Wedding Music

During our reception, I received tons of comments about, well,… everything, but most surprisingly, the music! We decided very early on in our wedding dreams that we didn’t want to do a dance. Why? First off, G can’t dance. And for that matter, probably wouldn’t even try. Also, it was an afternoon wedding, and no alcohol was involved, which can make for some seriously dance-timid guests. So we just didn’t even go there.
Ultimately, we wanted to have music that people could dance to if they so chose, but would still be entertaining if no dancing was going on, and wouldn’t impede on the ability to converse among friends and family. Phew, that was mouthful, but all that thought went into our decision, and then we waited. And waited. And waited. Right up until the week before the wedding, when on my drive to Minnesota, I had a moment of panic when I realized the music wasn’t yet done.
At this point, I have to tell you something about myself: I LOVE MUSIC. I really don’t have anything that I don’t enjoy, but I definitely go in “moods” of one style preferred over another. The following list, for the most part, has no recognition of the mood I was in that week, but has songs that remind me of the people we love, of experiences we’ve had, of friendships, love, and family, or they’re just plain sweet. Some were even songs I lost veto power on. In hindsight, this list was perfect.  And from the comments of people at the wedding, I think they agreed!
So lets dive in. I separated everything out to its own playlist, and my “little” brother was amazing and set up sound for us all day, and made sure everything was playing.
Prelude: I chose music that was low key and jazzy, but this was where we also put things we loved or are some of “our” songs that didn’t make it into the ceremony.
I Will Be Here    Steven Curtis Chapman    All About Love
L-O-V-E    Joss Stone    Introducing Joss Stone     
Everything    Michael Bublé    Call Me Irresponsible (Standard Edition)       
Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop    Landon Pigg    The Boy Who Never
Feels Like Home    Chantal Kreviazuk    What If It All Means Something       
I'd Rather Be With You    Joshua Radin    Simple Times       
I Won't Give Up    Jason Mraz    Love Is A Four Letter Word       
Ceremony: We took forever to plan this one out too, mostly because we wanted our processional music to suit the people who were going down the aisle, and to fit our style of wedding and music.
Parents Entrance:  You & Me    Dave Matthews Band       
Maids Entrance:  Marry Me    Train
Brides Entrance:  Nothing Fancy    Dave Barnes
Communion:  It Is Well (With My Soul)    Jeremy Camp and Adie Camp
Party Exit:  Dancing In The Minefields    Andrew Peterson
Group Photo:  Say Hey (I Love You)    Michael Franti & Spearhead
Lunch: This was the easiest list for me to make, and I ended up shortening it, considering the amount of time it would take for lunch, but this was a jazzy, sweet mix of well known music, things people already know they enjoyed.
It Had To Be You (Big Band and Vocals)    Harry Connick Jr.
Some Kind Of Wonderful    Michael Bublé    Hollywood The Deluxe EP       
Lucky    Jason Mraz Feat. Colbie Caillat    We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
Mine To Love    Dave Barnes    Stories To Tell
I Was Made for You    She & Him    Volume One      
The Way You Look Tonight    Michael Bublé    Michael Bublé (US Version)
Moondance    Van Morrison    Moondance
Lights    Ellie Goulding    Lights
I Won't Give Up    Jason Mraz    Love Is A Four Letter Word
Can't Help Falling In Love (Studio)    Michael Bublé    Come Fly With Me
Love Will Be Enough For Us    Dave Barnes    Stories To Tell
Anyone Else But You    Michael Cera & Ellen Page    Juno
Reception: Finding three hours of music is hard. Hard. I had to take three long breaks to try to figure out what else I could use, before I started scouring Google, wedding blogs, and my friends playlists to get a list long enough, but I’m pretty sure I’ve listened to this playlist more times since the wedding than anything else, because it was such a labor of love by myself and my friends. It’s a huge mix of pop, rock, mainstream, unknown, christian, secular, and everything else. You know it’s a good list though, when you can put ZZ Top, The Temptations, and Michael Bublé together.
The Way You Look Tonight    Michael Bublé    Michael Bublé (US Version)
Brown Eyed Girl    Van Morrison    60s Greatest Moments
Crazy Love    Van Morrison    Moondance
I'm Yours (Album Version)    Jason Mraz    We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
What I Like About You    The Romantics    What I Like About You
We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)    Fun.    We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
Hey, Soul Sister    Train    Save Me, San Francisco   
Sunglasses At Night    Corey Hart    The Singles  
I Want You    Savage Garden    Savage Garden
My Girl    The Temptations    Motown Legend
Moves Like Jagger    Maroon 5    Hands All Over
If It's Love    Train    Save Me, San Francisco
I Gotta Feeling    The Black Eyed Peas    The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)
Brighter Than The Sun    Colbie Caillat    All Of You
I Do    Colbie Caillat    All Of You
Love Shack    The B-52's    Cosmic Thing
Haven't Met You Yet    Michael Bublé    Crazy Love (Amazon MP3 ExclusiveVersion)
Go On    Jack Johnson    Sleep Through The Static
Smile (Acoustic Version)    Uncle Kracker    Serve4
Better Together    Jack Johnson    In Between Dreams
God Gave Me You    Dave Barnes    What We Want, What We Get
Put Your Records On    Corinne Bailey Rae    Corinne Bailey Rae
Steal My Kisses    Ben Harper    Burn To Shine
Don't Let Me Fall    Lenka    Don't Let Me Fall
Hold You In My Arms    Ray LaMontagne    Trouble
Some Kind Of Wonderful    Michael Bublé    Hollywood The Deluxe EP
Do You Realize??    The Flaming Lips    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Little Things    Carlos Bertonatti    Times Are Good
Collide (Chris Lord-Alge Mix aka Radio Edit)    Howie Day    Stop All The World Now
Those Sweet Words    Norah Jones    Feels Like Home
Instead    Madeleine Peyroux    Bare Bones
1234     Feist    The Reminder       
Wish I     Jem    Finally Woken  
There's Hope     India.Arie    Testimony: Vol. 1 Life & Relationship
By Your Side    Sade    Lovers Rock
I Will Follow You Into The Dark     Death Cab for Cutie    Plans
Many the Miles    Sara Bareilles    Little Voice
I Could Not Ask For More    Sara Evans    Born To Fly
What A Wonderful World    Louis Armstrong    All Time Greatest Hits
Over The Rainbow    Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole    Alone in IZ World
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)    Four Tops
Save The Last Dance For Me    Michael Bublé    It's Time (U.S. Version)
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic    The Police    Ghost In The Machine
Friday I'm In Love (LP Version)    The Cure    Greatest Hits
Sharp Dressed Man    ZZ Top    Eliminator
Gotta Be Wrong Sometimes     O.A.R.    King (Deluxe Version)
How Sweet It Is     Michael Bublé    It's Time (U.S. Version)
Glad You Came    The Wanted    Glad You Came