The best wedding songs for your Big Day!
The big day is getting closer and you've got so much things to organize left!
Let "Punta Cana Live Music" help you at least for the musical part of your wedding.
There are so much romantic or dancing songs, you love or too many choices and you feel like a bit lost, one day you think about one song and the day after you fall in love with an other one that you just listen in your car...
I really hope that this guide of the most "asked" wedding songs, will support you to chose the playlist of your Big Day in Punta Cana!
For each different moment of your celebration, I suggest some songs that the brides use to request to the musicians of Punta Cana Live Music. From the Prelude songs before the ceremony to the last Dance songs of your reception, I give you some example of themes that would fit well with the special moment but then feel free to do YOUR song list.
And of course, all depends of your musical taste...
Wedding songs for the ceremony:
Meanwhile you are retouching your makeup or putting on your wedding dress, your guests have arrived to the gazebo and your musician will start to begin the Prelude songs...
Prelude songs
Some traditional wedding songs like:
"Canon in D" Pachelbel "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" J.S. BACH
" Agnus Dei" "Amazing Grace"
"Creo en ti Jesus" Julio Melgar
If there are some kids, you should definitively chose one of these three Walt Disney beautiful songs...
"A Whole New World" "Can you feel the love tonight"
"The beauty and the beast"
For the amateurs of Kenny G., you can not miss those ones....
"Forever In Love" "The Moment"
Or one of these famous pop songs that remember to everyone some good memories...
" Always On My Mind" Elvis Presley "Can't Help Falling in Love" UB40
"I Knew I Loved You" Savage Garden "You for me" Johnny Gill
"Dos gardenias para ti" Buena vista "He Loves Me" Jill Scott
"I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" Aerosmith "Maybe I'm Amazed" Paul McCartney
Processional songs
Now that everyone has arrived and your guest are seated, let's start the processional song that will follow the entry of your bride maids...
"Come Away With Me" Norah Jones "I Won t Give Up" Jason Mraz
"Let s get Married" Jagged Edge "Forever" R. Kelly
"I Wanna Know" Joe "Real love" Eric Bennet
"Pretty wings" Maxwell "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" Valli
" You and me" Lifehouse "You are beautiful" James Blunt
"Silhouette" Kenny G. "In a Sentimental Mood" Michael Brecker
Ave maria" JS Bach "Jesus is love" Commodores
Bride entrance songs
Everyone is ready, we are just missing YOU, walking down the aisle..
Probably the most affecting moment of all your Big Day in Dominican Republic!
That's why you need a very romantic wedding song..
Here you've got the most popular and lovely pop song that fit perfectly for your entrance!
"A thousand years" Christina Perri "All of me" John Legend
"Thinking out loud" Ed Sheeran "Stay with me" Sam Smith
"Everything I do" Bryan Adams "Wings" Birdy
"When a man loves a woman" Michael Bolton "Will you marry me" Jason Deluro
"I will always love you" Whitney Houston "Still falling for you" Ellie Goulding
"Latch" Sam Smith "You and I" John Legend
"For you" Kenny Lattimore "The Wedding Song" Kenny G.
Or one of these two traditional "bride" songs:
"Wedding March" Mendelssohn "Here comes the brides" Wagner
Recessional songs
Generally an up-beat song for the recessional...
"Happy" Pharrell Williams "Marry you" Bruno Mars
"I’m Yours" Jason Mraz "She will be loved" Maroon 5
"Just the way you are" Bruno Mars "Lucky" Jason Mraz
"L.O.V.E" Franck Sinatra "All you need is love" The Beatles
"Blue Danube" Strauss "This will be" Natalie Cole
Wedding songs for the cocktail hour:
Now it's time to relax and release the pressure of the ceremony!
Let's get the first drink and start to move on the cocktail hour wedding songs, have you already try the rum of Dominican Republic?! :)
"Adventure of a lifetime" Coldplay "Uptown" Bruno Mars
"Bailando" Enrique Iglesias "Vivir Mi Vida" Marc Anthony
"Careless Whisper" George Michael "Sorry" Justin Beber
"Conselho" Almir Guineto "Just the way you are" Barry White
"Duele el corazón" Enrique Iglesias "Just the two of us" George Washington
"Everything" Michael Buble "I Feel Good" James Brown
"Isn’t she lovely" Steve Wonder "La quiero a Morir" Sergio Vargas
"La Mordidita" Ricky Martin "Nadie como ella" Marc Anthony
"Paradise" Coldplay "Treasure" Bruno Mars
"A Sky Full Of Stars" Cold Play "Ain’t nobody loves me better" Felix Jaehn
"Don’t you worry child" Swedish House Mafia
Wedding songs for the reception:
First dance songs
This song will depend of your dance talent or motivation.
Some couple likes to practice a special choreography during months and others just perform an lovely embracing slow...
"At Last" Etta James "Someone like you" Adele
"Better together" Jack Johnson "Fly me to the moon" Franck Sinatra
"Besame mucho" Consuelo Velasquez "Stand by Me," Ben E. King
"Die A Happy Man" Thomas Rhett "Grow Old With Me" Tom Odell
"Make You Feel My Love" Adele "One in a million" Ne-Yo
"Love On Top" Beyonce "Night and Day" Franck Sinatra
Mother-Son songs / Father-Daughter songs
It's a bit hard to advice a wedding song for this one with your dad or your mum, cause each family and relationship with the parent are different. It can be a lovely slow or a amazing choreography!!!
"A Mother's Love" Kem "A Song For My Son" Mikki Viereck
" "A Mother's Prayer" Celine Dion "A Smile Like Yours" Natalie Cole
"A wonderful world" Louis Armstrong "My Way" Franck Sinatra
"From this moment on" Shania Twain "My one and only love" John Coltrane
"Upside down" Jack Johnson "Wonderful tonight" Eric Clapton
Cake cutting songs
Probably for the cake cutting, you will need a sweet, tasty and delicious song that will certainly make you drool with envy...
"Blank Space" Taylor Swift "Sugar" Maroon 5
"Glory of love" Cetera "Over the rainbow" Harold Arlen
"Loving you" Kenny G. "Three little birds" Bob Marley
"Never gonna be alone" Nickelback "Wildest Dreams" Taylor Swift
Last dance songs
This wedding song HAS to be up-beat tempo to close the celebration of your Big Day in Punta Cana!!
"Hold My Hand" Jess Glyn "Timber" Kesha & Pitbull
" I will survive" Gloria Gaynor "What do you mean" Justin Beber
"Last Friday Night" Katy Perry "Signed,Sealed,Delivered" Stevie Wonder
"Flor Palida" Marc Anthony "Las avispas" Juan Luis Guerra
"The first,the last,my everything" Barry White "Get Lucky" Daft Punk
"I Gotta feeling" The Black Eyed Peas "Titanium" David Guetta
And of course, for all the dancing moment like the recessional song, the cocktail hour, the first dance, the dad & bride dance or the last dance, you could chose the number one of the party in Dominican Republic and all around the world:
"DESPACITO" by Luis Fonsi
I really hope that those wedding songs that I proposed to you helped you and clarified a bit your mind to finalized your playlist for your Big Day in Punta Cana!!
Find more songs on the web of Punta Cana Live Music!