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I found this list of the top 100 most requested songs at weddings on the liweddings messageboards and thought it be useful in planning your reception music.
1. Abba - Dancing Queen
2. Outkast - Hey Ya!
3. Ac/Dc - You Shook Me All Night Long
4. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
5. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
6. B-52’s - Love Shack
7. Kool & The Gang - Celebration
8. Black Eyed Peas - Let’s Get It Started
9. Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
10. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
11. Commodores - Brick House
12. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
13. Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive
14. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
15. Usher Feat. Ludacris & Lil’ Jon - Yeah
16. Lonestar - Amazed
17. Etta James - At Last
18. Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
19. Nelly - Hot In Herre
20. Village People - Y.M.C.A.
21. Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
22. Temptations - My Girl
23. Beatles - Twist And Shout
24. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
25. 50 Cent - In Da Club
26. Garth Brooks - Friends In Low Places
27. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
28. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
29. Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
30. Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
31. Elvis Presley - Can’t Help Falling In Love
32. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
33. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock & Roll
34. KC & The Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight
35. Aerosmith - I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
36. Pink - Get The Party Started
37. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
38. DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
39. Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer
40. Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
41. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
42. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
43. Grandmaster Slice - Electric Slide (Shall We Dance) ‘92
44. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
45. Rascal Flatts - Bless The Broken Road
46. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
47. Ciara Feat. Missy Elliott - 1, 2 Step
48. Aretha Franklin - Respect
49. Kenny Loggins - Footloose
50. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe
51. Tim McGraw w/ Faith Hill - It’s Your Love
52. U2 - Beautiful Day
53. Romantics - What I Like About You
54. Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
55. Prince - Kiss
56. Chubby Checker - The Twist
57. Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
58. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
59. Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All
60. House Of Pain - Jump Around
61. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
62. Sorta Crackers Band - Chicken Dance
63. Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
64. John Travolta & Olivia Newton - John Grease Megamix
65. Natalie Cole w/ Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
66. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
67. Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin’ Boogie
68. UB40 - Red Red Wine
69. Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
70. Journey - Faithfully
71. Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama
72. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
73. Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
74. Barry White - Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
75. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
76. Harry Connick Jr. - It Had To Be You
77. Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade
78. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
79. Tone Loc - Wild Thing
80. Madonna - Holiday
81. 50 Cent - Candy Shop
82. Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
83. Will Smith - Switch
84. Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men
85. Outkast Feat. Sleepy Brown - The Way You Move
86. Eagles - Hotel California
87. Dean Martin - That’s Amore
88. K-Ci & Jojo - All My Life
89. Sade - By Your Side
90. Young M.C. - Bust A Move
91. Nelly, P.Diddy & Murphy Lee - Shake Ya Tailfeather
92. Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
93. Barry White - You’re The First, The Last, My Everything
94. KC & The Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
95. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
96. Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately
97. Earth, Wind & Fire - September
98. Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
99. Britney Spears - Toxic
100. James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
We didn’t provide our band/dj (we did both) with any specific song requests; we just gave them general guidelines for the styles of music we wanted played. We did however give them a do not play list (incidentally several of those songs are within this top 100 most requested list 
).
Are there any songs you absolutely do not want played at your wedding?
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Maybe it’s just me, but the way you wrote the intro, it sounds like this was a do not play list…after reading I was like “wow, they really didn’t want that played?!?!” so i clicked the link and saw it’s a list of the most requested songs! 
Macarena.. lol
Hip hop can be fun. But no hardcore rap gangstaaa songs w/foul lyrics of course. And no religion-referring songs that have the word “God” in them. Total respect to anyone who is, but I’m just not religious.
I have a big NO WAY to:
It’s Raining Men
The Chicken Dance
The Macarena
Conga Lines
I know this is controversial–Rock Lobster and Love Shack (B52s) make me insane. And no “Shout!” either.
Oh yeah - I am with you - over 50% of those songs posted are on my do not play list!
any song with a silly dance associated with it . . . you know which ones they are.
Any rap, heavy metal, or in general, any music that have lyrics that are very violent and degrading.
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Oh, no way to the
nutbush
bustop
macarena
ANYTHING ABBA
ANY SONG THAT IS OR HAS BEEN IN A TV COMMERCIAL !
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Age and Occupation: 29, Weddingbee Publisher
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Engagement Date: May 7, 2004
Wedding Date: March 5, 2005
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