DJ... Play This....NOT That

mscearce · October 2013

So now that I have finally booked my DJ (yay) I am starting my list of music...

I must pick the following :

processional

recessional

ceremony

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bridal party intro

first dance

b&g first dance

b&d (times 2)

g&m

cake

bouquet toss

garter toss

last dance

along with a list of MUST plays and DO NOT PLAYS

so far for my do NOT play list I have cha cha slide, wobble, cupid shuffle...

What are some of y'alls song choices for those... also I would love to know favs/hates

Inkdancer · October 2013

You Make Me Wanna (Shout) was such a huge hit at my friend's wedding that FI and I are definitely having it played. Even the oldest guests put their hands up for that one!

SlothGoals · October 2013

YMCA by the Village People is on my do not play list. I work for the Y and cannot stand that song any more.

SP29 · October 2013

Hopefully your DJ will have an understanding of wedding music, and only play radio-edit music and nothing with profanity, BUT at one of my friend's wedding, the first song the DJ played was the unedited version of "Thrift Shop".

kitty8403 · October 2013

I attended a wedding about a year ago where the DJ blasted Sir Mix A Lot's "I Like Big Butts." Uh, so inappropriate! Definitely going on my do not play list.

jessicabessica · October 2013

DH and I love dancing to the ukulele version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow at weddings.

hardlyhannah · October 2013

I had a strange list of must plays - but I danced my butt off to al of them!

Must play:

Beauty and the Beat - Justin Beiber

Yeah - Usher

Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus

Crazy in Love - Beyonce

Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy

Any classic Justin Timberlake

Ludacris/Biggie (that was FIs)

In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins (this ended up being our intro song - also FIs choice lol)

My do not play list:

Rhianna, U2, polka/chicken dance, Love Shack - B-52s

banana468 · October 2013

We had the Chicken Dance, Electric Slide, YMCA, Macarena and Hokey Pokey on the do not play list. Basically, we were anti line dances since we knew a good DJ would get people on the floor without resorting to group dances.

The must play list included

#41 - DMB

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

anything by the Irish Tenors for cocktail hour

We also got to pick the last song of the night and chose Paul Simon's Late In The Evening.

short+sassy · October 2013

So, not for a wedding (thank goodness), but the DJ for my work's Christmas party a few years ago was ATROCIOUS. Really, though, he was so bad it just made people laugh and smile. He was the butt of many a joke around the office for months.

First, he put an Anne Murray CD in during dinner and just let it play. That's right. No mixing up the music, just Anne Murray all through dinner. Incredibly lazy, IMO. Then, after dinner when it was time for some dancing, he kept playing all these old slow songs/elevator music. We immediately asked him to play more upbeat, recent music and even told him some specific songs we wanted. The very next song? "Carribean Queen" by Billy Ocean. I kid you not, lol.

tammym1001 · October 2013

I agree no line dances! I guess a lot of DJ's must think it will get people on the dance floor, but the people who don't know those dances aren't going to get on the floor. I went to a wedding a few weeks ago and they played 5 or 6 line dances in a row so I just stood there the whole time with nothing to do. I would much rather dance the way I want (however bad it may be) than try to follow along what everyone else is doing.

climbingsingle · October 2013

hardlyhannah said:

I had a strange list of must plays - but I danced my butt off to al of them!

Must play:
Beauty and the Beat - Justin Beiber
Yeah - Usher
Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
Any classic Justin Timberlake
Ludacris/Biggie (that was FIs)
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins (this ended up being our intro song - also FIs choice lol)

My do not play list:
Rhianna, U2, polka/chicken dance, Love Shack - B-52s

LOL. That just made feel old. What is considered classic Justin Timberlake? When he was on the Disney channel?

I won't be having any line/organized danced: electric slide, macarena, etc.

grumbledore · October 2013

ClimbingBrideNY said:

hardlyhannah said:

I had a strange list of must plays - but I danced my butt off to al of them!

Must play:
Beauty and the Beat - Justin Beiber
Yeah - Usher
Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
Any classic Justin Timberlake
Ludacris/Biggie (that was FIs)
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins (this ended up being our intro song - also FIs choice lol)

My do not play list:
Rhianna, U2, polka/chicken dance, Love Shack - B-52s

LOL. That just made feel old. What is considered classic Justin Timberlake? When he was on the Disney channel?

