Wedding Reception Music Ideas

[Easy Mac]

This could go in a million different ways, but that's what I'm hoping for.

My lone goal for the wedding (besides attending) is to pick out the wedding reception music. I'm not entirely sure why my girl is allowing me to do this, but so be it. So for the past 3 months I've racked my brains, and I really haven't come up with much so far. So I'm requesting suggestions for the music.

[Lathum]

a band?

[cartman]

I've got nuthin', but this guy might be able to help:

[Easy Mac]

No, she said no to that. DJ


Also, I'm trying to come up with songs that won't make her dad think of me sleeping with her that night.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Also, I'm trying to come up with songs that won't make her dad think of me sleeping with her that night.

That means Meatloaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" is off the table.

[mauchow]

Easy listening music is the way to go:

Eric Clapton
Bryan Adams
Frank Sinatra
Michael W Smith
Richard Marx
Billy Joel

You get the idea..

[mauchow]

We got lots of compliments on our choice of music during our reception. *shrug*

[path12]

Second marriage? Back in the Saddle might work...

[Lathum]

no to a band?

[Greyroofoo]

Pink Floyd is never bad

[Easy Mac]

correct, no band

[henry296]

Appeal to all generations. Therefore make sure to include songs your parents, aunts and uncles will like too.

[Vinatieri for Prez]

All 80's soundtrack music.

[Vinatieri for Prez]

Crap. I just realized that I hit 2,000 posts. Has it been that long? I need to get a life.

[HerRealName]

The only thing I did for my wedding other than show up was pick the song that my wife and I danced to.

I went with Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins. It was a big hit.

[rjolley]

I'm getting married in July. My fiance and I picked a DJ that plays music that we like, mostly R&B from the 70's - 90's and some select songs that we picked. We made sure it was music that we wanted, that people would dance to, and wouldn't offend anyone.

So, play what you like and play songs that will get people up and dancing.

Oh, and congrats!

[cartman]

My buddy and his then fiance had a whole song list scripted out for their reception. After the first 10 minutes or so, we told them, screw your list, we are playing what we want to listen to. My buddy was originally from Liverpool, UK, and a lot of his family was there. Once we started playing some Beatles, it was ONNNN!!!! One of his aunts later performed a keg stand while we played "I Saw Her Standing There". It was awesome.

[stevew]

"Smack Dat" by Akon would be a good start.

[Lathum]

We are getting a band but in out research it seems most DJ's will play whatever you want. Are you looking for specific songs?

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

So I'm requesting suggestions for the music.

AC/DC Highway To Hell

[stevew]

Also, man, I wouldn't really stress out on this. Any DJ worth a damn should be able to help you fix up a playlist really quickly. They usually have songlists, you can veto what you don't want, and then maybe add some more of your favorites.

[Celeval]

Find a DJ with a set list you like, figure out a half-dozen or so songs that you and she both love and would want to hear, figure out if there are any vetos (songs of ex-girlfriends, etc), and let them go. Best bets are 60s-70s-80s popular types - the songs everybody knows and will get out and dance to.

[Lathum]

whatever you do maake sure the DJ doesn't play the electric slide!!!

[Easy Mac]

my first run through my mp3s (6500 songs cut down to 139), with about 40 cds not on the computer yet, and leaving out some songs i don't feel like fighting for or just couldn't figure out a good way to get people to dance to

