Top ten must have songs for weddings / parties

Rej

Im getting married this summer, and a friend is doing the DJ for us, but I just wanted to know what are your must have songs for weddings or parties...
not necessarily romantic love songs, im looking for suggestions of songs like 'come on eileen', that we all cringe about, but when you've had one or two are the best songs ever!

DJ_Spider

Here are the top 50 songs that DJs from Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, Canada & USA decided were for most, (not all of course) parties. Oh before someone says what is jive bunny doing in it, consider this: A DJ doing the biggest NYE party in Australia last year, about 3000 people, played it at 11:30pm EVERYBODY was on the floor. Well except the ones at the bar or unconcious!

BTW is your friend a pro DJ or a bedroom DJ? He should know these and have them of course!

Top 50 Songs

* 1 YMCA - Village People
* 2 Hot Hot Hot - Arrows
* 3 Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie
* 4 Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks
* 5 Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cindi Lauper
* 6 Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
* 7 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
* 8 Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
* 9 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
* 10 Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
* 11 Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
* 12 Oops Upside Your Head - Gap Band
* 13 Night Fever - Bee Gees
* 14 Grease Megamix - John Travolta & ONJ
* 15 Runaround Sue - Dion
* 16 The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
* 17 Everybody Needs Somebody - Blues Brothers
* 18 Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
* 19 Saturday Night - Wigfield
* 20 The Locomotion - Little Eva
* 21 Let's Dance - Chris Montez
* 22 Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
* 23 Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold
* 24 Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
* 25 Down Under - Men At Work
* 26 It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
* 27 Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
* 28 New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
* 29 I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
* 30 You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
* 31 Celebration - Kool & The Gang
* 32 Macarena - Los Del Rio
* 33 Sweat - Inner Circle
* 34 Blame It On the Boogie - The Jacksons
* 35 Sex On The Beach - T Spoon
* 36 La Bamba - Richie Valens
* 37 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
* 38 I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
* 39 Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
* 40 C'Mon Everybody - Jive Bunny
* 41 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
* 42 Daydream Believer - The Monkees
* 43 Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper
* 44 I Feel Good - James Brown
* 45 Do Wa Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
* 46 Dancing Queen - Abba
* 47 Shoop Shoop Song - Cher
* 48 Red Red Wine - UB40
* 49 Do You Love Me - The Contours
* 50 Relight My Fire - Take That

Doctor DooM

DJ_Spider wrote: »

Here are the top 50 songs that DJs from Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, Canada & USA decided were for most, (not all of course) parties. Oh before someone says what is jive bunny doing in it, consider this: A DJ doing the biggest NYE party in Australia last year, about 3000 people, played it at 11:30pm EVERYBODY was on the floor. Well except the ones at the bar or unconcious!

BTW is your friend a pro DJ or a bedroom DJ? He should know these and have them of course!

Top 50 Songs

* 1 YMCA - Village People
* 2 Hot Hot Hot - Arrows
* 3 Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie
* 4 Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks
* 5 Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cindi Lauper
* 6 Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
* 7 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
* 8 Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
* 9 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
* 10 Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
* 11 Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
* 12 Oops Upside Your Head - Gap Band
* 13 Night Fever - Bee Gees
* 14 Grease Megamix - John Travolta & ONJ
* 15 Runaround Sue - Dion
* 16 The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
* 17 Everybody Needs Somebody - Blues Brothers
* 18 Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
* 19 Saturday Night - Wigfield
* 20 The Locomotion - Little Eva
* 21 Let's Dance - Chris Montez
* 22 Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
* 23 Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold
* 24 Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
* 25 Down Under - Men At Work
* 26 It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
* 27 Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
* 28 New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
* 29 I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
* 30 You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
* 31 Celebration - Kool & The Gang
* 32 Macarena - Los Del Rio
* 33 Sweat - Inner Circle
* 34 Blame It On the Boogie - The Jacksons
* 35 Sex On The Beach - T Spoon
* 36 La Bamba - Richie Valens
* 37 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
* 38 I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
* 39 Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
* 40 C'Mon Everybody - Jive Bunny
* 41 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
* 42 Daydream Believer - The Monkees
* 43 Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper
* 44 I Feel Good - James Brown
* 45 Do Wa Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
* 46 Dancing Queen - Abba
* 47 Shoop Shoop Song - Cher
* 48 Red Red Wine - UB40
* 49 Do You Love Me - The Contours
* 50 Relight My Fire - Take That

Nearly every song on that list bores me to death because I have heard them a million times at every party with a professional DJ I have been at... I'd almost avoid them because they're used so much.

EDIT: That would really depend on the crowd at the wedding though, a few pints in them and they'd prob love this list.

Photi

Are you sure that isn't the 2fm playlist?

