80 Modern Love Songs to Play at Your Wedding

Couple slow dancing to acoustic music — PHOTO BY ROEY YOHAI STUDIOS

Weddings are all about love, and there's no better way for you and your partner to express your love than with a playlist full of love songs. The key here, however, is to put together a mix of tracks that speak to our modern times today. Sure, older tunes from bygone eras will forever be popular, but there's something truly special about dancing to a love song by your favorite contemporary artist.

Need proof? Just listen to the words and sweet melodies of John Legend's "Actions," Stephen Sanchez's “Until I Found You," and the Jonas Brothers' "Walls." Want something a little more upbeat? Consider "Late Night Talking," by Harry Styles or "Greatest Gift," by Jorja Smith.

For those searching for a more comprehensive playlist, we rounded up some of the best modern love songs that are perfect for every type of wedding. Scroll on for more.

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“Actions,” by John Legend

Lyrics of Love: “I wanna show my love is strong/Make her feel it when I'm home”

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“Walls,” by Jonas Brothers

Lyrics of Love: "'Cause time is a doorframe I want to go through/As long as it leads me back to you, hey (hey)"

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“Show Me Love,” by Alicia Keys featuring Miguel

Lyrics of Love: “This is not the season for nobody else but us/I always get wrapped up in you, baby, I'm in love”

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"Hrs & Hrs," by Muni Long

Lyrics of Love: "I could do this for hours/Sit and talk to you for hours/I wanna give you your flowers"

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“Until I Found You,” by Stephen Sanchez

Lyrics of Love: "I would never fall in love again until I found her/I said, "I would never fall unless it's you I fall into"

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"Get You," by Daniel Caesar featuring Kali Uchis

Lyrics of Love: "Every time I look into your eyes I see it/You're all I need"

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"Greatest Gift," by Jorja Smith featuring Lila Iké

Lyrics of Love: "You're the greatest gift I've found (I've found, I've found)/My time with you is everything (Is everything, is everything)"

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“Lightning,” by Bag Raiders featuring The Kite String Tangle

Lyrics of Love: “I've been walking this world alone/Never thought I needed anyone like you”

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“Sweater Weather,” by The Neighbourhood

Lyrics of Love: “Touch my neck and I’ll touch yours/You in those little high waisted shorts, oh”

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“By Your Side,” by Sade

Lyrics of Love: “When you're on my outside, baby, and you can't get in/I will show you, you're so much better than you know”

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“Riptide,” by Vance Joy

Lyrics of Love: “I love you when you're singing that song and I got a lump in my throat 'cause/You're gonna sing the words wrong”

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“Love On Top,” by Beyoncé

Lyrics of Love: “I can feel the sun whenever you're near/Every time you touch me I just melt away”

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“Love You Like A Love Song,” by Selena Gomez and the Scene

Lyrics of Love: “Constantly, boy you played through my mind like a symphony/There's no way to describe what you do to me”

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“All To Myself,” by Dan + Shay

Lyrics of Love: “I want you here in my arms/We'll hide away in the dark”

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“Harvest Moon,” by Poolside

Lyrics of Love: “But there's a full moon rising let's go dancing in the night/We go where the music's playing let's go out and feel the night”

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“End of Time,” by Beyoncé

Lyrics of Love: “I will be the one to kiss you at night/I will love you until the end of time”

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"The Matrimony," by Wale featuring Usher

Lyrics of Love: "If there's a question of my heart, you've got it/It don't belong to anyone but you"

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“Like A Star,” by Corinne Bailey Rae

Lyrics of Love: “You've got this look I can't describe/You make me feel I'm alive”

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“Beyond,” by Leon Bridges

Lyrics of Love: “I love to see her face in daylight/It's more than just our bodies at night”

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“Delicate,” by Taylor Swift

Lyrics of Love: “Handsome, your mansion with a view/Do the girls back home touch you like I do?”

