Best Unity Candle Songs

The Unity Candle event takes place during the wedding ceremony after the bride and groom exchange their vows.  Typically, the bride lights a single candle for herself and the groom lights a single candle for himself.  Then, the bride and groom light their "unity candle" together with their single lit candles.  Another great show of bringing families together through matrimony is to have parents and/or grandparents light candles and then pass the candles onto their respective daughter, bride, and son, groom.  The bride and groom then light their unity candle together.

Unity candles are a big business to candle companies.  They come in all sorts of sizes and colors.  For the do-it-yourself bride and groom, they can buy a standard candle.  Then, the candle can be decorated in your wedding colors with ribbon, beads and whatever suits your fancy.  Unity candles can be purchased as a single candle or in a candelabra setting with a single tapered candle on each side of the official unity candle.  To view and purchase unity candles, please visit our wedding shop.

Traditional wedding Unity Candle songs celebrate the union of the bride and groom.  Bridal couples can select romantic pop songs I Was Meant To Be With You by Diamond Rio, True Companion by Marc Cohn and Give Me Forever (I Do) by John Tesh.  Bridal couples can also select instrumental songs perfect for church weddings like Wedding Song by Kenny G.  Since the candles are being lit, a theme appropriate song would be You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone.

An alternative to the unity candle ceremony is the unity sand ceremony.  The unity sand ceremony can be done after the vows are read, as the unity candle ceremony would be, or while the vows are read. The sand ceremony uses multiple sand colors to fill a glass container such as a vase.  The bride and groom take turns filling a glass vase, or also known as the unity vase.  The sand colors can be coordinated with the bridal couple's wedding colors.  The same songs below are also fitting for the sand ceremony.

Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite Unity Candle songs. If you have a special song that you think should be added to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. Be sure to also check out the 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.



