dancing at a wedding

lowly26

now here is a question for every one!

what gets you up to dance at a wedding? any song ,any era ??:)

hufpc8w3adnk65

Air Guitar too ACDC about 1:30am is allways a winner

Karen23

Journey , Don't Stop Believing = Floor Filler everytime
Guns n Roses - Sweet child o mine
Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer

Gran Hermano

One thing Ross O'Carrol Kelly had correct:

No songs you can do a routine dance to.
No Macarena
No Saturday Night
No Rock the Boat
No Timewarp
No Conga
and No Friends in Low Places
No Garth Brooks period, and nothing you can line dance to.
No Achy Breaky Heart
No Pop Idol Winners
No Boy Bands
No Girl Bands
Nothing by S Club Seven
No Abba, Jackson Five or Grease medleys

No Summer of 69
No Everything I do, I do it for you
No I will always love you
No Love is all around me
No Stand by your Man
No The Lion Sleeps tonight
No I Say a little prayer
No Can't take my eyes off you
No Blame it on the Boogie
No Celebration

No Staying Alive
No Night Fever
No Bee Gees at all
No Dancing Queen
No Zorba's Dance
No karaoke favourites
No Sweek Caroline
No Delilah
No New York, New York
No My Way
No Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
No Lady in Red
No Green Green Grass of home
And definitely no Sex Bomb

No songs you can do air guitar to
No Black Betty
No Layla
No Living on a Prayer
No Jump

No I'm too sexy and no Deeply Dippy
No Barbie Girl
Nothing by the Vengaboys
No Don't Stop
No I'm Horney
No Jive Bunny
No Love Shack
Nothing Irish
No Fields of Athenry
No In a Country Churchyard
No Riverdance
No Irish Rover
No Siege of Ennis
No Fairytale of New York
No Dirty Bang Headd Town
No Fiesta
Definitely no Ireland's Call
No National Anthem

No novelty songs
No Aon Focail Eile
No Mister Blobby
No Frog Chorus

No Christmas songs by Wizzar, Mud or Shanin Stevens

No Respect
No Red Red Wine
No Stuck in the Middle with you
No Relax
No Reet Petiet
No You'll never walk alone
No Walk like an Egyptian
No Walking on Sunshine
No Pretty Woman
No Shiny Happy People
No Dancing on the ceiling
No Summer Loving
No You're the one that i want
No Club Tropicana
No Wake me up before you go-go
No Copacabana
No Could this be magic?
No Living Doll
No Summer Holiday
No Respectable
No Feels like i'm in Love
No I'm in the mood for dancing
Nothing by the Nolans in fact

No Lets twist again
No Oh Carolina
No Uptown Girl
No Baggy Trousers
No Land Down Under
No Break my Stride
No Like a Virgin and no La Isla Bonita either
No Rivers of Babylon
No Rasputin
No Yes Sir, I can Boogie
No Twist and Shout
No Come on, Eileen
No Moon of Love
No Chanson L'amour
No Five Hundred Miles
No Letter from America
No Thats Amore
No Bad Boys
No What a Feeling
Nothing from Footloose and nothing from Flashdance
No Pass the DUchie
No I don't wanna dance
No Total Eclipse of the Heart
Nothing by Bob Marley
No Perfect Day
No Lust for Life
No Don't you Want Me?

Karen23

Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
Empire State of Mind - Alicia Keyes & Jay z
Fun - We are young

Cookie_Monster

The only thing that'll get me dancing is vast, vast quantities of alcohol.
It the part of my wedding day I'm least looking forward to as it's expected of me.

lowly26

No songs you can do a routine dance to.


totally agree with the above!!!!! they will def be goin on the no play list!!!

lowly26

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

The only thing that'll get me dancing is vast, vast quantities of alcohol.
It the part of my wedding day I'm least looking forward to as it's expected of me.

i know i hate the thoughts of having the first dance with every one looking at me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

grahambol

Although half of the stuff on that list is totally cringeworthy, a lot if it are floorfillers. I would hate to be at the wedding of the person who came up with that list, there would be no one dancing!!:D

Gran Hermano wrote: »

One thing Ross O'Carrol Kelly had correct:

No songs you can do a routine dance to.
No Macarena
No Saturday Night
No Rock the Boat
No Timewarp
No Conga
and No Friends in Low Places
No Garth Brooks period, and nothing you can line dance to.
No Achy Breaky Heart
No Pop Idol Winners
No Boy Bands
No Girl Bands
Nothing by S Club Seven
No Abba, Jackson Five or Grease medleys

