
100+ Wedding Breakfast Songs For The Perfect Romantic Playlist
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Spirits will be riding sky-high once the happy couple has tied the knot - which is a great way to work up an appetite!
Pairing food with music is no different from pairing food with a delicious wine - some things just go together so perfectly. All you need to create the perfect playlist of wedding songs is a little inspiration.
Wedding Breakfast Background Music
While your wedding reception will likely be your main musical event later on - with such iconic moments as the couple's first dance and the father and daughter dance to look forward to - your guests will also love being treated to another match made in heaven: dinner and music.
It's therefore important for you to choose the right background music for your wedding breakfast - you don't want something too distracting (especially after you've spent so much on the catering!), but you also want to create the right tone which captures you as a couple. Every song counts!
Read on to find out our top 100+ wedding breakfast songs.
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Acoustic Dinner Music
Instrumental or unplugged-style reworkings of your favourite popular songs is exactly the kind of soundtrack you want for a romantic sit-down meal with your beloved.
With all the amplifiers, drums and effects stripped away, you're left with an intimate, soul-baring performance that just makes you want to reach for your loved ones. Also, with fewer sonic distractions, you can hear the lyrics a lot easier. This is great news if there are plenty of love songs on the playlist - which there most certainly will be if you dip into the folk and country genres.
- Wild Love - James BayPlay
- Ocean Eyes - Alicia KeysPlay
- Watermelon Sugar - Zita, Jonah BakerPlay
- Afterglow - Ed SheeranPlay
- To Love Somebody - Tim DawnPlay
- Taylor Swift 1989 Medley - Gardiner SistersPlay
- Power Over Me - Dermot Kennedy (Acoustic)Play
- Fast Car - Boyce Avenue, Kina GrannisPlay
- Stand By Me - Tom SpeightPlay
- Somewhere Only We Know - Lily AllenPlay
- Candle In The Wind - Amber Leigh IrishPlay
- Leave The Door Open - Blame JonesPlay
- Home / Dirty Paws - Gardiner SistersPlay
- Seven Nation Army - Zella DayPlay
- Billie Jean - Civil WarsPlay
- Wouldn't It Be Nice - TrousdalePlay
- In My Life - Madison CunninghamPlay
- Use Somebody - LusaintPlay
Golden Oldies
Nothing gets you looking back on your past life through shared rose-tinted glasses like these timeless classics! Old they may be, but this type of gold never loses its glow.
When a song has stood the test of time, you know it's the real thing.
- California Dreamin' - The Mamas & PapasPlay
- When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy SledgePlay
- For One In My Life - Stevie WonderPlay
- You're My Best Friend - QueenPlay
- I Say A Little Prayer For You - Aretha FranklinPlay
- Love Me Do - The BeatlesPlay
- Come Away With Me - Norah JonesPlay
- Ocean Drive - Lighthouse FamilyPlay
- Every Breath You Take - The PolicePlay
- Harvest Moon - Neil YoungPlay
- Ordinary People - John LegendPlay
- When The Stars Go Blue - Ryan AdamsPlay
- The Luckiest - Ben FoldsPlay
Indie
Big, anthemic choruses - that's what songs from the nineties and noughties were all about. If you're all about that too, treat your guests up with some trilby- and tie-wearing indie classics - we bet that you'll look good on the dance floor!
The music we grow up loving has strong ties to our youth, so make your guests feel young again with some top tunes, defiant lyrics and unadulterated joy. Be sure to save some of your dancing energy for the night to follow though - we're not as young as we used to be!
- Baby I'm Yours - Arctic MonkeysPlay
- Bittersweet Symphony - The VervePlay
- Rooting For You - London GrammarPlay
- Patience - The LumineersPlay
- Your Bones - Monsters Of MenPlay
- Toothpaste Kisses - The MaccabeesPlay
- Harmony Hall - Vampire WeekendPlay
- Simple Song - The ShinsPlay
- The Only Exception - ParamorePlay
- Don't Delete The Kisses - Wolf AlicePlay
- Slide Away - OasisPlay
- Friday I'm In Love - The CurePlay
- You & Me - The WannadiesPlay
- Everlong - Foo FightersPlay
- There She Goes - The La'sPlay
- Valerie - The ZutonsPlay
- Electric Feel - MGMTPlay
Jazz and Swing
Although jazz and swing have their roots firmly in the glitz and glamour of the roaring 20s, the genre never really went anywhere.
A jazz trio or a jazz quartet would be perfect for a cool wedding breakfast with moody vibes - and a larger scale swing band would be ideal if you're trying to create more of a Great Gatsby-inspired atmosphere.
You might even want start out with a jazz trio playing some instrumental music for your wedding breakfast, and have them change it up into a full band, complete with jazz singer, to play wedding songs for your evening reception - some of the most romantic lyrics ever written come from the jazz genre.
