If you’re planning a wedding, you know you have to choose certain songs for certain moments at some point. We pointed this out in our recent Processional Etiquette post. We’re here to offer you some popular Wedding Formality Song Suggestions to help ease your mind. It can be daunting searching for hours and hours on end, listening to YouTube and then ending up with a long list to whittle down. Take these tips with a grain of salt and apply it to the special moments you’ll be having at your reception!
Introductions
This is quite literally the very beginning of your celebration as a married couple, so make it count! We love making Wedding Formality Song Suggestions for this case, because it is so FUN! Whether your wedding party & parents are introduced before you or not, you will want to amp up the crowd with a song that everyone knows! We typically see dance hits, pop hits and even latin hits in this category. Pro tip: make it extra amazing with a CO2 blast or sparkler boxes!
Cake Cutting
This one is actually one of our favorites and are typically specific to a ‘sweet’ category (pun intended). The cake cutting is symbolic of the couple’s first “activity” as a married couple, and is typically a planned moment during your reception. We love seeing couples get creative with their songs, but some of our favorites include “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies, “Sugar” by Maroon 5, “How Sweet It Is” by James Taylor (see the theme here?). It’s a fun, sweet moment that every guest can enjoy!
Special Dances
These are defined as first dance, parent dances, private last dance, etc. Think of this moment as something you want to freeze in time because of how special it is. That deserves a great song choice then! It’s much harder than you think to pick the song you’ll first dance to as a married couple or that you’ll share with your daddy. Your first dance song should be one that both you and your partner like and think happy thoughts when you hear it. Don’t pick something just because it’s popular, but instead something that will mean something to you for years and years to come. When choosing your parent dances, be sure to include those family members in that song selection and come up with a good compromise.
Choosing songs to play for special moments at your wedding isn’t as daunting as you think, and we hope you take these Wedding Formality Song Suggestions into account when sitting down with your families to plan your playlists. If you need more help, just ask!