No Summer of 69
No Everything I do, I do it for you
No I will always love you
No Love is all around me
No Stand by your Man
No The Lion Sleeps tonight
No I Say a little prayer
No Can't take my eyes off you
No Blame it on the Boogie
No Celebration

No Staying Alive
No Night Fever
No Bee Gees at all
No Dancing Queen
No Zorba's Dance
No karaoke favourites
No Sweek Caroline
No Delilah
No New York, New York
No My Way
No Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
No Lady in Red
No Green Green Grass of home
And definitely no Sex Bomb

No songs you can do air guitar to
No Black Betty
No Layla
No Living on a Prayer
No Jump

No I'm too sexy and no Deeply Dippy
No Barbie Girl
Nothing by the Vengaboys
No Don't Stop
No I'm Horney
No Jive Bunny
No Love Shack
Nothing Irish
No Fields of Athenry
No In a Country Churchyard
No Riverdance
No Irish Rover
No Siege of Ennis
No Fairytale of New York
No Dirty Bang Headd Town
No Fiesta
Definitely no Ireland's Call
No National Anthem

No novelty songs
No Aon Focail Eile
No Mister Blobby
No Frog Chorus

No Christmas songs by Wizzar, Mud or Shanin Stevens

No Respect
No Red Red Wine
No Stuck in the Middle with you
No Relax
No Reet Petiet
No You'll never walk alone
No Walk like an Egyptian
No Walking on Sunshine
No Pretty Woman
No Shiny Happy People
No Dancing on the ceiling
No Summer Loving
No You're the one that i want
No Club Tropicana
No Wake me up before you go-go
No Copacabana
No Could this be magic?
No Living Doll
No Summer Holiday
No Respectable
No Feels like i'm in Love
No I'm in the mood for dancing
Nothing by the Nolans in fact

No Lets twist again
No Oh Carolina
No Uptown Girl
No Baggy Trousers
No Land Down Under
No Break my Stride
No Like a Virgin and no La Isla Bonita either
No Rivers of Babylon
No Rasputin
No Yes Sir, I can Boogie
No Twist and Shout
No Come on, Eileen
No Moon of Love
No Chanson L'amour
No Five Hundred Miles
No Letter from America
No Thats Amore
No Bad Boys
No What a Feeling
Nothing from Footloose and nothing from Flashdance
No Pass the DUchie
No I don't wanna dance
No Total Eclipse of the Heart
Nothing by Bob Marley
No Perfect Day
No Lust for Life
No Don't you Want Me?

At least footloose isn't on that list

Gatica

LOL footloose is on the list, indeed so is "What a Feeling" (unless you were just kidding.. )

agree with most of the Gran Hermano list, however would probably extract the following off it:
Summer of 69 - looks like it's popular with posters here already
Saturday Night
Respect
Living on a Prayer - also on Karen23's list
Summer Loving - not my kinda song, but all girls usually go up dancing for that.
Twist and Shout
What a Feeling

In addition, Thunderstruck -always gets the lads moshing

I think girls always get up dancing for "All the single ladies", as do some of the drunk guys.
Personally I also like some of the Gipsy Kings, cos I like dancing salsa (not exactly salsa music, I know, but you can make it fit!)

lowly26

all great ideas guys keep em coming!!!:D

sweetie

Gran Hermano wrote: »

One thing Ross O'Carrol Kelly had correct:

No songs you can do a routine dance to.
No Macarena
No Saturday Night
No Rock the Boat
No Timewarp
No Conga
and No Friends in Low Places
No Garth Brooks period, and nothing you can line dance to.
No Achy Breaky Heart
No Pop Idol Winners
No Boy Bands
No Girl Bands .....
.....
No I don't wanna dance
No Total Eclipse of the Heart
Nothing by Bob Marley
No Perfect Day
No Lust for Life
No Don't you Want Me?

No fun?

Whilst cheese is a personal thing and I think many djs try and avoid playing the cringeworthy songs, the novelty stuff and the obvious stuff 'that has it's own dance' one also has to remember it is a celebration/party with a wide age range and variety of people and too many restrictions will lead to empty dancefloor. Like most things, there's a happy medium.

