dance floor columns stone Credit: Vicki Grafton Photography
What love song was popular the year your parents got married? Your grandparents? What about the year(s) you and your fiancé were born? We scoured playback.fm and Billboard’s Top 100 Song Charts from 1918 to 2018, selecting one romantic melody per year. The result? A master wedding playlist full of golden oldies, classics in the making, and yes, a few that fell in between. Ahead, 100 love songs that would be perfect for just about any aspect of your big day-from your wedding processional to your first dance. RELATED: PROS AND CONS OF CREATING YOUR OWN WEDDING PLAYLIST 2018: “Us,” by James Bay 2017: “Shape of You,” by Ed Sheeran 2016: “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend 2015: “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran 2014: “All of Me,” John Legend 2013: “Mirrors,” Justin Timberlake 2012: “Home,” Phillip Phillips 2011: “A Thousand Years,” Christina Perri 2010: “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars 2009: “Lucky,” Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz 2008: “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz 2007: “No One,” Alicia Keys 2006: “Chasing Cars,” Snow Patrol 2005: “You’re Beautiful,” James Blunt 2004: “If I Ain’t Got You,” Alicia Keys 2003: “Crazy in Love,” Beyonce featuring JAY Z 2002: “Moment Like This,” Kelly Clarkson 2001: “Fallin’,” Alicia Keys 2000: “Breathe,” Faith Hill 1999: “Kiss Me,” Sixpence None the Richer 1998: “Truly Madly Deeply,” Savage Garden 1997: “Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John 1996: “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion 1995: “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey 1994: “I Swear,” All-4-One 1993: “Have I Told You Lately,” Rod Stewart shanice & stephen wedding first dance Credit: Elizabeth Austin Photography 1992: “Save the Best for Last,” Vanessa Williams 1991: “Everything I Do, I Do it For You,” Bryan Adams 1990: “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O’Connor 1989: “Eternal Flame,” The Bangles 1988: “A Groovy Kind of Love,” Phil Collins 1987: “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” Whitney Houston 1986: “Take My Breath Away,” Berlin 1985: “Say You Say Me,” Lionel Richie 1984: “Time After Time,” Cyndi Lauper 1983: “Islands in the Stream,” Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers 1982: “I Will Always Love You,” Dolly Parton 1981: “Endless Love,” Diana Ross, Lionel Richie 1980: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Queen 1979: “September,” Earth, Wind and Fire 1978: “Wonderful Tonight,” Eric Clapton 1977: “You Light Up My Life,” Debbie Boone 1976: “Silly Love Songs,” Wings 1975: “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything,” Barry White 1974: “Annie’s Song,” John Denver 1973: “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Stevie Wonder 1972: “Let’s Stay Together,” Al Green 1971: “Your Song,” Elton John 1970: “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon & Garfunkel 1969: “Something,” The Beatles 1968: “Love is All Around,” The Troggs 1967: “All You Need is Love,” The Beatles Court & Kelsey’s first dance Credit: Kay Kroshus 1966: “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Percy Sledge 1965: “Unchained Melody,” The Righteous Brothers 1964: “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles 1963: “Hey Paula,” Paul and Paula 1962: “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” Elvis Presley 1961: “Stand By Me,” Ben E King 1960: “Wonderful World,” Sam Cooke 1959: “I Only Have Eyes for You,” The Flamingos 1958: “All I Have to Do is Dream,” The Everly Brothers 1957: “You Send Me,” Sam Cooke 1956: “Love Me Tender,” Elvis Presley 1955: “Only You (And You Alone),” The Platters 1954: “Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream),” The Crew-Cuts 1953: “That’s Amore,” Dean Martin 1952: “You Belong to