Top 12 Songs for a Second Wedding

Here are our top picks for a second wedding ceremony and first dance.

Marta Block

Contributor

On the hunt for second wedding songs for your ceremony and first dance? We've listened to the lyrics of romantic love songs to find some perfect tracks for you to play on your big day! Most wedding sites are aimed squarely at the young, first-time bride. It makes sense, it's much easier to inspire romance when you're talking about young, fresh-faced love. But what about when you're a little bit older, or when you already know that the wedding is easy, it's the marriage that takes a little work.

That's why we present our top songs for a second wedding, and just for fun, five more songs that might not really be appropriate.

Here are our favourite love songs for a second wedding.

  • In My Life - The Beatles
  • Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
  • Till There Was You - from The Music Man
  • From This Moment - Shania Twain
  • The Second Time Around - Frank Sinatra
  • Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
  • At Last - Etta James
  • God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton
  • Marry Me- Train
  • Love you Till the End - The Pogues
  • Crazy Love - Van Morrison
  • You Make My Dreams (Come True) - Daryl Hall & John Oates

And... 5 inappropriate songs for a second wedding.

  • I Get Knocked Down - Chumbawamba
  • All My Exes Live in Texas- George Strait
  • Oops, I Did It Again - Britney Spears
  • Maybe This Time - from Cabaret
  • Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner

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