Although every couple has their list of favorite love songs, if we are going to tally all the wedding songs that are usually played in wedding ceremonies, there are actually popular songs that top the list because of the beauty of their arrangement and because of their flowing and emotional lyricism. The music industry has churned out hundreds of albums and thousands of songs whose lyrics perfectly fit every part of the wedding ceremony, from the entrance of the groom to the march of the bride, from the procession of the wedding entourage to its recessional march, from the first dance of the couple to their last dance, from the cutting of the cake and freeing the doves, from the dance of the bride with his father to the dance of the groom with his mother, and from the bouquet toss to the garter toss.
In the list of popular wedding music, instrumental songs of Mozart, Vivaldi and Nancy Eslin remain on the top for the traditional prelude songs, while songs like “Beauty and the Beast” by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson, “Here and Now” by Luther Vandross and “Hawaiian Wedding Song” by Elvis Presley are favorite in contemporary weddings. In a comprehensive survey done in Britain in 2007, it is learned that in terms of the over all theme song of the wedding, number one in the list is Lonestar’s “Amazed”, followed by Bryan Adam’s “Everything I Do”, Robbie William’s “Angels,” James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” and Aerosmith’s “Don’t Want to Miss A Thing.”