Instrumental Cover Wedding Processional Songs Needed

February 8, 2018 4:43 PM

I need some help finding good instrumental cover versions of popular songs to play before the ceremony. That's my entire question. Details inside.

Getting married (in 8 days) and we're still working out some details. We'd like to have music playing prior to the ceremony. We'd like it to be a popular cover song, something recognizable, and something pertaining to the positive sides of love. Some examples of what we've thought of are covers to:

Michael Buble- Everything
Cover of Bon Jovi- Thank you for loving me
James Blunt- You're Beautiful

We're open to guitar, violin, piano, the whole shebang. We'd really love you to be part of our wedding, but we can't invite you. This is the next best thing.

posted by Draccy to Media & Arts (11 answers total)

(I Love You) Just the Way You Are- Billy Joel
posted by TWinbrook8 at 5:06 PM on February 8, 2018

Vitamin String Quartet has this kind of thing on lock. They've got an album titled Modern Wedding Collection which is a good starting point. Most if not all of their (extensive!) repertoire is on Spotify, they really do have an astonishing output.
posted by castlebravo at 5:16 PM on February 8, 2018 [3 favorites]

Elvis - I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
posted by JayRwv at 5:24 PM on February 8, 2018

If you’re into, uh, physical love, we actually walked down the aisle to my instrumental cover of “Talk Dirty to Me”. It was pretty sweet.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:42 PM on February 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

Best answer: You want Trio Rococo’s version of the Beatles’ “In My Life.”
posted by armeowda at 5:50 PM on February 8, 2018

Best answer: Paul Hankinson!

Perfect by Ed Sheeran featuring Pachelbel's Canon
Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis featuring Bach's Air in C & Pachelbel's Canon
A Thousand Years by Christina Perii featuring Ave Maria
posted by yawper at 6:29 PM on February 8, 2018

It’s not especially romantic, but I’d feel remiss if I didn’t talk about a friend of mine walking down the aisle to the piano cover of Where Is My Mind
posted by supercres at 10:05 PM on February 8, 2018 [1 favorite]

Apologies for all of the linkage to videos/playlists rather than specific songs, everybody has different ideas about what constitutes positive :) But if you've got favourite songs, chances are one or two will be in here covered somewhere!

Ramin Djawadi has a few covers on the Westworld Season 1 soundtrack.
Vika (VK goes wild)
Molotov Cocktail Piano
Hampton String Quartet
London Symphony Orchestra have done a lot, too.
and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
posted by thingonaspring at 3:40 AM on February 9, 2018

Best answer: Oh, so more lust again, but some friends of mine used this acoustic-guitar cover of Springsteen's "I'm On Fire." It's super chill.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:26 AM on February 9, 2018 [1 favorite]

Went to an Irish wedding that featured the theme song of "Once" on strings...beautiful.
posted by IndigoOnTheGo at 8:40 AM on February 9, 2018

As near as I can tell, literally everything by Luna Lee.
posted by cmoj at 10:18 AM on February 9, 2018