I can’t find the video, but does anyone else remember the wedding that the couple walked down to Buckcherry’s “Crazy Bitch”? It screamed “Classy!” to all involved.
I once attended a wedding in which the groom walked down the aisle to the Imperial March (or whatever it’s called) from Star Wars. He was also wearing a ball cap and a tuxedo jacket with no shirt, and when it came time to speak his self-written vows first had to remove the gum from his mouth. And at the reception they played the song “Because of You” by, I think, Carrie Underwood or some other American Idol winner. Said song, if you ever listen to the words, is about a daughter so scarred by being abused by her mother’s boyfriend as a child that she (the daughter) feels she will never, ever be whole.
Not our first dance, but we were introduced as a bride and groom to “Dirty Water” by the Standells. Everyone seemed to enjoy that.
I’ve danced to the Cake version of “I Will Survive” at a friend’s wedding. Not your typical wedding song but it had special meaning.
Every couple I can think of who had “If” sung at their wedding got divorced. :dubious:
Extreme’s “More Than Words” isn’t a wedding song either. If you really listen to the words, it’s a dude telling his girlfriend that she’s history if she doesn’t have sex with him. :smack:
That’s not true. “More than Words” is about a guy telling his girlfriend she’s history if she doesn’t have ANAL sex with him.
The Imperial March from Star Wars.
What year is this, 1975?
I think I’ve said this in a similar thread but:
“Under My Thumb.” Definitely not one of those “traditional” types of couples. IIRC it was the third or so song after the actual wedding when people were milling towards the bar. I don’t know where the choice came from.
“Crank That (Soulja Boy).” Different wedding, much later. Obviously the DJ playing “the hits” of the time, but FYI that song involves ejaculation. There was also another questionable one that escapes me right now.
In the movie, and perhaps stage play, of Sound of Music, “How Do you Solve a Problem Like Maria” is played at the von Trapp wedding.
I’ve heard that their singer swings both ways. Maybe it was addressed to his BOYfriend? 
“We’ve only just begun” - as the wedding march.:rolleyes:
Ok, lots of those songs arent so crazy as a dance tune or entertainment during the reception. Note the Op specified "what is the worst song you’ve ever heard at a wedding (as part of the ceremony, not the reception)?"
But it takes a special kind of crazy to use some of them as the bride comes down the aisle.
That sounds like a perfect song for the recessional if you like it, and doesn’t seem inappropriate at all for the march.
I went to a wedding a couple of years ago and the bride walked down the aisle to Time to say Goodbye - at least it was the instrumental version.
It’s forever ruined because of the movie 1408.
Lyle Lovett’s LA County was a popular wedding song for a while.
“I Don’t Know How To Love Him” from Jesus Christ Superstar. Why would a bride want the lyrics “and I’ve had so many men before” sung at her wedding?
Of course, even Mendelssohn’s Wedding March is slightly dubious. It was composed as part of his incidental music for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, specifically, for the wedding of Titania and Bottom. Bottom, a human, has had his head magically transformed into that of a jackass; and Titania, a fairy, has been enchanted to fall in love with him. Doesn’t say much for either one of them. 
Well, that’s not so far-fetched…the Italian lyrics aren’t about a breakup at all. It’s loneliness the singer’s saying goodbye to–he’s looking forward to seeing all the places in the world he once visited alone with his new love, “[his] sun…[his] moon.” Which isn’t at all inappropriate for a newly married couple about to go on their honeymoon.
It’s easy to think of it as a breakup song or a sad one because in the duet version, “time to say goodbye” are the only English words.
And here’s Why you do NOT want Wagner’s Bridal Chorus in your wedding:
As Anna Russell says, “I’m not making this up, you know!”