Unity Candle Songs

If you're lighting a unity candle or unity sand in your wedding ceremony, this page has some unity candle songs for your review. Some are for first-time marriages and others are especially appropriate for blended families.

While the exact history and origin of the unity candle is a bit "cloudy", it is mostly associated with Christian weddings in the U.S. It is not, however, a religious ceremony in and of itself, and for that reason, some churches--ie. some very conservative churches and some Catholic churches--do not allow it during the ceremony. Again, make sure you check!

Basically, the unity candle symbolizes one or both of the following:

• the couple becoming one unit

• The coming together of two families into one united family that rejoices and loves the newly created union.

So if lighting a unity candle is to be part of your ceremony, you’ll need to think about some unity candle songs—unless you want awkward silence during this time!

Tips:

• In general, unity candle songs are gentle and somewhat reflective in nature and can be performed instrumentally or vocally.

• Since lighting a unity candle doesn't take very long, you may want to choose a song that is not super long (or at least one that can be made shorter without sounding like it)! Hymns can be a good option here due to their length. A long song can seem like an eternity if you're done and just standing there! Vocal music here does seem to capture attention a bit longer.

• When choosing a song, especially if it will be a vocal rendition, pay attention to the song's lyrics to make sure they are appropriate for that moment.

While qualifying nicely for unity candle songs, these songs are also suitable for other parts of the wedding ceremony such as before or after readings, after the vows are exchanged, after a prayer, and during communion.

Clicking on a song link below will take you to a CD that contains that particular song. The exact location of the song on that disc is also listed for you.

Unity Candle Lighting Music

• All Of Me
• Anywhere You Go (Vocal)
• Amazing Grace ---Click on "all tracks" and choose song #24
• As Two Become One
• Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) ---song #23
• Ave Maria (Schubert) ---song #8
• Beautiful In My Eyes ---song #6
• Because We Are In Love --disc 4, song #10
• Because You Loved Me
• Coming Home (Vocal)
• Endless Love ---song #8
• From This Moment On ---This is a piano version.
  If you want to hear this song with vocals, go to the CD entitled Drew's Famous 30 Greatest Wedding Songs ---Click on "all tracks", then choose disc 1, song #13
• Here And Now ---disc 1, song #8
• Here Is My Heart
• Household Of Faith ---disc 2, song #4
• I Will Be Here
• If You Do (Vocal)
• It Will Always Be You
• It's Your Love ---song #3
• Love Knows No Wrong
• O Perfect Love ---disc 1, song #14
• One Hand, One Heart (Vocal) ---song #7
• Panis Angelicus
• The Gift Of Love ---Click on the black "Wedding Music" button on the left-hand side of the page and go to the CD entitled A Day to Remember to listen to this song played by the Piano Brothers
• The Prayer (Piano)
• The River And The Rose
• The Wedding Song (a Celtic-style arrangement)
• The Wedding Song (There Is Love) (Vocal)
• Two Hearts, One Love
• We've Only Just Begun (Instrumental)
• We've Only Just Begun (Vocal)
• Whither Thou Goest ---song #20
• You Light Up My Life (Piano)
• You Light Up My Life (Vocal)

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