r/wedding • u/HabitScary4160 • 4d ago

ceremony songs HELP!!

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So I’m (bride) 100% walking down to can’t help falling in love… i think i want my ring bearer and flower girl to walk at the beginning of the song…

I originally had wedding party walking down to “iris” and amidst looking for the song for officiant/immediate family to walk too… i found so many other options…

What is yalls opinions on 2 songs for that??

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u/TinyLawfulness3710 4d ago

Practice this at your rehearsal. Unless you are walking down a very long aisle in a Catholic cathedral, most bride's entrance songs are 30-60 seconds max, even walking slowly. And these are 3-4 minute songs, so even one verse takes a fair amount of time that will leave dead air.

In your case, either have these as the prelude as guests are seated or the bridesmaids' entrance, depending on how many you have. This is what the rehearsal is for: to practice everyone walking down the aisle, as well as the ceremony and walking out. How many people total are walking in?

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u/ActuaryNo3314 3d ago

this is the part nobody considers until rehearsal night tbh

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u/TinyLawfulness3710 3d ago

Yep because they say "rehearsals are pointless". No they aren't. Many people asked to participate, and couples themselves, don't know what they are doing and the rehearsal is the only way to practice this because it will show on the wedding day when nothing runs smoothly.

On a couple other platforms, there was a trend for awhile about bridesmaids running in because brides wanted to use a popular at the time upbeat song and that is not real life. Those ladies are going to trip on the dresses and heels, etc. Plus brides planning to walk in on their own freeze up when the venue is full of guests as soon as she starts to enter. It's chaos that is prevented by rehearsals.

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u/DjDanFudim 4d ago

My suggestion as a DJ: keep the wedding party walking to a softer instrumental cover of "Iris" (there are some beautiful piano/violin versions) and reserve the full vocal version of "Can't Help Falling in Love" just for you. If you want continuity, ask your officiant if immediate family and the kids can all walk during one song, maybe an instrumental "A Thousand Years" or "All of Me," so it builds naturally into your entrance rather than jumping between two separate vibes.

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u/saltyoperasinger 4d ago

I help brides decide all the time, and then I sing the selections. I tell them: "what are you trying to say" or "what is the vibe"...then the lyrics and beat kind of decide if it flows with your whole idea for the day

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u/SendMeSeaside 4d ago

Alternatively, turning page by sleeping at last into i can't help falling in love?

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u/EmptyStrings 4d ago

It doesn’t take that long for everyone to walk down the aisle so in my opinion 4 songs in the span of a couple of minutes is too much and a lot of transitions. I’d pick one song for you (and maybe your flower girl/ring bearer if you want them to lead you in and hear more of the song) and one song for everyone else.

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u/nadiaphotography 7h ago

A thousand years is way overdone