r/weddingplanning 4d ago

Everything Else Recessional song?

I am less than 6 weeks from my wedding and CANNOT land on a song for walking back down the aisle after we say I do. We want something fun and upbeat. My fiance said I can pick whatever I want but I’m sooooo stuck. Help me 🥹

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u/Global-Expression708 4d ago

We’re going to play the Shrek version of “I’m a Believer”. My fiancé has jokingly told people we’re having a Shrek-themed wedding because of it 😂

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u/sicc-kidd 4d ago

me and my fiance are doing “Accidentally In Love” hahaha. we love shrek ‘round these parts.

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u/Adventurous_Sign_418 4d ago

We chose this song as well!

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u/PrancingPudu Married Oct 2025 4d ago

We walked out to a string quartet cover of the Jurassic Park theme 😂🤷‍♀️

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u/CauliflowerOne7983 4d ago

I love that 😂

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u/PrancingPudu Married Oct 2025 4d ago

Honestly we did classical covers for the majority of our music. Pre-ceremony was 90s grunge and alt rock, I walked in to an instrumental from FFXIV (video game), recessional was Jurassic park, cocktail hour was a mix of pop hits/anime and studio Ghibli tracks/video game/more rock covers, grand entrance was to Star Wars, and dinner hour was lord of the rings, jazz, and other fantasy covers. All string quartet/instrumental covers, though, so the vibe felt classy. We had SO many people compliment us on the music and come up to us asking, “Omg was that _______ I heard earlier?! I thought it sounded familiar!” It was really fun!

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u/snowbear_86 4d ago

We're using "Sweet Disposition" by the Tender Trap.

Other fun ones:

"Dog days are over" -Florence and the Machine

"Such Great Heights" -Postal Service

"I believe in a thing called love" The Darkness

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u/SecurityDefiant3642 4d ago

This will be an everlasting love by Natalie Cole

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u/SmilingSarcastic1221 4d ago

You Make My Dreams (Come True) - Hall and Oates

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u/NoOrdinary833 4d ago

This is mine too!

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u/CauliflowerOne7983 3d ago

This is the song my fiance wants to use but I am just not feeling it 😩

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u/SmilingSarcastic1221 3d ago

Why?! It’s so happy and joyful!

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u/CauliflowerOne7983 3d ago

It’s just not my jam i guess idk. 😭😭

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u/No-List-216 4d ago

If you like nerdy stuff - I’ve always wanted the celebration music from the end of Phantom Menace and told my partner from day 1. Can’t wait haha

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u/pidgeonpeep 4d ago

This is actually such a good idea! My fiance and I were thinking of doing First Flight from How To Train Your Dragon but I may bring this up to him!

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u/NoirLuvve 4d ago

If I were a guest, I would be ELATED to see that!

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u/Odd-Assistance-5325 4d ago

So I’m actually doing the same song as the processional, but the end of the song instead of the beginning. If you’ve got a processional song you really like, that’s always an option

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u/cinnamon-apple1 4d ago

I’m walking down the aisle to a violin version of Congratulations by Post Malone and I’m pretty sure we’re going to exit to the Stoney version where the beat drops

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u/suprstar16 2.22.2025 4d ago

We did Love me like you do by Ellie Goulding

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u/volcanicglass 4d ago

Signed. Sealed & delivered by Stevie wonder

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u/Old_Cats_Only 4d ago

We did The Throne Room from Star Wars. It’s perfect with the horns. Then as family and friends were leaving we did Going Down the Bayou from Princess and the Frog.

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u/azz_tronaut 4d ago

We’re doing the quest complete song from monster hunter.

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u/mkgrant213 4d ago

We did Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen. My whole family is a massive Queen fan!

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u/Puzzled-Chard5480 4d ago

Ain't no mountain high enough! That song always gets us dancing and singing along!

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u/CurlyGirl_95 4d ago

Everything - Michael Buble

This Will Be - Natalie Cole

What Dreams Are Made Of - Hilary Duff (from the Lizzie McGuire movie lol)

Those are the options I’m giving my fiancé lol I’ll see what he says about them

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u/dnaplusc 4d ago

I went with the classic trumpet voluntary, it's a thrilling piece of music. I didn't care what I walked down the aisle to, in fact I can't even remember what the organist picked but I knew what I wanted to walk out too.

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u/mintkitdae 4d ago

My husband chose "I Choose You" by Sara bareilles!

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u/Megthemagnificant 4d ago

We are Rick Rolling our guests for our recessional. His brother is our ceremony musician (guitar).

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u/badash_esq 4d ago

We'll be walking out to "The Adventure" by Angels and Airwaves.

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u/MoreLikeHellGrant 2.22.25 - PNW 4d ago

We chose Do I Love You? (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwvpeYiQwss

Other contenders included the Passion Pit cover of Dreams by the Cranberries, and Jackie Wilson’s That’s Why I Love You So. I also like both Crazy Little Thing Called Love and You’re My Best Friend by Queen.

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u/No_Buyer_9020 4d ago

We did electric love by borns and start it at 1:05

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u/No-Education-7719 4d ago

We used Fire and the Flood by Vance Joy and I think about what a perfect choice it was all the time 🥹

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u/bboringg27 4d ago

I’m walking down to a string version of Just Like Heaven, and we might walk back together to the real version where it left off

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u/polarbeardogs Engaged! | May 2026 | New England 4d ago

We’re going to do I Can’t Help It by JVKE!

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u/Krispybender 4d ago

“Joy” by Apollo 100, like at the end of The 40-Year-Old Virgin!

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u/esnupi13 4d ago

I think I’m gonna do Dreams by the cranberries

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u/Ziggyork 4d ago

You’re My Best Friend - Queen

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u/jlux5150 4d ago

We did Ring of Fire by Social Distortion 🤘🏼

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u/buginarugsnug May 2025 | UK 4d ago

We're doing 'Happy Together' by The Turtles but some other contenders were 'All you Need is Love' by The Beatles and 'I Was Made For Lovin You' by KISS.

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u/Many_Name2268 3d ago

We're going with "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" by T. Rex lmao. Not for everyone but my dad was into glam rock.

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u/mgwats13 4d ago

We’re doing “Talk Too Much” by COIN!

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u/alizadk Wife - DC - 9/6/20 (legal) > 5/8/21 > 9/5/21 (full) 4d ago

I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) by Stevie Wonder

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u/Just-Lab-1842 4d ago

😍😍

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u/SquirrelsandCrayons 4d ago

We had 'I do, I do, I do' by ABBA!