non-cheesy non-overused wedding music help!!

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I am getting married soon in an informal town hall ceremony. I am having a real problem with the music choices for walking down the aisle - we also need music for signing the book, walking back up and while guests are waiting so I'm looking for a few songs or general inspiration.

I don't want anything cheesy or what everyone has at their wedding - something a bit different would be great. I thought of 'God only knows' Beach Boys for walking down the aisle but wondering if it's very common now after Love Actually.

Preferably no Love Actually songs. I'm really stuck. Did you have anything quirky different?

Hi and congratulations!!

We chose songs we love, it doesn't need to be any certain type of song. Go for what you love.

We had Eva Cassidy songbird for walking down and Eta James at last for walking off, we love that song and we chose it as we took so long to get married.

We chose not to have two other songs, for register etc.

Do whatever works for you x

Congrats! I am getting married next May and am already stressing over the music. Howabout ABBA - I do, I do, I do for coming out, I'm seriously considering it, I think it will raise smiles. I'm hoping for somewere over the rainbow for walking in, common I know but am choosing a non Judy version.

Do you want / have to use secular music?

Hi I walked in to train, marry me. We had a cascada song slow version for signing. Walked out to florance and the machine you've got the love

Janeymoo you guessed my coming out music - big fan of Muriel's wedding. That's sorted - it's the others I have no clue about. Want something modern and cute - not morbid or too modern aka Chris brown Forever.
I don't want anything classical ... Alison we can have whatever we want I think. Not religious anything though.

We had Pete Docherty's For Lovers to walk in to, Steriophonics Without You whilst signing the register and walked out to Jason Mraz I'm Yours. Our first dance was a Paul Weller cover of Thinking of You originally by Sister Sledge. I spent longer choosing the music than anything else!

I Compiled a mp3 cd of 100 songs. Some cheesy, some modern , some we just liked.

It was in the canary islands so we la bamba , the Macarena , for our Swedish guests we had some abba and our Russian friends we had Galinka!

I had songbird. I had it played at my aunts funeral and thought it was lovely. Also the Beatles....in my life.

Smash mouth...I'm a believer. DH like nights in white satin so we had that.

And mama cass.."it's getting better.

Love truly madly deeply savage garden

Have a look at a CD of wedding music called "The Promise" by a choir called Chantage - it's all secular music for weddings, different styles, sounds lovely! Think it's on Amazon - just Google.

The Book of Love by Peter Gabriel

Here, There & Everywhere - The Beatles

I walked down the aisle to Can't Help Falling in Love With You but the version sung by Alfie Boe not Elvis. Felt because it was a less well known version it would be less cheesy. It was perfect because it was short enough to get everyone down the aisle without having to cut out the end of the song!

I walked down the aisle to Nina simone, new life
My dad nearly had a heart attack over it

We had Dean Martin at ours , was lovely

I walked in to the vitamin string quartet version of 'i was made for loving you' by Kiss.
Signed the register to 'Signed, sealed, delivered' - cheesy, but it made everyone smile.
Left to 'You're my best friend'

I got married last month and had a piper as we are in Scotland. I walked down the aisle to a song from the Disney film Brave. In my defence dd calls me Merida because of my wild red hair and it was a beautiful song played on smaller bellows pipes. Walked out the tiny little chapel to Caledonia. That was a surprise I'd totally forgot the Piper suggesting that when I met with him first in January.

I walked down the aisle to this, it's one of my favourite films and I love this piece of music.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ab1l2TwFp8

Signed the register to masterplan and lucky man and back up the aisle to Huey Lewis and Power of Love.

John Lennon grow old along with me. Such a lovely story behind it.

We have just gotten married in Aug. It was very non traditional , with things as we wanted then not because you should have them! No wedding breakfast, table plans etc.
As someone has said, we picked music we liked.
I walked in to Maria Mckee Show me Heaven (the dance version is 'our' song)
We then had Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply and Cast Finetime whilst we signed the register and walked out to The Killers Mr Brightside (the lyrics don't fit but it's our favourite 'shared' song)
Have songs you like that mean something to you!

We signed the register to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 'Breathless'. Possibly their only cheerful track ever - although he still looks his usual jaded self in the video. DH can't understand my love for Nick but conceded on this one.

At a recent wedding, the bride came in to 'One Day Like This' by Elbow, I thought it was lovely.

Walked down the aisle to A Thousand Years by Christina Perry not a dry eye in the place and out to L.O.V.E by Nat King Cole.

Best day of my life.

Hi op, what did you go for in the end ? I'm having the same dilemma! Not helped by the fact me and do don't really share the same music taste.

I'm currently loving 'how long will I love you' by Jon boden , from the about time soundtrack. It is lovely and folksy.