10 Wedding Entrance Songs To Play At Your Wedding Venue
Do you hear the wedding bells? Yes, the wedding season is here! As a bride or a groom, while planning the entire ceremony, you must have started checking things off the list. The stress will keep you up every night until you have got everything perfect. When you are planning your wedding ceremony, you also want the best wedding venue, best decor, best food and basically you want your wedding to be the best. Amongst all these things, the most mesmerizing moment is your entrance to the wedding venue. The band will play classics if you do not let them know what song you want to be played at your wedding. If you can’t really select a song, here are some classic songs with fun facts that you should plan on playing during your wedding entrance.
1) Stand By Me by Ben E. King (1961)
“When the night has come and the land is dark, and the moon is the only light we’ll see. No, I won’t be afraid, oh, I won’t be afraid. Just as long as you stand, stand by me”
The most classic romantic song, that has been used by many commercials and is popular till today. The song was even sung in a gospel version during the 2018 Royal Wedding.
2) Let’s Stay Together by Al Green (1972)
“Let’s stay, let’s stay together, loving you whether, whether times are good or bad”
This is a very popular wedding song. Al has written about unconditional love where the couple is committed to making it through the good and the bad times.
3) This Will Be by Natalie Cole (1975)
“You’ve brought a lot of sunshine into my life, you’ve filled me with happiness I never knew, you gave me more joy than I ever dreamed of, and no one, no one can take the place of you”
This is one of the classics, also played in the movie ‘Bride Wars’. The singer conveys her positive thoughts regarding a relationship.
4) What I Like About You by The Romantics (1980)
“What I like about you, you keep me warm at night. Never wanna’ let you go, know you make feel alright. Keep on whispering in my ear, tell me all the things that I wanna’ to hear”
The Romantics formed on Valentine’s Day in 1977, released this song in 1980. In the beginning, the song did not gain the popularity it deserved, but after a decade and till now, the song is extremely popular for ceremonies.
5) Jump by The Pointer Sisters (1983)
“Jump, I Know my heart can make you happy. Jump in, you know these arms can feel you up. Jump, if you want to taste my kisses in the night then. Jump, jump for my love”
This energetic love song was later covered by another band which featured in the movie ‘Love Actually’, with Hugh Grant in the scene. Now who does not want to feel like they are starring in a movie with Hugh Grant!
6) Home by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic (2009)
“I’ll follow you into the park, through the jungle, through the dark. Girl, I never loved one like you”
This is one of the songs that has come straight out of a romantic comedy. The vocalists of both the bands were a couple at the time and they shot a video that reflected how they came up with a song after strolling through the park, filled with love.
7) Riptide by Vance Joy (2013)
“Lady, running down to the riptide, taken away to the dark side. I wanna be your left-hand man. I love you when you’re singing that song and I got a lump in my throat because you’re gonna sing the words wrong”
The musician came up with this song after a meet-cute with a girl and could not get her out of his mind. It is said that he also thought of Michelle Pfeiffer when he wrote the song because she was his celebrity crush and seemed like the closest thing to the encountered girl.
8) All of me by John Legend (2013)
“You’re my end and my beginning, even when I lose I’m winning, ‘cause I give you all, all of me, and you give me all, all of you”
This is one of the songs from the album that John Legend has dedicated to Chrissy Teigen. He explains how the entire song is about balancing everything out and gaining from all your sacrifices.
9) Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran (2014)
“When my hair’s all but gone and my memory fades, and the crowds don’t remember my name when my hands don’t play the strings the same way, I know you will still love me the same”
The song is about Ed Sheeran’s then-girlfriend Jamie Oliver. When he won an award for this, he shared that he wrote the song with Amy Wadge sitting on a couch after having dinner. He even thanked his parents for flying out for three consecutive years only to see Ed leave the venue empty-handed.
10) Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding (2015)
“You’re the light, you’re the night, you’re the colour of my blood, you’re the cure, you’re the pain, you’re the only thing I wanna touch, never knew that it could mean so much”
The song originally made for a movie became a big hit at various wedding venues. She says that this power ballad can be interpreted in any way, as the song was made keeping in mind the underlying meaning of the song having the physical and emotional conception.
Now that you know which songs can be your ideal entrance songs, get ready to create a beautiful playlist for THE day. But does your wedding venue in Edmonton provide a rehearsal before the wedding to make sure the song is going to suit your entrance? Book a wedding venue in Edmonton that will not only let you have a rehearsal but also make your wedding ceremony the way you always wanted it to be – incredibly magical.