TOP 500 BEST PARTY AND WEDDING SONGS!

This list includes the best songs that will get your guests dancing, and also includes very popular wedding music suggestions.

 

Ted Bilodeau, the owner and manager of Partyhound Media first created and introduced this list in 1980.  He has continually revised and updated it based on his over 40 years of experience as a radio, wedding, and event DJ; and on the many years of experience of several DJs that worked for him in his various DJ services that he has owned throughout North Carolina, upstate New York, and throughout New England.

This list is based on the song requests of guests and on the best songs that get people up and on the dance floor at thousands of weddings and other events.

This list is NOT for everybody!  You may not consider this a complete list, depending on what you like.  This list is up to date based on our opinion and research as of Jan. 2022.  The songs in bold are the best of the best for many events. There are songs with explicit, offensive, or suggestive lyrics.  You may want to pay attention to this for your event.

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Dance/Pop/R&B/Hip Hop  (please find slow songs further below)

24K Magic, Bruno Mars

679, Fetty Wap ft. Remy Boyz

All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

All Summer Long, Kid Rock

Apache, the Sugar Hill Gang

Baby Got Back, Sir Mix Alot

Bad Habits, Ed Sheeran

Bailando, Enrique Eglesias

Best Day of My Life, American Authors

Biker Shuffle, Big Mucci

Billie Jean, Michael Jackson 

Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I.

Bootylicious, Destiny’s Child

Brickhouse, Commodores

Bust a Move, Young MC

Bye Bye Bye, N’Sync

Cake by the Ocean, DNCE

Call Me Maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen

Can’t Feel My Face, the Weeknd

Can’t Stop the Feeling, Justin Timberlake

Car Wash, Rose Royce

Celebration, Kool and the Gang

Cha Cha Slide, Mr. C the Slide Man 

Cheap Thrills, Sia ft. Sean Paul

Classic Man, Jidenna

Closer, the Chainsmokers feat. Halsey

Club Can’t Handle Me, Flo Ride ft. David Guetta

C’mon and Ride It (the Train), Quad City DJs

Cold Heart, Elton John and Dua Lipa

Conga, Miami Sound Machine

Cotton Eyed Joe, Rednex   (also in Country songs list)

Crank That, Soulja Boy

Crazy, Gnarls Barkley

Crazy in Love, Beyonce

Cupid Shuffle, Cupid  

Dance Monkey, Tones and I

Dancing on the Ceiling, Lionel Richie

Danza Kuduro, Dom Omar feat. Lucenzo

December 1963, Oh What a Night, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Despacito, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber

Disco Inferno, Trammps

DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love, Usher ft. Pitbull

Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough, Michael Jackson

Downtown, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Drop It Like It’s Hot, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell

Dynamite, Taio Cruz

Electric Boogie, Marcia Griffith (electric slide)

Everybody, Backstreet Boys

Feel So Close, Calvin Harris

Fight the Power, Public Enemy

Finesse, Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B

Fireball, Pitbull ft. John Ryan

Firework, Katy Perry (also good if you have a ‘sparkler’ wedding exit)