Name	Artist	Album	Year
Take on Me	a-ha	Hunting High and Low	1985
House of the Rising Sun	The Animals	Retrospective	2004
Heat of the Moment	Asia	Asia	1982
Stars & Boulevards	Augustana	All the Stars and Boulevards	2005
Back Here	BBMak	Sooner or Later	2000
The Great Salt Lake	Band of Horses	Everything All the Time	2006
Brass Monkey	Beastie Boys	Licensed to Ill	1986
Love Me Do	The Beatles	1	2000
I Want to Hold Your Hand	The Beatles	1	2000
Eight Days a Week	The Beatles	1	2000
Something	The Beatles	1	2000
Come Together	The Beatles	1	2000
I Want You (She's So Heavy)	The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969
Twist and Shout	The Beatles	Please Please Me	1963
Drive My Car	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	1965
This Modern Love	Bloc Party	Silent Alarm	2005
Hero	Bloc Party	Two More Years (CD2)	2005
Summer of '69	Bryan Adams	Reckless	1984
The Distance	CAKE	Fashion Nugget	1996
The Devil Went Down to Georgia	Charlie Daniels	A Decade of Hits	1983
You're the Inspiration	Chicago	Chicago 17	1984
Will You Still Love Me?	Chicago	Chicago 18	1986
Baby, What A Big Surprise	Chicago	Chicago XI	1977
25 or 6 to 4	Chicago	Chicago II	1970
Rock the Casbah	The Clash	Combat Rock	1982
Clocks	Coldplay	A Rush of Blood to the Head	2002
Trouble	Coldplay	Parachutes	2000
Jenny Says	Cowboy Mouth	Word of Mouth	1996
Hey Mister	Custom	Fast	2002
Crash Into Me	Dave Matthews Band	Crash	1996
Ziggy Stardust	David Bowie	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars	2002
Breakfast at Tiffany's	Deep Blue Something	11th Song	1993
Layla	Derek and The Dominos	Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs	1970
Let Me Clear My Throat (Klassic Kool Original Version)	DJ Kool	Let Me Clear My Throat	1996
Party Up (Up in Here)	DMX	...And Then There Was X	1999
I Love You 'cause I Have To	Dogs Die in Hot Cars	Please Describe Yourself	2004
Life in the Fast Lane	Eagles	Hotel California	1976
Something About the Way You Look Tonight	Elton John	Big Picture	1997
Tiny Dancer	Elton John	Madman Across the Water	1971
Bennie and the Jets	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	1973
Wonderful Tonight	Eric Clapton	Slowhand	1995
Inside Out	Eve 6	Eve 6	1998
All I Have to Do Is Dream	The Everly Brothers	The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers	1960
Your Hand in Mine	Explosions in the Sky	The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place	2003
Dance, Dance	Fall Out Boy	From Under the Cork Tree	2005
Grand Theft Autumn (Where Is Your Boy)	Fall Out Boy	My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue	2004
Waiting for a Girl Like You	Foreigner	Records	1982
Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand	2004
Over My Head (Cable Car)	The Fray	How to Save a Life	2005
How to Save a Life	The Fray	How to Save a Life	2005
Friends in Low Places	Garth Brooks	No Fences	1990
I Can't Dance	Genesis	Platinum Collection (disc 1)	2000
Invisible Touch	Genesis	Platinum Collection (disc 1)	2000
Throwing It All Away	Genesis	Platinum Collection (disc 1)	2000
In Too Deep	Genesis	Platinum Collection (disc 1)	2000
Junior Kickstart	The Go! Team	Thunder, Lightning, Strike	2005
Gin and Juice	The Gourds	Gogitchyershinebox	1998
Paradise City	Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction	1987
Hold My Hand	Hootie & the Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	1994
Only Wanna Be With You	Hootie & the Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	1994
Evil	Interpol	Antics	2004
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	Iron Butterfly	In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida	1968
Tipsy (Radio Mix)	J-Kwon	Tipsy - Single	2004
You're Beautiful	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	2005
Slow Jamz	Jamie Foxx, Kanye West & Twista	Kamikaze	2004
Maybe I'm Amazed	Jem	Music From the O.C. Mix, Vol. 2	2004
All Along the Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix	Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix	1997
Foxy Lady	Jimi Hendrix	Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix	1997
