Most Popular Wedding DJ Songs List from Billboard
There are SO MANY lists that an engaged couple can study in order to find songs that will rock their wedding reception dance floors (I provide my clients with numerous lists myself). But this is the first list Billboard has produced in a while of the songs that Wedding DJs say "This is what works".
I agree with about 90% of the list but maybe not in the order it's in. I think some songs that are lower on the list do much better than songs higher on the list and vice versa. And because the majority of my parties take place in Alabama, I need to put an "Alabama Spin" on the list ... we here in Alabama take our sweet time getting around to following the trends that other parts of the country tend to jump on as far as the popularity of music. For instance, I don't think I've received more than one request for "I Took A Pill In Ibiza" and "One Dance" this year. These may be dance floor burners at Los Angeles' wedding receptions but I don't foresee them becoming must hears in our area for at least another year if ever.
That said, here's the list. If you want to see the list on the Billboard site which has videos of many of the more recent songs, click here.
BILLBOARD TOP 100 WEDDING SONGS
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
Can’t Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
September - Earth Wind & Fire
Yeah - Usher
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Shout – Part 1 - The Isley Brothers
Cupid Shuffle - Cupid
Hey Ya - Outkast
Wobble - V.I.C.
Cake By The Ocean - DNCE
Happy - Pharell Williams
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.
I Want You Back - Jackson Five
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall & Oates
This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Crazy In Love - Beyonce & Jay-Z
Twist And Shout - The Beatles
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) - Backstreet Boys
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke
Party In The USA - Miley Cyrus
Low - Flo Rida
Ignition (Remix) - R. Kelly
Turn Down For What - DJ Snake w/Lil' Jon
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Can’t Feel My Face - The Weeknd
All Of Me - John Legend
Wannabe - Spice Girls
I Love It - Icona Pop
Love Shack - The B-52s
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Timber - Pitbull
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell
Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
Kiss - Prince
Livin’ On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
My Girl - Temptations
One Dance - Drake
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Work - Rihanna
Jump Around - House Of Pain
Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
Cha Cha Slide - DJ Casper
At Last - Etta James
PYT - Michael Jackson
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
We Found Love - Rihanna w/ Calvin Harris
Bye Bye Bye - N'Sync
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - Temptations
Sorry - Justin Bieber
Danza Kuduro - Don Omar
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Hot In Herre - Nelly
Die A Happy Man - Thomas Rhett
Sugar - Maroon 5
The Way You Move - Outkast
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
This Is What You Came For - Rihanna w/ Calvin Harris
My House - Flo Rida
Feel So Close - Calvin Harris
Honey I’m Good - Andy Grammer
Fireball - Pitbull
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
Love On Top - Beyonce
Firework - Katy Perry
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Wanna Be Startin Something - Michael Jackson
Dancing Queen - Abba
Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
You Are The Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo
Suavemente - Elvis Crespo
I Took A Pill In Ibiza (SeeB Remix) - Mike Posner
Then - Brad Paisley
Give Me Everything - Pitbull
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
I Cross My Heart - George Strait
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A Lot
It’s Tricky - Run DMC
Watch Me Whip - Silento
All I Do Is Win - DJ Khaled
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Take On Me - A-Ha
Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
100. Celebration - Kool and the Gang
I will say that normally when we play songs off this list, the music appeals to young and old AS LONG AS we play it at the proper point of the evening. Putting all these songs on an iPod, hitting shuffle and expecting to get a dance floor going simply will not work. A Professional DJ understands the psychology of entertaining your guests in a way so that he knows not to try playing "Unchained Melody" or "Don't Stop Believin" in the first hour of your reception. He knows WHEN to play these songs to maximize their effect with you and your guests.
So while it's a great list of music, it means nothing without a Professional DJ playing it.
Kinda like a NASCAR race car and a 16 year-old driver. Sure the 16 year-old knows how to drive now. But I wouldn't put him behind the wheel of a race car and expect success!
