it’s little more upbeat of a tune, but that could be really cool actually.
We’re dealing with the ‘no secular music’ church-debacle thing, too. they told us, however, that we can have it pre or post ceremony…. which is weird, because isnt like, cannon in d secular? i guess i’ll have to chat it over with the good rev. cant wait to hear how you guys deal!
It is a perfect recessional song! Have you discussed it with your church at all? Sad.
I adore that song. Our close friends recently used it as their first dance song at their wedding and I LOVED it.
I like Stiletto’s idea of using it for a cake cutting song! Mr. S and I never considered getting married at a church, but if we had, this would have made me reconsider. 
We loves our musics!
We used this song for our cake cutting song! Everyone loved! We had several guests ask us about it during the reception!
Aww! That would be so cool! I honestly haven’t thought about that! I’m picking out music right now, so I really hope there’s no restrictions!!
@Mrs. Stiletto& Miss Spaniel: Cake cutting is a good idea, too!
@Sassafras: Unng, mandolin. Lovely.
I talked to our officiant, and he said that he *may* be able to pull some strings for us.
If we don’t end up being able to use this, you all better believe that it will be a balls-to-the-wall-bananas classical piece. And we’re definitely going to put it SOMEWHERE, dangit.
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