Beach Wedding Music
Complete music guide for beach and outdoor weddings — processional, recessional, first dance and background music with a relaxed, summery feel.
A beach wedding is a world of its own — barefoot, relaxed, wind in the air, the sound of the ocean in the background. The music you choose should honour that setting: flowing, warm, and free. Formal church music would feel out of place. Overly produced pop can feel too polished. What works best is music that feels as natural and joyful as the setting itself.
Think Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Colbie Caillat — artists whose music sounds like it was made for exactly this kind of day. That said, some classical pieces work beautifully at the beach too — Handel's Water Music, in particular, was literally composed to be performed on a boat.
Top 10 Beach Wedding Songs
- Better Together — Jack Johnson
- Grey to Blue — Xavier Rudd
- Lucky — Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
- Say Hey (I Love You) — Michael Franti & Spearhead
- Dance Like Nobody's Watching — Donavon Frankenreiter
- Wouldn't It Be Nice — The Beach Boys
- She's Royal — Tarrus Riley
- Wedding Song — Angus & Julia Stone
- Forever — Ben Harper
- Seaside — The Kooks
Beach Wedding Ceremony Processional — Classical
- Air from Water Music Suite — Handel
- Canon in D — Pachelbel
- Flower Duet — Léo Delibes
- Spring (from The Four Seasons) — Vivaldi
- Summertime — Gershwin
- Lullaby — Bond
Beach Wedding Processional — Instrumental
- The Wedding (from Legends of the Fall) — James Horner
- Bella's Lullaby (from Twilight)
- Turning Page — Sleeping at Last
- A Gift of Thistle (from Braveheart) — James Horner
- Storybook Love (from The Princess Bride) — Mark Knopfler
- Pelagia's Song (from Captain Corelli's Mandolin)
- For the Love of a Princess (from Braveheart)
- Hymne — Vangelis
- Hymn to Hope — Secret Garden
- Here Comes the Sun (instrumental)
- Theme from A Summer Place — Billy Vaughn
- Conquest of Paradise — Vangelis
Beach Wedding Processional — Vocal
- (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You — UB40
- Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World — Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
- Return to Innocence — Enigma
- I Do, I Do, I Do — ABBA
- Over the Rainbow — Eva Cassidy
- Here Comes the Sun — The Burning Souls (reggae version)
- Hawaiian Wedding Song — Elvis Presley
- White Sandy Beach of Hawai'i — Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
- Come Away With Me — Norah Jones
- God Only Knows — The Beach Boys
- Marry Me — Train
- A Thousand Years — Christina Perri
- Footprints in the Sand — Leona Lewis
- The Way I Am — Ingrid Michaelson
Beach Wedding Recessional Songs
Upbeat and joyful — celebrate your marriage with the sound of the sea behind you.
- Better Together — Jack Johnson
- Walking on Sunshine — Katrina & the Waves
- One Love (People Get Ready) — Bob Marley
- Beautiful Day — U2
- Lovely Day — Bill Withers
- Sea of Love — The Honeydrippers
- I Do — Colbie Caillat
- I Got You Babe — UB40
- You're the One That I Want — from Grease
- Island in the Sun — Weezer
- It's the End of the World as We Know It — R.E.M.
- Kiss the Girl — Colbie Caillat
- Everything — Michael Bublé
- Grey to Blue — Xavier Rudd
- Spring (from The Four Seasons) — Vivaldi
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba — Handel
- Ode to Joy — Beethoven
Beach Wedding Grand Entrance Songs
Fun and summery songs to announce your arrival at the reception.
- Barefootin' — Robert Parker
- Beautiful Day — U2
- Celebration — Kool & the Gang
- Club Tropicana — Wham!
- Kiss the Girl — Colbie Caillat
- Walking on Sunshine — Katrina & the Waves
- Wipe Out — Surfaris
- Under the Sea — Raven-Symoné
Beach Wedding First Dance Songs
Sea, sand and sunset inspired first dance songs.
- Better Together — Jack Johnson
- Beyond the Sea — Bobby Darin
- Forever — Ben Harper
- (I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You — Elvis or UB40
- I'm Yours — Jason Mraz
- Is This Love — Bob Marley
- Lucky — Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
- Sail Away — David Gray
- Sea of Love — The Honey Drippers
- She's Royal — Tarrus Riley
- True Companion — Marc Cohn
- Truly Madly Deeply — Savage Garden
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
- You Sang to Me — Marc Anthony
- When We Dance — Sting
- I Won't Give Up — Jason Mraz
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