Wedding Songs

Gospel wedding songs for your wedding day

Gospel is that type of music written to express a personal, spiritual or communal belief about the Christian life. The word Gospel is synonym to “good news.” The origins of gospel music go back to Southern America. Gospel music is usually sung by black people, but this is not a cliché nowadays. It was a type of music sung by African slaves in the 19th centuries.




Gospel music is considered as being founded by Thomas Dorsey in 1920s and the most famous gospel singer was Mahalia Jackson. Gospel songs follow a call-and-response singing pattern. They combine Christian lyrics with jazz, blues and ragtime rhythms. It’s like a joyful expression of faith, worship and religion.

Speaking about choosing gospel music for your wedding, there are lots of verses and passages from the Bible that would work well with your wedding ceremony. Gospel music is soulful and usually rise everybody up and imply a lot of dance and interaction.

You can use gospels as prelude music to set the mood of the ceremony, as processional music for the bride’s entrance walking down the aisle, as recessional music when the newlyweds leave the ceremony or as postlude music.  If you decide to sneak some gospel songs at your wedding reception, here are some that could fit very well:

Amazing Grace

As Long As There’s You – The McClurkin Project (GospoCentric 2007)
Believe – Brian Courtney Wilson (Spirit Rising Music 2008)
Dance With Me – Phil Tarver (from Draw Nearer, Kingdom Records 2006)
I Found Love or Cindy’s Song – BeBe Winans
I Thee Wed - Jay McGee (I Hear Foot Steps, a 2003 CD)
God in My Corner – Connail Johnson (I Heard the Voice, Marlee Records 1997)

Because of You – Commissioned
One Love – Commissioned
Since I found You – Vicki Winans

With You – Donnie McClurkin
The Wedding Song – John P. Kee
The One He Kept For Me – Maurette Brown Clarke
You’re the One – Hill Hallerin and Lisa Shipman
With This Ring – Duawne Starling
Rainbow Maker – Joel Kibble and Karima Kibble
You And I – Donald Hayes
God’s Greatest Gift – Kelly Williams and Chris Willis
When Boy Meets Girl – Tiffany Palmer
All That’s Left To Say – Marvin Sapp
I Believe In Love – Maurette Brown-Clark
I Do – Nu Wave
Count It All Joy – BeBe and CeCe Winans
Love Of My Life – BeBe and CeCe Winans
Don’t Let Me Walk This Life Alone – BeBe and CeCe Winans
Lord, I Lift Her Up – Jesse Campbell
You Are My Ministry – Shirley Murdock

Unconditional Love – Tarralyn Ramsey

When God Made You – Natalie Grant and Newsong

Household of Faith – Steve and Marijean Green

By including gospel songs in your wedding ceremony, you will create the right tone and make the celebration more meaningful. Go online and choose the right singer or choir because the beauty of a song depends a lot on the singer and discuss in advance your music preferences.

May God bless your marriage!

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