Post your "Must Have" wedding songs

[Tammy Host]

I don't just mean the first dance song and father/daughter dance but also the ones that make you want to !!

i want to know what songs it takes to get your guests OUT!

this is what i had...some of them are cheesy but fun.

cockatail hour/ dinner:

margaritaville - jimmy buffet
don't stop believe - journey
just like heaven - the cure
I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Bennett
summer of 69 - bryan adams
lights - journey
Sea Of Love - Honey Drippers
Faithfully - Journey
The Joker - Steve Miller
Melt With You - Modern English
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
time after time - cindy lauper
already gone - eagles
jack and diane - john cougar mellencamp
ring of fire - johnny cash
Jack Johnson
* Michael Buble

First dance: Heaven - bryan adams ..

Parents Dance: the way you look tonight (please call out the bride and her father , then the groom and his mother. Have them dance for 2-3 minutes then call out brides mother to dance with brides father and grooms father to dance with grooms mother

garter toss: another one bites the dust - Queen (on IPOD)
bouquet: this ones for the girls - Marina McBride (on IPOD)

slow dance:

what a wonderful word - lousi armstrong (dance with parents)
can't help falling in love - elvis
the way you look tonight - frank sinatra
brown eyed girl - van morrison
everything i do - bryan adams
Crazy - Patsy Cline
heaven - bryan adams (first dance)
True color - cindy lauper
i want to know what love it - journey
unforgettable - natalie & nat king cole

Dance:

Crazy in love - Beyone
Pour some sugar on me - def leppard
YMCA
check on it - Beyonce
You shook me all night long - AC/DC
come on eileen - dexy's midnight runners
our house - talking heads
electric avenue - eddie grant
shout - otis day, isley brothers
living on a prayer - bon jovi
milkshake - kelis
mambo #5 - lou vega
blister in the sun - violent femmes
i like it like that - blackout allstars
get the party started -pink
get down tonight - kc and the sunshine band
livin on a prayer - bon jovi
i love rock and roll - joan jett
mony mony - billy idol
we are family - sister sledge
ladies night - kool and the gang
hot hot hot - buster poindexter / arrow
pump it up - joe budden
party up (up in here) - DMX
Turn The Beat Around - Gloria Estefan
rock your body - justin timberlake
can't get you out of my head - kylie minogue
rock and roll all night - kiss
Finally - Ce Ce Peniston
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred

Hip/Hop Dance List: phase into some hip-hop later in the night as older folks leave or get drunk

In Da CLub - 50 cent
Yeah - Usher w/ludacris
Get low - Lil jon
Hot in heurre - nelly
ride wit me- nelly
back that thing up - juvenile
holiday in - chingy
Rump Shaker - Wrecks N Effect

[KARLA]

Dance lists are so hard to come up with!
We're working on ours and I will post when we're done.

Tammy, you crack me up... so Milkshake by Kelis is okay to play for the old folks yet not the hip hop songs? ha ha

[Christa]

Originally Posted by KARLA

Dance lists are so hard to come up with!
We're working on ours and I will post when we're done.

Tammy, you crack me up... so Milkshake by Kelis is okay to play for the old folks yet not the hip hop songs? ha ha

hahaha Karla, I was thinking the same thing!

I've put my honey in charge of creating our playlists. I haven't asked for a status lately, but I actually think he'll do a great job. I'll just have to inject some current music in I'm sure. I'll see if I can get him to give me his list so far & I'll post.

**Last night he was working on putting together a slide show from all the pics he took at his recent high school reunion. He's getting really good at it! I was impressed - music, transitions, captions. He wants to buy some upgraded software so he do an even better job w/our wedding pics. :) I'm stoked!

[Tammy Host]

Originally Posted by KARLA

Dance lists are so hard to come up with!
We're working on ours and I will post when we're done.

Tammy, you crack me up... so Milkshake by Kelis is okay to play for the old folks yet not the hip hop songs? ha ha

yes, old people will think we are really dancing to a song about milksahes and they will be cool with that

[KARLA]

Originally Posted by host

yes, old people will think we are really dancing to a song about milksahes and they will be cool with that

Okay, it took me a while to stop laughing. But you're right, my mother would totally think it was a song about milkshakes!!

[MARIAELM]

Here's my list. For the most part, I deleted duplicates that Tammy already listed since she had so many great ones. I used to be into salsa dancing (and also lived in Spain for a while) so there's lots of songs in Spanish on my list. Even if you can't understand the words (like my FI), it can add a fun flavor to the reception.

