What Song Are You Walking Down the Aisle To?

What Song Are You Walking Down the Aisle To?

June 27th, 2010 @ 11:40 am by Mrs. Pashmina
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Bridal Chorus (a.k.a Here Comes the Bride) screams “We Are Getting Married!!” But are there other songs that can make the bride and her guests feel a.) excited b.) happy and c.) in love while still in line with bride and groom’s personalities?

For the last five months I’ve been jotting down songs that I hear on Pandora that I would like to be played during the ceremony and reception. Right now, as I am searching for a wedding DJ, I am trying to figure out what mood I want to evoke while at the ceremony. In the running are:

Happy in Love (for a sunny, SoCal wedding like mine–for two happy go-lucky people like us):

Sweat Pea by Amos Lee
Better Together by Jack Johnson (already our Wedding Website Theme Song)
I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
Hey (I Love You) by Spearhead
If You Wanna Be Happy by Jimmy Soul
Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson
Hallelujah by Jeff Beck
Forever Loving Jah by Bob Marley
Happy Together The Turtles
Here Comes Your Man Meagan Smith
Never Had Nobody But You M.Ward
Thieves She & Him
If You Want to Sing Out Cat Stevens
505 Arctic Monkeys
Amber 311
Is This Love by Bob Marley

Classically Cool (traditional classical solo piano music but with a hip, indie chill out spin)

Suite Bergamasque: Claire de Lune by Debussy
Loreta and Desiree’s Bouquet George Winston
After the Summer Hits Nobody
For the Trees Matmos
Living in the Country George Winston
Canon in D by Pachelbel
Gogel by Gonzales
You’re Beautiful by Vitamin String Quartet
Bermuda Triangle Gonzales
Moonlight Sonata Beethoven
Hallelujah by Vitamin String Quartet
The Tourist Gonzales
Lazy Calm Cocteau Twins
An Ending Brian Eno
Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel

Eclectic Romance (what I always listen to on my iPod)

To Be Alone With You Sufjan Stevens
Paradise Sade
New Slang The Shins
Come Away With Me Norah Jones
Shift Grizzly Bear
How Lucky We Are by Meiko
By Your Side by Sade
Wild Is The Wind by Amel Larrieux
Across the Universe Rufus Wainwright
The Promise Tracey Champan
Ordinary People John Legend
Girl by City and Colour
1, 2, 3, 4 by Feist

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Vintage Love (a mix of fun and conservative)

I Can’t Help Falling In Love by Elvis
My Baby Just Cares for Me by Nina Simone
Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison
The Girl from Ipanema Astrud Gilberto
Que Sera, Sera by Doris Day
La Vie en Rose Edith Pilaf
If Louis Armstrong
Lean on Me Bill Withers
Harvest Moon Neil Young
Love Me Tender Elvis
Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
Black is the Colour Nina Simone

What mood are you going for when it comes to your wedding?

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46 Responses to “What Song Are You Walking Down the Aisle To?”

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Sarah

He’s walking down to the Throne Room theme from Star Wars. Really.

I’m walking down to an instrumental version of Bittersweet Symphony.

6/27/10 @ 12:44 pm (reply)

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toothfairyb (message) 757 posts, Busy bee

Undecided about him, but I’m walking down to Today by Joshua Radin

6/27/10 @ 12:47 pm (reply)

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amariem25

ours was all religious classical music. Pachelbel’s Canon, Bach, Mendelssohn, etc.

6/27/10 @ 12:47 pm (reply)

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Merry02 (message) 428 posts, Helper bee

You have lots of great choices listed! We went with two covers by the Vitamin String Quartet. For the bridal party, we chose Viva La Vida because I absolutely love Coldplay, and for my song, we chose All You Need is Love. Our recessional was Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson because it’s one of my husband’s favorite songs. I’m glad we went with music that suited our personality.

6/27/10 @ 1:05 pm (reply)

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kaitlinandjason (message) 227 posts, Helper bee

i’m walking down the aisle to jason mraz i’m yours. i’m so excited, i love it

6/27/10 @ 1:15 pm (reply)

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nmsoonerbride (message) 1,202 posts, Bumble bee

I’m walking to James Galway’s version of Perhaps Love.

6/27/10 @ 1:37 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

Those are all such great selections! I like the Eclectic Romance category!

