Songs to have at a wedding reception.?

Question

I am trying to find good songs for all ages to have at my wedding reception. We are in our young 20s but we have younger and older family so I don't want to categorize the music but I want music that everyone likes! We like country, hip hop, and some oldies for older people along with like 80s and 90s music. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Here are some that I can think of.

Fast Songs:

Loveshack - B52's

Celebration - Kool & The Gang

Total Eclipse of The Heart - Taylor Dane

Stayin' Alive - BeeGee's

Vogue - Madonna

Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger

Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna

Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn

Cup Of Life – Ricky Martin

Ain’t Going Down (Til’ The Sun Comes Up) – Garth Brooks

Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Mony Mony – Billy Idol

Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers

YMCA - Village People

Wild Thing - The Kinks

Jail House Rock - Elvis Presley

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

It's Raining Men - The Weathergirls

Crazy in Love - Beyonce

You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes

Respect - Aretha Franklin

Slow Songs:

Back At One - Brian Mcknight

Open Arms - Journey

I Need You - Leann Rimes

Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

Amazed - Lonestar

Power Of Love - Celine Dion

Take My Breath Away - Berlin

At Last - Etta James

Everything I do - Bryan Adams

Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

Endless Love – Diana Ross and Lionel Richie

I Swear – John Michael Montgomery/All 4 One

How Do I Live – Trisha Yearwood/Leann Rimes

I Want to Know What Love is – Foreigner

Valentine – Martina McBride

Cry - Mandy Moore

Come What May – Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman

Always & Forever – Heatwave

Crazy – Patsy Cline

Love Remains – Collin Raye

The One – Elton John

When I fall In Love – Natalie Cole

Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden

My Best Friend – Tim McGraw

Sometimes When We Touch – Dan Hill

When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge

Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts

A Moment Like This – Kelly Clarkson

Hope this helps! Also, be sure to ask your DJ. They will have a lot of suggestions for you.

Good luck!

Answer 2

That's a pretty broad question, and hopefully you'll get a good DJ that knows how to mix up the songs so everyone's happy. I went to a wedding last weekend, and here are some of the songs I can remember that people of all ages were on the dance floor for:

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode

House of Pain - Jump Around

Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It

Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World

Chris Brown - Forever

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

B-52's - Love Shack

Lonestar - Amazed

Bel Biv Devoe - Poison

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back

Answer 3

Pick a couple songs from each time period.  My favorite for a wedding is the one from Parent Trap (L is for the way you look at me...)

What about songs like...

-Build Me Up Buttercup (a croud favorite)

-Electric slide

-YMCA (other line danecs)

-Sweet Home Alabama

-Sweet Caroline

-ABC (is easy as 123...)

-Thriller

-Respect

-Rescue Me

-You're the one that I want (Grease)

-Summer Loving

And some modern songs for the younger audience (Low, by Flo Rider, Love Song, Sarah B.)