Wedding songs
Two hundred people will watch you promise forever. You'd like one song that night only you two understand.
A wedding song: a first dance classic, or one about you two
Your wedding playlist is full of other people's love songs. A custom song adds one that is only about the two of you, with their name in the chorus and your story in the verses.
Hear the second a name lands
Maya and Sam, my heart is yours to hold
You wrote“We met queuing for the same sold-out concert in Austin and neither of us got in.”
The song singsBut standing in that queue was not in vain
From a real song made here: “Down the Middle”, for Maya and Sam, from what the couple typed.
The moment you give it
The band takes a break and the room hears a song nobody has heard before. Your grandmother asks who sings it. Your partner already knows every word, because every word is yours.
Reception · after the toasts
The two of you, and nobody else
Dance floor, phones down, one spotlight
Words written by the couple. No requests taken.
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
First dance songs couples choose most
If you want a first dance everyone recognizes, these are the usual favorites. If you want one that mentions how you met, make it below.
| Song | Artist | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Can't Help Falling in Love | Elvis Presley | Slow and timeless |
| A Thousand Years | Christina Perri | A long-awaited love |
| Perfect | Ed Sheeran | An easy slow dance |
| Marry Me | Train | Sweet and simple |
| Speechless | Dan + Shay | The moment you see each other |
| From This Moment On | Shania Twain | A big country vow |
| At Last | Etta James | Old-school soul |
| All of Me | John Legend | Piano and promises |
A real wedding song made here
"Down the Middle" was written from a couple's own lines and sings both names, Maya and Sam, in every chorus. Indie folk, female voice, unedited.
What you get for $12.99
You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.
- Free preview
- The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
- The song
- The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
- Lyrics
- Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
- Their link
- A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
- Photo video
- Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
- The name
- Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
- Re-record
- One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
- Name sung wrong?
- After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
- Languages
- Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
- Teaser
- Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
- For this song
- For the reception: the MP3 plays from any phone or the DJ's laptop, and the lyric sheet can go in the program.
- For a party or school slideshow: the photo video sets your photos to the song, or download the MP3 and use it under your own.
Where a custom song fits in the day
| Moment | Why it works |
|---|---|
| Getting ready | A private listen before you see each other |
| Rehearsal dinner | Guests hear your story after the toasts |
| Reception | A surprise between dances, or under a slideshow |
| The morning after | A quiet way to start married life |
What to tell us
- How you met, and who introduced you.
- The proposal, in one sentence.
- Something about them your friends always bring up.
- A vow you want to make in your own words.
- Where you are getting married, and why there.
First dance: which style to pick
The song is about two minutes long, made from your lines, and you can play it at your own reception. If you are thinking of it as your first dance, listen to the preview with your dancing in mind: acoustic pop and piano ballads are the easiest to sway to.
Country fits a barn or ranch wedding, R&B / soul a slow evening dance, and upbeat pop works better for the moment you walk in than for the dance itself. The free re-record lets you hear your story in a second style before you choose.
For example
A meeting, a proposal and the wedding day itself.
Planning a vow renewal rather than a first wedding? The same approach works: write about the years since the first ceremony and what you would promise now.
- We met as rival bakers at a county fair and both lost to someone's aunt.
- He proposed with a ring hidden in a cinnamon roll.
- On June 8, at the barn on Route 9, I get to marry my favorite competitor.
If you want guests to hear it
- Ask the DJ or band to play the MP3 at a set time.
- Introduce it in one sentence so guests know to listen.
- Pair it with a slideshow of the two of you.
- Play it right after the best man or maid of honor speech.