Some of my perennial faves:

erasure - a little respect
depeche mode - just cant egt enough
communards -dont leave me this way
generation x/billy idol - dancing with myself
dr alban - sing hallelujah
mark morrison - return of the mac
kanye west - gold digger
stunning - brewing up a storm
fratellis - chelsea dagger

Balmed Out

james - sit down
emf - unbelievable

What always seems popular but is guaranteed to get hairs on the back of my neck to stand upright and have me fleeing the dance floor is that completely crap and worlds most irritating song - girl your sex is on fire. I had liked kings of leon before it but will never forgive them.

deskgirl

Gatica wrote: »

In addition, Thunderstruck -always gets the lads moshing

This would be our first dance if my H2B got his way!!

grahambol

sweetie wrote: »

No fun?

Some of my perennial faves:

erasure - a little respect
depeche mode - just cant egt enough
communards -dont leave me this way
generation x/billy idol - dancing with myself
dr alban - sing hallelujah
mark morrison - return of the mac
kanye west - gold digger
stunning - brewing up a storm
fratellis - chelsea dagger

Classics!! Hey, I am getting in a party mood just thinking of those tracks:)!!

clint_silver

djing a wedding last friday, bride said under no condition am I to play rock the boat, she hates it. no problemo. groom comes over at 1:30am with the best man, hape of gargle on them and said can i get rock the boat for the lads. what to do? I normalyl wouldnt play it anyway but they REALLY wanted it.

stuck it on, lads were rolling round the floor laughing, bride was too. highlight of the night. Sure who cares. no room for music snobbery at 1:30 in the morning when everyones jumping up and down laughing.

maybe give DJ or band a list of songs ya want to hear and maybe a genre of music ya dont "no ska or dubstep please", but suggest leave it up his own discretion after that.

Karen23

Of course most of it is cheesy but they fill the dance floor. The guys always love Madness too and I agree with the no dance routine like Macarena and Saturday Night. They always make me sit down.

Karen23

Gran Hermano wrote: »

One thing Ross O'Carrol Kelly had correct:


No Summer of 69
No Dancing Queen
No Sweet Caroline
No New York, New York
No My Way

No songs you can do air guitar to
No Black Betty
No Layla
No Living on a Prayer
No Jump

No Don't stop believing
No You'll never walk alone
No Wake me up before you go go
No Uptown Girl
No Baggy Trousers
No Land Down Under
No Break my Stride
No Rivers of Babylon
No Twist and Shout
No Come on, Eileen
No Five Hundred Miles
No What a Feeling
Nothing from Footloose and nothing from Flashdance
No Don't you Want Me?

I agree with the other's on the no list but most of these will get people dancing

lowly26

clint_silver wrote: »

djing a wedding last friday, bride said under no condition am I to play rock the boat, she hates it. no problemo. groom comes over at 1:30am with the best man, hape of gargle on them and said can i get rock the boat for the lads. what to do? I normalyl wouldnt play it anyway but they REALLY wanted it.

stuck it on, lads were rolling round the floor laughing, bride was too. highlight of the night. Sure who cares. no room for music snobbery at 1:30 in the morning when everyones jumping up and down laughing.

maybe give DJ or band a list of songs ya want to hear and maybe a genre of music ya dont "no ska or dubstep please", but suggest leave it up his own discretion after that.

yea i thought thats how it go that the dj would know kinda what gets ppl goin but he has asked for a list of no play songs(rock the boat being number one ha ha ) and 40 songs from us as our wanted songs that he can play.

pwurple

Kanye west - goldigger has to be a joke suggestion for a wedding.... Right?

clint_silver

pwurple wrote: »

Kanye west - goldigger has to be a joke suggestion for a wedding.... Right?

nope, still big requested song, mainly by the female side.

Minier81

pwurple wrote: »

Kanye west - goldigger has to be a joke suggestion for a wedding.... Right?

Wrong!! I was at a wedding when the played this, half of us were stunned off the dancefloor :eek:

ABajaninCork

For me, it's gotta be 'Candy' by Cameo. No black wedding is complete without it! My husband always jokes that it's line dancing for black people. In fact, we hustle to that tune, and even my husband can do a bit now.

Irish DJ didn't have it for our wedding, even though I offered to get him a copy. I was cursed stink by my family and friends!!!

Another floorfiller for me would be 'She's Got The Vibe' by R Kelly. 'Crazy In Love' or 'Single Ladies' by Beyonce would be cool too.

ABajaninCork

pwurple wrote: »

Kanye west - goldigger has to be a joke suggestion for a wedding.... Right?

Well you could always have '99 Problems' by Jay-Z!

clint_silver

"Eye of the tiger"

OKvintage

One of the best dances at a wedding ive ever seen was when the DJ stuck on Return to Sender (maybe a bit random??) and one of the lads had this whole routine - legendary stuff!! No one left the dancefloor after that!