The Best Songs for an Interlude during the Wedding Ceremony
What are the best traditional and contemporary songs for an interlude of your wedding ceremony?
Interlude music refers to any music used during the ceremony. Sometimes, the music will take center
stage as a soloist or musician plays a piece of music that has special meaning to the bride and groom.
Other times, the interlude music will be used in the background of a religious ritual. However, for the
purpose of this page, we will be focusing on songs that are actually sung during the ceremony. For
instrumental and background pieces, go to either the page on
Best Contemporary Instrumental Songs
or Best Classical Instrumental Songs.
Music can be a great way to adjust the pace of the ceremony or add focus to a particular moment of
the ceremony. Typically, you should plan to use no more than three solo interludes (non-background songs).
Any more than that and you will interrupt the flow of the ceremony and be adding unnecessary length to
the ceremony.
Interludes can add focus to a moment if they are used directly after that moment. The song will give
your guests a moment to reflect on what has just occurred.
Interludes can also give you a moment to breathe before an important event. Immediately before
saying your vows or exchanging rings is a good place a piece of music for this reason. It gives
you a couple of minutes to review your vows (if you plan to recite them from memory) or review any
notes you might have.
Finally, interludes can help transition from one event to another and fill in space where
there might otherwise be silence, such as when the bride and groom sign the marriage certificate.
Below you will find some of the most popular pieces used during wedding interludes. For your convenience,
we have included links to the sheet music on Sheetmusicplus.com as well as the CD on Amazon.com whenever available. If you are
looking to purchase the mp3 or would like to listen to a sample, then click on either the Amazon, Rhapsody, or iTunes links.
Rhapsody provides both music subscriptions as well as individual mp3s for sale in WMA format and iTunes only provides
MPEG-4 audio files for sale. However, Amazon does offer mp3s that are compatible
with both Windows Media Player and iTunes. For more information about where to purchase music online, we provide it on
our Music Downloads page or our
Music Subscriptions page.
If you are looking for songs specifically for a wedding union ritual such as the lighting of the unity candles, we have created a
special page for it titled Best Unity Ritual Songs.
A few songs you might consider for the interlude are:
- "A Moment Like This" performed by Kelly Clarkson
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- "A Whole New World" (Aladdin's Theme) performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Bell
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- "And I Love Her" performed by The Beatles
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- "All My Life" performed by K-Ci & Jojo
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- "Always" performed by Atlantic Starr
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- "Amazed" performed by Lonestar
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- "Amazing Grace" performed by LeAnn Rimes, Elvis Presley, and others
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- "Ave Maria" by Charles Gounod or Johann Sebastian Bach
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- "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert
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- "Because You Loved Me" performed by Celine Dion
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- "Bless The Broken Road" performed by Rascal Flatts
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- "Breathe" performed by Faith Hill
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- "Bridal Prayer" performed by Beryl Quinton
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- "Bist du bei mir" (You are with me or Be Thou with Me) from Anna Magdalena Notenbuch by Johann Sebastian Bach
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- "Could I Have This Dance?" performed by Anne Murray
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- "Endless Love" performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross or Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey
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- "Flesh of My Flesh" performed by Leon Patillo
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- "For You I Will" performed by Monica
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- "From This Moment On" performed by Shania Twain
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- "Für Elise" by Beethoven
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- "Greensleeves"
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- "Grow Old With Me" performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter
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- "Hawaiian Wedding Song" performed by Elvis Presley
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- "Have I Told You Lately" performed by Rod Stewart or Van Morrison
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- "He Gave Me You" performed by Sierra
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- "Heaven" performed by Bryan Adams
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- "Here And Now" performed by Luther Vandross
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- "Household of Faith" performed by Steve Green
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- "How Beautiful" performed by Twila Paris
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- "I Could Not Ask For More" performed by Edwin McCain
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- "I Believe In You And Me" performed by Whitney Houston
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- "I Cross My Heart" performed by George Strait
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- "I Do" performed by Paul Brandt
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- "(I Do) Cherish You" performed by 98 degrees
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- "I Will Be Here" performed by Steven Curtis Chapman
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- "In My Life" performed by The Beatles or Bette Midler
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- "It's Your Love" performed by Tim Mcgraw & Faith Hill
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- "The Lord's Prayer" performed by Charlotte Church
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- "Love Me Tender" performed by Elvis Presley
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- "Love of My Life" performed by Jim Brickman
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- "My Best Friend" performed by Tim McGraw
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- "Only Time" by Enya
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- "Panis Angelicus" (O God Of Life) performed by Josh Groben
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- "Psalm 23" performed by Charlotte Church
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- "Ribbon In The Sky" performed by Stevie Wonder
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- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" performed by Roberta Flasck
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- "The Prayer" performed by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli or Anthony Callea
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- "The Rose" performed by Bette Midler
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- "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" performed by Mary MacGregor or Peter, Paul, and Mary
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- "There You'll Be" performed by Faith Hill
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- "To Make You Feel My Love" performed by Garth Brooks or Billy Joel
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- "Truly, Madly, Deeply" performed by Savage Garden
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- "We've Only Just Begun" performed by The Carpenters
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- "What a Wonderful World" performed by Louis Armstrong
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- "When You Say Nothing At All" by Keith Whitley, Ronan Keating, or Alison Krauss
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- "Wind Beneath My Wings" performed by Bette Midler
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- "You and I" performed by Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
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- "Your Song" performed by Elton John
Elton John sang this at his own wedding.
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