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“All My Love,” by George Ezra

Lyrics of Love: “No matter where you go/Baby, I'll be there, I'll be there”

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“All of Me,” by John Legend

Lyrics of Love: “What would I do without your smart mouth?/Drawing me in, and you kicking me out”

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“I Dare You,” by The xx

Lyrics of Love: “I've been a romantic for so long/All I've ever had are love songs”

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"Coffee," by Miguel

Lyrics of Love: "It's the smell of your hair/And it's the way that we feel/I've never felt comfortable like this"

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“Can’t Help Falling in Love (Cover),” by Haley Reinhart

Lyrics of Love: “Wise men say only fools rush in/But I can't help falling in love with you”

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“Bubbly,” by Colbie Caillat

Lyrics of Love: “Undercovers stayin' dry and warm/You give me feelings that I adore”

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“First Day of My Life,” by Bright Eyes

Lyrics of Love: "Yours was the first face that I saw/I think I was blind before I met you”

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“I Will Follow You Into the Dark,” by Death Cab for Cutie

Lyrics of Love: “If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks/Then I'll follow you into the dark”

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“Stuck on You,” by Meiko

Lyrics of Love: “'Cause you are the one I could see having fun with/Not just for the night, but for the rest of my life”

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“A Sky Full of Stars,” by Coldplay

Lyrics of Love: “Cause you're a sky, you're a sky full of stars/Such a heavenly view”

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“How Deep Is Your Love,” by The Bird and the Bee

Lyrics of Love: "'Cause we're livin' in a world of fools, breakin' us down/They should all just let us be, we belong to you and me”

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“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” by Justin Timberlake

Lyrics of Love: “I got this feelin' inside my bones/It goes electric, wavy when I turn it on”

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“Sweet Disposition,” by The Temper Trap

Lyrics of Love: “A moment, a love/A dream aloud”

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“Young and Beautiful,” by Lana Del Rey

Lyrics of Love: “And all the ways, I got to know/Your pretty face and electric soul”

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“Shallow,” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

Lyrics of Love: “Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us/We're far from the shallow now”

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“Latch,” by Disclosure featuring Sam Smith

Lyrics of Love: “You, you enchant me, even when you're not around/If there are boundaries, I will try to knock them down”

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“No One’s Gonna Love You,” by Band of Horses

Lyrics of Love: “And no one is ever gonna love you more than I do/No one's gonna love you more than I do”

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“Magic,” by Coldplay

Lyrics of Love: “Call it magic, call it true/I call it magic when I'm with you”

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“Coming Home,” by Leon Bridges

Lyrics of Love: “The world leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, girl/You're the only one that I want”

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“Saturday Nights,” by Khalid

Lyrics of Love: “There's nowhere I'd rather be/Than right here right now”

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“Burning Desire,” by Lana Del Rey

Lyrics of Love: “I drive fast, wind in my hair, push it to the limits 'cause I just don't care/I've got a burning desire for you, baby”

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“Hotline Bling,” by Drake

Lyrics of Love: “I know when that hotline bling/That can only mean one thing”

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“Drunk in Love,” by Beyoncé and Jay-Z

Lyrics of Love: “Last thing I remember is our beautiful bodies grinding up in that club/Drunk in love”

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“One Kiss,” by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa

Lyrics of Love: “Something in you, lit up heaven in me/The feeling won't let me sleep”

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“Stupid Love,” by Lady Gaga

Lyrics of Love: “You're the one that I've been waiting for/Gotta quit this crying”

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“Teenage Dream,” by Katy Perry

Lyrics of Love: “We can dance until we die/You and I”

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“I Like Me Better,” by Lauv

Lyrics of Love: “To be drunk and in love in New York City/Midnight into morning coffee”

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“Break My Heart,” by Dua Lipa

Lyrics of Love: “You say my name like I have never heard before/I'm indecisive, but, this time, I know for sure”

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“Butterflies,” by Kacey Musgraves

Lyrics of Love: Now you're lifting me up, instead of holding me down/Stealing my heart instead of stealing my crown”

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“Fallin’ All in You,” by Shawn Mendes

Lyrics of Love: “You are bringing out a different kind of me/There's no safety net that's underneath, I'm free”

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“XO,” by Beyoncé

Lyrics of Love: “Before they turn the lights out/Baby love me lights out”

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“Gonna Love Me,” by Teyana Taylor

