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The Ultimate Song List for Your Wedding

 

If you’re putting together a song list for your wedding reception, here are our top suggestions to suit everyone’s tastes! These songs are guaranteed to get everyone dancing until the early morning…

Creating a song list for your wedding day is one of the most fun but trickiest parts of your wedding planning. Whether you’re into pop, rock or golden oldies, here are the best suggestions to get everyone up on their feet.

80s
  1. Footloose – Kenny Loggins
  2. I’ve Had the Time of My Life – Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
  3. Gold – Spandau Ballet
  4. Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  5. Come on Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
  6. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
  7. With or Without You – U2
  8. A Kind of Magic – Queen
  9. I’m Your Man – Wham
  10. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
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The legends that are Queen.
90s
  1. Wonderwall – Oasis
  2. Iris – The Goo Goo Dolls
  3. Push It – Salt n Pepa
  4. Jump Around – House of Pain
  5. Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
  6. Rhythm is a Dancer – Snap
  7. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
  8. Everybody Hurts – REM
  9. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
  10. Everybody’s Free to Feel Good – Rozalla
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Don’t Want To Miss A Thing is a 90s classic!
Golden Oldies
  1. All Night Long – Lionel Richie
  2. Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
  3. I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
  4. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue
  5. Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
  6. December 1963 (What A Night) – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
  7. The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
  8. Dancing Queen – ABBA
  9. Every Breath You Take – Police
  10. Imagine – John Lennon
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John Lennon will get people slow-dancing with Imagine.
The Cheesy Playlist
  1. YMCA – Village People
  2. Celebration – Kool and the Gang
  3. Cha Cha Slide – DJ Casper
  4. We Are Family – Sister Sledge
  5. Macarena – Los Del Rio
  6. Staying Alive – Bee Gees
  7. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
  8. Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
  9. 5,6,7,8 – Steps
  10. Reach – S Club 7
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Ok, it’s ultimate cheese, but you can’t NOT play YMCA!
Rock ‘n’ Roll
  1. Mr Brightside – The Killers
  2. Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
  3. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
  4. Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys
  5. Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
  6. Song 2 – Blur
  7. Someday – The Strokes
  8. Fluorescent Adolescent – Arctic Monkeys
  9. Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes
  10. Common People – Pulp
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I said I bet that you look good on the dancefloor, don’t know what you’re looking for romance for, I don’t know what you’re looking forrrrr…
Motown
  1. Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
  2. Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
  3. Dancing In The Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
  4. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
  5. ABC – The Jackson 5
  6. Endless Love – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
  7. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted – Jimmy Ruffin
  8. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
  9. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – The Temptations
  10. Please Mr Postman – The Marvelettes
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The legends of Motown music.

So there you have it, a song list for every kind of wedding and music taste! Which category do you prefer? Tell us in the comments below!