We are iPod-DJing our wedding reception. Most of our guests are in their mid-late 30s and like mostly "alternative" music (metal, punk, indie rock) but also '80s-'00s popular stuff. So we're concentrating on that, and skipping the sappy ballads and standard wedding songs you've heard 1000 times. Take a look if you're thinking of doing something similar!
COCKTAILS-thru-DINNER (this section has some songs that the older generation will like) = 1 hr 45 minutes
Moondance | Van Morrison |
Golden Brown | The Stranglers |
I Saw The Light | Todd Rundgren |
That'll Be The Day | Buddy Holly |
My Boyfriend's Back | The Angels |
You Never Can Tell | Chuck Berry |
Valerie | Amy Winehouse |
Sugarfoot | Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears |
I Wish | Stevie Wonder |
Pyjamarama | Roxy Music |
Killer Queen | Queen |
Tighten Up | The Black Keys |
She's A Lady | Tom Jones |
Let Me Go | Heaven 17 |
World In My Eyes | Depeche Mode |
Sunday Girl | Blondie |
Take Me With U | Prince |
And She Was | Talking Heads |
Rebel Rebel | David Bowie |
Messages | OMD |
Save It For Later | The English Beat |
Tenderness | General Public |
Teenage Kicks | The Undertones |
Hong Kong Garden | Siouxsie & The Banshees |
Buddy Holly | Weezer |
Look Sharp! | Joe Jackson |
What Do I Get? | The Buzzcocks |
London Calling | The Clash |
Start! | The Jam |
Pulling Mussels From The Shell | Squeeze |
20th Century Boy | T-Rex
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DANCING = 3 hours (overlong, because you never know how long people will want to dance!)
Le Freak | Chic |
Hot Stuff | Donna Summer |
Me Myself & I | De La Soul |
It's Tricky | Run-DMC |
Brass Monkey | Beastie Boys |
Rock The Casbah | The Clash |
Blitzkrieg Bop | The Ramones |
Don't You Want Me | Human League |
Groove Is In The Heart | Deee-Lite |
Rock Your Body | Justin Timberlake |
The Way I Are | Timbaland |
It Takes Two | Rob Base |
Insane In The Brain (CLEAN) | Cypress Hill |
Poison | Bel Biv Devoe |
Love Roller Coaster | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
I Just Wanna Love You (CLEAN) | Jay-Z |
A-Punk | Vampire Weekend |
Bad Reputation | Joan Jett |
Welcome To The Jungle | Guns 'n' Roses |
Down In It | Nine Inch Nails |
I Feel For You | Chaka Khan |
Always Something There To Remind Me | Naked Eyes |
1999 | Prince |
Wanna Be Starting Something | Michael Jackson |
Jump | Kriss Kross |
Drop | Yin Yang Twins |
The Humpty Dance | Digital Underground |
Girls & Boys | Blur |
Very Ape | Nirvana |
You Really Got Me | The Kinks |
Dancing With Myself | Billy Idol |
Ballroom Blitz | Sweet |
Heart Of Glass | Blondie |
Electric Feel | MGMT |
Jump Around | House Of Pain |
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | Dead Or Alive |
Push It | Salt 'n' Pepa |
Low | Flo Rida |
Don't Go | Yaz |
Private Idaho | The B-52s |
Bikini Girls With Machine Guns | The Cramps |
Night By Night | Chromeo |
Voulez-Vous | ABBA |
Into The Groove | Madonna |
Macho Man | Village People |
Lose Control | Missy Elliott |
Give It To Me Baby | Rick James |
The Breaks (Radio Version) | Kurtis Blow |
Drop It Like It's Hot (CLEAN) | Snoop Dogg |
WIND-DOWN (to be transitioned to at any time we need to stop the dancing, or people are getting tired) = 1 hr 30 minutes
Planet Earth | Duran Duran |
Let's Go To Bed | The Cure |
Too Shy | Kajagoogoo |
I Could Be Happy | Altered Images |
Young Folks | Peter Bjorn & John |
South Side | Moby |
Let Me Blow Ya Mind | Eve feat. Gwen Stefani |
Dakota | Stereophonics |
Be Near Me | ABC |
Love My Way | Psychedelic Furs |
Kiss Them For Me | Siouxsie & The Banshees |
Black & White Town | Doves |
I Got You | Split Enz |
Disparate Youth | Santigold |
My Moon, My Man | Feist |
Seven Seas | Echo & The Bunnymen |
Float On | Modest Mouse |
Here Comes Your Man | Pixies |
There Shere Goes | The La's |
Kiss On My List | Hall & Oates |
Steppin' Out | Joe Jackson |
Head Over Heels | Tears For Fears |
D'yer Maker | Led Zeppelin |