Me,” Jo Stafford 1951: “Unforgettable,” Nat King Cole 1950: “Sentimental Me,” The Ames Brothers 1949: “A Little Bird Told Me,” Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters 1948: “It’s Magic,” Doris Day 1947: “Near You,” Francis Craig 1946: “To Each His Own,” The Ink Spots 1945: “Till the End of Time,” Perry Como 1944: “I’ll Be Seeing You,” Bing Crosby 1943: “I’ve Heard That Song Before,” Harry James, Helen Forrest 1942: “Happy in Love,” Glenn Miller wedding reception dance bride glamours gown Credit: Melissa Gayle 1941: “You and I,” Glenn Miller 1940: “In the Mood,” Glenn Miller 1939: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Judy Garland 1938: “Heart and Soul,” Bea Wein, Larry Clinton 1937: “Sweet Leilani,” Bing Crosby 1936: “The Way You Look Tonight,” Fred Astaire 1935: “Cheek to Cheek,” Fred Astaire 1934: “The Very Thought of You,” Ray Noble Orchestra 1933: “Love is the Sweetest Thing,” Al Bowlly, Ray Noble Orchestra 1932: “Night and Day,” Fred Astaire and Leo Reisman 1931: “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” Wayne King 1930: “Three Little Words,” Duke Ellington 1929: “When You’re Smiling,” Louis Armstrong 1928: “I Wanna Be Loved By You,” Helen Kane 1927: “My Blue Heaven,” Gene Austin 1926: “Always,” George Olsen Orchestra 1925: “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby,” Blossom Seeley 1924: “It Had to Be You,” Isham Jones and Orchestra 1923: “I Love You,” Paul Whiteman 1922: “Song of Love,” Lucy Isabelle Marsh, Royal Dadmun 1921: “Sweet Lady,” Frank Crumit 1920: “When My Baby Smiles at Me,” Ted Lewis and Orchestra 1919: “When You Look in the Heart of a Rose,” John McCormack 1918: “Till We Meet Again,” Henry Burr and Albert Campbell
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dance floor columns stone Credit: Vicki Grafton Photography
dance floor columns stone Credit: Vicki Grafton Photography
dance floor columns stone
Credit: Vicki Grafton Photography
What love song was popular the year your parents got married? Your grandparents? What about the year(s) you and your fiancé were born? We scoured playback.fm and Billboard’s Top 100 Song Charts from 1918 to 2018, selecting one romantic melody per year. The result? A master wedding playlist full of golden oldies, classics in the making, and yes, a few that fell in between. Ahead, 100 love songs that would be perfect for just about any aspect of your big day-from your wedding processional to your first dance.
RELATED: PROS AND CONS OF CREATING YOUR OWN WEDDING PLAYLIST
2018: “Us,” by James Bay
2017: “Shape of You,” by Ed Sheeran
2016: “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend
2015: “Thinking Out Loud,” Ed Sheeran
2014: “All of Me,” John Legend
2013: “Mirrors,” Justin Timberlake
2012: “Home,” Phillip Phillips
2011: “A Thousand Years,” Christina Perri
2010: “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars
2009: “Lucky,” Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz
2008: “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz
2007: “No One,” Alicia Keys
2006: “Chasing Cars,” Snow Patrol
2005: “You’re Beautiful,” James Blunt
2004: “If I Ain’t Got You,” Alicia Keys
2003: “Crazy in Love,” Beyonce featuring JAY Z
2002: “Moment Like This,” Kelly Clarkson
2001: “Fallin’,” Alicia Keys
2000: “Breathe,” Faith Hill
1999: “Kiss Me,” Sixpence None the Richer
1998: “Truly Madly Deeply,” Savage Garden
1997: “Something About the Way You Look Tonight,” Elton John
1996: “Because You Loved Me,” Celine Dion
1995: “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey
1994: “I Swear,” All-4-One
1993: “Have I Told You Lately,” Rod Stewart
shanice & stephen wedding first dance Credit: Elizabeth Austin Photography
1992: “Save the Best for Last,” Vanessa Williams
1991: “Everything I Do, I Do it For You,” Bryan Adams
1990: “Nothing Compares 2 U,” Sinead O’Connor
1989: “Eternal Flame,” The Bangles
1988: “A Groovy Kind of Love,” Phil Collins
