For a 10th wedding anniversary, the song that lands is the one that tells your ten years: how you met, the first apartment, the kids who arrived along the way, the habit that still makes you laugh. If you want a well-known track, pick a love song about lasting, like “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran, or the song from your first dance. If you want a song that sings your names, a custom song is written from your story and arrives in minutes, as 2 full tracks.
Ten years is the tin anniversary (aluminum on some lists). A round number, but not yet the age of big family parties: most couples mark it as two, over dinner or a weekend away, sometimes with the wedding crowd who swore they would do it all again. The kids, if there are kids, are old enough to blow out your candles, not old enough to organize anything.
Here are the real options for putting music into those ten years: a playlist, a parody written with friends, a toast, a musician, and a song written for you. With sample lyrics to borrow or adapt, and the right moment to play it.
What you are really celebrating at ten years
At 25 years, you celebrate a family; at 50, a lifetime. At ten, you celebrate a couple who just made it through the busiest stretch: the moves, the short nights, the careers pulling in two directions, the holidays at the in-laws. The early romance has turned into something sturdier and far less photogenic. That is exactly what a song can say, and what a card reading “Happy anniversary, babe” cannot.
It is also an intimate anniversary. The audience is small: your spouse, sometimes a table of friends, sometimes the kids. So you can be more personal, funnier and more direct than at a big party. The inside jokes that would be too much in front of sixty guests are the whole point here.
At ten years, you no longer sing about love at first sight. You sing about what held up afterwards.
Which 10th anniversary song: the options, from simplest to most personal
A playlist of songs about love that lasts
Free, quick and very effective over dinner. A few tracks about settled love rather than a crush: “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran, “Then” by Brad Paisley, “You're Still the One” by Shania Twain and “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts. Add the song from your first dance: it usually hits hardest, because it is already yours. The limit: none of them says your name.
A parody or rewritten song, written with friends
This is the best man's favorite: take a tune everyone knows and rewrite the lyrics with your stories. For a 10th anniversary with friends, it works well at the table, especially when the wedding crowd was there for the first chapters. Allow an evening or two of writing and one brave singer.
The limits: you have to keep the rhymes and the syllable count of the original melody, or it falls apart by the second line. And it is sung live, rarely in tune. It gets a laugh on the night, and it does not keep as well.
A toast or a letter read at dessert
Three minutes, one memory per big chapter, one line to finish. Nothing costs less, and plenty of couples keep the page in a drawer. For other ideas around the date, our guide to wedding anniversary gift ideas goes through the options, from engraved tin to a weekend away.
A song written by a musician
A songwriter writes and records an original track. The result can be beautiful, but expect €150 to €600 and several weeks: book early, not the week of the anniversary.
A custom song with both your names
You tell your ten years in a few lines, freely or guided by a few questions, you pick a style, and the song is composed in minutes. When ordering, you can enter two names, “Julie and Thomas”, so they are sung together. Before paying, you read the lyrics and edit them freely. You get 2 full tracks with two different pieces of music, and you keep both. Our page A custom song for a wedding anniversary explains how it works.
A 10th anniversary song for your husband or wife: what to put in the lyrics
At ten years, the song is almost always a gift from one spouse to the other. So the material is in your own memory, and nobody knows it better. What works:
- How you met, in one detail: not “we met at a party”, but the red sweater, the missed bus, the clumsy line on the first night.
- The busy years: the tiny apartment above the laundromat, the boxes from three moves, the 4 a.m. bottles, the bathroom remodel that took a year.
- The habit that makes you laugh: the coffee he leaves on the car roof, the lists she writes for everything, vacations included.
- What you never said: the day he dropped everything to meet you at the hospital, the hard year she carried without a word.
- The promise for the next ten: the trip postponed since the honeymoon, the house by the lake, or just more years of fighting over the remote.
For a 10th anniversary song for your husband, emotion works better through facts than declarations: tell the story of the night he fixed everything, he will get the rest. For your wife, skip the greeting-card lines and talk about what she chose and carried. Our page on a custom song for your husband or wife has more ideas, beyond anniversaries.
