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Subject: Playlist for a Wedding Reception
Posted by: chode
- [130342413] Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 10:32
In the spirit of the "Best Song Ever" thread, I have been asked to help with the following:
A friend of mine has recently been put in charge of coordinating with a DJ the song playlist at her friend's upcoming wedding reception. My friend isn't sure she wants to give the DJ much (any?) creative license as to the songs he plays, but she herself isn't especially good with song titles/artists, and has subsequently solicited input for the playlist.
I have no other information about the Bride, Groom, what "their song" is, or demographics of the attendees, so it's really a clean palate. Just keep in mind that there's a good chance it will be your typical reception, with all ages present (no explicit lyrics) and the people who funded this shindig will want to participate (some classics, slow dancing, not just a bunch of youthful jams). Here's what I offered up so far:
Slow/Romantic Songs:
More - Bobby Darin
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
At Last - Etta James
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
Could I Have This Dance? - Anne Murray
All My Life - K.C. & JoJo
I'll Be - Edwin McCain
Fun/Dance Songs:
December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) - The Four Seasons
Hold On, I'm Coming - Sam & Dave
Shout - Isley Brothers
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Laid - James
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe - Barry White
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool
Hey Ya - Outkast
Can I Get A ... - Jay Z
It Takes Two - Rob Base
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel
Any further input you can provide is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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| 1 | Jmadman
ID: 23949110
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 10:33
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Its not a wedding without Kool and the Gang - Celebration.
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| 2 | Farn
Sustainer
ID: 451044109
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 10:37
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Can I Get A.... - Jay Z? You realize what the 2 words that come after that are right? If you want that song you'll have to find the radio version.
Electric Slide
Macarena (old people still love that tune)
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| 3 | Jmadman
ID: 23949110
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 10:46
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Electric Slide... Nicely done.
But I know at the last two weddings the Macarena was on the banned list, so you might want to check with that one.
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| 4 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 41831612
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 10:55
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Slow/Romantic Songs:
Always and Forever - Heatwave
The Wedding Song - Paul Stookey
Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
Every Woman In The World - Air Supply
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
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| 5 | leggestand
Leader
ID: 451036518
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 11:20
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Just got married last year, and we banned a lot of the "fun" songs like:
Macarena
Hokey Pokey
Electric Slide
So, you may want to check if they have any "Do Not Play" songs.
My wife couldn't part with the Chicken Dance , so, that was in.
We went with primarily an 80's theme, and here are some of the songs we requested:
Come on Eileen
Take on Me
Take Me Home Tonight
The Safety Dance
Jenny (867-5309)
Centerfold
Beat It
Then we had all the romantic songs:
Eternal Flame
Wind Beneath My Wings
My Girl
Unforgettable
The Titanic Song be Celine Dion
What a Wonderful World
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| 6 | beastiemiked
ID: 4310501610
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 12:08
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Footloose - Kenny Loggins
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| 7 | Sludge
ID: 571125720
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 12:35
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"If I Had a Million Dollars" by Barenaked Ladies is a must, especially if you have a money dance.
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| 8 | Razor
ID: 221033012
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 12:42
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Fly Me to The Moon - The Chairman of the Board
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| 9 | Texas Flood
ID: 200532620
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 12:48
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Loco Motion, Little Eva
Chicken Dance.
Proud Mary, Ike and Tina Turner
The Bunny Hop.
This reminds me of some of those ole Polish wedding's I've attended over the years. They last for four days, more than one fist fight between famlies, Plenty of Kesslers & Coke, Pabst on Tap and don't forget the the classic three meat buffet with green bean cassarole.
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| 10 | Mattinglyinthehall
ID: 2824911
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 13:26
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I figured you'd suggest the Star Spangled Banner.
:)
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| 11 | tommyd
ID: 5211262920
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 13:38
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Love Shack- B52's
Lifehouse- Love of a Lifetime
KISS- Rock and Roll All Night
Jesse's Girl
Excursion Around The Bay-Great Big Sea (oops I'm from Newfoundland so that probably wouldn't fly anywhere else)
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| 12 | Myboyjack
ID: 108231015
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 14:10
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Bust A Move - Young MC
Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satelites
Hard To Handle - Black Crows
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| 13 | balls
ID: 448331614
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 14:21
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Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
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| 14 | Sludge
ID: 571125720
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 14:26
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Ah yes. Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Great great song.
So now I'm waiting for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive.
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you,
I don't know if I can even survive.
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I could do right now.
So now I'm waiting for the end of time
So I can end my time with you.
Perfect for a wedding, I'd say. (I typed that from memory, so there may be some mistakes.)
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| 15 | Sludge
ID: 571125720
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 14:29
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Okay, so I flubbed it pretty bad, but the gist is there.
