Weddingbee Blog

sorry to say, but the songs that got most people excited are anything from the 70s… so it does include YMCA and anything disco like. would you have guests who like to ballroom dance? anything cha-cha is usually easy. it’s good to provide a good mix of the latin dances (for the salsa-lovers) and regular waltzes for the older folk. but if you don’t have anyone who will dance to these, just make sure your dj can feel out what music works and doesn’t work and is not afraid to change the music in the middle of the song if it’s killing the party. good luck!

We had a Motown/R&B band for our wedding who were fabulous. We also made a mix CD to be played during breaks and one of the moments I will never forget from that night is when “Jump” by the Pointer Sisters came on, everyone ran onto the dance floor. Young, old, guy, gal, everyone was dancing around. It was great.

Build me up buttercup, Brown-eyed girl, Dancing Queen,
Baby got back (don’t ask), RESPECT, I Will Survive, Stop in the Name of Love, and Swing and Salsa music (I taught my friends the steps)
I will say, though, that the biggest thing that got people on the floor was having the bride and groom dancing– and if there was anyone we wanted to come up, we just asked them to dance.

Oh, and are you including Les Nubiennes in the French music?

these have been all-ages crowd pleasers at wedding’s I’ve been to: shout, sweet caroline, brown eyed girl, my girl. In general, 60s and 70s pop hits seem to be the biggest hits.

Oops, supposed to be Motown!

Sarah, that was our song! Totally loved it….

Agree w/ above postings re 1970s, Motown. Check out the soundtracks from movies that are set in that era. Also KC and the Sunshine Band!

I am trying to get a mental image of my parents’ friends dancing to these songs, and its just not working, at least in my mind… hahahahaha.

I don’t know if its important to note that the reception will be 50% Asian adults. While this may sound sterotypical, at most of the weddings I’ve attended, they just don’t dance! Aghh!!

But keep the songs comin’!!! Thanks =)

I had a similar “do not play under pain of death” list, but then the kids, all big eyed and pleading, came up to me and begged me to relent and let the DJ play the Chicken Dance. I was in such a good mood I said OK. We had a bunch of kids at the wedding, and since it was an afternoon wedding, there wasn’t a lot of dancing anyway. I let them go and have their fun and those turned out ot beos. I would have preferred anything by the Village People, but it was hard to say no to those big eyes. Besides, I wanted to know the kids had fun! Even to the chicken dance.

I’m with Pencils - while I understand a do not play list, I think a lot of those songs, while cheesy, are just the sort of thing to get some people on the dance floor - sometimes, the cheesier, the better for some crowds!

Swing dances are great for all ages, as are many classic Sinatra songs. We had a band instructed to play this genre exclusively and the dance floor was packed all night.