What You Want	John Butler Trio	iTunes New Music Sampler (Atlantic/Lava Edition)	2004
Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)	John Michael Montgomery	John Michael Montgomery	1995
My Love	Justin Timberlake	FutureSex/LoveSounds	2006
All My Life	K-Ci & JoJo	Love Always	1997
Gold Digger (feat. Jamie Foxx)	Kanye West	Late Registration	2005
Since U Been Gone	Kelly Clarkson	Breakaway	2004
Mr. Brightside	The Killers	Hot Fuss	2004
Smile Like You Mean It	The Killers	Hot Fuss	2004
Razz	Kings of Leon	Aha Shake Heartbreak	2004
Louie, Louie	The Kingsmen	The Kingsmen in Person	1963
You Really Got Me	The Kinks	You Really Got Me	1965
Naive	The Kooks	Inside In / Inside Out	2006
Disco Infiltrator	LCD Soundsystem	LCD Soundsystem	2005
D'yer Mak'er	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	1973
Black Dog	Led Zeppelin	How the West Was Won
Dazed and Confused	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	1969
Since I've Been Loving You	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	1970
Amazed	Lonestar	Lonely Grill	1999
What's Your Fantasy	Ludacris	Back for the First Time	2000
Freebird	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)	1973
Tuesday's Gone	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)	1973
Simple Man	Lynyrd Skynyrd	(pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)	1973
Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Second Helping	1974
Blinded by the Light (single edit)	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	The Roaring Silence
Teardrop	Massive Attack	Collected	2006
King Without a Crown	Matisyahu	Live at Stubb's	2005
Apply Some Pressure (original demo version)	Maxïmo Park	Missing Songs	2006
U Can't Touch This	MC Hammer	Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em	1990
Ocean Breathes Salty	Modest Mouse	Good News for People Who Love Bad News	2004
Lay Low	My Morning Jacket	Z	2005
Shake Ya Ass	Mystikal	Let's Get Ready	2000
Knot Comes Loose	My Morning Jacket	Z	2005
If You Leave	Nada Surf	Music From the O.C. Mix, Vol. 2	2004
You Are Here	Needtobreathe	Daylight	2006
London Bridge	Fergie	London Bridge - Single	2006
Wonderwall	Oasis	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	Otis Redding	The Dock of the Bay	1968
Rosa Parks	OutKast	Aquemini	1998
Hey Ya!	OutKast	Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (disc 2)	2003
B.O.B.	OutKast	Stankonia	2000
Stars Are Blind (album version)	Paris Hilton	Stars Are Blind	2006
Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	The Wall	1979
Peaches	The Presidents of the United States of America	The Presidents of the United States of America	1995
Another One Bites the Dust	Queen	The Platinum Collection (disc 1: Greatest Hits I)	2002
Under Pressure	Queen	Hot Space	1982
The Seed (2.0)	The Roots	Phrenology	2002
Tom Sawyer	Rush	Retrospective II: 1981-1987	1997
New York, New York	Ryan Adams	Gold	2001
Closing Time	Semisonic	Feeling Strangely Fine	1998
New Slang	The Shins	Oh, Inverted World	2003
America	Simon & Garfunkel	Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits	1985
Jump On It	Sir Mix-a-Lot	Return of the Bumpasaurus	1996
Gimme Some Lovin'	The Spencer Davis Group	The Best of Spencer Davis Group
Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits	2006
The Joker	Steve Miller Band	Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits	2006
When It Started	The Strokes	Is This It	2001
Mr. Roboto	Styx	Kilroy Was Here	1983
Rapper's Delight	The Sugarhill Gang	The Best of the Sugarhill Gang	1996
Once in a Lifetime	Talking Heads	Remain in Light	1980
Head Over Heels / Broken (live)	Tears for Fears	Songs From the Big Chair	1985
Wild Thing	The Troggs	Wild Thing	2002
Province	TV on the Radio	Return to Cookie Mountain	2006
Bitter Sweet Symphony	The Verve	Urban Hymns	1997
C'mon C'mon	The Von Bondies	Pawn Shoppe Heart	2004
Only in Dreams	Weezer	Weezer	1994
Say It Ain't So	Weezer	Weezer	1994
Baba O'Riley	The Who	Who's Next	1971
Behind Blue Eyes	The Who	Who's Next	1971
Making Plans for Nigel	XTC	Drums and Wires	1979
Time of the Season	The Zombies	Odessey & Oracle
Pressure Point	The Zutons	Who Killed...... The Zutons	2004

