Wedding Song Videos

Every video on this page is a wedding song that exists because two specific people got married. Some were first-dance songs, written from the couple's own story so the opening dance happened to lyrics about the night they met. Some were processional pieces. Many were surprises: a groom who had a song written from his vows, a bride who gave her parents a song at the reception, a maid of honor who turned twenty years of friendship into three verses and brought the whole room to tears.

Couples reach for a custom song when the usual playlist fails them — when every love song on the radio is beautiful but generic, and what they want is the song that mentions the coffee shop, the long-distance years, the proposal that almost went wrong. A wedding is already the most personalized day most people ever plan; the music can be personal too. And unlike the flowers and the cake, the song survives the day. Couples play it on anniversaries, in the car, in the kitchen. It becomes shorthand for the whole marriage.

The videos below show the range: reverent and orchestral, acoustic and intimate, joyful and danceable. Each began as answers to a few questions — how they met, what they love about each other, the words they always say. If you're planning a wedding, or you love someone who is, a commissioned song makes a first dance, a rehearsal-dinner toast, or a parent gift that no registry can match. Share the story, and the song gets written from it.

A planning note: couples usually order their song well ahead of the date so there is time to live with it before the rehearsal. It is not only couples who commission them — parents give songs at receptions, wedding parties pool stories for a surprise, and eloping couples order one so the marriage still gets its music. Vow renewals bring some of the best briefs of all, because by then the story has decades of proof in it.