Funky Cold Medina, Tone Loc

Gangnam Style, Psy

GDFR (going down for real), Flo Rida

Get Down Tonight, KC and the Sunshine Band

Get Low, Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz

Get Lucky, Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams

Get Your Freak On, Missy Elliott

Getting’ Jiggy Wit It, Will Smith

Ghetto Superstar, Pras

Give Me Everything, Pitbull ft. Neyo

God’s Plan, Drake

Golddigger, Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx

Gonna Make you Sweat, C&C Music Factory

Good As Hell, Lizzo

Good Feeling, Flo Rida

Good 4 U, Olivia Rodrigo

Got To Be Enough, Con Funk Shun

Got To Give It Up, Marvin Gaye

Happy, Pharrell Williams

Havana, Camilla Cabello feat Young Thug

Hey Mama, David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj

Hey Ya, Outcast

Higher Love, Kygo and Whitney Houston

Hips Don’t Lie, Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

Hit the Quan, IHeartMemphis

Hot In Here, Nelly

How Low, Lucacris

I Like it, Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny and J. Balvin

Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice

Instant Replay, Dan Hartman

I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas

I Know You Want Me, Pitbull

I Like to Move It, Reel 2 Reel

I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Whitney Houston

In Da Club, 50 Cent

Industry Baby, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow

Insane in the Brain, Cypress Hill

It Takes Two, Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock

It’s Tricky, Run DMC

Juice, Lizzo

Juicy Wiggle, Redfoo

Jump, Kriss Kross

Jump Around, House of Pain

Just Dance, Lady Gaga

Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars

Kiss, Prince

Ladies Night, Kool and the Gang

Last Dance, Donna Summer

Latch, Disclosure ft. Sam Smith

Lean On, Major Lazer

Let’s Get it Started, Black Eyed Peas

Let’s Go Crazy, Prince

Let’s Groove, Earth Wind and Fire

Let Me Clear My Throat, DJ Kool

Livin’ La Vida Loca, Ricky Martin

Locomotion, Kylie Minogue or Grand Funk Railroad

Love Shack, B52s  

Low  (“apple bottom jeans”), Flo Rida and T-Pain  

Mambo #5, Lou Bega

Macarena, Los Del Mar or Los Del Rio

Mo Money Mo Problems, Notorious BIG feat. Puff Daddy and Mase

More, Usher

More Bounce, Heavy D and the Boyz

More Bounce to the Ounce, Zapp and Roger

Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5

My House, Flo Rida

My Humps, Black Eyed Peas

Need to Know, Dojo Cat

Night Fever, Bee Gees

No Diggity, Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre, Queen Pen

North Carolina (raise up), Petey Pablo

Old Town Road, Lil NasX feat. Billy Ray Cyrus  (also in Country songs list)

One Dance, Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla

One More Time, Daft Punk

On the Floor, Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull

Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus

Party Rock Anthem, LMFAO

Play that Funky Music, Wild Cherry  

Pon De Replay, Rihanna

Pony, Ginuwine

Pump up the Volume, MARRS

Push It, Salt and Pepa

Raise Your Glass, Pink

Rappers Delight,  the Sugarhill Gang

Rico Suave, Gerardo

Rock your Body, Justin Timberlake

Rollin’ with the Kid, Kid n’ Play

September, Earth Wind and Fire  

Sexy and I Know It, LMFAO

Sexy Back, Justin Timberlake

Shake it Off, Taylor Swift

Shake Your Body Down To the Ground, the Jacksons

Shake Your Rump, the Beastie Boys

Shake Your Tailfeather, Nelly

Shivers, Ed Sheeran

Shots, LMFAO ft. Lil Jon

Shut up and Dance, Walk the Moon

Smooth, Santana featuring Rob Thomas

Stanky Leg, GS Boyz

Starboy, The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk

Stay, The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

Stayin’ Alive, Bee Gees

Strokin’, Clarence Carter

Sucker, Jonas Brothers

Sunflower, Post Malone and Swae Lee

Superbass, Nicki Minaj

Superstition, Stevie Wonder

Super Gremlin, Kodak Black

Suavemente, Elvis Crespo

Teach Me How to Dougie, California Swag District

That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars

That’s What I Want, Lil Nas X

The Humpty Dance, Digital Underground

The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson

This is How We Do It, Montell Jordan

This is What You Came For, Calvin Harris/Rihanna

Thrift Shop, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Thriller, Michael Jackson

Timber, Pitbull ft. Ke$ha

Time of Our Lives, Pitbull ft. NeYo

Tootsie Roll, 69 Boyz

Trap Queen, Fetty Wap

Treasure, Bruno Mars

Truth Hurts, Lizzo

Turn Down for What, DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon

U Can’t Touch This, MC Hammer

Uptown Funk, Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars

Wake Me Up, Avicii

Walk It Out, DJ Unk

Walk this Way, Aerosmith/Run DMC

Wannabe, Spice Girls

Watch Me (whip it nae nae), Silento

We Are Family, Sister Sledge

Wild One, Flo Rida

Wobble, V.I.C.

Worth It, Fifth Harmony ft. Kid Ink

Yeah, Usher  

Yeah 3X, Chris Brown

YMCA, Village People

 

 Country  (please find slow songs further below)

Achy Breaky Heart, Billy Ray Cyrus

All My Roudy Friends Are Comin’ Over Tonight, Hank Williams, Jr.

