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The 100 Best Love Songs of All Time: Romantic Songs For Your Big Day

There's lots of moments during your wedding day when you'll want that perfect romantic song, like your walk down the aisle or first dance. Here's 100 of the best love songs

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Weddings are a celebration of love, and your day with be full of truly romantic moments.

From your first dance to the moment you see each other for the first time as you walk down the aisle, a beautiful love song playing in the background will be the perfect finishing touch.

Whether you want a classic gooey love song for when your guests arrive or an up-tempo chart topper for your evening reception, we’ve got a huge range of the best love songs to pick from.

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There’s sexy songs, romantic songs, slow songs, cute songs and passionate songs – and no rules about when these love songs should be played!

Obviously the key moments are the walk down the aisle, first dance, and slow songs during the reception, but go for what feels right. One thing we can guarantee is you’ll feel all warm inside after listening to them.

Below is our pick of the 100 best love songs, split into classic love songs and modern love songs. Scroll down for the full Spotify playlists so you can choose your favourites.

 

The 50 Best Classic Love Songs

  1. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
  2. Endless Love – Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
  3. Stand By Me – Ben E. King
  4. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
  5. Burning Love – Elvis Presley
  6. Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
  7. You Send Me – Sam Cooke
  8. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
  9. L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
  10. I Wanna Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
  11. Heaven – Bryan Adams
  12. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
  13. How Deep Is Your Love – The Bee Gees
  14. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
  15. I Just Called To Say I Love you – Stevie Wonder
  16. I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5
  17. Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie & The Blowfish
  18. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
  19. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  20. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor
  21. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
  22. Take My Breath Away – Berlin
  23. Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
  24. You Make My Dreams – Daryl Hall & John Oates
  25. Stars – Simply Red
  26. Somethin’ Stupid – Frank and Nancy Sinatra
  27. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
  28. You To Me Are Everything – The Real Thing
  29. She – Elvis Costello
  30. Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
  31. I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey ft. Trey Lorenz
  32. At Last – Etta James
  33. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
  34. The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
  35. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
  36. Heroes – David Bowie
  37. Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
  38. The Rose – Bette Midler
  39. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
  40. For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder
  41. When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge
  42. Marry Me – Train
  43. Your Song – Elton John
  44. You Gotta Be – Des’ree
  45. Sailing – Rod Stewart
  46. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
  47. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
  48. I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher
  49. My Girl – The Temptations
  50. Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson

The 50 Best Modern Wedding Love Songs

  1. Make You Feel My Love – Adele
  2. Best Part – Daniel Caesar ft. H.E.R.
  3. All Of Me – John Legend
  4. Lights Down Low – MAX
  5. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
  6. Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
  7. The Luckiest – Ben Folds
  8. Sweetheart – Thomas Rhett
  9. Us – James Bay
  10. I Like Me Better- Lauv
  11. As You Are – Rag’n’Bone Man
  12. Your Majesty – Zac Brown Band
  13. Shallow (From “A Star Is Born”) – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
  14. Made For You – Alexander Cardinale
  15. Speechless – Dan + Shay
  16. You Are the Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
  17. The First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes
  18. Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
  19. Thinkin’ Bout You – Frank Ocean
  20. Just Like Heaven – The Cure
  21. Something About Us – Daft Punk
  22. A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
  23. Rewrite The Stars (From “The Greatest Showman”) – Zac Efron and Zendaya
  24. Mess Is Mine – Vance Joy
  25. She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
  26. Wherever You Will Go – The Calling
  27. Love Lust – King Charles
  28. Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
  29. 1, 2, 3, 4 – Plain White T’s
  30. Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
  31. Perfect – Ed Sheeran
  32. You Are The Reason – Calum Scott ft. Leona Lewis
  33. Toothpaste Kisses – The Maccabees
  34. You and I – Ingrid Michaelson
  35. She’s The One – Robbie Williams
  36. Last Request – Paolo Nuntini
  37. Saturday Nights – Khalid
  38. No One – Alicia Keys
  39. When I Look At You – Miley Cyrus
  40. Hallelujah – Pentatonix
  41. A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
  42. Fidelity – Regina Spektor
  43. No Air – Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown
  44. Adorn – Miguel
  45. Beyond – Leon Bridges
  46. Halo – Beyonce
  47. She’s Electric – Oasis
  48. Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
  49. One Call Away – Charlie Puth
  50. One Great Mystery – Lady Antebellum

If you’re after even more songs to include in your wedding, don’t miss our pick of the best wedding songs of all time and our comprehensive wedding song ideas split up by the order of the day.