Processional Songs - Wedding Ceremony Songs
Walking to the altar from behind wedding guests to start the wedding ceremony is customarily set to music. The people walking down the isle could include as much as the entire wedding party to as few as the bride herself. This is known as the processional. In addition, the same can be said for the exiting of the wedding party and all guests, the recessional. However, the bridal couple starts the recessional after the announcement of the new married couple to their guests from the minister. Then, the wedding party exists followed by the wedding guests from front to back rows.
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Artist |
Format |
Lyrics |
iTunes |
Amazon |
| #34 |
Dave Matthews Band |
Rock
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| A Whole New World |
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle |
R&B
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| After All Is Said And Done |
Beyoncé Knowles & Marc Nelson |
R&B
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| Air |
George F Handel |
Classical
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| Air On A G String |
Johann S Bach |
Classical
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| All I Want Is You |
Vitamin String Quartet |
Instrumental
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| All My Life |
K-Ci & JoJo |
R&B
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| All You Need Is Love |
The Beatles |
Oldies
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| Amazed |
Lonestar |
Country
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| André Campra: Rigaudon |
Massimo Nosetti |
Classical
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| Angels Brought Me Here |
Guy Sebastian |
Jazz
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| Annie's Song |
John Denver |
Country
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| At Last |
Etta James |
Jazz
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| Ave Maria |
Beyonce |
R&B
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| Because You Loved Me |
Celine Dion |
Rock
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| Bless The Broken Road |
Rascal Flatts |
Country
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| Butterfly Kisses |
Bob Carlisle |
Rock
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| Can You Feel The Love Tonight |
Elton John |
Rock
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| Canon In D Major |
Johann Pachelbel |
Classical
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| Can't Help Falling In Love |
Elvis Presley |
Oldies
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| Caribbean Blue |
Enya |
New Age
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| Chapel Of Love |
Dixie Cups |
Oldies
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| Coronation March |
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Classical
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| Crazy Love |
Michael Buble |
Jazz
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| Endless Love |
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross |
R&B
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| Everything I Do (I Do For You) |
Bryan Adams |
Rock
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| First Day Of My Life |
Bright Eyes |
Indie
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| For My Wedding |
Don Henley |
Rock
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| Forever |
Jaheim |
R&B
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| Forever And Ever Amen |
Randy Travis |
Country
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| Forever In Love |
Kenny G |
New Age
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| From This Moment On |
Shania Twain & Bryan White |
Country
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| Gabriel's Oboe |
Ennio Morricone |
Classical
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| Give Me You |
Mary J Blige & Eric Clapton |
R&B
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| Glitter In the Air |
Pink |
Dance
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| Grow Old With Me |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
Country
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| Heavenly Day |
Patty Griffin |
Folk
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| Here And Now |
Luther Vandross |
R&B
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| Highland Cathedral |
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
Celtic
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| I Finally Found Someone |
Bryan Adams & Barbara Streisand |
Rock
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| I'll Be Your Mirror |
The Velvet Underground |
Rock
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| If I Ain't Got You |
Alicia Keys |
R&B
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| In My Life |
The Beatles |
Rock
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| Is This Love |
Whitesnake |
Rock
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| Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring |
Johann S Bach |
Classical
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| Joy |
George Winston |
New Age
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| Little Trip To Heaven |
Tom Waits |
Rock
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| Kiss The Rain |
Yiruma |
World
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| Longer |
Dan Fogelberg |
Rock
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| Lost In The Moment |
Big And Rich |
Country
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| Make You Feel My Love |
Adele |
R&B |
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| Me And You |
Kenny Chesney |
Country
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| My Heart Will Go On |
James Horner |
Classical
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| Ode To Joy |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Classical
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| Only Time |
Enya |
New Age
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| Orinoco Flow |
Enya |
New Age
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- -
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| Overture |
George F Handel |
Classical
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- -
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| Romeo And Juliet Love Theme |
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Classical
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| Saving All My Love For You |
Whitney Houston |
R&B
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| Somewhere Over The Rainbow |
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |
World
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| St. Elmo's Fire |
David Foster |
New Age
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| Stand By Your Man |
Tammy Wynette |
Country
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| Storybook Love (Princess Bride Theme) |
Mark Knofler |
Classical
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| Take My Breath Away |
Berlin |
Rock
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| The Prayer |
Charlotte Church & Josh Groban |
Jazz
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| The Prince of Denmark's March |
Jeremiah Clarke |
Classical
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| There She Goes |
The La's |
Indie
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| These Are the Days |
10,000 Maniacs |
Indie
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| Truly |
Lionel Richie |
R&B
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| Trumpet Tune |
Henry Purcell |
Classical
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| Trumpet Voluntary |
Jeremiah Clarke |
Classical
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| Waiting In Vain |
Bob Marley |
Reggae
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| Wedding March |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Classical
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| What A Wonderful World |
Louis Armstrong |
Jazz
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| When You Say Nothing At All |
Alison Krauss |
Country
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| Winter |
Antonio Vivaldi |
Classical
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| Without You |
Eddie Vedder |
Rock
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| Yellow |
Coldplay |
Rock
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| You And I |
Michael Bublé |
Jazz
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| You And Me |
Dave Matthews Band |
Rock |
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| You And Me |
Lifehouse |
Rock
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| You Raise Me Up |
Josh Groban |
Rock
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* Processional Songs list is updated periodically throughout the year. If you have a song that you think should be included, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below.
Processional Songs are played at a wedding ceremony while the bride walks down the isle. The same song can also be played while the wedding party walks down the isle to their seats and positions at the alter. We tried to list the more popular traditional and non-traditional songs. If you have a special processional song that you think we should add to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below.
Traditional processional songs listed below include Wedding March by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Trumpet Tune by Henry Purcell and Canon In D Major by Johann Pachelbel. If you have a beach themed wedding, we would suggest Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. We have also included romantic pop songs which include If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keyes and A Whole New World, from the movie Aladdin by Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle. Our processional songs list includes many genres such as classical, jazz, country, rock, indie, new age and more.
Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite processional songs. If you have a special processional song that you think should be added to one of our lists, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. Be sure to also check out the processional song lyric link to find song relevance to what you want for in your song choice. Once decided, we provided a link to iTunes to purchase and Amazon.com to purchase and listen to a sample of each song.

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