Best Unity Candle Songs for Weddings

Song Artist Format Lyrics iTunes Amazon
A Moment Like This Kelly Clarkson
Rock
Lyrics
Kelly Clarkson - Thankful - A Moment Like This
A Page Is Turned Bebo Norman
Christian
Lyrics
A Page Is Turned - Ten Thousand Days
After All Cher & Peter Cetera
Rock
Lyrics
After All (Love Theme from 'Chances Are') - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Cher, Vol. 2
All I Ask Of You Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
Classical
Lyrics
All I Ask of You - Andrew Lloyd Webber: Gold - The Definitive Hits Collection
Always Atlantic Starr
R&B
Lyrics
Atlantic Starr - Rhino Hi-Five: Atlantic Starr - EP - Always
Always and Forever Heatwave
R&B
Lyrics
Heat Wave - The Best of Heatwave - Always and Forever - Always and Forever
Amazing Grace Lari White
Christian
Lyrics
Amazing Grace - Renewing the Heart
Ave Maria Beyonce
R&B/Christian
Lyrics
Ave Maria - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Deluxe Version)
Ave Maria Luciano Pavarotti
Classical
Lyrics
Ave Maria - Ave Maria
By My Side Ben Harper
Rock
Lyrics
By My Side - Fight for Your Mind
Circle Of Life Elton John
Rock
Lyrics
Circle of Life - Love Songs
Everything I Do (I Do For You) Bryan Adams
Rock
Lyrics
Bryan Adams - The Best of Me - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Faithful Friend Twila Paris & Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian
Lyrics
Faithful Friend - Twila Paris: The Ultimate Collection
Flesh Of My Flesh Leon Patillo
Christian
Lyrics
Flesh of My Flesh - The Definitive Collection: Leon Patillo
For You Kenny Lattimore
R&B
Lyrics
Kenny Lattimore - The Best of Kenny Lattimore - For You
Forever And For Always Shania Twain
Country
Lyrics
Shania Twain - Shania Twain: Greatest Hits - Forever and for Always
From This Moment On Shania Twain & Bryan White
Country
Lyrics
Shania Twain & Bryan White - Come on Over - From This Moment On
Give Me Forever (I Do) John Tesh
Christian
Lyrics
Give Me Forever (I Do) - Forever More - The Greatest Hits of John Tesh
Grow Old With Me Mary Chapin Carpenter
Country
Lyrics
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Party Doll and Other Favorites - Grow Old With Me
Happily Ever After Case
Rap
Lyrics
Happily Ever After - Personal Conversation
Honestly Stryper
Rock
Lyrics
To Hell with the Devil - Stryper
I Could Never Love You Enough Brian McComas
Country
Lyrics
I Could Never Love You Enough - Brian McComas
I Do (Cherish You) 98 Degrees
Dance
Lyrics
98º - 98º and Rising - I Do (Cherish You)
I Just Call You Mine Martina McBride
Country
Lyrics
I Just Call You Mine - Shine
I Live My Life For You Firehouse
Rock
Lyrics
I Live My Life for You - Good Acoustics
I Melt Rascal Flatts
Country
Lyrics
Rascal Flatts - Melt - I Melt
I Was Meant To Be With You Diamond Rio
Country
Lyrics
Diamond Rio - Close to the Edge - I Was Meant to Be With You
I Will Be Here Steven Curtis Chapman
Christian
Lyrics
Steven Curtis Chapman - Greatest Hits - I Will Be Here
Inseperable Natalie Cole
R&B
Lyrics
Inseparable - Natalie Cole: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
Keeper Of The Stars Tracy Byrd
Country
Lyrics
Tracy Byrd - Ten Rounds - Keeper of the Stars
Let It Be The Beatles
Rock
Lyrics
Let It Be - The Beatles
Me And You Kenny Chesney
Country
Lyrics
Kenny Chesney - Greatest Hits - Me and You
No Place That Far Sarah Evans
Country
Lyrics
No Place That Far - Sara Evans: Greatest Hits
Nothing Else Matters Metallica
Rock
Lyrics
Metallica - Metallica
One Hand, One Heart West Side Story Cast
Broadway
Lyrics
One Hand, One Heart - West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast, and Additional Recordings 1949-51)
Pledging My Love Emmylou Harris
Country
Lyrics
Pledging My Love - Emmylou Harris Anthology: The Warner / Reprise Years
Say Once More Amy Grant
Christian
Lyrics
Say Once More - Lead Me On
The Prayer Charlotte Church & Josh Groban
Christian
Lyrics
Josh Groban (With Charlotte Church) - Josh Groban - The Prayer
The Rose Bette Midler
Rock
Lyrics
The Rose (LP Version) - Experience The Divine: Greatest Hits (2000)
The Wedding Song Kenny G
New Age
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Kenny G - Ultimate Kenny G - The Wedding Song
This I Swear Nick Lachey
Dance
Lyrics
Nick Lachey - Soulo - This I Swear
True Companion Marc Cohn
Rock
Lyrics
True Companion - The Very Best of Marc Cohn
Unconditional Clay Davidson
Country
Lyrics
Unconditional - Unconditional
Wedding Song (There Is Love) Peter, Paul & Mary / Noel Paul Stookey
Folk
Lyrics
Wedding Song (There Is Love) - The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary
When I Said I Do Clint Black
Country
Lyrics
Clint Black & Lisa Hartman Black - Clint Black: Greatest Hits II - When I Said I Do
When You Love Someone Bryan Adams
Rock
Lyrics
When You Love Someone (MTV Unplugged Version) - MTV Unplugged: Bryan Adams
When You Say Nothing At All Alison Krauss
Country
Lyrics
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Alison Krauss & Union Station: Live - When You Say Nothing at All
When You Say Nothing At All Ronan Keating
Rock
Lyrics
When You Say Nothing At All - 10 Years of Hits
You Light Up My Life Debby Boone
Christian
Lyrics
You Light Up My Life - The Best of Debby Boone
You Light Up My Life Leann Rimes
Country
Lyrics
You Light Up My Life - LeAnn Rimes: Greatest Hits
You Raise Me Up Josh Groban
Rock
Lyrics
Josh Groban - Closer - You Raise Me Up
Your Everything Keith Urban
Country
Lyrics
Keith Urban - Keith Urban - Your Everything
You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration Teddy Pendergrass
R&B
Lyrics
You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration - The Essential Teddy Pendergrass
Yours, Mine & Ours Teresa James & David Chamberli
Christian
Lyrics
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* Unity Candle 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.




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