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Wedding Song and Moment Starter Guide
A practical starting point for ceremony cues, entrances, special dances, formalities, and the final song of the night.
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Wedding Song and Moment Starter Guide
A practical starting point for ceremony cues, entrances, special dances, formalities, and the final song of the night.
Choose songs by feeling, not obligation
Helpful starting points
- Pick songs connected to a real memory when possible.
- Check lyrics before locking anything in.
- Tell the DJ which version, artist, or edit you want.
- Decide whether the DJ should play the full song or fade after a planned moment.
Ceremony music
Helpful starting points
- Processional: Canon in D - Pachelbel
- Processional: Turning Page - Sleeping At Last
- Bride or couple entrance: A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
- Recessional: Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
- Recessional: This Will Be - Natalie Cole
Reception entrances and dances
Helpful starting points
- Grand entrance: Bring 'Em Out - T.I.
- Grand entrance: On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons
- First dance: At Last - Etta James
- First dance: Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
- First dance: All of Me - John Legend
- First dance: A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
- First dance: You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
- First dance: Lover - Taylor Swift
- Parent dance: My Girl - The Temptations
- Parent dance: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Formal moments and finish
Helpful starting points
- Cake cutting: Sugar - Maroon 5
- Bouquet toss: Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
- Anniversary dance: Through the Years - Kenny Rogers
- Last dance: Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
- Private last dance: Perfect - Ed Sheeran
- Grand exit: Firework - Katy Perry