So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive
I'll never break my promise or forget my vow
But God only knows what I can do right now
I'm praying for the end of time
It's all that I can do
Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you
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| 16 | biliruben
ID: 500432513
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 14:54
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Meatloaf's Fundementalist Rapture! Awesome wedding tune. ;)
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| 17 | C1-NRB
ID: 24050310
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 14:58
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Take the list from "Shrek Dance Party" on the video/DVD version of "Shrek"
Some Madonna, Village People, Sirr Mix-a-lot, etc.
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| 18 | CCP Live From School
ID: 5117116
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 17:15
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I heard of a wedding once where "Baby Got Back" was played not once, but twice.
I'll leave the relative whose wedding it was
*cough*
sister-in-law on my wife's side
*cough*
out of this.
True story, the bride *cough* sister-in-law *cough* went to the bathroom, the DJ played the song, she was upset that she missed it so she had the DJ play it again.
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| 19 | ¤ Mario LeMoose ¤
ID: 28139119
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 20:39
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Pump up the "sap" factor:
And I Love You So ... the Perry Como version, otherwise Don McLean
You Look Wonderful Tonight ... Eric Clapton
More Than Words ... Extreme
Love Song ... The Cure
We're All Alone ... Rita Coolidge or Boz Scaggs
Here, There and Everywhere ... The Beatles
We'll Be Together ... Sting
One Year of Love (from the movie Highlander) ... Queen
The Reason ... hoobastank
Crazy Little Thing Called Love ... Queen
Stand ... R.E.M.
I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back ... Meatloaf
;-)
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| 20 | wiggs
Donor
ID: 04991311
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 21:29
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My wife and I did CDs as the favore for our wedding and these were the songs on it
Amazed -- Lonestar (that was our wedding song)
Hold your hand -- Beatles
Butterly Kisses -- Bob Carlisle (Father daughter song)
You're the Inspiration -- Chicago
You Cant Hide Beautiful -- Aaron Lines
Wonderful Tonight -- Eric Clapton
Keeper of the Stars -- Trace Byrd
Good Morning Beautiful -- Steve Holy
Soul & Inspiration -- Righteous Brothers
Your Body is a Wonderland -- John Mayer
Beautiful In My Eyes -- Joshua Kadison
The Dance -- Garth Brooks
Wind Beneath My Wings -- Bette Midler
When a Man loves a Woman -- Michael Bolton
When I'm 64 -- Beatles
Couldnt ask for more -- Sara Evans
Its Your Love -- Tim McGraw + Faith Hill
Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison
Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong
Unforgetable -- Frank Sinatra
Thank You -- Dido
Everyone seemed to absolutely love the CD
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| 21 | TB
Leader
ID: 031811922
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 23:18
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Slow Songs:
Foreigner- I Want to Know What Love Is
Foreigner- Waiting for a Girl Like You
Bryan Adams- (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Bryan Adams- All For Love
Bryan Adams- Heaven
Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt- Don’t Know Much
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack- Tonight, I Celebrate my Love for You
Rod Stewart- Have I Told You Lately
A couple others not mentioned:
Tone Loc- Funky Cold Medina
Chic- Le Freak Chic
Fine Young Cannibals- She Drives Me Crazy
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| 22 | Farn
Sustainer
ID: 451044109
Tue, Feb 01, 2005, 23:26
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i recognize that list wiggs. :)
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| 23 | KnicksFan
Donor
ID: 30815418
Wed, Feb 02, 2005, 00:11
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I just died in your arms tonight,
Must've been something you saaaaiiiidddd
Remember that sketch on SNL a couple years ago? Hiiilarious.
Oh, and in honor of Old School, you should play Total Eclipse of the Heart.
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| 24 | Rand
Donor
ID: 083231216
Wed, Feb 02, 2005, 00:46
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For the reception line-up and general milling about I'd suggest a killer Jazz mix disc. Theme music from Classic Westerns is also an interesting approach early on, and maybe between speeches.
Also, I believe that you can never go wrong with Van Morrison slow songs (my wife and I danced to Into the Mystic, for example).
I know at my wedding we played Burning Down the House (talking heads) as one of the last songs and the place went nuts. Even my new father in law got down with us on that one.
For weddings I like...
It's Tricky by RunDMC
Twist and Shout by The Beatles
Let's go Crazy, Prince
Always Something there to Remind me-naked eyes?
New Orleans is Sinking-Tragically hip
Some Elvis (jailhouse rock, for eg.)
The Love Cats-Cure
(btw, a really beaufiful Cure slow song is Pictures of You)
Fine Young Cannibals
Shout by Tears for Fears
Shout by Otis Day and the Nights (YO, OTIS)
At least one Ramones song
Song 2, Blur
Bill (I love ya so, I always will) by, ????
Pump it up- Elvis Costello
Vindicated-Dashoard Confessional (from the spidey soundtrack, just cuz i love that tune).
