Modern Wedding Songs

The most important day in your life has finally arrived. You are going to walk down the aisle, take the wedding vows and begin a new life journey with the love of your life. After the wedding ceremony, it is time to attend the wedding reception, be greeted by people who care and enjoy the evening. But, before you get set to begin your new life, you need to do a lot of wedding planning. You need to decide your wedding venue, the number of guest to be invited, wedding decorations, wedding centerpieces, etc. You also need to plan the best party of your life that includes the best DJ in town playing the best wedding songs.

Yes, you can play the modern wedding songs to get the wedding party grooving. You need to sit down and go through a list of modern wedding songs for the ceremony. You need to choose the numbers that are exciting, interesting and romantic. The first dance is a very special dance for the newly weds and help you connect with your spouse for the first time after the wedding. If you are searching for some cool, fun and enjoyable dance numbers, the following modern wedding songs list will prove to be helpful.

Wedding Songs for Ceremony

The wedding ceremony is divided into a number of sections that are full of varied emotions for the bride and groom, family, friends and guests invited. You begin a wedding ceremony with the pre-ceremony, then move on to the bridal entrance. Then, comes in the bride and the recessional. So, each section requires a specific mood to be set and you need to play the tunes accordingly. The pre-ceremony is the time when guests enter the venue and you need to play some music while they are being seated. You can try the following themes for modern wedding songs for ceremony to be played at the pre-ceremony.

Pre-Ceremony Modern Wedding Songs

• Water Music ~ Handel
• Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring ~ Bach
• Here, There and Everywhere ~ The Beatles
• In My Life ~ John Lennon and Paul McCartney
• The Wedding Song ~ Paul Stookey
• Bitter Sweet Symphony ~ The Verve
• A Day Without Rain ~ Enya
• By Your Side ~ Sade
• Theme for Chariots of Fire ~ Vangelis
• Primavera ~ Vivaldi
• Clocks ~ Cold Play
• Rainbow Connection ~ Sarah McLachlan

Modern Wedding Songs for Bridal Party Entrance

• Forrest Gump Suite ~ Forrest Gump Theme
• Now We Are Free ~ Zimmer and Gerald
• Sunrise, Sunset ~ Fiddler on the Roof
• Wedding Processional ~ The Sound of Music
• Clair de Lune ~ Debussy

Modern Wedding Songs for Bride's Entrance

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba ~ Handel
• Have You Ever Been In Love ~ Celine Dion
• My Heart Will Go On ~ The Titanic
• You Raise Me Up ~ Josh Gorban
• The Prayer ~ Bocelli and Dion

Recessional Modern Wedding Songs

• Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring ~ Bach
• Breathe ~ Faith Hill
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours ~ Stevie Wonder
• Beautiful Day ~ U2
• All You Need Is Love ~ The Beatles

Couple's Entrance During the Reception

• Grand March ~ Verdi
• Love's Theme ~ Barry White
• Chariots of Fire ~ Vangelis
• Chantal Kreviazuk ~ Beyoncé/ Jay-Z

Modern Wedding Songs for First Dance

The most emotional moment a couple shares after the wedding vows is the first dance. You both will looking into each others eyes and rest of the eyes around will be fixed on you two. This is 'your' song and will have a significant meaning in your life. This can be the couples favorite song. You can try the following numbers to make your first dance special with the following sweet numbers.

• Come Away With Me ~ Norah Jones
• Today ~ Joshua Radin
• I Could Not Ask For More ~ Edwin McCain
• Truly Madly Deeply ~ Savage Garden
• I Love You ~ Sarah Mclachlan
• Sun Is Shining ~ Bob Marley
• You Belong to Me ~ Bob Dylan
• Forever ~ Chris Brown
• The Prettiest Star ~ David Bowie
• Can't Take My Eyes Off You ~ Andy Williams
• Truly, Madly, Deeply ~ Savage Garden
• Can't Help Falling in Love ~ Elvis Presley
• Love Me Tender ~ Elvis Presley

These were just a few modern wedding songs list that you can ask the DJ to play at the various ceremonies in your wedding. If you still ain't satisfied, then try to choose some popular modern love songs from the following list.

Popular Modern Wedding Songs

• Lust for Life ~ Iggy Pop
• I Got You (I Feel Good) ~ James Brown
• You Give Me Something ~ Jamiroquai
• Rose of My Heart ~ Johnny Cash
• It's You, It's Me ~ Kaskade
• I Was Made for Loving You ~ Kiss
• Breathless ~ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Maybe I'm Amazed ~ Paul McCartney
• This Is Love ~ PJ Harvey
• I Was Made to Love Her ~ Stevie Wonder
• I'm Sticking With You ~ Velvet Underground
• Woman ~ Wolfmother
• Our Way to Fall ~ Yo La Tengo
• Can You Feel the Love Tonight ~ Elton John
• The Good Life ~ Kanye West
• We Belong Together ~ Mariah Carey
• (Everything I Do) I Do It For You ~ Bryan Adams
• It Must Be Love ~ Madness

I hope the above modern love songs list help you choose the perfect songs for your wedding. The ceremony, the wedding reception, the father-daughter dance, the mother-son dance and the first dance all have a significant emotional meaning attached to it. You can set the mood and wedding theme on the basis of the music played in the venue. You can make your wedding the most memorable wedding for yourself and your guests by playing the right music.