Dear reader, I have to be honest with you, planning the various elements of your wedding day isn’t always going be fun. In fact, choosing the precise shade for the ushers’ ties to compliment the floral displays can verge on the downright tedious! The good news is that there are so many aspects of planning a wedding that you should revel in. Afterall, when else to you get to sit down with a caterer for a ‘taster session’ to sample the sumptuous food you and your guests will be eating on the day?! Similarly, you should have fun choosing your wedding reception dance music . Yet so many couples find this a daunting prospect. This is about planning your wedding reception music, so put your stamp on the celebrations and make it your own. Choose some fun wedding reception songs!
Here are some tips to help you plan the best wedding reception ever!…….
1. Think of those timeless, floor filling classic songs you’ve doubtless danced to at other parties. Which ones forced you onto the dancefloor? Ensure you include a health smattering of these in the playlist you give your DJ.
2. Don’t hog the music! – When I look back at the playlists at some of the best wedding receptions I’ve been a part of , they’ve featured a good mix of some of the bride and groom’s favourite tunes. However, they’ve also featured a healthy dose of songs requested by their friends and family and some of my own choices as well to gel the whole evening together.
3. Choose your tracks carefully – You and your guests should think of songs that you can dance to rather than songs you like to listen to.
4. Take a little look at the Top 100 list below for some inspiration…..
The UK’s Top 100 Wedding Reception Dance Songs in 2013
1 | Black Eyed Peas | I Gotta Feelin’ |
2 | Kings Of Leon | Sex On Fire |
3 | Killers | Mr. Brightside |
4 | Bon Jovi | Livin’ On A Prayer |
5 | Maroon 5 | Moves Like Jagger |
6 | Journey | Don’t Stop Believin’ |
7 | Bryan Adams | Summer Of ’69 |
8 | Beyonce | Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) |
9 | ABBA | Dancing Queen |
10 | Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance With Somebody |
11 | Psy | Gangam Style |
12 | LMFAO | Party Rock Anthem |
13 | LMFAO | Sexy And I Know It |
14 | Daft Punk | Get Lucky |
15 | Queen | Don’t Stop Me Now |
16 | Robin Thicke | Blurred Lines |
17 | Rihanna | We Found Love |
18 | B-52’s | Love Shack |
19 | Beyonce | Crazy In Love |
20 | Michael Jackson | Billie Jean |
21 | Foundations | Build Me Up Buttercup |
22 | Katy Perry | Firework |
23 | Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl |
24 | Dexys Midnight Runners | Come On Eileen |
25 | OutKast | Hey Ya! |
26 | Guns N’ Roses | Sweet Child O’ Mine |
27 | Bruno Mars | Marry You |
28 | Beatles | Twist And Shout |
29 | Kenny Loggins | Footloose |
30 | DJ Casper | Cha Cha Slide |
31 | Rihanna | Only Girl (In The World) |
32 | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | Grease Megamix |
33 | Cyndi Lauper | Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
34 | Village People | Y.M.C.A. |
35 | House Of Pain | Jump Around |
36 | Sister Sledge | We Are Family |
37 | Billy Joel | Just The Way You Are |
38 | One Direction | What Makes You Beautiful |
39 | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life |
40 | M.C. Hammer | U Can’t Touch This |
41 | Los Del Mar | Macarena |
42 | Pitbull | Give Me Everything |
43 | Oasis | Wonderwall |
44 | Proclaimers | I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) |
45 | Take That | Relight My Fire |
46 | Kool & The Gang | Celebration |
47 | Justin Timberlake | Sexyback |
48 | Neil Diamond | Sweet Caroline |
49 | Take That | Never Forget |
50 | Vanilla Ice | Ice Ice Baby |
51 | Rednex | Cotton Eye Joe |
52 | Michael Jackson | Thriller |
53 | Salt ‘N Pepa | Push It |
54 | Lionel Richie | All Night Long |
55 | Lady GaGa | Just Dance |
56 | Olly Murs | Dance With Me Tonight |
57 | Bee Gees | Stayin’ Alive |
58 | A-Ha | Take On Me |
59 | Amy Winehouse | Valerie |
60 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition |
61 | David Guetta | Titanium |
62 | Swedish House Mafia | Don’t You Worry Child |
63 | Taio Cruz | Dynamite |
64 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Sweet Home Alabama |
65 | Pink | Raise Your Glass |
66 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody |
67 | Michael Jackson | Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough |
68 | Lady GaGa | Poker Face |
69 | Bruno Mars | Locked Out Of Heaven |
70 | Carly Rae Jepsen | Call Me Maybe |
71 | Rudimental | Feel The Love |
72 | Queen | Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
73 | Cee Lo Green | Forget You |
74 | Weather Girls | It’s Raining Men |
75 | Jennifer Lopez | On The Floor |
76 | Aretha Franklin | Respect |
77 | Rihanna | Don’t Stop The Music |
78 | Usher | Yeah! |
79 | Aerosmith | I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing |
80 | Supremes | You Can’t Hurry Love |
81 | Wild Cherry | Play That Funky Music |
82 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me |
83 | Flo Rida | Low |
84 | Snap | Rhythm Is A Dancer |
85 | Arctic Monkeys | I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor |
86 | Yolanda Be Cool | We No Speak Americano |
87 | Eric Clapton | Wonderful Tonight |
88 | Rudimental | Waiting All Night |
89 | Wham! | Wake Me Up Before You Go-go |
90 | Jessie J | Price Tag |
91 | Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive |
92 | Temptations | My Girl |
93 | Earth Wind & Fire | September |
94 | Avicii | Wake Me Up! |
95 | Madonna | Like A Prayer |
96 | Robyn S | Show Me Love |
97 | Kanye West | Gold Digger |
98 | Nicki Minaj | Starships |
99 | Deee-Lite | Groove Is In The Heart |
100 | Frank Sinatra | New York New York |