What are the best songs for your child’s Bar Mitzvah Montage or Bat Mitzvah Montage?

Choosing the right music for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah video montage helps tell the story of your child’s journey, from baby pictures to the bimah and beyond. The best montage songs are meaningful, upbeat, emotional without being too sentimental, and appropriate for a sacred milestone. Below is a curated and fully randomized list of songs that work beautifully for mitzvah montage videos, including classics, modern favorites, and family-friendly hits.

Mitzvah Montage Song Ideas

1. You’ll Be in My Heart – Phil Collins

2. Best Day of My Life – American Authors

3. Never Grow Up – Taylor Swift

4. Count on Me – Bruno Mars

5. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

6. I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

7. Verge – Owl City

8. Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

9. Story of My Life – One Direction

10. Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf

11. How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You – James Taylor

12. Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars

13. High Hopes – Panic! at the Disco

14. Teach Your Children – Crosby, Stills and Nash

15. We Are Family – Sister Sledge

16. Sweet Child of Mine – Sheryl Crow

17. Have It All – Jason Mraz

18. I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

19. Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield

20. She’s a Lady – Tom Jones

21. Beautiful Boy – John Lennon

22. Moments Like This – The Afters

23. My Wish – Rascal Flatts

24. You’ve Got a Friend in Me – Randy Newman

25. Better Place – Rachel Platten

26. My Life Would Suck Without You – Kelly Clarkson or Glee Cast

27. I’ll Be There for You – The Rembrandts

28. Born This Way – Lady Gaga

29. A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay

30. Hall of Fame – The Script

31. Good Life – OneRepublic

32. Firework – Katy Perry

33. Happy – Pharrell Williams

34. On Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

35. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder

36. Forever Young – Rod Stewart

37. Roar – Katy Perry

38. This Is Me – Keala Set

39. Let Them Be Little – Billy Dean

40. What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

41. Brave – Sara Bareilles

42. Celebration – Kool and the Gang

43. Home – Phillip Phillips

44. Walking on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves

45. Better Together – Jack Johnson

46. Photograph – Ed Sheeran

47. Count Me In – Dove Cameron

48. Three Little Birds – Bob Marley and the Wailers

49. Life Is a Highway – Rascal Flatts

50. Golden – Harry Styles

51. I Lived – OneRepublic

52. You Make My Dreams – Hall and Oates

53. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey

54. Stronger – Kelly Clarkson

55. Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

56. The Best Is Yet to Come – Frank Sinatra

57. Lean on Me – Bill Withers

58. Beautiful Day – U2

59. Good Times – Chic

60. All Star – Smash Mouth

61. Rise Up – Andra Day

62. Today Was a Fairytale – Taylor Swift

63. Kids – OneRepublic

64. Unstoppable – Sia

65. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz

66. Best Days of Your Life – Kellie Pickler

67. Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake

68. Forever Now – Michael Bublé

69. The Climb – Miley Cyrus

70. Time of My Life – David Cook

71. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

72. A Thousand Years – Christina Perri

73. Family – Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

74. Wings – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

75. Count Your Blessings – Matt Redman

76. Little Wonders – Rob Thomas

77. Don’t Blink – Kenny Chesney

78. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole

79. You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban

80. Stand by Me – Ben E. King

81. Never Stop (Wedding Version works too) – Safetysuit

82. Make Today Count – Lincoln Brewster