Beatles Love Songs Standing The Test of Time for Your Wedding
The Beatles are considered to be the most influential rock and roll band of all time. John Lennon and Paul McCartney worked together to pen a record-setting number of hits that are perfect wedding songs.
Here is a look at the best Beatles love songs for weddings.
About The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. They were formed in 1960, and their career lasted just a decade. At that time, the Beatles literally changed the sound of modern music forever.
With McCartney and Lennon as the principal songwriters, the Beatles combined elements of classical music and 1950s rock and roll to create songs of great lyrical and musical depth. Guitarist George Harrison also contributed a few songs that helped to identify him as the best musician in the group.
It is unlikely that anyone will ever match the overall success and influence of the Beatles. The group still holds Guinness world records in many different categories.
Spotify Beatles Playlist
The Beatles Love Songs List
Hey Jude
Released in 1968 on the album Hey Jude
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you’ll begin to make it
Better
The year was 1968 and many people thought that the Beatles were finished, but the release of this Grammy Hall of Fame hit gave the group another push to the top of the charts.
Many say that McCartney wrote this as a touching tribute to Lennon’s relationship with Yoko Ono, and the song is filled with sentimental metaphors that suggest eternal love.
Yesterday
Released in 1965 on the album Help!
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
Even though the song describes a breakup, it is a very popular song. Weddings are a rite of passage, a part of growing up. This is precisely the vibe Paul McCartney creates in this Beatles classic that remains one of the group’s most popular songs.
When I’m Sixty-Four
Released in 1967 on the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four
If you want something a little bit whimsical and fun to play as you cut your wedding cake or pour the unity sand, this is the Beatles song to top all others. It will have everyone at your wedding smiling and singing along, and most people of all ages are familiar with the lyrics.
Something
Released in 1969 on the album Abbey Road
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don’t need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don’t want to leave her now
The contributions of George Harrison to the Beatles’ catalog of music are often defined by this slow ballad which describes longing and devotion to a special someone. It can be used at your wedding as an alternative processional, or you may save it for the first dance of the evening with your new spouse.
All You Need Is Love
Released in 1967 on the album All You Need Is Love
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
All you need for your wedding are a few simple declarations of love to your significant other, and this old Beatles song reminds everyone that love conquers all. It is from the earlier portion of the group’s career and has that trademark Fab Four sound, so you will probably want to include it on the reception playlist.
And I Love Her
Released in 1964 on the album A Hard Day’s Night
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
This song was released by the Beatles in 1964, and it became one of the biggest hits from the album A Hard Day’s Night. It is a slow ballad that is perfect for dancing, but you can also play it at your wedding as the groom and groomsmen are taking up their positions at the altar.
Till There Was You
Released in 1963 on the album With the Beatles
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you
True Beatles fans will appreciate this love ballad, a song that still resonates with lovers today. You can have the band play it and choose to sing the song for your new spouse if you have the vocal ability, or you can create a special wedding moment by entering the reception hall as the song fills the room with the sentiment.
All My Loving
Released in 1963 on the album With the Beatles
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you
Tomorrow I’ll miss you
Remember I’ll always be true
The Beatles were at their very best in their early career according to many fans, and this is one of the songs that defined that period. It can also help to define your wedding as a celebration of the music you cherish, marking the occasion as a reflection of your good taste.
Let It Be
Released in 1970 on the album Let It Be
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
The Beatles had officially called it quits just a month before the release of this iconic single, and many claim that you can hear a hint of sadness in the vocals of Paul McCartney. At your wedding, there will be optimism and hope for a better tomorrow when this song is played as all of the guests leave the reception venue.
Got to Get You Into My Life
Released in 1966 on the album Revolver
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Ooh, you were meant to be near me
Ooh, and I want you to hear me
Say we’ll be together every day
The Beatles understood the importance of powerful songwriting and how lyrics must convey a special theme. You can sense that understanding in this song which showed that the Fab Four was capable of crafting tunes on the harder side.
She’s Leaving Home
Released in 1967 on the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Something inside, that was always denied,
For so many years
She’s leaving home
No father wants to say goodbye to his little girl, but your wedding will bring about this rite of passage. This song will work well for you if you want something sentimental for a special father/daughter dance, and all the guests are sure to remember the moment for years to come.
I Need You
Released in 1965 on the album Help!
