50 Best Elopement Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Best Songs for Elopement Reels and Stories

There’s a strange magic that comes with eloping. It skips the aisle, the crowd, the rehearsed speeches, and drops you straight into something raw. Two people stepping into their own story without all the noise, and the right track makes that moment hit harder. Not every song speaks directly to running off together, but when it plays over a clip of a windswept road or a blurry city hall kiss, the whole thing locks into place. It’s messy, sweet, imperfect in the way real things tend to be.

Elopements carry a mix of calm and chaos. You’re standing in boots on a cliff edge, or sneakers on courthouse stairs, and it feels half like an adventure and half like a secret. The music has to hold that tension without flattening it out. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all find their way into this space, shaping the mood in ways the lyrics alone never could. Some tracks aren’t even tied to the idea of marriage at all, but the energy lines up so perfectly that they feel written for it anyway.

These songs don’t try to make the moment look glossy. They lean into the blur of it, the shaky camera, the laughter you can’t stage. You throw them over a reel and suddenly the whole thing feels bigger, like it belongs to a story people want to replay. Here are the best elopement songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Can't Help Falling in Love' by Elvis Presley

2. 'Marry You' by Bruno Mars

3. 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran

4. 'All of Me' by John Legend

5. 'A Thousand Years' by Christina Perri

6. 'Better Together' by Jack Johnson

7. 'L-O-V-E' by Nat King Cole

8. 'I Choose You' by Sara Bareilles

9. 'Make You Feel My Love' by Adele

10. 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran

11. 'At Last' by Etta James

12. 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz

13. 'Love on Top' by Beyoncé

14. 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift

15. 'Forever After All' by Luke Combs

16. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' by Queen

17. 'You Are the Reason' by Calum Scott

18. 'Everywhere' by Fleetwood Mac

19. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

20. 'God Gave Me You' by Blake Shelton

21. 'XO' by John Mayer

22. 'This Kiss' by Faith Hill

23. 'I Do' by Colbie Caillat

24. 'From the Ground Up' by Dan + Shay

25. 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' by Stevie Wonder

26. 'You Make My Dreams' by Hall & Oates

27. 'You're Still the One' by Shania Twain

28. 'On Top of the World' by Imagine Dragons

29. 'Stand by Me' by Ben E. King

30. 'Wonderful Tonight' by Eric Clapton

31. 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' by Frankie Valli

32. 'Take My Name' by Parmalee

33. 'You've Got the Love' by Florence and the Machine

34. 'Ain't No Mountain High' by Marvin Gaye & Tami Terrell

35. 'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young

36. 'Sweet Disposition' by Temper Trap

37. 'Unchained Melody' by The Righteous Brothers

38. 'Walking on a Dream' by Empire Of The Sun

39. 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' by Whitney Houston

40. 'I'm a Believer' by Smash Mouth

41. 'You Are the Best Thing' by Ray LaMontagne

42. 'Everyday' by Buddy Holly

43. 'Kiss of Life' by Sade

44. 'Crazy in Love' by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z

45. 'I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing' by Aerosmith

46. 'I Do' by Meghan Trainor

47. 'Iris' by Goo Goo Dolls

48. 'Take My Hand' by Matt Berry

49. 'Love Will Keep Us Together' by Captain & Tennille

50. 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do' by ABBA