Top 10 Overplayed Wedding Songs
It’s wedding season again. Get ready for the barrage of bad wedding music and lame D.J’s. Here are the songs that make me gag at weddings.
10. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
This is the anthem for the bridesmaid’s dance. Only really pussy-whipped guys will dance to this one. Otherwise for guys it’s like being in the tampon aisle in the supermarket.
9. Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger
Do baby boomer women get their panties in a twist when they envision Tom Cruise dancing to this in his tightie whities? I can’t think of any other reason for people to listen to this song. I kind of liked it the first 400 times I heard it, but….
8. Celebration - Kool and the Gang
Okay.. I get it… wedding… celebration. This is a song that the whitest of white people will bust nuts trying to get funky to.
7. The Chicken Dance - Someone Who Has a Special Place in Hell
I make no bones about hating this song. My ex-wife made the mistake of dragging my drunken ass out to the dance floor for this, and she regretted it ever since. Apparently you’re not supposed to pretend to shake your dick around. Who knew?
6. The Electric Slide - The Artist formerly known as Someone Who Has a Special Place in Hell
Some women are militant about dancing to this song. It’s designed so that even the most arrythmic people can feel good about themselves. The anarchistic part of me always wants to go out on the dance floor and just stand there so everyone has to move around me.
5. Friends in Low Places - Garth Brooks
This song gets played at a lot of weddings because, up until a few years ago, it was the only country song popular enough to attract people to the dance floor.
4. Love Shack - the B-52’s
There’s nothing wrong with playing the B-52’s at a wedding, but if you’re going to play one of their songs, play “Rock Lobster” instead of this piece of pop nonsense. Especially if everyone is willing to gator when it goes down.. down.. down.
3. Shout - Otis Day and the Knights
This is a fun song, and when I was in college, I used to dance my ass off to this and roll around on the floor. If people aren’t willing to roll around on the floor (and they’re more than likely not) then don’t play it.
2. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra is a must at any wedding, but I’ve seen one too many drunken chorus lines. Why not a ROMANTIC Frank Sinatra song?
1. Mony Mony - Billy Idol
I thought this was a cool, hopped-up version of the classic Tommy James song the first time I heard it. Then at a semi garbage blanc wedding I heard people scream “Get Laid Get F**ked!” in the middle of it. I’ve heard it several times since in trashy bars.
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Filed under: General Observations, Music on June 18th, 2007
What songs do you recomend then?
I love you! Thank you so much! You’re the best. It needed to be said!!!!!!!! I’ve been planning my wedding and everyone pressures me to play these STUUUUUUUPID songs, but I WON’T back down.
Thanks Robin. The first time I got married, the DJ was insulted that I had such strong opinions about music, but my EX mother in law hired him anyway. Stand your ground girlfriend!
Thank You! Im glad someone finally said it! I cant stand any of those songs. My DJ is a friend of ours and he plays at a club here so he knows what we listen to. Thank goodness for a playlist!
That’s the best kind of DJ!
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