Playlist

Jackson 5 - Blame it on the boogie

Proclaimers - 500 miles

S Club 7 - Reach for the stars

Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire

Killers - Mr Brightside

So for the cheese factor and the mums Baby Jane Rod Stewart

For the dance factor You've got the love

To shake your booty would be something by shaun paul

For romance has to be something by Adele

for the indie Id have something by cold play like viva la vida or somthing like that

I've gone through a simular process with family and friends - asking each for their choices. So far i've only written up mine and Dad's which are:

Dad

The lazy song – Bruno Mars

Pencil full of lead – Paulo Nutini

King of the Dancehall – Beenie Man

Jamin – Bob Marley

Let the Bass kick in – Miami Chuckie

Party rock anthem – IMFAO

Me

Get busy - Sean Paul

Mr Brightside – The Killers

Pon de Replay – Rhianna

Green light – Roll deep

Adele – Make you feel my love

Classics -

Jackson 5 - Blame it on the Boogie

Bon Jovi - Livin on a prayer

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

B52's - Love Shack

Newish

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

Beyonce - Single Ladies

Blacked Eyed Peas - I got a feeling

Rihanna - SOS

LMFAO - Shuffling

Your Dad is well cool!!!

Oooo just love Pencil full of led!

Hi i have asked on the back of my rsvp's for people to name 3 of their favourite songs if they want to. Not everyone has filled in all three spaces but it has really helped towards our playlist. Could you maybe do something like this?

Chidders - I can understand why you may say that, but trust me when I say - it can be very embaressing indeed. The wedding pictures WILL prove this at some point.

Whitney Houston - I wanna dance with somebody

Kings of Leon - Sex on fire

La Macarena! (OH has told me NO! but im having it)

MJ - Blame it on the boogie

S Club - Reach!

Copy & pasted my list

Recent/Dance and R&B Songs

LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem

Katy B - Broken Record

Flo Rida – Club cant handle me right now

Jennifer Lopez – On the floor

David Guetta – Where them girls at

Alexis Jordan – Hush hush

Alesha Dixon – Every little part of me

Sean Kingston – Fire burning on the dancefloor

Robin S – Show me love

Baby D – Let me be your fantasy

Cascada – Evacuate the dancefloor

Lady gaga – Just dance

Cee Lo Green – Forget you

DJ Pied Piper – Do you really like it

Kings of Leon – Sex is on fire

Shakira – Hips don’t lie

Usher – Yeah

Beyonce – Single ladies

Flo Rida – Low

Black Eyed Peas – I gotta Feeling

Santana – Maria Maria

Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl

Rihanna – Dont stop the music

Rihanna – Whats my name

Dancing Songs

YMCA

Saturday Night

Macerena

Oops upside your head (the boat song)

Cha Cha Slide

70s/80s/90s Songs

Wham – Take me to the edge of heaven

Cutting Crew – Died in your arms

Phil Colins – Groovy kinda love

Bon Jovi – Living on a prayer

MJ –Beat it

MJ – Billie Jean

Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody

Bee Gees – Night fever

The weather girls – Its raining men

The tramps – Disco inferno

Lionel Richie – Dancing on the ceiling

Lionel Richie – All night long

5 Star – System Addict

Stevie Wonder – Superstition

Wild Cherry – Play that funky music

Jackson 5 – Blame it on the boogie

Brothers Johnson – Stomp

Irena Cara – Fame

Bobby Brown – Two can play that game

Diana King – Shy guy

Journey – Dont stop believin’

Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up

As someone suggested, the best way to compile a playlist is to ask your guests. I have some sure fire floorfillers...that occasionally bomb! Each group of guests is different. Until the night, its difficult to predict what will get everyone going and staying on the dance floor.

As a DJ, I'll play one of the brides tunes, and if it works well, I choose a couple more of a similar genre. If the playlist is too prescribed you can't do this. Also some people will pick a great tune... but its more what you'd listen to on your ipod than dance to.... and they could be the only person in the room that likes it!

Playlists are great to give the DJ an idea of the bride and grooms tastes, but there needs to be some flexibility there to allow the DJ to use his skills.