Sample lyrics for a 10th anniversary
Here is a verse and a chorus written for Emma and Ryan, married one June in Asheville. Borrow them for a parody on a tune you know, or adapt them with your own memories.
Verse: A borrowed car, a flat tire in the rain, / you laughed so hard we missed the turn again, / three moves, two keys, a crib against the wall, / ten years in, you still catch me when I fall.
Chorus: Ten years, Emma and Ryan, / still saying yes on an ordinary night, / tin can rattle, we keep trying, / hold my hand for ten more, hold on tight.
What works: precise images (the car, the flat tire), both names in the chorus, and a single nod to tin. The number comes back once per chorus, not on every line.
How to play it on the day
- Just the two of you: at dinner, phone on the table, at dessert. Press play without a word, and watch.
- With the wedding crowd: ask the best man or maid of honor to play it after a short toast. The table knows half the stories, they will laugh in the right places.
- With the kids: have them learn the chorus in secret. A six-year-old singing both your names is the picture you will keep.
- As a slideshow: with The Platinum, up to 10 photos scroll past as polaroids over the song, one per year if you like, then the MP4 video arrives by email, ready to send to the wedding friends.
Judge the result on our Platinum demo with a photo slideshow, sound on.
Prices and lead times, no fuss
To place the song among the usual 10th anniversary gifts, here are the orders of magnitude.
| Gift | Indicative price | Lead time |
|---|---|---|
| Engraved tin keepsake | €30 to €150 | One to three weeks |
| Weekend away for two | €200 to €600 | Book early |
| Song written by a musician | €150 to €600 | Two to six weeks |
| Parody written with friends | Free | An evening or two |
| Tubissime custom song | €5, €8 or €13 | A few minutes |
The three packages: The Single at €5 (about 2 min 30, MP3), The Gold Record at €8 (about 3 min 30, full-screen karaoke, illustrated cover) and The Platinum at €13 (about 5 minutes, two different styles, a slideshow of your photos, MP4 video). Every package delivers 2 full tracks set to your lyrics. Market prices are broken down in how much a custom song costs. And if your parents are nearing their silver anniversary, our guide to a 25th anniversary song covers what to sing fifteen years later.
Mistakes that ruin a 10th anniversary song
- Making an inventory: ten years in ten verses is a resume, not a song. Three memories are enough.
- Only talking about the kids: they matter, but the song is for the two of you. One verse for them, not three.
- Jokes about routine and the mother-in-law: funny with friends, much less when your spouse replays the song alone.
- Forgetting to check names and dates: read the lyrics before paying, that is what it is for.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good song for a 10th wedding anniversary?
For a playlist, love songs about lasting: “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran, “You're Still the One” by Shania Twain, and the song from your first dance. For a song that sings your names and your memories, a custom song is written from your story in minutes.
What is the 10th wedding anniversary called?
In the US and the UK, the 10th is the tin anniversary, with aluminum as a modern alternative. Tin bends without breaking, which makes a nice image for a chorus, used once. An engraved tin keepsake is the traditional gift, and a song pairs well with it.
What is a good 10th anniversary song for my husband?
Pick something that tells his story rather than a generic love song: the night you met, the job he took for the family, the habit you tease him about. If you prefer a known track, “Then” by Brad Paisley or “Bless the Broken Road” by Rascal Flatts are popular choices. A custom song can put your two names in the chorus.
Can we put both our names in the song?
Yes. When ordering, you can enter two names, for example “Julie and Thomas”, and they are sung together. You read the lyrics before paying to check they sound right, and you edit them if needed.
Key takeaways
For a 10th anniversary, the best song is about your own ten years: a detail from the day you met, the busy years, a habit, a promise. A playlist or a parody with friends does the job for one evening; a song with both your names is one you keep. Play it at dessert, just the two of you or with the wedding crowd. When your memories are ready, create your song.