People often ask me “What are the best montage songs?” The reality is there’s no such thing as the best montage song since it’s such a personal choice and there are so many great montage songs from which to choose. It really depends on who’s being honored and the vibe you are looking for – upbeat, sentimental, etc.

Here’s a short list of some of the most popular songs to consider for your bar or bat mitzvah montage, sweet 16, wedding montage, or any other birthday or occasion for which you need a video montage. 

• 1,2,3,4 – Plain White T’s

• 100 Years – Five for Fighting

• 24K Magic – Bruno Mars

• A Million Dreams – Pink

• A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson

• A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

• A Whole New World – Regina Bell & Peabo Bryson

• ABC – The Jackson 5

• Adore You – Harry Styles

• Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

• All Of Me – John Legend

• Allstar – Smash Mouth

• Amazed – Lonestar

• Baby I Need Your Loving – The Four Tops

• Beautiful In My Eyes – Joshua Kadison

• Beautiful Now – Zedd 

• Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion

• Believe – Shawn Mendes

• Best Day Of My Life – American Authors 

• Best Of My Love – The Emotions

• Better Place – Rachel Platten

• Better When We’re Together – Jack Johnson

• Boogie Wonderland – Earth, Wind & Fire

• Born This Way – Lady Gaga

• Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

• Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake

• Celebrate – Pitbull

• Clocks – Coldplay

• Closer – The Chainsmokers, Featuring Halsey

• Count On Me – Bruno Mars

• Crazy In Love – Beyoncé

• Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen

• Dancing Queen – ABBA

• Despacito – Luis Fonsi

• Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

• Dynamite – Taio Cruz

• Everything – Michael Bublé

• Family Affair – Sly & The Family Stone

• Fight Song – Rachel Platten

• Firework – Katy Perry

• First Day Of My Life – Bright Eyes

• Forever Young – Rod Stewart

• From The Ground Up – Dan + Shay

• From This Moment On – Shania Twain

• Get Lucky – Daft Punk

• Girl On Fire – Alicia Keys

• Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper 

• Glad You Came – The Wanted

• Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day

• Happy – Pharrell Williams

• Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

• Have It All – Jason Mraz

• Hey Ya! – Outkast

• Home – Philip Phillips

• How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You – James Taylor

• I Do – Aloe Blacc

• I Do – Colbie Caillat

• I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

• I Feel So Close To You – Calvin Harris

• I Give Love – Andy Grammar

• I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

• I Lived – One Republic

• I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston

• If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys

• I’ll Be There For You (Friends theme song) – The Rembrandts

• In My Daughter’s Eyes – Martina Mcbride

• In Your Eye – Peter Gabriel

• I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

• Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

• It Had To Be You – Harry Connick Jr.

• It’s My Life – Bon Jovi

• (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

• Just Like Heaven – The Cure

• Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

• Let’s Get it Started – Black Eyed Peas

• Let’s Go – Calvin Harris

• Let’s Groove – Earth, Wind & Fire

• Let’s Stay Together – Al Green

• Life Is Better With You – Michael Franti

• Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor Featuring John Legend

• Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding

• Love Shack – B-52’s

• Lucky – Jason Mraz

• Make You Feel My Love – Adele

• Making Memories Of Us – Keith Urban

• Marry Me – Train

• Marry You – Bruno Mars

• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

• My Best Friend – Tim McGraw

• My Girl – The Temptations

• My Wish – Rascal Flatts

• Never Grow Up – Taylor Swift

• OMG – Usher with Will.i.am

• On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

• Party In The USA – Miley Cyrus

• Passionate Kisses – Mary Chapin Carpenter

• Perfect – Ed Sheeran

• Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae 

• Rather Be – Clean Bandit

• Safe and Sound – Capital Cities

• Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin) – Dave Matthews Band

• September – Earth, Wind & Fire

• Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire

• Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon

• Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) – Stevie Wonder

• Smile – Uncle Kracker

• Story of My Life – One Direction

• Stupid Love – Lady Gaga

• Sugar – Maroon 5

• Sunday Morning – Maroon 5

• Sunshine In My Pocket – Justin Timberlake

• Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

• Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses

• Sweetest Thing – U2

• That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding

• That’s What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction 

• The Man – Aloe Blacc

• These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs

• Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

• This is Me – The Greatest Showman Ensemble

• Time of Our Lives – Pitbull

• True Friend – Miley Cyrus

• Twist And Shout – The Beatles

• U R My Everything – Leslie Odom Jr.

• Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers

• Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars

• Viva la Vida – Coldplay

• Wake Me Up – Avicii

• Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves

• Want To Want Me – Jason Derulo

• We Are Family – Sister Sledge

• We Found Love – Rihanna & Calvin Harris

• What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

• What I Like About You – The Romantics

• When I Look To The Sky – Train

• Yeah! – Usher

• You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne

• You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder

• You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates

• You Might Think – The Cars

• You’re The Inspiration – Chicago

• You’ve Got A Friend In Me – Randy Newman