Meghan's Wedding Getting-Ready Song Is Such A Classic
The whole Harry & Meghan soundtrack is pretty much perfect.
Most documentaries are not hotbeds of music, but Harry & Meghan isn’t your typical docuseries. Produced by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s own Archewell Productions, the six-part series is basically an autobiographical story, complete with research and news clips. It’s also an ingenious piece of marketing; they themselves admit in the opening episode that this is how they are taking control of the narrative and retelling their story. The songs on Netflix’s Harry & Meghan docuseries are in service of that tale, emphasizing the couple’s love story.
Music comes up early in the documentary, as Harry and Meghan watch a clip of Meghan being interviewed in October 2015, less than a year before their famous blind date. The point of the clip is that Meghan has no opinion on the royal family and has to be fed an answer when asked which U.K. prince she would date. Also included in that clip is Meghan waxing poetic about Nina Simone’s “How It Feels To Be Free,” an ironic choice, considering how soon she would be trapped in the U.K. family’s lifestyle of living in a gilded glass box for the world to observe.
But the cutest musical moment arrived in Volume 2’s first episode, when the couple relive their wedding. Clips from the day include the songs performed during the ceremony and the reception, and Meghan talked about her 1950s-inspired getting ready song on her wedding morning: “Going to the Chapel” by The Dixie Cups.
Here are all the songs on the Harry & Meghan soundtrack.
Harry & Meghan Episode 1
- “Stop! (Don’t Worry About It)” by Lonette
- “Anything Goes” by Helen Merrill
- “I’m in the Mood for Love” by Julie London feat. Berney Kessel & Ray Leatherwood
- “Seven Variations on ‘God Save The King’ C Major, WoO 78” by Ludwig van Beethoven
- “Psalm 22: I Was Glad” by John Parry
- “Vivat Regina” by Jean Mouton
- “Final Song” by MØ
- “You’re All I Need to Get By” by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Harry & Meghan Episode 2
- “Groove Is In The Heart” by Dee-Light
- “Heigh Ho” by Frank Churchill & Larry Morey
- “Tightrope” by Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi
- “It’s Your Thing” by Mongo Santamaria
- “Exactly Like You” by Nina Simone
- “Pledging My Love” by Erma Franklin
Harry & Meghan Episode 3
- “God Save The Queen” by John Bull
- “Bennie & the Jets” by Elton John
- “Go Tell It On The Mountain” by David Starck
- “Stand By Me” by Otis Redding
Harry & Meghan Episode 4
- “Wedding March” by Felix Mendelssohn
- “Chapel of Love” by The Dixie Cups
- “Eternal Source of Light Divine” by George Frideric Handel (performed by Elin Manahan)
- “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King (performed by The Kingdom Choir)
- “This Little Light of Mine” by The Staple Singers
- “Trumpet Tune & Air” by The Royal Wedding Orchestra
- “Land of a Thousand Dances” by Wilson Pickett
Harry & Meghan Episode 5
- “Do What You Gotta Do” by Roberta Flack
- “She’s a Rainbow” by The Rolling Stones
- “Everybody’s Talking” by Harry Nilsson
Harry & Meghan Episode 6
- “Brand New Day” by Miriam Makeba
- “Follow The Sun” by Xavier Rudd
- “How Glad I Am” by Nancy Wilson
Harry & Meghan is streaming in full on Netflix.
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