The Best Wedding Songs for Dancing
Looking for the best wedding songs for dancing?
Check out this playlist.
It should get most (if not all) of your wedding guests onto the dance floor!
Even the most stubborn ones…
And if they resist, maybe you can give them a gentle nudge for us.
You’re welcome to share this playlist around.
Hope you enjoy it!
- ABBA – Dancing Queen
- Ike & Tina Turner – Nutbush City Limits
- Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock
- The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Toni Basil – Mickey
- MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
- John Travolta – The Grease Mega-Mix
- Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
- DJ Ötzi – Hey Baby
- The Commitments – Mustang Sally
- Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
- Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
- Arrow – Hot Hot Hot
- Aretha Franklin – Respect
- Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
- Village People – YMCA
- Bob Seger – Old Time Rock And Roll
- Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of…)
- Backstreet Boys – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
- Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time
- Britney Spears – Oops!…I Did It Again
- Spice Girls – Wannabe
- Beyoncé – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
- Beyoncé – Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)
- Justin Timberlake – SexyBack (feat. Timbaland)
- Usher – Yeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)
- Flo Rida – Low (feat. T-Pain)
- Taio Cruz – Dynamite
- Kesha – TiK ToK
- Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A.
- Justin Bieber – Baby
- Nelly – Hot In Herre
- 50 Cent – In Da Club
- Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
- Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
- Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
- Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
- WALK THE MOON – Shut Up and Dance
- Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
- Justin Timberlake – CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!
- Pharrell Williams – Happy
- Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
- Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby – Radio Edit
- Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
- Smash Mouth – All Star
- blink-182 – All The Small Things
- Smash Mouth – I’m A Believer
- The B-52’s – Love Shack
- Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
- Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- Bee Gees – Stayin Alive
- Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing
- Choirboys – Run to Paradise
- Rocky Horror Show Original London Cast – Time Warp
- Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses
- Los Del Rio – Macarena
- Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
- Kool & The Gang – Celebration
- Hanson – MMMBop
- Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
- Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
- Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
- The Killers – Mr. Brightside
- Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel
- John Denver – Thank God I’m a Country Boy
- Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
- Avril Lavigne – Sk8er Boi
- Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
- Fountains Of Wayne – Stacy’s Mom
- Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
- LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)
- Pitbull – Fireball (feat. John Ryan)
- The Temptations – My Girl
- Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight
- Pitbull – Time of Our Lives
- Avicii – Levels
- DJ Snake – Turn Down for What
- House Of Pain – Jump Around
- Shannon Noll – What About Me
- Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Kanye West – Gold Digger
- John Farnham – You’re the Voice
- TLC – No Scrubs
- R. Kelly – Ignition – Remix
- The Jacksons – Blame It on the Boogie
- LMFAO – Sexy And I Know It
- Icona Pop – I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)
- J-Kwon – Tipsy – Club Mix
- Stealers Wheel – Stuck In The Middle With You
- Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun
- Kenny Rogers – The Gambler
- Blanco Brown – The Git Up
- Daft Punk – One More Time
- Alex Gaudino – Destination Calabria
- Darude – Sandstorm
- Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
- Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee)
- Eminem – Lose Yourself
- TLC – Waterfalls
- Ginuwine – Pony
- Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful
- Shaggy – Boombastic
- Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me
- Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – Get Low – Street
- Pitbull – Don’t Stop the Party (feat. TJR)
- Timmy Trumpet – Freaks
- Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
- Tones And I – Dance Monkey
- The Potbelleez – Don’t Hold Back
- Joel Fletcher – Swing – Joel Fletcher Remix
- Billie Eilish – bad guy
- The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
- Beyoncé – Love On Top
- AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
- Daryl Hall & John Oates – You Make My Dreams (Come True)
- BTS – Dynamite
- Earth, Wind & Fire – September
- Sgt Slick – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! – Sgt Slick’s Melbourne Recut
- Rihanna – We Found Love
- Katy Perry – California Gurls
- Bruno Mars – Finesse – Remix; feat. Cardi B
- CeeLo Green – Forget You
- Avicii – Wake Me Up
- Mark Ronson – Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse) – Version Revisited
- Bruno Mars – 24K Magic
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- PSY – Gangnam Style (강남스타일)
- Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
- Jessies Girl – Jessie’s Girl
- Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
- Jolyon Petch – Dreams
- Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
- Steve Angello – Show Me Love – Radio Edit
- Bastille – Pompeii – Audien Remix
- Strange Fruits Music – Seven Nation Army (feat. KOYSINA)
- Klingande – Jubel – Radio Edit
- The Chainsmokers – Something Just Like This
- Drake – Hotline Bling
- Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta
- Vengaboys – We like to Party! (The Vengabus) Six Flags
- Steps – 5, 6, 7, 8
- Pitbull – Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer)
- Pitbull – Don’t Stop the Party (feat. TJR)
- Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get It Started
- Outkast – Hey Ya!
- The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
- Katy Perry – Roar
- Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
What kind of music should be played at a wedding reception?
There are usually two main categories for wedding reception music:
Music during meals (e.g. canapes, entrees and dinner).
Music for dancing (e.g. after the first dance).
When people are eating, you can play a variety of music. The most important point is to keep the volume at a reasonable level. The older guests will want to talk. But don’t turn the volume down too far, otherwise the vibe might be lost. We usually like to play mostly older songs, while throwing in some new alternative triple J stuff. The older generations will appreciate hearing some of their favourite music (e.g. Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, classic Aussie rock, etc).
After the first dance, it’s usually time to get the party started. We suggest you try the playlist in this blog post. It’s got lots of variety. Everything from cheese 90’s pop, 50’s rock n roll, singalongs, RnB Fridays, House, Classic Rock and more.
For more information, read ‘What Does A Wedding DJ Do?’.