[Coffee Warlord]

Just remember, give explicit instructions to ban the Chicken Dance.

[Raiders Army]

G N' R Lies, Track 6

[cartman]

Anyone who plays Ziggy Stardust at their reception, I give the marriage 6 months, tops.

[Easy Mac]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Just remember, give explicit instructions to ban the Chicken Dance.

She stated she would get an annulment on the spot.

[lordscarlet]

I. Hate. DJs.

Therefore, we are going to do an "ipod" DJ. Really it'll be a laptop, but we're just going to get as many songs as we can, setup a playlist, and have someone (a friend) avaialble to modify if necessary.

[lordscarlet]

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord

Just remember, give explicit instructions to ban the Chicken Dance.

Amen!

[Coffee Warlord]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

She stated she would get an annulment on the spot.

She's a keeper then.

[Lathum]

I can't imagine not having a band. This is our bands website

http://www.bandofgoldmusic.com/

[Johnny93g]

How about Motley Crew!!!!

[JonInMiddleGA]

EM, here's a couple of links that might be of some use to you.

Top Wedding Songs from Discjockeys.com (these are by category, like recessional, father/daughter dance, cutting the cake, etc.)
http://www.discjockeys.com/top_wedding.php

Top 200 Most Requested Song from Discjockeys.com (these aren't wedding specific, but they might give you some ideas about what will get people to dance, which seems to be your main objective)
http://www.discjockeys.com/top_200.php

And, although it isn't a song list, this link seems to have some good general advice. I figured it might be useful to you since it includes this snippet Frequently... very frequently, in fact... we're told not to play The Electric Slide, The Macarena, or the Chicken Dance. That exclusion is quite understandable, since those songs are so overplayed that they audibly illustrate the word "trite."
http://www.marylandweddings.com/html/article_4.htm

[rjolley]

Originally Posted by Lathum

whatever you do maake sure the DJ doesn't play the electric slide!!!

Can we make this a law or something?

Man, I hate the song and the dance. I've already been told I'll be dragged onto the floor to do it. I plan on kicking and screaming all the way.

[Ben E Lou]

Easy:

My wife was in a wedding three months ago, and I was asked to put together a danceable playlist for the reception. It was designed, as someone mentioned, to get people from age 25-55 out on the dance floor, to make sure people could shag (Easy knows I mean the dance, you pervs), to include a good variety of music, and to be as "clean" as possible for the father of the bride's sake. It worked quite well, if I do say so myself. Give me a holler if you want to steal from it.

[Ben E Lou]

Oh, and I agree with the sentiment that in this day and age, if you have someone who can just set up your sound system and is willing to be available to pause your playlist (there's ALWAYS at least one guy who wants to get out of dancing), an mp3 player or laptop works just as well as a DJ, and is a lot cheaper.

[Coder]

As long as you put "it's just like a mini-mall" in there, it's all good!

[stevew]

Gotta have Brass Monkey.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by Coder

As long as you put "it's just like a mini-mall" in there, it's all good!

You just stole like 32 FOFC'ers thunder.

[Coder]

Originally Posted by Dutch

You just stole like 32 FOFC'ers thunder.

Admit it, you wish you'd have thought about it first!!

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by Coder

Admit it, you wish you'd have thought about it first!!

I admit it, yeah, I'm a little bitter about it too.

[duckman]

Nothing sets up an atmosphere of love and dedication like some good old fashion German death metal.

[lynchjm24]

At the very least you'll need more Asia.

[CU Tiger]

Another on bites the dust
Baby got Back
Used to Love her
Crazy Bitch
She loves my cawk

Are these too obvious?

[st.cronin]

"And You Wonder Why They Call You Bitch" by 2Pac

[Raiders Army]

Originally Posted by SkyDog

to make sure people could shag (Easy knows I mean the dance, you pervs)

I prefer "cut a rug"

[cartman]

Zappa's "Broken Hearts are for A**holes" usually is a hit at weddings as well.

[stevew]

Wait(the Whisper Song)
This song.

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Also, I'm trying to come up with songs that won't make her dad think of me sleeping with her that night.

So, The Proclaimers' She Arouses Me So is right out, then?