Wedding Memories : Our Set List
Published: 28th December 2015
While going to Wedding Fairs, we saw a couple of groups who specialised in background wedding music to be played during the Wedding Breakfast. While some of these were really good, we didn’t want to hire them. Budget aside, we wanted our wedding to reflect our passions and personalities, not just in the visual theme, but also in the musical theme.
Knowing we had access to the kit belonging to the venue’s resident DJ, we chose to make our own playlist. This turned out to be harder than we imagined and in the end we produced a set list of 2 hours and 20 minutes, but it easily took us three to four times that to sort it out. Along the way we discarded songs for many reasons, not being significant to us, having lyrics that are too negative or being just too over the top.
Each track holds some meaning for us, some are from musicals we’ve seen together, some are tracks we always dance to, some reflect our tastes and passions and some we just out and out love. In some cases we even found alternate versions of a of song to make things more interesting. Our Set List was a labour of our love.
Wedding Ceremony
A Thousand Years was played as the Processional song as the bride walked down the isle. Love Story Meets Love Story was played during the signing of the Register, at just over 6 minutes long it was long enough to cover all of that. Finally, Shut Up and Dance was played as the Recessional Song as we walked back down the isle together with the family in tow.
| Song Title | Artist(s) | Links |
|---|---|---|
| A Thousand Years | Peter Hollens, Evynne Hollens & Lindsey Stirling | YouTube iTunes |
| Love Story Meets Love Story | Jon Schmidt | YouTube iTunes |
| Shut Up and Dance | Walk The Moon | YouTube iTunes |
Wedding Breakfast - Disc 1
| Song Title | Artist(s) | Links |
|---|---|---|
| A Thousand Years | Peter Hollens, Evynne Hollens & Lindsey Stirling | YouTube iTunes |
| Love Story Meets Love Story | Jon Schmidt | YouTube iTunes |
| Frozen Medley | Peter Hollens (feat. Colleen Ballinger) | YouTube iTunes |
| Starlight Express | Greg Ellis | YouTube iTunes |
| Dancing Through Life | Wicked Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| More Than Words/Heaven | Julianne Hough & Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages) | YouTube iTunes |
| Don’t Stop Believin’ | Glee Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| Let It Go | The Piano Guys | YouTube iTunes |
| So Close | John McLaughlin (Enchanted) | YouTube iTunes |
| Wicked Medley | Peter Hollens (feat. Nick Pitera) | YouTube iTunes |
| Shatter Me | Lindsey Stirling (feat. Lzzy Hale) | YouTube iTunes |
| Waiting For A Girl Like You | Julianne Hough & Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages) | YouTube iTunes |
| Defying Gravity | Glee Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| A Whole New World | Brad Kane & Lea Salonga (Aladdin) | YouTube iTunes |
| Taking Chances | Glee Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| I’m Not That Girl | Idina Menzel (Wicked) | YouTube iTunes |
| Something I Need | Ben Haenow | YouTube iTunes |
| Beautiful To Me | Olly Murs | YouTube iTunes |
| Just The Way You Are | Bruno Mars | YouTube iTunes |
Wedding Breakfast - Disc 2
Due to the staff forgetting to swap the discs over, we ended up playing this CD during the intermission period between the Wedding Breakfast and the Reception Party.
| Song Title | Artist(s) | Links |
|---|---|---|
| Everything | Michael Bublé | YouTube iTunes |
| That’s How You Know | Amy Adams (Enchanted) | YouTube iTunes |
| Breaking Free | Sam Tsui & Kurt Schneider (feat. Allison Williams) | YouTube iTunes |
| Ever Ever After | Carrie Underwood (Enchanted) | YouTube iTunes |
| Once Upon a Dream | Mary Costa & Bill Shirley (Sleeping Beauty) | YouTube iTunes |
| Story of My Life | The Piano Guys | YouTube iTunes |
| Take Flight (Orchestral Version) | Lindsey Stirling | YouTube iTunes |
| Sister Christian, Just Like Paradise, Nothin’ But A Good Time | Rock of Ages Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| I See The Light | Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi (Tangled) | YouTube iTunes |
| Home | The Piano Guys | YouTube iTunes |
| Underneath Your Clothes | Shakira | YouTube iTunes |
| Sweet Caroline | Glee Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| Juke Box Hero, I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll | Rock of Ages Cast | YouTube iTunes |
| Crystallize | Lindsey Stirling | YouTube iTunes |
| Starships | Pentatonix | YouTube iTunes |
| Love Story | The Piano Guys | YouTube iTunes |
The First Dance
Occasionally I like to send my wife lyrics to songs that I really enjoy, or that I find make me think about her. The song we chose for our first dance was one such song, however the version we danced to was an alternative version. A duet between the original artist and my favourite violinist. It’s not available to purchase anywhere, but it is on YouTube. We had thought our DJ would struggle to get a hold of it, turns out he just downloaded it and stripped out the video.