Any Man of Mine, Shania Twain

Body Like a Back Road, Sam Hunt

Boot Scootin’ Boogie, Brooks and Dunn

Chattahoochie, Alan Jackson

Chicken Fried, Zak Brown Band

Country Girl Shake it for Me, Luke Bryan

Copperhead Road, Steve Earle  

Cotton Eyed Joe, Rednex  (also in Dance/Pop list)

Don’t Rock the Jukebox, Alan Jackson

Fancy Like, Walker Hayes

Fishin’ in the Dark, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Footloose, Blake Shelton (or Kenny Loggins)

Friday Night, Eric Paslay

Friends in Low Places, Garth Brooks

Good Time, Alan Jackson

Honey Bee, Blake Shelton

Honkytonk Badonkadonk, Trace Atkins

I Walk the Line, Johnny Cash

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

Life is a Highway, Rascal Flatts  (or original version by Tom Cochrane)

Man, I Feel Like a Woman, Shania Twain

Mountain Music, Alabama

No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem, Kenny Chesney

Old Town Road, Lil NasX feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (also in dance/pop list)

Red Solo Cup, Toby Keith

Redneck Woman, Gretchen Wilson

Ring of Fire, Johnny Cash

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy,  Big and Rich  

She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy, Kenny Chesney

Thank God I’m a Country Boy, John Denver  

The Git Up, Bianco Brown (popular line dance)

Wagon Wheel, Old Crow Medicine Show or Darius Rucker

Watermelon Crawl, Tracy Byrd

When the Sun Goes Down, Kenny Chesney

 

Oldies/Motown  (please find slow songs further below)

ABC, Jackson 5

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, the Temptations

Baby Love, Diana Ross and the Supremes

Barbara Ann, the Beach Boys

Come Go With Me, the Del Vikings

Do You Love Me, the Coutours

Gimme Some Lovin’, Spencer Davis Group or The Blues Brothers

Good Lovin’, Rascals   

Help Me Rhonda, the Beach Boys

I Can’t Help Myself/Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, the Four Tops

I Get Around, the Beach Boys

I Got You, I Feel Good, James Brown

I  Want to Hold Your Hand, Beatles

I Want You Back, Jackson 5

I Saw Her Standing There, the Beatles

It Takes Two, Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston

Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry

Kokoma, the Beach Boys

La Bamba, Richie Valens or Los Lobos

Land of a Thousand Dances, Wilson Pickett

Louis Louie, Kingsmen

Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett or the Commitments

Oh Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison  

Respect, Aretha Franklin  

Rock Around the Clock, Billy Haley and His Comets

Rockin’ Robin, the Jackson 5 or Bobby Day

Runaround Sue, Dion 

Shout, Isley Brothers or Otis Day and the Knights  

Soul Man, Sam and Dave or the Blues Brothers

Soul Train tv show theme song, TSOP

Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond 

Tequila, the Champs

The Twist, Chubby Checker  

Think, Aretha Franklin

Twist and Shout, The Beatles

Wild Thing, the Troggs

 

Beach Music  (very popular in some areas of the USA)

Build Me Up Buttercup, the Foundations

Carolina Girls, General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board

Dancin’, Shaggin’ on the Boulevard, Alabama

Girl Watcher, the O’Kaysions

I Love Beach Music, Embers

Just a Gigolo, Louis Prima

Ms. Grace, the Tymes

Myrtle Beach Days, Fantastic Shakers

Ocean Boulevard, Band of Oz

Shaggin’ the Night Away, the Showmen

Shama Lama Ding Dong, Otis Day and the Knights

Sixty Minute Man, Dominoes

Summertime’s Calling Me, Catalinas

Under the Boardwalk, the Drifters

 

Classic Rock  (please find slow songs further below)

All Right Now, Free

Africa, Toto

All the Small Things, Blink 182

Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Jet

Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Jim Croce

Bad Moon Rising, Credence Clearwater Revival

Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen

Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison

Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones

China Grove, Doobie Brothers

Come on Eileen, Dexy’s Midnight Runners

Come Out and Play, Offspring

Fat Bottomed Girls, Queen

Fight for your Right (To Party), Beastie Boys

Footloose, Kenny Loggins   (or Blake Shelton)

