Joy has created a general repertoire to guide couples in choosing their ceremony music. However, these songs are only suggestions and it is possible to request something that is not listed.
You may choose songs that are special to you, whilst checking their suitability with your priest/celebrant. All songs listed are also offered as an instrumental. Songs listed under one section can can be transferable to other stages of the ceremony.
The Signing of the Register and Recessional take place after the mass has ended, meaning you are generally more flexible in song choices. For this part, you may choose any of the songs listed below, or some of personal meaning to you.
Church Music Layout
- Entrance
- Candle Ceremony
- A short instrumental will be played here
- Psalm
- Alleliua
- Unity Candle
- A short instrumental will be played here
- Offertory
- Sign of Peace
- Communion
- 2 songs/hymns will be required here
- Signing of Register
- 2-3 songs/hymns will be required here
- Recessional
Civil Ceremony Music Layout
- Entrance
- Candle Ceremony
- A short instrumental will be played here
- After First Reading
- During Special Ritual
- Unity Candle
- A short instrumental will be played here
- Signing of Register
- 2-3 songs will be required here
- Recessional
Ceremony Repertoire
Entrance:
This can be vocal or instrumental
Instrumental:
- Canon in D
- Here Comes the Bride (Wagner)
- Wedding March (Mendelsshon)
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
- Glasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)
- Portuguese Love Theme (Love Actually)
Vocal:
- How Beautiful (Twila Paris)
- The Cloud’s Veil
- A Thousand Years
- Ordinary
- Mary’s Pub (Amble)
- Thoughts Flood Back To You
- I Swear (All-For-One)
- Stargazing
- It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be
- Feels Like Home
- Simply The Best
- The One (Kodaline)
- I Get to Love You
- I Choose You
- Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
- She Moved Through The Fair
- Still Into You (Paramore)
- Songbird
- It Isn’t Perfect But it Might Be
- Make you feel my love
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight
- The Blower’s Daughter
- Favourite (Fontaines D.C)
- I See The Light (From ‘Tangled’)
- Better Place (Rachel Platten)
- A Million Dreams
- Raglan Road
Psalm:
- Only in God
- Here I Am Lord
- Song of Ruth (Wherever You Go)
- Mo Ghrá Thú a Thiarna
- Sé an Tiarna Maoire
- On Eagles Wings
- The Lord is my Shepherd
Offertory:
- How Great Thou Art
- Ag Críost an tSíol
- I Watch The Sunrise
- As I Kneel Before You
- Éist a Stór
- Bí Íosa Im Choríse
- I Will Be the Vine
- Everglow (Coldplay- Instrumental)
Sign of Peace:
- Make me a channel of your peace
- Somewhere Only We Know
- Fields of Gold
- Tabhair Dom Do Lámh (Instrumental)
- Take My Hand (Picture This)
Communion:
- Lady of Knock
- You Are Mine (Liam Lawton)
- Panis Angelicus
- Maidin ag Gealadh
- A Mhuire Mháthair
- Pie Jesu
- I Watch the Sunrise
- Caledonia
- The Voyage
- I’ve Seen It (Olivia Dean)
- Rainy Night in Soho
- Falling Slowly
- Diamonds and Roses (Kingfishr)
- The Sun Will Never Settle
- Flying Without Wings
- My Love
- Your Song
- Wherever You Will Go
- Fields of Gold
- The Rose
- What a Wonderful World
- Hold My Girl (George Ezra)
Signing of Register:
- Thinking Out Loud
- Tenerife Sea
- La Vie En Rose
- At Last (Etta James)
- Song for Ireland
- Stand By Me
- Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
- Bonfire Heart (James Blunt)
- The Way You Look Tonight
- Skinny Love
- This I Promise You
- Moon River
- Power of Love
- Swear It Again
- Time After Time
- Here Comes The Sun
- How Long will I Love You
- Say You Won’t Let Go
- I Won’t Give Up On Us
- Yours (Ella Henderson)
- I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing
Recessional:
- Wedding March
- Take My Hand (Picture This) – also available as Gaeilge
- Heaven is a Place on Earth
- Ain’t No Mountain High
- At Last (Etta James)
- Belong Together
- You’re Making My Dreams Come True
- Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher & Higher)
- Dreams (Cranberries)
- Faith (George Michael)
- The Swell (Amble)
- All You Need Is Love
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
- I’m a Believer (The Monkees)
- Shut Up and Dance
- World of Our Own
- Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
- The Whole of the Moon
- Marry You (Bruno Mars)
- Signed, Sealed, Delivered- I’m Yours (Stevie Wonder)
- Send Me On My Way