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I had so much fun putting together the playlists for our wedding. It meant that we got to listen to a lot of really meaningful songs that we really love throughout our cocktail hour, dinner, and dancing. Here’s a few examples.

“Little Jeannie” by Elton John:

“Little Jeannie” is my little sister’s “song,” so it was important to me to include it.

Must Be Santa by Raffi:

I’ve written about my love of Raffi before, and yes this song definitely made a welcome appearance during dinner! Some of us definitely sang along. Other guests probably thought we were really weird!

“In the Mood” by Glenn Miller:

This was one of my paternal grandfather’s favourite songs. Since he passed away a few years ago, I thought this would be a great nod to him.

I particularly loved putting together the playlist for the dancing since it meant that there were almost no songs that I didn’t love to dance to on the list (except for some of Mr. Knitting’s choices that I couldn’t veto out of fairness!).

“I Love the Nightlife” by Alicia Bridges:

This wouldn’t actually make the cut as one of my favourite dancing songs, except that this song is my mom’s favourite. She’s a bit of a character (this is a pretty good example if you need a reminder!) and actually runs around the house singing this sometimes. She’s also a great person to have at a wedding because she loves dancing. It was a no-brainer to me that this song needed to be on the playlist.

However, there was definitely one song that I can list as my absolute favourite for dancing.

“Home for a Rest” by Spirit of the West:

I’m not sure if this is just a Canadian thing or not, but this is the best song ever for dancing. I’ve never met anyone who can resist this song and I’m actually always really sad if this isn’t played at a wedding. It’s a song that works best later in the night after everyone has had few, and it always gets everyone on the dance floor. Seriously, it’s the best.

What’s your all-time favourite song to dance to at a wedding? Is anyone else a “Home for a Rest” fan?