Gimme Three Steps, Lynryd Skynyrd

Grease Megamix, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

Honky Tonk Women, the Rolling Stones

Hurts So Good, John Cougar Mellencamp

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, Rolling Stones

I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), Proclaimers

Joy to the World (Jeremiah was a bullfrog), Three Dog Night

Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi

Locomotion, Grand Funk Railroad or Kylie Minogue

Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, the Hollies

Mony Mony, Billy Idol

Mr. Brightside, Killers

My Sharona, the Knack

Old Time Rock and Roll, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, Meatloaf 

Pretty Fly (For a White Guy), The Offspring

Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival or Ike and Tina Turner 

ROCK in the USA, John Mellencamp

Rock This Town, the Stray Cats

Spirit in the Sky, Norman Greenbaum

Sweet Home Alabama, Lynryd Skynyrd

Takin’ Care of Business, Bachman Turner Overdrive

Talkin’ In Your Sleep, the Romantics

The Real Slim Shady, Enimem

Walkin’ on Sunshine, Katrina and the Waves

Walk this Way, Aerosmith/Run DMC

What I Like About You, the Romantics

You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC  

 

SLOW Songs— Various Types of Music

10,000 Hours, Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber

A Thousand Years, Christina Perry

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Diana Ross

After the Lovin’,  Englebert Humperdinck

All My Life, KC and JoJo

All of Me, John Legend

All You Need Is Love, Beatles

Always and Forever, Heatwave or Luther Vandross

Amazed, Lonestar  

Are you Lonesome Tonight, Elvis Presley

At Last, Etta James  

Beautiful Crazy, Luke Combs

Big Poppa, the Notorious B.I.G.

Blueberry Hill,  Fats Domino

Bless the Broken Road, Rascal Flatts  

Can’t Help Falling in Love, Elvis Presley  

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Chances Are, Johnny Mathis

Come Away With Me, Norah Jones

Could I Have this Dance, Anne Murray

Crimson and Clover, Tommy James and the Shondells

Crystal Blue Persuasion, Tommy James and the Shondells

Die a Happy Man, Thomas Rhett

Don’t Stop Believin’, Journey

Easy on Me, Adele

Ebb Tide, Lenny Welch

Empire State of Mind, JayZ ft. Alicia Keys

Endless Love, Diana Ross/Lionel Richie or Mariah Carey/Luther Vandross

From this Moment On, Shania Twain

God Gave Me You, Blake Shelton

Have I Told You Lately, Van Morrison or Rod Stewart

Hello, Adele

H.O.L.Y., Florida Georgia Line

How Deep Is Your Love, Bee Gees

I Can Only Imagine, Mercy Me

I Can’t Stop Loving You, Ray Charles

I Cross My Heart, George Strait

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing, Aerosmith

I Only Have Eyes for You, Flamingos

If You Don’t Know Me By Now, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

