I have been to my fair share of weddings in the last 10 years and was debating with a friend today what is the best dance song for a wedding. Not the bride/groom dance, but the song that gets people out of their seats and to the dance floor. Obviously super subjective, but could be fun to see the diversity of choices. I’m throwing done with Atomic Dog by George Clinton. I think it pleases both young/old and yuppie/ghetto which is hard to do. What gets you out on the floor to shake it???
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I just got married last month and not sure that any of the songs mentioned so far were played, except for Billie Jean. That would have been a big one, but it was a one-man show, as a friend has a specific routine for which he owns the dance floor to himself.
We had plenty of songs that had the old & young crowd out there, but it was mostly songs appealing to the 35 and younger group. As far as which song got the biggest dancing turnout, we don't remember...it was a blur due to the whole wedding process finally being over with and drinking too many vodka tonics (or martinis, in my wife's case) at the end of the night.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many people used to play Band Of Gold by Freda Payne or Let's Stick Together by Roxy Music.
The last wedding I was at, the only song that really got people moving was The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. (Yeah, we are all that old.) Though under normal circumstances the same rules would apply as above.
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Why is it that the songs that get people dancing at weddings seem to be the ones that are the most cliche, and the ones that just make me want to run and hide in the men's room? I mean, I used to like some of these, but hearing them at the 12th wedding in a row just makes my eyeballs bleed:
What I like about you You shook me all night long American Pie Paradise by the dashboard light Celebrate good times Mony Mony Shout! Rock Lobster Old Time Rock N Roll
(I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I've got another wedding coming up in August)
Chicken dance, anyone?
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Originally posted by Redhawk: Why is it that the songs that get people dancing at weddings seem to be the ones that are the most cliche, and the ones that just make me want to run and hide in the men's room? I mean, I used to like some of these, but hearing them at the 12th wedding in a row just makes my eyeballs bleed:
What I like about you You shook me all night long American Pie Paradise by the dashboard light Celebrate good times Mony Mony Shout! Rock Lobster Old Time Rock N Roll
(I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I've got another wedding coming up in August)
Chicken dance, anyone?
Finally a voice of reason in a sea of poor musical taste.
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Originally posted by Redhawk: Why is it that the songs that get people dancing at weddings seem to be the ones that are the most cliche, and the ones that just make me want to run and hide in the men's room? I mean, I used to like some of these, but hearing them at the 12th wedding in a row just makes my eyeballs bleed:
What I like about you You shook me all night long American Pie Paradise by the dashboard light Celebrate good times Mony Mony Shout! Rock Lobster Old Time Rock N Roll
(I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I've got another wedding coming up in August)
Chicken dance, anyone?
Finally a voice of reason in a sea of poor musical taste.
I personally don't take dance music very seriously, but for those who do, this song might be up your alley.
No one has mentioned "YMCA" from the Village People or "We Our Family" from the Pointer Sisters (I think). Both are really bad, and both always result in a big crowd on the dance floor.
Here in Texas, the Cotton-Eyed Joe usually draws a crowd as well - probably because it's one of the few that a bunch of cowboys are comfortable dancing to...