Lyrics of Love: “I wanna spend my nights with you/My life with you, oh baby, babe”

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“Feel So Close,” by Calvin Harris

Lyrics of Love: “I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal/Your love bows down, I mean surround me like a waterfall”

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“End Up With You,” by Carrie Underwood

Lyrics of Love: “To the end of the world if you wanted to/Yeah, 'cause you can light up the dark side of the moon”

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“I Do,” by Morgan Evans

Lyrics of Love: “Wanna hold you forever/No I ain't ever been so sure”

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“You Are The Best Thing,” by Ray LaMontagne

Lyrics of Love: “You know I need you here/You clear my mind all the time”

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“You + I,” by Young the Giant

Lyrics of Love: “Now that we're older with gray in our hair/Holding your hand as we glide down the stairs”

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“Never Gonna Say Goodbye,” by Dawes

Lyrics of Love: “I never knew how to be scared/'Til I found something I knew I couldn't lose”

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“Always Remember Us This Way,” by Lady Gaga

Lyrics of Love: “When the sun goes down and the band won't play/I'll always remember us this way”

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“Carried Me With You,” by Brandi Carlile

Lyrics of Love: “You're the soul who understands/The scars that made me who I am”

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“The Middle,” by Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey

Lyrics of Love: “I need you on my skin/Just come over, pull me in”

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“Love You for a Long Time,” by Maggie Rogers

Lyrics of Love: “I felt the fever and I knew he was mine/Oh I, I'm gonna love you for a long time”

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“I and Love and You,” by The Avett Brothers

Lyrics of Love: “That woman she's got eyes that shine/Like a pair of stolen polished dimes”

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“Open,” by Rhye

Lyrics of Love: “I'm a fool for that shake in your thighs/I'm a fool for that sound in your sighs”

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“We Found Love,” by Rihanna and Calvin Harris

Lyrics of Love: “Yellow diamonds in the light/And we're standing side by side”

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“10,000 Hours,” by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber

Lyrics of Love: “When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'?/Everything, I wanna know it all”

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“It’s a Wonderful Time for Love,” by Nora Jones

Lyrics of Love: “It's a wonderful time for love/Sun shines down from above”

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“Garden (Say It Like Dat),” by SZA

Lyrics of Love: “But I believe you when you say it like that/Oh, do you mean it when you say it like that?”

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“Love on the Weekend,” by John Mayer

Lyrics of Love: “Love on the weekend, love on the weekend/I'm coming up and I'm loving every minute of it”

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“Into You,” by Ariana Grande

Lyrics of Love: “I'm so into you, I can barely breathe/And all I wanna do is to fall in deep”

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“Chasing Cars,” by Snow Patrol

Lyrics of Love: “If I just lay here/Would you lie with me and just forget the world?”

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“Baby I’m Yours,” by Arctic Monkeys

Lyrics of Love: “And I'll be yours until the sun no longer shines,/Yours, until the poets run out of rhyme”

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“Thinking Out Loud,” by Ed Sheeran

Lyrics of Love: “And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70/And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23”

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“Out of My League,” by Fitz and the Tantrums

Lyrics of Love: “Forty days and forty nights/I waited for a girl like you to come and save my life”

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“Blue Jeans,” by Lana Del Ray

Lyrics of Love: “I told you that no matter what you did I'd be by your side/Cause Ima ride or die”

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“Home,” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Lyrics of Love: “I'll follow you into the park, through the jungle, through the dark/Girl, I never loved one like you”

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"Wait For U," by Future featuring Drake and Tems

Lyrics of Love: "Early in the morning, late at night (I will wait for you)/It don't even matter what time it is (I will wait for you)"

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"Find Someone Like You," Snoh Aalegra

Lyrics of Love: "I've been waitin' my whole life, to find someone like you/Find someone like you, yeah, yeah, yeah"

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"Late Night Talking," Harry Styles

Lyrics of Love: "If you're feelin' down/I just wanna make you happier, baby/Wish I was around/I just wanna make you happier, baby"

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"Suspended," by Sampha

Lyrics of Love: "I've been lifted by her love/I fell lifted from above/Suspended"

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