Contemporary Wedding Processional Music
Modern pop, soul, country and R&B songs for walking down the aisle — from The Beatles to Beyoncé, Enya to Elton John.
Contemporary processional music puts your own story at the centre of the ceremony. When guests hear a song they recognise and love as you walk down the aisle, it creates an immediate emotional connection — a sense that this wedding reflects who you really are as a couple.
The best contemporary processional song is one that has already meant something to you both — your song from early in the relationship, a track from a playlist one of you made for the other, or simply a song whose lyrics feel like they were written for this exact moment.
Contemporary & Pop Processional Songs
Rock ballads, soul classics, country love songs, R&B and pop — songs with meaningful lyrics for the modern processional.
- Open Arms — Journey
- Crystal — Fleetwood Mac
- Over the Rainbow — Eva Cassidy
- Can't Help Falling in Love — Elvis Presley or UB40
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight — Elton John
- Longer — Dan Fogelberg
- When I Fall in Love — Celine Dion feat. Clive Griffin
- Here I Am — Bryan Adams
- Forever — Ben Harper
- In My Life — The Beatles
- Here, There and Everywhere — The Beatles
- All You Need Is Love — The Beatles
- When I See You Smile — Bad English
- Now and Forever — Air Supply
- I Don't Want to Miss a Thing — Aerosmith
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do — ABBA
- I Do (Cherish You) — 98 Degrees
- Believe — Lenny Kravitz
- Harvest Moon — Neil Young
- Come Away With Me — Norah Jones
- When You Say Nothing at All — Ronan Keating
- Book of Love — Peter Gabriel
- Your Everything — Keith Urban
- You and I — Stevie Wonder
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face — Roberta Flack or George Michael
- Here and Now — Luther Vandross
- Truly — Lionel Richie
- The Fact Is (I Need You) — Jill Scott
- Kissing You — Des'ree (from Romeo & Juliet)
- Stand By Me — Ben E. King
- I'll Be There — The Parlotones
- If I Ain't Got You — Alicia Keys
- My Best Friend — Tim McGraw
- From This Moment — Shania Twain
- Forever and For Always — Shania Twain
- Lady — Kenny Rogers
- The Prayer — Andrea Bocelli feat. Celine Dion
- Unforgettable — Nat King Cole
- Return to Innocence — Enigma
- China Roses — Enya
- Only Time — Enya
- At Last — Etta James
- Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World — Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
- Con te partirò — Andrea Bocelli