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Your
wedding recessional music will play as you walk back down the isle
usually after the kiss or the announcement. There are some occasions
where your guests will exit first while you sign the register inside
the church, and therefore you will have no formal recessional. They
will then be handed some confetti outside the church and will shower
you as you exit. You can then play your choice of wedding recessional
song.
Whichever
way you decide to do it (will depend on how much you stick to tradition),
your wedding recessional music should be festive, joyous and upbeat.
The formality of the big day is now over and you are man and wife!
Your choice of recessional song should reflect the way you feel
at that moment.
Don't
hesitate to choose a non-traditional classical piece or a contemporary
wedding recessional song even if the rest of your wedding has been
traditional. This moment marks the end of the ceremony and the start
of your life together as husband and wife. As always, just check
with your officiant that the song you have chosen is allowed.
The
song you choose for your wedding recessional is normally played
all the way through and is not faded. You can even choose more than
one song to be played one after the other to continue the celebratory
mood into your postlude (the music played right after the recessional
untill your guests leave for the reception)
Below
is a list of wedding recessional music to enhance this joyous moment:
Traditional
Wedding Recessional Music:
Wedding
March (Midsummer Night's Dream) - Mendelssohn
Alla
Hornpipe (from Water Music Suite) - Handel
Trumpet
Tune - Purcell
Wedding
March - Wagner
Instrumental
and Non-Traditional Classical Recessional Songs:
Arrival
of the Queen of Sheba - Handel
Ode
To Joy - Beethoven
St.
Anthony Chorale - Haydn
Trumpet
Voluntary - Clark
Sonata
in G - Tartini
Autumn
(From The Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
Spring
(From The Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
Badinerie
(from Suite No. 2 in B minor) - Bach
Danza
Pastorale (From The Four Seasons) - Vivaldi
Serenade
To Spring - Secret Garden
Florin
Dance - Mark Knopfler (from The Princess Bride)
Love's
Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Meryton
Townhall - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (from Pride & Prejudice)
Basingstoke
Assembly - Adrian Johnston (from Becoming Jane)
Contemporary
Wedding Recessional Music (including Rock, Country, R&B, Vocal,
Folk and Pop):
Walking
On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Can't
get enough of your love, Babe - Barry White
At
Last - Etta James
One
Love (People Get Ready) - Bob Marley
I
Cross My Heart - George Strait
Beautiful
Day - U2
This
Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
All
You Need is Love - Beatles
Can't
Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
Nothings
Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
I'm
A Believer - The Monkees or Smashmouth
My
First, My Last, My Everything - Barry White
Forever
and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
I
Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
It
Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr. or The Wedding Singers
Fools
Rush In - UB40 or Elvis Presley
It's
The End of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.
When
I'm 64 - The Beatles
Congratulations
- Cliff Richard
Breathless
- The Corrs
I
Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Cowboy
Take Me Away - Dixie Chicks
I
Only Wanna Be With You - Dusty Springfield
Hawaiian
Wedding Song - Various
Everywhere
- Fleetwood Mac
Fly
Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
Here
Comes The Sun - George Harrison or Nina Simone
Just
Like Starting Over - John Lennon
(great for second marriages)
Love
At First Sight - Kylie Minogue
Ray
Of Light - Madonna
Chapel
Of Love - Various
You're
The One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John
Such
Great Heights - Postal Service
Another
One Bites The Dust - Queen
Crazy
Little Thing Called Love - Queen or Michael Buble
I
Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher or UB40
Signed,
Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
Happy
Together - Turtles
Love
Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
Island
In the Sun - Weezer
Lovely
Day - Bill Withers
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