- Crazy Love - Michael BublePlay
- Beyond The Sea - Bobby DarinPlay
- Ain't That A Kick In The Head - Dean MartinPlay
- My Way - Frank SinatraPlay
- That's Amore - Dean MartinPlay
- Moon Dance - Van MorrisonPlay
- L-O-V-E - Nat King ColePlay
- Fly Me To The Moon - Frank SinatraPlay
- At Last - Etta JamesPlay
- The Very Thought Of You - Shirley HornPlay
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Diana KrallPlay
Classical
If you're a traditional couple who have planned the perfect white wedding, the classical music route is the only one to go down.
Walking down the aisle to a string quartet performing such classical music gems as Pachelbel's Canon in D or Wagner's Bridal March is the dream of brides to be world over - so if you maintain that level of elegance going into the wedding breakfast, she's bound to keep her radiant smile for the rest of your magical wedding day.
- Bluebird - Alexis FfrenchPlay
- Cello Suite - BachPlay
- Fur Elise - BeethovenPlay
- Anoso from Cantata No. 156 - BachPlay
- Ave Maria - BachPlay
- Claire De Lune - DebussyPlay
- Glasgow Love Theme - Craig ArmstrongPlay
- Dawn - Pride & PrejudicePlay
- A Thousand Years - The Piano GuysPlay
- Perfect - AtlysPlay
- Fairy Fountain - Super Guitar BrosPlay
- thank u, next - Vitamin String QuartetPlay
- September Song - Agnes ObelPlay
T.V. & Film
If you're a pair of T.V. and film buffs, it's only right that you give your wedding breakfast the cinematic treatment. Nothing will make you feel more like you're living in a real-life rom-com than having your favourite movie soundtrack playing in the background!
Plenty of cult classic shows have bona fide pop songs as their theme tunes, just as plenty of films have classic scores which played a major part in your childhoods - so you can find plenty of references whether you go down the band route or the string quartet route.
- Fuel To Fire - Agnes ObelPlay
- Married Life - UP!Play
- I See The Light - TangledPlay
- Hopelessly Devoted To You - GreecePlay
- Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion KingPlay
- A Whole New World - AladdinPlay
- So Close - EnchantedPlay
- City Of Stars - La La LandPlay
- The King’s Speech - Alexandre DesplatPlay
- Concerning Hobbits - Howard ShorePlay
- Hedwigs Theme - John WilliamsPlay
- The Feather Theme - Forrest GumpPlay
Contemporary / Modern
Do you love keeping up with the latest chart hits? Are you into fads and trends? There's no shame in looking out for the next big thing - but the biggest next thing for you both is, of course, your wedding day!
Remembering what was playing on everyone's radio the day you got married will be a wonderful way to look back. If all your friends are on the same page when it comes to keeping ahead of the curve, you might even have to give your list of wedding songs a weekly update!
- Love Again - Dua LipaPlay
- Hope - Arlo ParksPlay
- Shivers - Ed SheeranPlay
- My Future - Billie EilishPlay
- Stay - girl in redPlay
- How Can I Make It Ok? - Wolf AlicePlay
- THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas XPlay
- Kiss Me More - Doja Cat, SZAPlay
- Care For - BlossomsPlay
- My Universe - Coldplay, BTSPlay
- Just You & I - Tom WalkerPlay
- Skate - Silk SonicPlay
- Hold My Girl - George EzraPlay
- New Light - John MayerPlay
- Shallow - Lady Gaga, Bradley CooperPlay
- Wildest Dreams - Taylor SwiftPlay
- Moonlight - Ariana GrandePlay
- Golden - Harry StylesPlay
Unique / Funny
Music is a great way to showcase your individual nature as a couple - if you want to subject your guests your favourite rock or metal songs, your best floor filling Ibiza dance songs, or your most hilarious novelty songs, then so you should!
There are no rules when it comes to choosing your wedding songs - if you have a good time, your guests will have a good time too. When you choose wedding songs that are so unique, the lyrics of each song sound as though they were written especially for you - plus, you'll be giving your guests an idea of the kind of quirky first dance songs you'll be kicking off the evening reception with!
- Karate - Baby MetalPlay
- Praise You - Fat Boy SlimPlay
- Pokemon Theme - PokemonPlay
- Sandstorm - DarudePlay
- Gay Bar - Electric SixPlay
- Through The Fire & Flames - DragonForcePlay
- Barbara Streisand - Duck SaucePlay
- Tequila - The ChampsPlay
- We Like To Party (The Vengabus) - VengaboysPlay
- Mii Channel - Wii SportsPlay
- El Paso - Marty RobinsPlay
- Peaches - Justin BieberPlay
When your guests are in the mood for food, it's important to let them enjoy their meals at their own pace and give them a chance to take in everything you and your caterers have worked so hard to provide.
That being said, you'll want to put your personal stamp on each and every stage of your big day - it's all about you two, after all! - so we hope our lists of wedding songs has served as an inspirational entrée for the main to follow.