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Italy wedding song ideas

A mix of Italian classics and international favourites for every part of the day — ceremony, first dance, the tarantella, the dance floor and the last song. Tap ‘Listen’ to open each on Spotify, then share your picks with your DJ.

Ceremony & Processional

Walking down the aisle and seating music.

Canon in D — Pachelbel
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A Thousand Years — Christina Perri
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The Prayer — Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion
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Con Te Partirò — Andrea Bocelli
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Ave Maria — Schubert
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Here Comes the Sun — The Beatles
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First Dance

Slow, romantic songs for the primo ballo.

Perfect — Ed Sheeran
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At Last — Etta James
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Can't Help Falling in Love — Elvis Presley
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All of Me — John Legend
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L'Essenziale — Marco Mengoni
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Meravigliosa Creatura — Gianna Nannini
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Italian Classics

The famous Italian songs every guest will know.

Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu) — Domenico Modugno
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That's Amore — Dean Martin
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L'Italiano — Toto Cutugno
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Ti Amo — Umberto Tozzi
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Felicità — Al Bano & Romina Power
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Tu Vuò Fà l'Americano — Renato Carosone
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Quando Quando Quando — Tony Renis
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Azzurro — Adriano Celentano
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Cocktail & Aperitivo

Easy background music for the aperitivo hour.

Estate — João Gilberto
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Fly Me to the Moon — Frank Sinatra
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La Vita è Bella — Nicola Piovani
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Parole Parole — Mina & Alberto Lupo
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Sway (Quien Será) — Dean Martin
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Più Bella Cosa — Eros Ramazzotti
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Tarantella & Party

Traditional Italian floor-fillers to get everyone up.

Tarantella Napoletana — Traditional
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Funiculì Funiculà — Traditional
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Guaglione — Renato Carosone
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Mambo Italiano — Rosemary Clooney
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Bella Ciao — Traditional
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Volare (party mix) — Gipsy Kings
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Dance-Floor Anthems

International crowd-fillers to keep the party going.

September — Earth, Wind & Fire
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Uptown Funk — Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
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I Wanna Dance with Somebody — Whitney Houston
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I Gotta Feeling — The Black Eyed Peas
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Mr. Brightside — The Killers
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Bailando — Enrique Iglesias
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Last Song of the Night

Send-off songs to close an Italian wedding.

Time of My Life — Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
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Con Te Partirò — Andrea Bocelli
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Grande Amore — Il Volo
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New York, New York — Frank Sinatra
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