1987: “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” Whitney Houston
1986: “Take My Breath Away,” Berlin
1985: “Say You Say Me,” Lionel Richie
1984: “Time After Time,” Cyndi Lauper
1983: “Islands in the Stream,” Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
1982: “I Will Always Love You,” Dolly Parton
1981: “Endless Love,” Diana Ross, Lionel Richie
1980: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” Queen
1979: “September,” Earth, Wind and Fire
1978: “Wonderful Tonight,” Eric Clapton
1977: “You Light Up My Life,” Debbie Boone
1976: “Silly Love Songs,” Wings
1975: “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything,” Barry White
1974: “Annie’s Song,” John Denver
1973: “You Are the Sunshine of My Life,” Stevie Wonder
1972: “Let’s Stay Together,” Al Green
1971: “Your Song,” Elton John
1970: “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” Simon & Garfunkel
1969: “Something,” The Beatles
1968: “Love is All Around,” The Troggs
1967: “All You Need is Love,” The Beatles
Court & Kelsey's first dance Credit: Kay Kroshus
1966: “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Percy Sledge
1965: “Unchained Melody,” The Righteous Brothers
1964: “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles
1963: “Hey Paula,” Paul and Paula
1962: “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” Elvis Presley
1961: “Stand By Me,” Ben E King
1960: “Wonderful World,” Sam Cooke
1959: “I Only Have Eyes for You,” The Flamingos
1958: “All I Have to Do is Dream,” The Everly Brothers
1957: “You Send Me,” Sam Cooke
1956: “Love Me Tender,” Elvis Presley
1955: “Only You (And You Alone),” The Platters
1954: “Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream),” The Crew-Cuts
1953: “That’s Amore,” Dean Martin
1952: “You Belong to Me,” Jo Stafford
1951: “Unforgettable,” Nat King Cole
1950: “Sentimental Me,” The Ames Brothers
1949: “A Little Bird Told Me,” Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters
1948: “It’s Magic,” Doris Day
1947: “Near You,” Francis Craig
1946: “To Each His Own,” The Ink Spots
1945: “Till the End of Time,” Perry Como
1944: “I’ll Be Seeing You,” Bing Crosby
1943: “I’ve Heard That Song Before,” Harry James, Helen Forrest
1942: “Happy in Love,” Glenn Miller
wedding reception dance bride glamours gown Credit: Melissa Gayle
1941: “You and I,” Glenn Miller
1940: “In the Mood,” Glenn Miller
1939: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Judy Garland
1938: “Heart and Soul,” Bea Wein, Larry Clinton
1937: “Sweet Leilani,” Bing Crosby
1936: “The Way You Look Tonight,” Fred Astaire
1935: “Cheek to Cheek,” Fred Astaire
1934: “The Very Thought of You,” Ray Noble Orchestra
1933: “Love is the Sweetest Thing,” Al Bowlly, Ray Noble Orchestra
1932: “Night and Day,” Fred Astaire and Leo Reisman
1931: “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” Wayne King
1930: “Three Little Words,” Duke Ellington
1929: “When You’re Smiling,” Louis Armstrong
1928: “I Wanna Be Loved By You,” Helen Kane
1927: “My Blue Heaven,” Gene Austin
1926: “Always,” George Olsen Orchestra
1925: “Yes Sir, That’s My Baby,” Blossom Seeley
1924: “It Had to Be You,” Isham Jones and Orchestra
1923: “I Love You,” Paul Whiteman
1922: “Song of Love,” Lucy Isabelle Marsh, Royal Dadmun
1921: “Sweet Lady,” Frank Crumit
1920: “When My Baby Smiles at Me,” Ted Lewis and Orchestra
1919: “When You Look in the Heart of a Rose,” John McCormack
1918: “Till We Meet Again,” Henry Burr and Albert Campbell
shanice & stephen wedding first dance Credit: Elizabeth Austin Photography
shanice & stephen wedding first dance
Credit: Elizabeth Austin Photography
Court & Kelsey’s first dance Credit: Kay Kroshus
Court & Kelsey’s first dance
Credit: Kay Kroshus
wedding reception dance bride glamours gown Credit: Melissa Gayle
wedding reception dance bride glamours gown
Credit: Melissa Gayle
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