I won't be having any line/organized danced: electric slide, macarena, etc.

I was just thinking the exact same thing.

KatWAG · October 2013

Dont Stop Believin' by Journey, along with the standard electric slide, chicken dance etc, were on our do not play. H thinks Journey is overplayed and beatin to beat.

Must play was Werewolves of London for H, my dad and , FIL. They all love the song. I made the band learn it.

[Deleted User] · October 2013

The only do not play we had was anything sad or vulgar. We went cheesy & did all the line dances, all the popular stuff. I had requested the Chicken Dance (I thought it would be fun for the little kids) but DJ forgot to play it and by time I realized it, kids were gone. I personally love line dances and so do lots of my friends. Our music ranged from One Direction to Def Lepard. So I guess it really depends on your personal taste. As long as you and your guests are having fun, that's all that matters.

hardlyhannah · October 2013

ClimbingBrideNY said:

hardlyhannah said:

I had a strange list of must plays - but I danced my butt off to al of them!

Must play:
Beauty and the Beat - Justin Beiber
Yeah - Usher
Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy
Any classic Justin Timberlake
Ludacris/Biggie (that was FIs)
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins (this ended up being our intro song - also FIs choice lol)

My do not play list:
Rhianna, U2, polka/chicken dance, Love Shack - B-52s

LOL. That just made feel old. What is considered classic Justin Timberlake? When he was on the Disney channel?

I won't be having any line/organized danced: electric slide, macarena, etc.

Don't feel old!

By 'classic' I meant not his new cd, because i'm not crazy about it. More like Sexy Back kind of stuff. :-)

MuppetOverlord · October 2013

I'd never heard of the Cupid Shuffle or the other song...the one where it's like 5 jumps...now cha cha.. or whatever and the guy taught the dances to us at the wedding, they were really fun to do, even though I'm delayed on them all.

YMCA ended up being the grooms dance with his party.

We actually requested the chicken dance as a compromise to the dollar dance but he didnt play it. Didnt see the harm in it.

My Must Plays:
Dance Magic Dance (David Bowie)
Do you Love Me? (Guster)
Thriller (Michael Jackson - BEST REQUEST EVER, I have awesome photos)
Jackson (Johnny Cash...hmm he forgot to play that one too)
Paradise by the Dashboard light ( meatloaf. I request this at all weddings).
Shout (Isley Bros, also something I request at all weddings)

colleengilhooly · October 2013

We had a song list a mile long that we made at the request of our DJ. I think he only played three or four songs from it all night and the night still turned out perfect! I wouldn't worry about it too much.

golden1215 · October 2013

line dance songs- cha cha slide, cupid shuffle etc- are da bomb, not sure what you ladies are thinking!

arrippa · October 2013

Love Shack is on our play list because it's my mom's favorite song. Whenever we go to a wedding together and it comes on, we have to dance to it! I am looking forward to dancing with her to it.

lyndausvi · October 2013

I hate Macerana, so that was out.

All the other special dance type were by request only. Fact is they are popular with my family/friends, they do fill the dance floor in our social circle. I didn't see a reason to ban them altogether. If people requested them fine, if they weren't requested the DJ wouldn't play them.

The songs last 4 mins tops, if I didn't want participate there were people to see or the bathroom to use. NBD

Bonzo2011 · October 2013

Our do not play list included Justin Bieber and line dances. We had a bunch of 7-12 girls there, so specifically banning Justin Bieber was necessary. What we didn't count on was a special request from two nieces...the DJ even prefaced it by saying "I'm not sure how you dance to this, it's not even a song I would normally play at a wedding, but when you get a request from two cute kids..." It was Somebody That I Used to Know. Odd as it was, it turned into a fun interpretive dance with all the kiddos...and DH and I are probably the only couple who fondly think of their wedding when that song comes on!

As for the other songs you're trying to find, we did:

Processional - All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera, instrumental version)

Recessional - Life's a Happy Song (The Muppets, instrumental version)

First dance - Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)

Father daughter - Unforgettable (duet version of Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole)

Mother son - I hope You Dance

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