Music

 Weddings are a wonderful time to celebrate and there’s nothing people like more than a great reception! This all starts with hiring a very good band or DJ, because truth be told, your music can make or break the fun at your reception. Most DJ’s and bands will have a good idea of popular songs but they may not know the best songs for your friends and family. Planning a wedding playlist to give to your DJ or band can be a great help in making sure that you’re not only playing the best music to entertain your guests, but that there is a wonderful variety of music that all of your guests will enjoy no matter what age, or style of music they prefer!

While there are a lot of amazing songs on the radio, some of your older guests may not love or know how to dance to today’s Billboard hits. The best weddings I’ve been to where everyone was up and dancing had a great mixture of top wedding music from every decade. You’ve got to make sure your wedding playlist is diverse, especially if your guests come from different generations, or backgrounds.

To help you out on your very special day and save you a ton of time, we’ve created (in no particular order) a list of the top wedding songs not only of 2017, but the top wedding songs of all times (40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, 10’s.) We hope you enjoy!

Top 200 Wedding/Reception Songs of All Time
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• I Loved her First – by Heartland
• I Hope you Dance – by Lee Ann Womack
  
• Celebration – by Kool & The Gang
  
• Always And Forever – by Heatwave
  
• When You Kiss Me – by Shania Twain
  
• Love Shack – by B-52’s
  
• Endless Love – by Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross
  
• The Way You Look Tonight – by Frank Sinatra
  
• All of Me – John Legend
  
• Marry You – Bruno Mars
  
• Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
  
• Marry Me – Train
  
• Lucky – Jason Mraz
  
• I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
  
• Happy – Pharrell Williams
  
• Everything - Michael Buble
  
• Lets Stay Together – Al Green
  
• At Last – Etta James
  
• Signed, Sealed Delivered – Stevie Wonder
  
• Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
  
• I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
  
• My Girl – The Temptations
  
• I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas
  
• Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
  
• Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
  
• Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry
  
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
  
• M.C.A – Villiage People
  
• Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  
• Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
  
• Jackson 5 – ABC
  
• Respect – Aretha Franklin
  
• Your Song – Elton John
  
• Like a Prayer – Madonna
  
• You Make My Dreams – Daryl Hall & John Oates
  
• Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync
  
• Runaround Sue – Dion
  
• I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
  
• Bust a Move – Young MC
  
• One More Time – Daft Punk
  
• The Twist – Chubby Checker
  
• Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival/Tina Turner
  
• Starships – Nicki Minaj
  
• Save the Last Dance – Michael Buble
  
• What is Love - Haddaway
  
• You Can’t Hurry Love – Supremes
  
• Take On Me – A-Ha
  
• September – Earth, Wind, & Fire
  
• Michael Jackson – Thriller
  
• Raise Your Glass - Pink
  
• Cupid Shuffle – Cupid
  
• Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
  
• You Are the Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
  
• Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
  
• Single Ladies – Beyonce
  
• Dancing Queen – ABBA
  
• Wake Me Up! – Amici
  
• Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
  
• Superstition – Stevie Wonder
  
• Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
  
• Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
  
• Piano Man – Billy Joel
  
• Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Frankie Valli
  
• Cruise – Flordia George Line
  
• Beat It – Micheal Jackson
  
• You Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
  
• Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
  
• Shots – LMFAO
  
• Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
  
• Push It – Salt N’ Pepa
  
• Country Girl – Luke Bryan
  
• Time of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
  
• Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
  
• Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
  
• Cake By The Ocean - DNCE
  
• Walk the Moon – Shut Up and Dance
  
• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
  
• Firework - Katy Perry
  
• Cheap Thrills – Sia
  
• Gangam Style – Psy
  
• What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  
• Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
  
• Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
  
• Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
  
• Love Shack – B52’s
  
• Twist and Shout – Beatles
  
• Footloose – Kenny Loggins
  
• Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake
  
• Stand By Me – Ben E. King
  
• Runaround Sue – Dion
  
• Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
  
• Soul Man – Sam & Dave
  
• Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
  
• Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
  
• Loco-Motion – Little Eva
  
• The Wander – Dion
  
• Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters
  
• Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – The Righteous Brothers
  
• Old Time Rock N’ Roll – Bob Seger
  
• You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
  
• Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
  
• Turn Down for What – DJ Snake feat. Lil’ Jon
  
• Timber – Pitbull feat. Kesha
  
• Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
  
• Everybody – Backstreet Boys
  
• Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot
  
• Low – Flo Rida
  
• Baby Love – The Temptations
  
• I’m a Believer – The Monkees
  
• The Midnight Hour _ Wilson Pickett
  
• Mony Mony – Billie Idol
  
• Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
  
• White Wedding – Billie Idol
  
• My Girl – Temptations
  
• Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show
  
• Build Me Up Buttercup – Foundations
  
• Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
  
• Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  
• Cheerleader – OMI
  
• Pour Some Sugar on Me – Def Leppard
  
• Glory of Love - Peter Cetera
  
• PYT – Michael Jackson
  
• Baby I Need Your Loving – Four Tops
  
• Be My Baby – The Ronettes
  
• Daydream Believer – The Monkees
  
• Crazy – Patsy Cline
  
• Duke of Earl – Gene Chandler
  
• Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
  
• I Can’t Help Myself – Four Tops
  
• Old Time Rocking Roll – Bob Segar
  
• Better Together – Jack Johnson
  
• Blue Moon – The Marcels
  
• Lets Get it On – Marvin Gaye
  
• I Get Around – The Beachboys
  
• When a Man Loves A Woman – Sledge Percy
  
• You are so Beautiful – Joe Cocker
  
• Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
  
• When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
  
• Have I told You Lately – Van Morrison
  
• Keep On Loving You – REO Speedwagon
  
• Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us – Starship
  
• Lets Dance – David Bowie
  
• Love Song – The Cure
  
• Heaven – Bryan Adams
  
• Always and Forever – Heatwave
  
• American Pie – Don McLean
  
• Brick House – The Commodores
  
• December 1963 – Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons
  
• Disco Inferno – The Trammps
  
• Fire and Rain – James Taylor
  
• Hotel California – The Eagles
  
• Just What I Needed – The Cars
  
• Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
  
• Last Dance – Donna Summer
  
• Lean on Me – Bill Withers
  
• Paradise by The Dashboard Light – Meatloaf
  
• Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang
  
• Still the One – Orleans
  
• Take a Chance on Me – ABBA
  
• Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver
  
• We are Family – Sister Sledge
  
• 16 Candles – The Crests
  
• Chantilly Lace – The Bopper
  
• Earth Angel – The Penguins
  
• Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
  
• La Bamba – Richie Valens
  
• Mac the Knife – Bobby Darin
  
• Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
  
• Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
  
• 1999 – Prince
  
• Don’t You Want Me – Human League
  
• Down Under – Men at Work
  
• Escape (Pina Coloda Song) – Rupert Holmes
  
• Flashdance (What a feeling) – Irene Cara
  
• Hungry Like a Wolf – Duran Duran
  
• Hot Hot Hot – Buster Poindexter
  
• I’m So Excited – Pointer Sisters
  
• I Want to Know What Love Is – Forgeigner
  
• I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
  
• Jack & Diane – John Mellencamp
  
• Like a Virgin – Madonna
  
• Super Freak – Rick James
  
• Tainted Love – Soft Cell
  
• Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
  
• Wake Me Up Before You Go Go – Wham
  
• Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles
  
• You’re the Inspiration – Chicago
  
• Don’t Want to Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
  
• I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
  
• On Bended Knee – Boyz II Men
  
• Motown Philly – Boyz II Men
  
• Shout – The Isley Brothers
  
• Baby Love – The Supremes
  
• Copacabana – Barry Manilow
  
• Crocodile Rock – Elton John
  
• I Want You To Want Me – Cheak Trick
  
• Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
  
• Three Times a Lady – Commedores
  
• The Way You Look Tonight – Elton John
  
• My Way – Frank Sinatra
  

                 Wedding Ceremony Songs

• Sufjan Stevens: “For the Widows in Paradise”
• Bob Dylan: “Forever Young”
  
• Magnetic Fields: “The Book of Love”
  
• The Weepies: “Somebody Loved”
  
• Judy Collins: “How Can I Keep from Singing”
  

                     Processional Songs

• Velvet Underground: “I’ll Be Your Mirror”
• Johnny Cash: “I Walk the Line”
  
• Yo La Tengo: “Our Way to Fall”
  
• The Corrs: “Haste to the Wedding”
  
• Ennio Morricone: “Once Upon a Time in the West”
  
• The Beach Boys: “God Only Knows”
  
• Siobhan McDonnell: “Twa Bonnie Maidens”
  
• Cake: “Love You Madly”
  
• The Muppets: “Life’s a Happy Song”
  
• Keb’ Mo’: “Every Morning”
  
• Death Cab For Cutie: “Stay Young, Go Dancing”
  
• José Gonazalez: “Heartbeats”
  
• The Ramones: “Baby, I Love You”
  
• Josh Ritter: “Baby, That’s Not All”
  
• City of Prague Philharmonic: “The West Wing Theme”
  

                 Recessional Wedding Songs

• The Temper Trap: “Sweet Disposition”
• Bruce Springsteen: “Dancing in the Dark”
  
• Justin Timberlake: “Mirrors”
  
• Faith Hill: “This Kiss”
  
• Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You”
  
• The Cure: “Just Like Heaven”
  
• Beyoncé: “XO”
  
• Michael Bublé: “Everything”
  
• The Sundays: “Summertime”
  
• Meiko: “Stuck On You”
  
• Hedwig & The Angry Inch (Stephen Trask): “The Origin of Love”
  
• Iron & Wine: “Time After Time”
  
• Erasure: “Always”
  
• Queen: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”
  
• Capital Cities: “Safe and Sound”
  

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