Matt talks about popular memorial songs to remember loved ones lost on your wedding day. Important Links View the complete list of memorial songs. See all Wedding Songs Podcast episodes Podcast Transcript Thank you for tuning into the 85th episode of the Wedding Songs Podcast. I am Matt Campbell and today I am going to be talking about memorial songs you can play during your wedding day, to remember loved ones you have lost. Before I get started I just wanted to give a shout-out to all of the wedding professionals who stopped at our booth at the Wedding MBA. With more than 5400 in attendance, I have to say it was great meeting all the DJs, Wedding planners, Wedding venues, and all of the wedding professionals that stopped by our booth. It was great meeting everyone and sharing our Wedding son suggestions. So, again, thank you very much and we look forward to next year. Now, to get started, I am going to talk about very popular songs to play for particular members of your family that may have passed away. Starting off with your father, three of my favorites are “Dance With My Father” by Luther Vandross, “In The Living Years” by Mike & The Mechanics, and “Thank You For Being My Dad” by Jon Barker. Next up is Mother and my three favorites are “Two Of Us’ by Louis Tomlinson (former member of One Direction), “Bye Mom” by Chris Janson, and “Supermarket Flowers” by Ed Sheeren. If you lost a child, you may consider “Tears In Heaven” by Eric Clapton, “Heaven Bound Balloons” by Granger Smith, and “Who You’d Be Today” by Kenny Chesney. If you lost a friend then “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth which was featured in the Fast and Furious series, “Drink A Beer” by Luke Bryan, and “Broken Halos” by Chris Stapleton. And, if you lost a military member then “Arlington” by Trace Atkins, “The Ones Who Didn’t Make it Back Home” by Justin Moore, and “Some Gave All” by Billy Ray Cyrus. So, that is just a few to get your mind thinking a little bit about how you want to remember a loved one during your wedding day. If you want to read the list or listen to the list you can do so on our website MyWeddingSongs.com. While you are there make sure you sign up for our newsletter of all the new wedding songs released in the prior month including some great trending songs you can add to your wedding day playlist. On our website, I do feature one hundred songs. I am not going to go thru all of them today. I do have favorite lyric quotes for each song so that way you get a vibe for what each song is about. Let me cover just a few of those to give you an idea. The first one I want to mention is by a new artist HunterGirl, who was on American Idol, with her new song “Red Bird”. Now the “Red Bird” song actually has meaning to us because we lost an Aunt and any time we saw a red cardinal we would always think of her and think that she was present. That is kind of what this song is saying with the lyrics…‘Cause I could use a redbird right now, One from the other side of the clouds, I’m feeling lost and empty, Letting me know that you’re still with me. Try to select a song that really reminds you of the person that you lost. Maybe it is a song that you danced to with them, maybe it is a song you had a special meaning with them. That would be the first and foremost song I would choose on your wedding day. Another choice in the Country genre (which is where I am going to start) would be “Bye Mom” by Chris Janson. Lyrics include…And that’s a special kind of love, And it’s only there for a lifetime, then it’s gone, And it’s bye mom. Another one that is really popular is Carly Pearce’s song “Show Me Around” with the lyrics…And we’ll get to spend forever talkin’ ’bout whatever, When I get there, promise you’ll track me down and show me around. Another song, released in 2019, is “Drowning” by Chris Young with t