Mariachi Songs
Cielito Lindo
Guadalajara
Guantanamera
La Bamba
La Cucaracha
Las Mananitas
MariaElena

First Dance (Bride & Groom)
Eva Cassidy - You Take My Breath Away

Father Daughter Dance
Heartland - I Loved Her First
Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up
Martina McBride - In My Daughter's Eyes

Cocktail Hour / Dinner
Adam Sandler - I'll Grow Old With You
Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe
Bob Marley - Is This Love?
Dean Martin - Ain't That a Kick in the Head
Diana Krall - Besame Mucho
Diana Krall - The Look of Love
Dixie Chicks - I'll Take Care of You
Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Eva Cassidy - I Know You By Heart
Eva Cassidy - Songbird
Garth Brooks - Two Pina Coladas
George Strait - I Cross My Heart
Harry Belafonte - Day-O (Banana Boat Song)
Harry Belafonte - Jump the Line
Jack Johnson - Upside Down
Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy
Kasey Chambers - This Flower
Lauryn Hill - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Los Lobos with Antonio Banderas - El Mariachi (from Desperado)
Martina McBride - Wearing White
Michael Buble - I've Got You Under My Skin
Michael Buble - Quando, Quando, Quando
Paul Simon - Father & Daughter
Phil Collins - You'll Be In My Heart
Rod Stewart - Forever Young
Sade - By Your Side
Sara Evans - I Could Not Ask For More
Sergio Mendes - Magalenha
Temptations - Just My Imagination
The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
UB40 - Red Wine

Cocktail Hour / Dinner - Spanish
Alejandro Sanz - Corazon Partio
Buena Vista Social Club - Candela
Carlos Vives - Tu Amor Eterno
Gipsy Kings - A Tu Vera
Gipsy Kings - Baila Me
Gipsy Kings - Un Amor
Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra
Grupo Fantasma - Laredo
Juanes - A Dios Le Pido
Juanes - Para Tu Amor
Los Lobos - La Bamba
Mana - Oye Mi Amor
Maná (MTV Unplugged) - En El Muelle de San Blas
Proyecto Uno - Tiburon (Spanish)
Wyclef Jean – Guantanamera

Cake Cutting
Def Leopard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
The Archies - Sugar Sugar

Slow Dances
Alan Jackson - Remember When
Andy Williams; Audrey Hepburn - Moon River
Billy Joel, Diana Krall - Just the Way You Are
Bryan Adams - When You Love Someone
Edwin McCain - I'll Be
Etta James - At Last
Etta James - My Dearest Darling
Judy Garland, Eva Cassidy, - Over the Rainbow
Louis Armstrong - A Kiss to Build A Dream On
Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose
Paul McCartney - This Never Happened Before (Lake House)
Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
Tony Bennett - The Way You Look Tonight
Gloria Estefan - Con Los Anos Que Me Quedan

Fast Dances
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again
Four Seasons - O What A Night (September 1963)
Gloria Estefan - Conga
John Travolta - Grease Megamix
Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
Prince - Kiss
Run DMC - Walk This Way
Sufaris - Wipe Out
The Champs - Tequila
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Tone Loc - Wild Thing
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Venga Boyz - We Like to Party
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Will Smith - Getting' Jiggy With It
Will Smith - Miami

Fast Dances – Spanish
Buena Vista Social Club - El Cuarto de Tula
Carlos Vives - Fruta Fresca
Celia Cruz - La Vida es Un Carnaval
Chayanne - Saolme
Elvis Crespo - Princesita
Elvis Crespo - Suavemente
Elvis Crespo - Tu Sonrisa
Gipsy Kings - Medley: Bamboleo, Volare, Djobi Djoba, Pida Me La, Baila Me
Gloria Estefan - Oye (Spanish)
Mach & Daddy La - Botella
Maná - Se Me Olvido Otra Vez
Ricky Martin - Copa de La Vida (Cup of Life)
Ricky Martin - Maria
Ricky Martin - Por Arriba, Por Abajo
Shakira - Ciega Sordomuda
Shakira - La Tortura
Shakira - Ojos Asi

[MARIAELM]

Originally Posted by KARLA

Okay, it took me a while to stop laughing. But you're right, my mother would totally think it was a song about milkshakes!!

so funny, my mom would think the same thing!

[Christa]

Great song list MariaElena! I love Diana Krall - she's definitely going to be part of our dinner music.

[KARLA]

Maria Elena,

Don't be surprised if my list has many of the same Spanish songs. I was just looking through my iTunes and I have most of those. We have the same taste in Spanish music! I would add off the top of my head: La Bomba - Ricky Martin and a few Juan Luis Guerra songs.

Are you having a DJ?

And which Ojos Asi from Shakira are you playing? The one from the MTV Unplugged is my favorite.

[MARIAELM]

Originally Posted by A10CALGAL

Great song list MariaElena! I love Diana Krall - she's definitely going to be part of our dinner music.

i'm glad you liked it. i'm obsessed with music. i just bought diana krall's new cd yesterday ("from this moment on"). i haven't listened to it enough to know if i want to add any songs to my playlist. i have to many songs as it is!!!