Jumbalaya-Hank Williams
Do The Bearcat, that's the name of this song,
God Only Knows-beach boys
And a couple of Shania tunes.
A couple of cool Reggae tune as well, of course.
Touch of Grey- Grateful Dead
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| 25 | C1-NRB
ID: 24050310
Wed, Feb 02, 2005, 10:06
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I couldn't convince my wife to use it in the wedding (yes I said IN the wedding), but I did get it put on the video- "Nothing Else Matters" Metallica.
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| 26 | Danny Boy
ID: 14950199
Wed, Feb 02, 2005, 10:31
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I dunno if you wanna go with Dido's "Thank You," because that might conjure up images of Eminem's "Stan," and I don't know if you want to put the image of a deranged fan drunkenly murdering his pregnant girlfriend and then killing himself into those who attend your wedding... might not be the best mental image...
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| 27 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 041831612
Wed, Feb 02, 2005, 23:07
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You could put Dido's "White Flag" in instead.
;)
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| 28 | wiggs
ID: 540421611
Thu, Feb 03, 2005, 18:35
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Danny, Actually anyone who know that Eminem re did the song probably liked him. For people like grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles they hear the song and like it.
You wouldnt believe the amount of calls we got telling us that they loved the Thank You song at the end.
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| 29 | chode
ID: 130342413
Thu, Feb 03, 2005, 18:46
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Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far ... this is great input. Keep it coming!
Farn (Post #2) - yes I know the 'explicit' version of "Can I Get A ...". It's always struck me as a song people like dancing to (if they're into dancing to hip-hop), and obviously she'd have to go with the Radio Edit.
As for this most recent exchange, if you're looking for a 'thank you' song, I'm partial to "Kind and Generous" by Natalie Merchant. Good stuff there.
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| 30 | weykool
ID: 3052013
Thu, Feb 03, 2005, 19:16
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Lean on me
Stand by me
Under the boardwalk
Unchained melody
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| 31 | weykool
ID: 3052013
Thu, Feb 03, 2005, 19:20
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Friends forever - Vitamin C
you're still the one - Twain
From this moment on - Twain
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| 32 | FRICK
ID: 3410101718
Thu, Feb 03, 2005, 21:37
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The last song played at my wedding.
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day
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| 33 | Danny Boy
ID: 14950199
Fri, Feb 04, 2005, 10:35
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Wiggs-- I see your point. And I guess those who knew Eminem and the song would just kind of smile and note the irony... or something.
I can definitely see how those of an older generation would dig the Dido, cuz taken out of the context in which Eminem put it in it is a good song.
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| 34 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 41831612
Fri, Feb 04, 2005, 11:27
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Frick---for real? That's funny!
chode---"Kind and Generous" by Natalie Merchant----love that song too.
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| 35 | sarge33rd
ID: 42137314
Fri, Feb 04, 2005, 11:34
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IMHO, if your friend doesnt trust the DJ sufficiently to let them have some degree of flexibility, she needs to hire a different DJ.
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| 36 | Mike D
Sustainer
ID: 41831612
Fri, Feb 04, 2005, 11:37
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I kind of agree sarge. The best results are often a combination of music provided by the wedding party and music chosen by the DJ. Certainly any songs the wedding party definitely does not want to hear should be relayed in advance to the DJ, if there are any.
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| 37 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 50035259
Tue, Feb 08, 2005, 19:02
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Y.M.C.A. - Village People.
and a little bit of Rod Stewart.
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| 38 | Wilmer McLean
ID: 430303120
Thu, Feb 10, 2005, 17:29
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For a slow dance.
THERE IS LOVE (Noel Paul Stookey)(of Peter, Paul & Mary)
- Wedding Song -
He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Rest assured this troubador is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain,
for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name,
There is love. There is love.
Oh, a man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home.
They will travel on to where the two will be as one.
As it was in the beginning, is now until the end,
woman draws her life from man
and gives it back again and there is love.
Oh, there's love.
Well then what's to be the reason for becoming man and wife?
Is it love that brings you here or love that brings you life?
For is loving is the answer then who's the giving for?
Do you believe in something that you've never seen before?
Oh, there's love. There is love.
He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts.
Rest assured this troubador is acting on His part.
The union of your spirits here has caused Him to remain
for whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name
there is love. Oh, there is love.
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Do Not Play List
Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson lol
Tempted - Squeeze
What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
White Wedding - Billy Idol
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Some good wedding songs
Lady in Red - Chris DeBurgh
Happy Together - The Turtles
Teach Your Children - CSNY
Our House - CSNY
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - James Taylor
Up On The Roof - James Taylor
You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears
What I Like About You - The Romantics
True - Spandau Ballet
? Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
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| 39 | Texas Flood
ID: 326462912
Fri, Feb 11, 2005, 15:35
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Do Not Play: "Thank God and Greyhound She's Gone". Not sure who recorded that gem but I think it was Roy Clark?
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