The 100 Best Love Songs of All Time: Romantic Songs For Your Big Day

Weddings are a celebration of love, and your day with be full of truly romantic moments.

From your first dance to the moment you see each other for the first time as you walk down the aisle, a beautiful love song playing in the background will be the perfect finishing touch.

Whether you want a classic gooey love song for when your guests arrive or an up-tempo chart topper for your evening reception, we’ve got a huge range of the best love songs to pick from.

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There’s sexy songs, romantic songs, slow songs, cute songs and passionate songs – and no rules about when these love songs should be played!

Obviously the key moments are the walk down the aisle, first dance, and slow songs during the reception, but go for what feels right. One thing we can guarantee is you’ll feel all warm inside after listening to them.

Below is our pick of the 100 best love songs, split into classic love songs and modern love songs. Scroll down for the full Spotify playlists so you can choose your favourites.

The 50 Best Classic Love Songs

1. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
2. Endless Love – Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
3. Stand By Me – Ben E. King
4. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
5. Burning Love – Elvis Presley
6. Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
7. You Send Me – Sam Cooke
8. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
9. L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
10. I Wanna Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
11. Heaven – Bryan Adams
12. Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
13. How Deep Is Your Love – The Bee Gees
14. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
15. I Just Called To Say I Love you – Stevie Wonder
16. I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5
17. Only Wanna Be With You – Hootie & The Blowfish
18. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
19. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
20. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor
21. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
22. Take My Breath Away – Berlin
23. Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
24. You Make My Dreams – Daryl Hall & John Oates
25. Stars – Simply Red
26. Somethin’ Stupid – Frank and Nancy Sinatra
27. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
28. You To Me Are Everything – The Real Thing
29. She – Elvis Costello
30. Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
31. I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey ft. Trey Lorenz
32. At Last – Etta James
33. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
34. The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
35. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
36. Heroes – David Bowie
37. Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
38. The Rose – Bette Midler
39. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
40. For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder
41. When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge
42. Marry Me – Train
43. Your Song – Elton John
44. You Gotta Be – Des’ree
45. Sailing – Rod Stewart
46. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
47. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
48. I Got You Babe – Sonny and Cher
49. My Girl – The Temptations
50. Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson

The 50 Best Modern Wedding Love Songs

1. Make You Feel My Love – Adele
2. Best Part – Daniel Caesar ft. H.E.R.
3. All Of Me – John Legend
4. Lights Down Low – MAX
5. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
6. Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey
7. The Luckiest – Ben Folds
8. Sweetheart – Thomas Rhett
9. Us – James Bay
10. I Like Me Better- Lauv
11. As You Are – Rag’n’Bone Man
12. Your Majesty – Zac Brown Band
13. Shallow (From “A Star Is Born”) – Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
14. Made For You – Alexander Cardinale
15. Speechless – Dan + Shay
16. You Are the Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
17. The First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes
18. Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
19. Thinkin’ Bout You – Frank Ocean
20. Just Like Heaven – The Cure
21. Something About Us – Daft Punk
22. A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
23. Rewrite The Stars (From “The Greatest Showman”) – Zac Efron and Zendaya
24. Mess Is Mine – Vance Joy
25. She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
26. Wherever You Will Go – The Calling
27. Love Lust – King Charles
28. Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding
29. 1, 2, 3, 4 – Plain White T’s
30. Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
31. Perfect – Ed Sheeran
32. You Are The Reason – Calum Scott ft. Leona Lewis
33. Toothpaste Kisses – The Maccabees
34. You and I – Ingrid Michaelson
35. She’s The One – Robbie Williams
36. Last Request – Paolo Nuntini
37. Saturday Nights – Khalid
38. No One – Alicia Keys
39. When I Look At You – Miley Cyrus
40. Hallelujah – Pentatonix
41. A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
42. Fidelity – Regina Spektor
43. No Air – Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown
44. Adorn – Miguel
45. Beyond – Leon Bridges
46. Halo – Beyonce
47. She’s Electric – Oasis
48. Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
49. One Call Away – Charlie Puth
50. One Great Mystery – Lady Antebellum

If you’re after even more songs to include in your wedding, don’t miss our pick of the best wedding songs of all time and our comprehensive wedding song ideas split up by the order of the day.