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I could never really live without you
So, come on back and see
Just what you mean to me
I need you
One of the best things about many Beatles’ love songs is their straightforward approach to the subject of romance. Here’s a song that belongs on your wedding reception playlist, or you can choose to include it among the selections that play as guests are seated.
From Me to You
Released in 1963 on the album From Me to You
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
If there’s anything that you want
If there’s anything I can do
Just call on me and I’ll send it along
With love, from me to you
This is a fun love song from the earliest days of the Beatles’ career, one that is filled with a catchy hook and fun lyrics. Who can resist the urge to dance when the strains of this song fill your wedding reception hall?
Don’t Let Me Down
Released in 1969 on the album Let It Be
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I’m in love for the first time
Don’t you know it’s gonna last
It’s a love that lasts forever
When the Beatles played this song atop Apple Corps headquarters in London, the entire world was taken by storm. The moment was documented in the 2022 film The Beatles: Get Back, and you can relive it at your own wedding by choosing to include this song.
Here Comes The Sun
Released in 1969 on the album Abbey Road
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Here comes the sun do, do, do
Here comes the sun
And I say it’s all right
A very popular processional song that is typically played as an instrumental song.
In My Life
Released in 1965 on the album Rubber Soul
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
A very popular wedding reception song to play as a parent-child dance song.
Here, There and Everywhere
Released in 1966 on the album Revolver
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I want her everywhere
And if she’s beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
The perfect song dedication to your new bride on your wedding day!
Next, read Elvis Presley’s wedding playlist for a ceremony and reception.
Songs That Are Also Vows (The Beatles Edition)
The works of Shakespeare have transcended their time and place and are still performed over 400 years later. It has been argued that the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, while still The Beatles, is the pop music equivalent, destined to be remembered and performed for hundreds of years to come. The melodies are iconic and lush and, with over 200 original songs recorded by the band, there are quite a few with lyrics that echo or flat-out mirror your vows to one another.
Another plus to utilizing any one of these songs is that, with a singer and an acoustic guitar, each can be performed intimately and in contrast to the bombast of the ceremony making your vows stand out by being beautifully understated. If you want someone to listen, say it softly.
The Beatles Wedding Vow Playlist
The Beatles Tracks for Inspiration
“I Will”
Released in 1968 on the album The Beatles
A Paul McCartney masterpiece at just under two minutes, there is something remarkably sweet and moving about this brief piece that says everything that is needed to be said.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Who knows how long I’ve loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will
“When I’m Sixty-Four”
Released in 1967 on the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The promise of forever is slightly unrealistic but the brilliance of this remarkable song is that it gives a specific age to shoot for. How lovely to think about the twilight years and the idea of the two of you still waking up to one another “when you’re sixty-four.”
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four
“Two of Us”
Released in 1970 on the album Let It Be
At the end of the day, once all the toasts have been made and the dances danced, the next morning will dawn on just the two of you. You will be home and you will be home to each other.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Two of us sending postcards
Writing letters
On my wall
You and me burning matches
Lifting latches
“Here, There and Everywhere”
Released in 1966 on the album Revolver
Often vows are less than a list of promises and instead a declaration of the belief that “love never dies.” This is the song that declares undying love perfectly.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I want her everywhere
And if she’s beside me I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching their eyes and hoping I’m always there
“In My Life”
Released in 1965 on the album Rubber Soul
Perhaps your engagement has been longer than anticipated or the road to the altar has been rocky. You’re here, now and the reflection upon the breadth of your time together, slowing ascending to this moment in time is worth gazing at for a minute. One of John Lennon’s most extraordinary compositions, the lyrics encapsulate the whole of your experience together.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
“Something”
Released in 1969 on the album Abbey Road
As much a tribute to the bride as a promise of lifelong fidelity and adoration, this piece tries to explain that you each have an elusive quality that only the other can truly see and appreciate.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don’t want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You both know what you want to say to one another on your day but “a little help from your friends” is the best way to get by.
I hope you liked our special list of wedding vow songs in the style of The Beatles.