In Case You Didn’t Know, Brett Young

In My Feelings, Drake

In My Life, Beatles

In the Still of the Night, Five Satins

It’s Your Love, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill

Just My Imagination, Temptations 

Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel

Just To Be Close To You, the Commodores

Keeper of the Stars, Tracy Byrd

Let’s Get it On, Marvin Gaye

Lost in This Moment, Big and Rich

Love Story, Taylor Swift

Loving you, Elvis Presley

Make You Feel My Love, Adele

Mean To Me, Brett Eldredge

Mine Would Be You, Blake Shelton

Misty, Johnny Mathis

Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller

My Girl, Temptations

My Special Angel, Bobby Helms

New York New York (theme from), Frank Sinatra

No Scrubs, TLC

Perfect,  Ed Sheeran

Perfect Storm, Brad Paisley

Piano Man, Billy Joel

Purple Rain, Prince

Remember When, Alan Jackson

Right Here (human nature mix), SWV

Sea of Love, Phil Phillips or Robert Plant

Shallow, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

She’s Everything, Brad Paisley

Show Me the Way, Peter Frampton

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, the Platters

Something, Beatles

Something Just Like This, Chainsmokers and Coldplay

Speechless, Dan + Shay

Stand By Me, Ben E. King

Sweet Love, Anita Baker

Take Me Home Country Roads, John Denver

Tell It Like It Is, Aaron Neville

Tennessee Whiskey, Chris Stapleton

The Hills, the Weeknd

Then, Brad Paisley  

Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran

Three Times a Lady, Commodores

To Make You Feel My Love, Garth Brooks

Too Close, Next

Truly, Lionel Richie

Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers  

Unforgettable, Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole  

What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong  

When a Man Loves a Woman, Percy Sledge

Who I Am With You, Chris Young

Wildfire, Michael Martin Murphy

Wonderful Tonight, Eric Clapton

Yesterday, Beatles

You’re Still the One, Shania Twain

You’ve Got a Friend, James Taylor

 

Special wedding music suggestions

Popular ideas for processional music (when bride walks down the aisle):

Bridal Chorus, Wagner

Canon in D, Pachelbel

Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder

(Many others to choose from, most often personal preference of the bride.)

Popular ideas for recessional music (when the bride and groom walk down the aisle after they are married):

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours, Stevie Wonder

You Make My Dreams, Hall and Oates

You Are the Best Thing, Ray Lamontagne

On Top of the World, Imagine Dragons

Wedding March, Mendelssohn

(Many others to choose from, most often personal preference of the bride and groom.)

 

Classical music as guests arrive for the ceremony;  or for unity candle/cross, paint or sand ceremonies:

Blue Danube Waltz, Strauss

Fur Elise, Beethoven

Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach

Air On G String, Bach

Love Dream, Franz Liszt

Romance, Mozart

Spring, Vivaldi

Water Music, Handel

(Classical covers of many popular songs)– Vitamin String Quartet and/or O’neil Brothers

Jazz music as guests arrive for the wedding ceremony– or to mix in with dinner music:

All I Ask Of You, Jon Roberts

Breezin’, George Benson

Deska, Marion Meadows

Drive Time, Chris Botti

Feel Like Makin’ Love, Bob James

If You Ask Me, Nick Colionne

Just the Two of Us, Grover Washington, Jr.

Love Season, Alex Bugnon

Morning Dance, Spyro Gyra

Morning in Rio, Earl Klugh

One  O’Clock Jump, Count Basie

Savoir Faire, Chic

So What, Miles Davis

Take Five, Dave Brubeck

The Girl from Ipanema, Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto

Window of the Soul, Chuck Loeb

Yearning For Your Love, Alex Bugnon

 

Wedding Party ‘Grand Entrance’ Introductions–  a few good background music options:

Fanfare for the Common Man, Emerson Lake and Palmer (rock anthem)

Get Ready for This, 2 Unlimited  (fun dance music)

Sirius (Chicago Bulls theme), Alan Parsons Project (sports themed)

Gonna Fly Now (theme from Rocky), Bill Conti (inspiring and fun)

Eye of the Tiger, Survivor; Beautiful Day, U2; or Thunderstruck, AC/DC  (rock/pop)

Prime Ministers Love Theme, Craig Armstrong (elegant, classy)

Rock and Roll Part 2, Gary Glitter (oldies and sports sounding)

Also Sprach Zarathustra (theme from 2001 A Space Odyssey), Richard Strauss (classical)

… or the live version of this song by Phish.. (both inspiring and dramatic)

1812 Overture, Tchaikovsky (start 11:30 minutes into the original 15 minute piece)

William Tell Overture, Rossini (start 8:45 minutes into the original 12 minute piece)

This Will Be (an everlasting love), Natalie Cole (inspiring upbeat romantic pop)

Jumpin’ At the Woodside, Benny Goodman (fun big band sound)

Bride and Groom first dance song…  we don’t list any suggestions here for this because we believe this is a very personal choice for the married couple.  There are thousands of great songs to choose from.