Sizzler

DJ_Spider wrote: »

Here are the top 50 songs that DJs from Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, Canada & USA decided were for most, (not all of course) parties. Oh before someone says what is jive bunny doing in it, consider this: A DJ doing the biggest NYE party in Australia last year, about 3000 people, played it at 11:30pm EVERYBODY was on the floor. Well except the ones at the bar or unconcious!

BTW is your friend a pro DJ or a bedroom DJ? He should know these and have them of course!

Top 50 Songs

* 1 YMCA - Village People
* 2 Hot Hot Hot - Arrows
* 3 Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie
* 4 Dance The Night Away - The Mavericks
* 5 Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cindi Lauper
* 6 Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
* 7 500 Miles - The Proclaimers
* 8 Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
* 9 I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
* 10 Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
* 11 Living Next Door To Alice - Smokie
* 12 Oops Upside Your Head - Gap Band
* 13 Night Fever - Bee Gees
* 14 Grease Megamix - John Travolta & ONJ
* 15 Runaround Sue - Dion
* 16 The Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup
* 17 Everybody Needs Somebody - Blues Brothers
* 18 Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
* 19 Saturday Night - Wigfield
* 20 The Locomotion - Little Eva
* 21 Let's Dance - Chris Montez
* 22 Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
* 23 Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold
* 24 Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
* 25 Down Under - Men At Work
* 26 It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
* 27 Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
* 28 New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
* 29 I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans
* 30 You To Me Are Everything - The Real Thing
* 31 Celebration - Kool & The Gang
* 32 Macarena - Los Del Rio
* 33 Sweat - Inner Circle
* 34 Blame It On the Boogie - The Jacksons
* 35 Sex On The Beach - T Spoon
* 36 La Bamba - Richie Valens
* 37 I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
* 38 I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
* 39 Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
* 40 C'Mon Everybody - Jive Bunny
* 41 Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
* 42 Daydream Believer - The Monkees
* 43 Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper
* 44 I Feel Good - James Brown
* 45 Do Wa Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann
* 46 Dancing Queen - Abba
* 47 Shoop Shoop Song - Cher
* 48 Red Red Wine - UB40
* 49 Do You Love Me - The Contours
* 50 Relight My Fire - Take That

Jesus! TACKVILLE ! I would actually give this list to a DJ and tell him/her if they played any of this junk they wont be getting paid :eek:I could live with the Bee Gees, but the likes of 500 miles & Amarilo make me want to find the nearest exit.

DJ_Spider

But as I said in my OP, it is not a definitive list. You know the saying, 'One man's meat is another man's poison' ! I have played these songs at many parties and always have at least half of the guests up on the floor. I'm sure that if we all made a list, we would get people saying the same things!

Each to his own, and I must admit, some people have said where are the R & B songs like Sexyback, In Da Club, Rihanna etc? I have the list as a playlist, and drop newer songs into it.

At the end of the day, it's all about judging the crowd and playing what you think people like. If people leave the floor, I just switch genre.

sweetie

ac/dc - thunderstruck / highway to hell
belle and sebastian - legal man
lipps inc - funkytown (cheesey, I know)
soft cell - tainted love
outkast - hey ya
brewing up a storm - stunning
ol dirty bastard - baby I got your money
doors - roadhouse blues
girls aloud - love machine
nelly furtadi - maneater
b52s - loveshack
amy winehouse - valerie
gnarls barkley - crazy
al wilson - the snake
gorillaz - dare

Das Kitty

sweetie wrote: »

ac/dc - thunderstruck / highway to hell
belle and sebastian - legal man
lipps inc - funkytown (cheesey, I know)
soft cell - tainted love
outkast - hey ya
brewing up a storm - stunning
ol dirty bastard - baby I got your money
doors - roadhouse blues
girls aloud - love machine
nelly furtadi - maneater
b52s - loveshack
amy winehouse - valerie
gnarls barkley - crazy
al wilson - the snake
gorillaz - dare

Doing my own DJ and these are already on my list.

You have to be ruthless with the dancability though I'm finding.

We were thinking about Killing in the Name of, but I don't think the room could take 50 under thirties screaming "**** you I won't do what you tell me!"

A couple more we have are:
Guns 'n' Roses - Paradise City
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Blur - Song 2
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.

These are to be interspersed with the likes of Neil Diamond and Tom Jones. Who doesn't love a bit of "hands touching hands" when they're out of their tree? Oh and 9-5 seems to get people moving also.

DJ_Spider

Don't forget that blooming journey song! and I see Galway Girl is number one in this week'd chart Pfft! :eek:

Das Kitty

Himself likes Journey, can't understand why.

Galway Girl is banned from my wedding and I miraculously managed to avoid it at my hen night.

Junior Senior - Move your Feet.
Also whatever that Kanye one is that samples Daft Punk, I would go for the Daft Punk original but I think people will expect the Kanye one if they hear the start of it, I definitely need to expand my hip-hop section.