The Beatles Vows Songs were written by Don Hall. Don Hall is an events consultant, producer, and writer. In the past thirty years, Don has worn many hats – former public school music teacher, story slam host, Off-Loop theatrical producer, a decade-long public radio work, Front of House Manager for Millennium Park, retired professional trumpet player, and one-time homeless busker. Like each random gig is a chapter in a truly strange novel written by a lunatic. He lives in Las Vegas with his brilliant poet/musician wife, Dana Jerman. Go to his website donhall.vegas for more info.
The Best Beatles Hits All-Time
The Beatles are an English (Liverpool) rock band. In February 1964 the Beatles came to America. Two days later, the band was featured on The Ed Sullivan Show. The band members are George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr.
The Beatles hold the record for the most number-one hits to top the Billboard Hot 100 with twenty. In 1988, the Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Beatles’ name is a play on words stemming from the word Beetle, rather BEATles. This was a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets.
The Beatles’ first album was released in 1963 and their last studio album was released in 1970 – Let It Be.
1. Yesterday
Released in 1965 on the album Help!
Yesterday is the most-covered rock song of all time. The song tells a story of a relationship breakup.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Why she had to go
I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
2. Let It Be
Released in 1970 on the album The Beatles (The White Album)
The story behind the song is that McCartney’s mom came to him in a dream and told him, “It will be alright, just let it be”.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
3. Here Comes the Sun
Released in 1969 on the album Abbey Road
The song is written with the feeling of summer coming after a long winter – the good feeling of summer beginning.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Here comes the sun do, do, do
Here comes the sun
And I say it’s all right
4. In My Life
Released in 1965 on the album Rubber Soul
The song was written by Lennon about his childhood and life.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
5. Hey Jude
Released in 1968 as a single.
It is suspected McCartney wrote the song in a story for John Lennon’s son Julian during John’s divorce from Cynthia and his new relationship with Yoko Ono.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Hey Jude, don’t let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
6. Come Together
Released in 1969 on the album Abbey Road
It is under debate what the song is about. However, there is no doubt the song tried to bring people together.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together, right now, over me
7. Blackbird
Released in 1968 on the album The Beatles (The White Album)
The story of the song is a reaction to racial tensions escalating in the United States at the time.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
8. Twist and Shout
Released in 1964 on the album Please Please Me
The song had previously been released and had commercial success by the Isley Brothers.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
You know you twist so fine
Come on and twist a little closer now
And let me know that you’re mine
9. All You Need Is Love
Released in 1967 as a single.
The song is based on the words Love is everywhere – a proponent of peace.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known
Nothing you can see that isn’t shown
There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Released in 1968 on the album The Beatles (The White Album)
Did you know Eric Clapton has a guitar solo on the song? The song was conceived based on the philosophy that everything happens for a reason. Harrison opened a random book to a page and found the words gently weeping.
Most Meaningful Lyrics:
I look at the world
And I notice it’s turning
While my guitar gently weeps
However, don’t take our word for it. Rolling Stone Magazine also ranked the Top 100 Beatles Songs. Here are their Top 10 Beatles songs.
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- A Day in the Life
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Yesterday
- In My Life
- Something
- Hey Jude
- Let It Be
- Come Together
Do you have a favorite Beatles song not mentioned above? Please share your song below so that we can add it to our list.
The Beatles Highest-Charting Singles – U.S.
- #1 Love Me Do, 1962
- #1 She Loves You, 1963
- #1 I Want to Hold Your Hand, 1963
- #1 Can’t Buy Me Love, 1964
- #1 A Hard Day’s Night, 1964
- #1 I Feel Fine, 1964
- #1 Eight Days a Week, 1965
- #1 Ticket to Ride, 1965
- #1 Help!, 1965
- #1 Yesterday, 1965
- #1 We Can Work It Out, 1965
- #1 Paperback Writer, 1966
- #1 Penny Lane, 1967
- #1 All You Need Is Love, 1967
- #1 Hello, Goodbye, 1967
- #1 Hey Jude, 1968
- #1 Get Back, 1969
- #1 Something, 1969
- #1 Come Together, 1969
- #1 Let It Be, 1970
- #1 The Long and Winding Road, 1970
- #2 Twist and Shout, 1964
- #2 Do You Want to Know a Secret?, 1964
- #2 Yellow Submarine, 1966
- #3 Please Please Me, 1964
- #3 Nowhere Man, 1965
- #4 She’s a Woman, 1964
- #4 Lady Madonna, 1968
- #5 Day Tripper, 1965
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