6/27/10 @ 1:47 pm (reply)

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lisalew5472 (message) 699 posts, Busy bee

We have this awsome organ player at our church, so I’m stoked that he will be playing some classics at the ceremony, by at the reception, we know these two songs will be in there somewhere:

Someone Like You - Van Morrison
It Had To Be You - Harry Connick, Jr.

We’re thinking of having a three-piece band that plays all sorts of music.

6/27/10 @ 2:38 pm (reply)

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lisalew5472 (message) 699 posts, Busy bee

What’s wrong with me? organ player? How about Organist. Eeesh!

6/27/10 @ 2:39 pm (reply)

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Jillian

My cousin is playing I Can’t Help Falling In Love on the acoustic guitar as I walk in. I still don’t know what we should play as my new husband and I walk back down the aisle after being married.

6/27/10 @ 2:40 pm (reply)

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amanda

Love sufjan stevens! I walked down the aisle to she is love by parachute - it had fantastic timing!

6/27/10 @ 2:49 pm (reply)

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mhayward (message) 47 posts, Newbee

these are great great great selections !!! I was married last month and this was the songs that we chose (after a gruesome week of going back and forth about songs ahhah)

seating of parents - a piano version of The Luckiest
Processional - Oh Heavenly Day - Patti Griffin
Bridal Entrance - Hallelujah (acoustin guitar version by Will Taylor)
Recessional - Brighter than sunshine by Aqualung

we battled between several different line ups that included

Only Time - Enya
Such Greight Heights - Iron & Wine
My love for you is real - Ryan Adams
Lovers Waltz - A.A. Bondy
Beauty - The Shivers

oh and originally my recessional was going to be ……. “The Idea of Growing Old” - the features (I LOVE this song) but with a guest count of almost 300 we were afraid yoou wouldnt be able to understand the song…. but its AWESOME

6/27/10 @ 2:56 pm (reply)

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chicklet1587 (message) 225 posts, Helper bee

I am walking down to a celtic version of Canon in D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtdqPKHk8c and FH wants to walk down (together after we are married!!) to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8

6/27/10 @ 3:08 pm (reply)

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roxymarie (message) 201 posts, Helper bee

Oh I love Girl by City and Colour! We’re actually 90% sure that will be our first dance song! You have some great options there, I’m sure whichever one you pick will be perfect.

6/27/10 @ 3:22 pm (reply)

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soontobemrandmrsfinck (message) 34 posts, Newbee

I’ve mixed a bit of tradition with our quirky style.
The processional is Cannon in D.

My entrance in Trumpet Voluntary (which has significant meaning in our family as ALL of the women have chosen this song for their bridal march)

And our recessional is the Rocky Theme.

We’re also using Superbowl Shuffle as our entrance for the reception.

6/27/10 @ 3:53 pm (reply)

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ZoeKat (message) 590 posts, Busy bee

Seating of parents: Concerning Hobbits - Howard Shore (the entire prelude is Lord of the Rings music)
Processional: Coldplay’s Yellow - Vitamin String Quartet
Recessional: Imperial March!

6/27/10 @ 4:20 pm (reply)

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Miss Earrings (message) 2,477 posts, Buzzing bee

The eclective romance group is my fav too…I love The Shins!

6/27/10 @ 4:45 pm (reply)

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emma5w (message) 547 posts, Busy bee

SUCH! great choices!! Your Eclectic Romance list is basically my favorites list on my iPod, too!! I really wanted to do some covers by Vitamin String Quartet, but my church requires us to use their organist. Which is fine, cuz he’s awesome, and I’ll know he’ll do great, but…the VSQ stuff would be waaaay more us. Oh well!

6/27/10 @ 5:10 pm (reply)

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lindseyboo (message) 16 posts, Newbee

I love the Vitamin String Quartet. They have a version of “Stolen” by Dashboard Confessional and I am walking out to that. Although it will be played by an acoustic guitarist and violinist from Elan Artists. Thanks for listing all these songs! I am having trouble picking the processional music for the bridal party.

6/27/10 @ 6:00 pm (reply)

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Miss Turtle (message) 782 posts, Busy bee

We have a string quartet for our ceremony, who will be playing “Clair de Lune” by Debussy for the Seating of the Parents/Grandparents, “Canon in D” for the Bridal Party Processional, “Something” by The Beatles for me, and “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay for the Recessional. I’m loving your choices though! Might even incorporate a few into our reception playlist, which I’m making right now.