Post your "Must Have" wedding songs

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

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!

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!!

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

so funny, my mom would think the same thing!

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

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.

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!!!