Xavi6

Ah you gotta have a cheesey section at a wedding. Bit of Bonnie Tyler, Tiffany, Nina etc. And the likes of 'Summer of 69' and 'Livin' On A Prayer' are great when your gee-eyed towards the end of the night.

Maniac 2000 anyone?!

sweetie

Das Kitty wrote: »

Himself likes Journey, can't understand why.

Galway Girl is banned from my wedding and I miraculously managed to avoid it at my hen night.

Junior Senior - Move your Feet.
Also whatever that Kanye one is that samples Daft Punk, I would go for the Daft Punk original but I think people will expect the Kanye one if they hear the start of it, I definitely need to expand my hip-hop section.

What about sir mixalot - i like big butts (from the youtube wedding dance)
not strictly hip hop but ignition by R kelly and no diggity by blackstreet are great tunes. De la soul 3 is the magic number / all good, chemical bros ft. qtip galvanize. Tone loc - funky cold medina, skee lo - I wish, grandmaster flash - white lines, sugarhill gang - hip hop, house of pain - jump, beastie boys - intergalactic

Some other great tunes are white town - your woman, deelite - groove is in the heart and bellx1 - flame

whosedaddy?

how about..

Moloka - Sing it back
Spiller - Groove jet
Ricky Martin - livin la vida loca
Moulin Rouge - Lady Marmalade
Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You
Bananarama - Venus
Elvis vs JXL - a little less conversation
Sugababes, or Kylie...

and for the Tack
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman

barbiegirl

We're doing our own dj too, and starting with the classic fifties, with Sinatra etc, move into the 60's, 70's, 80's and finally 90's and 0's. All dancing songs no slow ones except for at the begining. Watching all the "best of" on the MTV channels helping us with the link.

The first lot suggested by the OP are those we have pretty much banned.

sweetie

barbiegirl wrote: »

We're doing our own dj too, and starting with the classic fifties, with Sinatra etc, move into the 60's, 70's, 80's and finally 90's and 0's. All dancing songs no slow ones except for at the begining. Watching all the "best of" on the MTV channels helping us with the link.

The first lot suggested by the OP are those we have pretty much banned.

I presume you will have some mixing software for these songs because I have been to weddings using an mp3 player and it takes an age for a song to end and the next to get going, something a dj would cut out for you. If you can get your hands on virtual dj the cue points can be preprogrammed so that the songs automatically mix into the next at the point you require thus getting rid of boring intros and outros etc. I'm not fishing for a job just offering some freindly advice. I am currently working on a playlist for my wedding in june which I will pre-mix into 20 minute segments and a mate will keep an eye on things or change to the next one if it's slowing down.

Rej

sweetie wrote: »

I am currently working on a playlist for my wedding in june which I will pre-mix into 20 minute segments and a mate will keep an eye on things or change to the next one if it's slowing down.

I like that idea!! would take the pressure of our friend, and allow him to enjoy himself too.. Can you recommend any virtual DJ software? Will you use a regular CD player hooked up to the room speakers?

sweetie

Rej wrote: »

I like that idea!! would take the pressure of our friend, and allow him to enjoy himself too.. Can you recommend any virtual DJ software? Will you use a regular CD player hooked up to the room speakers?

As I am a dj I have all the equipment and will be using my laptop connected to the speakers. It could be burned to cd though but not all hotels have decent sound systems. Virtual dj is the name of the software and i got my copy with my
usb dj console. There's a more basic version called atomix mp3 and also a free software I haven't used called mixxx.

whosedaddy?

If are looking at mp3s and you don't want to get into DJ software, there is also winamp + SqrSoft Advanced Crossfading plugin...

We used that at a friends wedding recently and if you have your playlist done beforehand, its a simple and quite well working solution. We actually left it pretty much unattended and the only real concern was differnt volume levels of the some songs...

sweetie

whosedaddy? wrote: »

If are looking at mp3s and you don't want to get into DJ software, there is also winamp + SqrSoft Advanced Crossfading plugin...

We used that at a friends wedding recently and if you have your playlist done beforehand, its a simple and quite well working solution. We actually left it pretty much unattended and the only real concern was differnt volume levels of the some songs...

free software mp3gain will assign the same decibel level to a group of mp3s for you. It's easy to use and problem sorted

DJ_Spider

Hey Sweetie, have you noticed in Nero when you burn a audio CD you can select 'normalise all tracks' I have used it a couple of times and although it takes longer to burn, (as it calculates the levels first) it works pretty well.

Das Kitty

iTunes can level your tracks as well. It's takes fupping ages though if you have as many as I do.

It can also fade the tracks together. You still need to crop some tracks though. We want to play Layla, but lets face it, that outro is blooming ridiculously long so we have to chop the bugger.