Planning your wedding reception is one of the more fun parts of wedding planning—it’s a joyful time of kicking off your newlywed status and celebrating with your nearest and dearest. The music you choose for your reception plays a huge part in setting the tone for the evening, especially when it comes to your wedding entrances.
If you’re trying to choose the perfect song to play as you announce your wedding party into the reception room, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re looking for fun songs to shine the spotlight on your wedding party or the perfect tune to play during your first entrance as newlyweds, our list of wedding party entrance songs spans all genres! Need more songs to round out your wedding playlists? Head to our list of 300+ best wedding songs for each moment of the day.
Best Wedding Party Entrance Songs: Trends and Hits
Your wedding party has stood by your side from the moment you got engaged, so choosing the perfect song for their entrance to the reception is a must! Here are our picks of fail-proof songs to get the party started.
Uptown Funk — Bruno Mars
Can’t Stop the Feeling — Justin Timberlake
Sugar — Maroon 5
Dynamite — Taio Cruz
24K Magic — Bruno Mars
Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) — Andy Grammer
About Damn Time — Lizzo
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) — Elton John, Dua Lipa
STAY — The Kid LAROI
Watermelon Sugar — Harry Styles
Where Are You Now — Lost Frequencies, Calum Scott
Woman — Doja Cat
INDUSTRY BABY — Lil Nas X
As It Was — Harry Styles
Good 4 U — Olivia Rodrigo
My House — Flo Rida
Happy — Pharrell Williams
Where Are Ü Now (ft. Justin Bieber) — Jack Ü
Shut Up and Dance — Walk the Moon
This Is What You Came For (ft. Rihanna) — Calvin Harris
Uplifting Wedding Entrance Songs
Got My Mind Set on You — George Harrison
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor — Arctic Monkeys
On Top of the World — Imagine Dragons
Back in Black — AC/DC
Bad To The Bone — George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Enter Sandman — Metallica
Eye of the Tiger — Survivor
Howlin’ For You — The Black Keys
I Got You (I Feel Good) — James Brown and the Famous Flames
Sweet Child O’ Mine — Guns N’ Roses
Thunderstruck — AC/DC
Walk This Way — Aerosmith
We Will Rock You — Queen
All My Friends — LCD Soundsystem
I Believe in a Thing Called Love — The Darkness
No One Like You — Scorpions
Welcome to the Jungle — Guns N’ Roses
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing — Aerosmith
Love Will Keep Us Alive — The Eagles
Rap and Hip Hop Wedding Entrance Songs
I Gotta Feeling — Black Eyed Peas
Who’s That Chick? (ft. Rihanna) — David Guetta
All I Do Is Win (ft. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross) — DJ Khaled
Bring Em Out — T.I.
Let’s Get It Started — Black Eyed Peas
All of the Lights (ft. Rihanna) — Kanye West
Big Pimpin’/Papercut — Jay-Z, Linkin Park
Don’t Stop the Party — Pitbull
Jump Around — House of Pain
Mo Money Mo Problems — The Notorious B.I.G.
Sexy and I Know It — LMFAO
Timber (ft. Kesha) — Pitbull
Turn Down for What — DJ Snake, Lil Jon
U Can't Touch This — MC Hammer
Yeah! — Usher
Paper Planes — M.I.A.
Touch the Sky (ft. Lupe Fiasco) — Kanye West
DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (ft. Pitbull) — Usher
Without You (ft. Usher) — David Guetta
Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble — PJ & Duncan
Country Wedding Entrance Songs
Me and My Gang — Rascal Flatts
S.O.B. — Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
Party People — Florida Georgia Line
Love Story — Taylor Swift
Wagon Wheel — Darius Rucker
You Can’t Stop Me (ft. Thomas Rhett) — Brett Eldredge
Here for the Party — Gretchen Wilson
Setting the World on Fire — Kenny Chesney
Love Bug — George Strait
Fancy Like — Walker Hayes
Lil Bit — Nelly, Florida Georgia Line
Beers and Sunshine — Darius Rucker
She’s With Me — High Valley
Head Over Boots — Jon Pardi
My Kinda Party — Jason Aldean
Ain’t Goin’ Down (Til the Sun Comes Up) — Garth Brooks
Good Times Roll — Jimmie Allen, Nelly
Chasing Down a Good Time — Randy Houser
Life Is a Highway — Rascal Flatts
Forever After All — Luke Combs
Fun and Upbeat Wedding Entrance Songs
Hey Ya! — OutKast
Firework — Katy Perry
Raise Your Glass — Pink
Just Dance — Lady Gaga
Forever — Chris Brown
Crazy in Love (ft. Jay-Z) — Beyonce
I Would Die 4 U — Prince
Love Shack — The B-52’s
You Can’t Stop the Beat — Elijah Kelley, John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes
Hung Up — Madonna
I Will Survive — Gloria Gaynor
Let’s Groove — Earth, Wind & Fire
Whoomp! (There It Is) — Tag Team
SexyBack (ft. Timbaland) — Justin Timberlake
Another One Bites the Dust — Queen
Beat It — Michael Jackson
Bust a Move — Young MC
Can’t Hold Us (ft. Ray Dalton) — Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) — Backstreet Boys
Everytime We Touch — Cascada
Feel So Close — Calvin Harris
Feel This Moment — Pitbull
Get Lucky — Daft Punk
Glad You Came — The Wanted
Good Feeling — Flo Rida
Unique Wedding Entrance Songs
Dance With Me Tonight — Olly Murs
Dog Days Are Over — Florence + the Machine
Electric Feel — MGMT
Good Life — Kanye West
I’m Coming Out — Diana Ross
Good Vibrations — The Beach Boys
Space Jam — Quad City DJ’s
Take On Me — A-ha
What I Like About You — The Romantics
Hell Yes — Beck
Sweet Disposition — The Temper Trap
Could You Be Loved — Bob Marley and the Wailers
Get the Party Started — Pink
Higher Love — Kygo, Whitney Houston
Seeing Stars — Børns
Wedding Entrance Songs for Parents
This Is How We Do It — Montell Jordan
We Are Family — Sister Sledge
You’ve Got the Love — Florence + the Machine
Celebration — Kool & the Gang
Raise Your Glass — Pink
Sweet Caroline — Neil Diamond
Don’t Stop Believin’ — Journey
Born To Be Wild — Steppenwolf
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough — Michael Jackson
Walk This Way — Aerosmith
Jump — Van Halen
Respect — Aretha Franklin
It Takes Two — Rob Base
Brown Eyed Girl — Van Morrison
There are no rules when it comes to choosing your wedding party entrance songs. Whether you want a flashy entrance with an upbeat tune or you’re leaning toward something more sentimental, all that matters is you choose songs you truly love.
The same is true for all the songs you choose for each part of your wedding day, from your father-daughter or mother-son dances to what you walk down the aisle to at the ceremony. Ready to book your wedding DJ? Zola’s got that covered, too—check out our list of vetted wedding bands, DJs, and other music vendors here!