Once You’ve Said “I Do”, It’s Time To Make An Iconic Arrival At Your Wedding Reception With These Upbeat Wedding Entrance Songs

Your couple entrance song is an important moment of your big day as it's the first time you're officially introduced as a married couple. Depending on your style, you can make this one of the most fun wedding songs of the entire day! 

Get ready to browse through my choices to see what inspires you, as below, I have some of the best wedding entrance songs that’ll get everyone in the mood to celebrate.

The Best Modern Wedding Entrance Songs

  • Happy – Pharrell Williams “Clap along if you know what happiness is to you / Because I'm happy / Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do”
  • Can’t Stop the Feeling! – Justin Timberlake “I got this feeling inside my bones / It goes electric, wavy when I turn it on”
  • I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas “I got a feeling / That tonight's gonna be a good night”
  • Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader “Dancing in the moonlight / Everybody's feeling warm and bright / It's such a fine and natural sight / Everybody's dancing in the moonlight”
  • Crazy In Love – Beyoncé “Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's got me looking so crazy right now”
  • Shape of You – Ed Sheeran “Girl, you know I want your love / Your love was handmade for somebody like me”
  • Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand “I say, don't you know? / You say you don't know / I say- take me out”
  • Marry You – Bruno Mars “It's a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb to do / Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you”
  • I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys “I don't know if you're looking for romance or / I don't know what you're looking for / I said, I bet that you look good on the dance floor""
  • Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap “A moment, a love / A dream, aloud / A kiss, a cry / Our rights, our wrongs”
  • You’re Still The One – Shania Twain “When I first saw you, I saw love / And the first time you touched me, I felt love”
  • Cheerleader – OMI “Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader / She is always right there when I need her”
  • Love On Top – Beyoncé “Baby, it's you / You're the one I love / You're the one I need / You're the only one I see”
  • Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon “Baby don't worry, you are my only / You won't be lonely, even if the sky is falling down / Cause baby, you're a firework / Come on, show 'em what you're worth / And I'm a million different people / From one day to the next / I can't change my mold / So raise your glass if you are wrong / In all the right ways / I wanna thrill you like Michael / I wanna kiss you like Prince / I belong with you, you belong with me / You're my sweetheart / I had a dream so big and loud / I jumped so high I touched the clouds / Cause I'm on top of the world, hey / I'm on top of the world, hey / Waiting on this for a while now / Paying my dues to the dirt / Cause holy cow, I love your eyes / And only now I see the light / 'Cause in a sky, 'cause in a sky full of stars / I think I saw you / Sugar, yes, please / Won't you come and put it down on me?”.
  • This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole “You've brought a lot of sunshine into my life / You've filled me with happiness I never knew”
  • Ain't No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “'Cause baby there ain't no mountain high enough / Ain't no valley low enough / Ain't no river wide enough / To keep me from getting to you babe”
  • L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole “Two in love can make it / Take my heart but please don't break it / Love was made for me and you”
  • I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Whitney Houston “Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody / With somebody who loves me”
  • Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves “I used to think maybe you loved me now baby I'm sure / And I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door”
  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) – Stevie Wonder “Ah, here I am, baby, ah, ah / Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours / You got my future in your hands, hey”
  • I’m a Believer – The Monkees “Then I saw her face, now I'm a believer / Not a trace of doubt in my mind / I'm in love / I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried”
  • Love and Marriage – Frank Sinatra “Love and marriage, love and marriage / Go together like a horse and carriage”
  • You Can't Hurry Love – Phil Collins “You can't hurry love / No, you just have to wait / She said trust, give it time / No matter how long it takes, gotta wait”
  • Love You 'Till The End – The Pogues “'Cause all I can say / I love you 'til the end“
  • (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson “Let me tell ya, your love, your love keeps lifting me / Keep on lifting, love keeps lifting me / Higher”
  • Two Hearts – Phil Collins “Two hearts believing in just one mind / You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind”
  • Bring Me Sunshine – Morecambe & Wise “Let your arms be as warm / As the sun from up above / Bring me fun / Bring me sunshine / Bring me Love”
  • Heroes – David Bowie “We can be heroes, forever and ever / What d'you say?
  • Burning Love – Elvis Presley “Your kisses lift me higher / Like the sweet song of a choir”
  • All You Need Is Love – The Beatles “All you need is love, love / Love is all you need”
  • How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor “With sweet love and devotion / Deeply touching my emotion / I want to stop and thank you, baby”
  • We Will Rock You – Queen “Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise / Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday”
  • Nothing's Going To Stop Us Now – Starship “And we can build this dream together / Standing strong forever / Nothing's gonna stop us now”

How to Pick the Best Song for Your Wedding Entrance

You're probably wondering how to pick the best song for a wedding entrance. Well, this has certainly been one of your life's most romantic moments, so Tony from Tony Winyard DJ and MC recommends picking a song that pays homage to your love story.

"I really encourage the couple to choose songs which have a special meaning to them; such as from a movie they both love, from a holiday or from their time at uni" he says, "Choosing a song that pulls on the heartstrings and brings a touch of sentimentality to your entrance could be the perfect option to tie your big day together".

Giving couples more options, Tony adds, "Alternatively, you could go for a crowd-pleaser to kickstart your festivities. The most popular options recently have been Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, Happy by Pharrell Williams, and I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas. These tunes are sure to heighten the feel-good mood of your wedding reception and get your friends and family up on their feet."

How Long Should a Wedding Entrance Song Be?

How to Plan a Good Wedding Entrance

This all depends on the order you want you and your party to enter. Some people choose to have their wedding party members go first, leading up to the couple. Alternatively, the moment can be savoured for just the newlyweds. Generally, your choice of wedding reception entrance songs should all be around the three-minute mark to allow for time to ensure everybody makes their entrance smoothly.

Jess, business owner and wedding planner of Occasion Queens, highlights the need to pick a song that suits this timing. "At the end of the day, you want to make sure the song fits the pace of your bridal party and the distance they need to walk. So, pick a song that makes your entrance beautiful and seamless" she says.

To ensure everything goes smoothly for your couple wedding entrance song, have your DJ or master of ceremonies gather the guests by the entrance, creating a welcoming line for you to walk through. Then it's time to play your entrance song. Ensure your DJ knows how you want to be introduced. Are you taking each other's names or would you rather be referred to as 'the happy couple'?

Tony says, "I recommend to them to have something with a good beat which allows the guests to clap along to it as they enter the room."

You also need to think about what your guests will be doing while you enter. This is a fantastic moment to capture on camera, so you'll want to get the snap prepped. Having guests with streamers or party poppers to pop as you come in can look fantastic. Then all you have to do is walk in hand and hand to one of your favourite entrance wedding songs and raise your hands as the crowd go wild!