1 - Rock the Casbah by The Clash

2 - PYT - Michael Jackson

3 - That LMFAO one - love it

4 - Anything by Madness - faves One Step Beyond or Baggy Trousers

5 - Something by UB40 - Red Red wine or Kingston Town...well..anything!

all of the above never EVER fail to have me cutting some serious shapes!

We're so tempted to have a proper dancefest, so here's a sample of our list! ;
(Luckily it's a popular choice with about 80% of our guests as none of them are in free bus pass territory yet)
It's not to everyone's taste, but I much preferable to the awful, generic cr*p played at most weddings. I'm loving that our DJ agrees!!!

Indigo - Perfect Day (Almighty Anthem Club Mix)

Manian - Ravers In The UK

Jason Derulo - Whatcha Say

Kato - Are You Gonna Go My Way (Ti-Mo Remix Edit)

Gigi D'Agostino - I'll Fly With You

PS; I'll be so impressed if anyone knows all of these!

Love this thread. I'm doing my own playlist too and it is hard so keep em coming x

I completley agree with Sandy on this point, it is almost impossible for proffesional ~Wedding DJs to pre-empt the music choice of any party before the night although being prepared always helps and getting guests requests can be a good way to go, just make sure you do not end up with 3 hours of slow music which seems to happen a lot with guest requests.

Have a look at the 2 videos on our site here

http://www.greenclaws.co.uk/230411_welcombe.htm

There are 2 videos on the right hand side which uses a 20 - 30 second clip from almost every song played at a particualr Wedding. It shows an eclestic mix of music and will hopefully give you some ideas.

Damian

Thanks all, I have pinched more than a few.

Any more for any more?

Ooh there are some good suggestions on here! Might have to pinch a few

My top five faves from the playlist that we are compiling:

Jennifer Hudson - All Dressed Up In Love (from SATC to dance with my girls to!)

The Contours - Do you love me

The Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News

Gwen Stefani - Sweet Escape

Take That - Never Forget

I love dancing like a dad at a wedding... (no offence to those who have dads that are good dancers!) A few from my party play list!:
9-5 - Dolly Parton
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
Stuck In The Middle - Stealers Wheel
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis
Grease Megamix
Sexy Eyes - Wigfield (superior follow up to Saturday Night IMO - I'm available to teach you the dance!)
18 'Til I Die - Bryan Adams
La Bamba - Richie Valens
Amarillo - Tony Christie
Lets Dance - Chris Montez
Reach - S Club 7
Sit Down - James
Do You Love Me - The Tremeloes
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
You Never Can Tell - Emmylou Harris (Made famous by Pulp Fiction)

And towards the end of the night - the greatest Dad Dancing song of all time:

The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

I love a bit of Dolly. Good choice!

9 to 5 best song ever !!!

Specifically with dancing in mind here are some ideas:

Aerosmith - Walk this way

Queen - Dont stop me now

MC Hammer - you can't touch this

Cool and the Gang - Ladies night

Wham - I'm your man, Wake me up before you go, Club tropicana

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen

Beyonce - Crazy in Love

Tiffany - I think were alone now

The Proclaimers - 500 Miles

Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer

Bryan Adams - Summer of 69

Guns and Roses - Sweet Child of Mine

Blur - Song 2

Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Jackie Wilson - Higher & Higher (Your love keeps lifting me)
The Grease Megamix
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
The Monkees - I'm A Believer
Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
The Commitments - Mustang Sally
Take on Me - A-ha

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire

Stuck in the middle with you - Stealers Whe

Kiss - Tom Jones / Prince

B52s - Loveshack
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
You're the First, My Last, My Everything--Barry White

Kung fu fighting

Play that funky music

A mixture there but they are the ones that came into my head that I would dance like mad to at a wedding. We are putting song requests in our invitations which I have literally just made today, specifically saying 'the songs that will get us up and dancing at the wedding are ......' for guests to then write a few suggestions. This way we hope to avoid too many slow songs or songs which are more a sit down and listen to it rather than dance. I would definitely suggest you do this as it can be so helpful in getting a playlist together.

Little flash for you: