When planning for your big day, the selection of music is very important. You want to carefully pick songs for your wedding. Our brain tends to associate memories through song. You definitely want to cherish this day throughout your life. The songs you choose at your wedding serves will forever remind you of the special day and always give you a reason to value your relationship.
The selection of the songs should be made in accordance with your guest and your personal liking. Generally, the guest list has people from all age groups, so the playlist should also be somewhat customized for everyone’s liking keeping in mind the young kids and the older generation. You certainly don’t have to turn your wedding party event into a club/music fest. Prefer not to go extra on the playlist.
If you have hired a wedding planner, make sure to share your music taste with them, so that they can make a playlist exclusively for you. You can also choose the songs yourself. Songs that showcase your love for your partner or something that you both enjoy and want to cherish. Here are the best wedding slow dance songs you should consider while curating your own playlist.
1. Perfect by Ed Sheeran
“Baby, I’m dancing in the dark
With you between my arms
Barefoot on the grass
Listening to our favorite song
When you said you looked a mess
I whispered underneath my breath
But you heard it,
Darling, you look perfect tonight”
2. Take my Hand by Emily Hackett
“ Take my heart and take my hand
I’ll be your lover and I’ll be your friend
Take my heart and take my hand again, and again
Right where we stand”
3. Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend (Cover by Jasmine Thompson)
“So I’m gonna love you like I’m gonna lose you
And I’m gonna hold you like I’m saying goodbye
Wherever we’re standing
I won’t take you for granted
‘Cause we’ll never know when, when we’ll run out of time”
4. Thinking out loud by Ed Sheeran
“So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I’m thinking out loud
Maybe we found love right where we are”
5. A Thousand Years by Christina Perri
“I have died every day, waiting for you
Darling, don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years
I’ll love you for a thousand more”
6. All of me by John Legend
“Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I’ll give my all to you
You’re my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I’m winning
‘Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, oh-oh”
7. You Are The Reason by Calum Scott
“ I’d climb every mountain
And swim every ocean
Just to be with you
And fix what I’ve broken
Oh, ‘cause I need you to see
That you are the reason “
8. Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur
“When you looked over your shoulder
For a minute, I forget that I’m older
I wanna dance with you right now
Oh, and you look as beautiful as ever
And I swear that every day’ll get better
You make me feel this way somehow”
9. Beautiful In White by Shane Filan
“So as long as I live I love you
Will have and hold you
You look so beautiful in white
And from now ’til my very last breath
This day I’ll cherish
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight”
10. I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
“Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment people dance and sing
We are just one big family
And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved loved loved loved loved”
11. Marry me by Train
“Together can never be close enough for me
Feel like I am close enough to you
You wear white and I’ll wear out the words I love you
And you’re beautiful
Now that the wait is over
And love and has finally shown her my way
Marry me
Today and every day
Marry me”
12. I Am Yours by Andy Grammer
“You know I need you like your oxygen
Be my atmosphere, let me breathe you in
So I can try to tell you I love you”
13. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
“ Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you’re here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on”
14. I Get To Love You by RUELLE
“I get to love you
It’s the best thing that I’ll ever do
I get to love you
It’s a promise I’m making to you
Whatever may come your heart I will choose
Forever I’m yours, forever I do”
15. 10,000 Hours by Dan + Shay, Justin Bieber
“ I’d spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more
Oh, if that’s what it takes to learn that sweetheart of yours (sweetheart of yours)
And I might never get there, but I’m gonna try
If it’s ten thousand hours or the rest of my life
I’m gonna love you (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)
I’m gonna love you (ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh)”
16. Best Part Of Me by Ed Sheeran (feat. YEBBA)
“Baby, the best part of me is you
Lately, everything’s makin’ sense, too
Oh, baby, I’m so in love with you”
17. Sparks by Coldplay
“My heart is yours
It’s you that I hold on to
That’s what I do
And I know I was wrong
But I won’t let you down”
18. Incredible by James TW
“It’s getting late, wish we could stay like this forever
Dancing ’till both our feet ache
My love, nothing can break these arms
In your embrace, this crowded room doesn’t matter
But dancing like it’s our own stage
My love, I just wanna say that you look incredible tonight”
19. Because You Loved Me by Céline Dion
“You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn’t speak
You were my eyes when I couldn’t see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach
You gave me faith ’cause you believed
I’m everything I am
Because you loved me”
20. I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
“And I will always love you
I will always love you
You
My darling, you”
21. HO HEY BY THE LUMINEERS
“I belong with you, you belong with me you’re my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me you’re my sweet (Ho!)”
22. The luckiest by ben folds
“Now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,
And falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face,
Now I see it every day
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest”
24. I like me better – Lauv
“I like me better when I’m with you
I knew from the first time, I’d stay for a long time cause
I like me better when I’m with you”
25. Amazed by Lonestar
“I don’t know how you do what you do
I’m so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I’m amazed by you”
26. Everything by Michael Buble
“And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It’s you, it’s you; you make me sing
You’re every line, you’re every word, you’re everything”
27. Let’s Stay Together by AL green
“I, I’m I’m so in love with you
Whatever you want to do
Is all right with me
Cause you make me feel so brand new
And I want to spend my life with you”
28. Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
“Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I’ll be waiting
Time after time
If you’re lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I’ll be waiting (I will be waiting)
Time after time”
29. Butterflies by Kacey Musgraves
“Now you’re lifting me up, instead of holding me down
Stealing my heart instead of stealing my crown
Untangled all the strings round my wings that were tied
I didn’t know him and I didn’t know me
Cloud nine was always out of reach
Now I remember what it feels like to fly
You give me butterflies”
With this curated song list, We wish you to have an amazing wedding day and all the happiness for the coming years.
Kathy
Kathy is a freelance writer who specializes in writing about all aspects of a wedding—from the planning to the event itself. She graduated from the University of Technology in Sydney (yes, Australia!), with a degree in media and communication. She also became an American citizen and loves her new home country. Kathy has somewhat of a boho spirit and enjoys some great rock-n-roll music. She is married and enjoys working from home with her husband, who’s also a writer. They both try to get out as often as possible by taking long walks, visiting wineries on the weekend, and more. While they don’t yet have kids, Kathy and her husband have plans to expand their family in the next year or two!
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