 

Garter and Bouquet Toss:

Legs, ZZ Top (option for groom taking garter off bride)

U Can’t Touch This, MC Hammer  (option for taking garter off bride or putting on after)

Oh Yeah, Yello  (excellent and fun for groom taking garter off bride)

Bad Boys, Inner Circle (tossing garter option)

Just a Gigilo/I Ain’t Got Nobody, David Lee Roth (tossing garter option)

Sharp Dressed Man, ZZ Top (option for tossing garter)

Bad to the Bone, George Thorogood (option for tossing garter)

I’m Too Sexy, Right Said Fred  (fun option for tossing garter)

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper  (good for tossing bouquet)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Pat Benatar (option for tossing bouquet)

Girls Girls Girls, Motley Crue (option for tossing bouquet)

Single Ladies, Beyonce  (excellent and popular for tossing bouquet)

Ladies Night, Kool and the Gang (option for tossing bouquet)

Pony, Ginuwine (option for tossing garter)

Girls, Beastie Boys (option for tossing bouquet)

This One’s For the Girls, Martina McBride (option for tossing bouquet)

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper (option for tossing bouquet)

 

Cutting of the Wedding Cake:

How Sweet It Is (to be loved by you), James Taylor

Pour Some Sugar on Me, Def Leppard

When I’m 64, Beatles

Sugar, the Archies

Love and Marriage, Frank Sinatra

This Will Be (An Everlasting Love), Natalie Cole

Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, McFadden and Whitehead

Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen

Your Smiling Face, James Taylor

Cut the Cake, Average White Band

Sugar, Maroon 5

Whatever It is, Zac Brown Band

For Once in My Life, Stevie Wonder

 

Married couples dance/anniversary dance (if you have this dance, your party host or DJ should eliminate couples from the dance floor by how long they have been married during this song, so you end with only the longest married couple on the dance floor): 

Through the Years, Kenny Rogers (great choice, works for all ages)

(You may have other choices you would like for this special dance.)

 

Parents dedication dances:

Cinderella, Steven Curtis Chapman (option for bride/father)

Daughters, John Mayer (option for bride/father)

I Loved Her First, Heartland  (option for bride/father)

Daddy’s Little Girl, Al Martino or Michael Buble  (option for bride/father)

Butterfly Kisses, Bob Carlisle (option for bride/father)

Landslide, Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac (option for bride/father)

Father and Daughter, Paul Simon  (bride/father option)

Mama’s Song, Carrie Underwood (option for bride and her mother or father)

My Little Girl, Tim McGraw (bride/father option)

My  Girl, Temptations (option for bride/father)

Simple man, Lynyrd Skynyrd or Shinedown (option for groom/mother)

I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack (option for groom/mother)

A Song For Mama, Boyz II Men (option for mother/son)

You Raise Me Up, Josh Groban (option for either or combined dance)

Have I Told You Lately, Van Morrison or Rod Stewart (option for either or combined)

You’ve Got a Friend, James Taylor (option for either or combined)

My Wish, Rascal Flatts  (option for either or combined)

Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller (instrumental option for either or combined)

Tough Little Boys, Gary Allen (option for bride and her father)

 

Upbeat songs good for your cocktail/social hour… or to play toward the end of dinner to start getting people in the mood for dancing:

Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, McFadden and Whitehead

A Night to Remember, Shalamar

Beginnings, Chicago

Birdland,  Weather Report or Buddy Rich

Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen

Enjoy Yourself, Jacksons

Everything, Michael Buble

For Once in My Life, Stevie Wonder

Forever, Chris Brown

Good Times, Chic

Got To Be Real, Cheryl Lynn

Got to Give it Up, Marvin Gaye (also good for dancing and for a soul train)

Grazin’ in the Grass, Boney James/Rick Braun

How Sweet It Is (to be loved by you), James Taylor

It’s a Beautiful Day, U2

It’s a Beautiful Day, Michael Buble

Jessica and/or Revival, two great songs from the Allman Brothers Band

Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars

Long Train Running  (lyrics:  ‘without love where would you be now’), Doobie Brothers

Love Come Down, Evelyn Champaign King

Knee Deep and/or Whatever It is, two great songs from the Zac Brown Band

Oye Como Va, Santana

This Will Be (‘an everlasting love’), Natalie Cole

We’re Havin’ a Party, Rod Stewart

We’re Not Here For a long Time, We’re Here For a Good Time, Huey Lewis

Your Smiling Face, James Taylor

  

Slow songs good for dinner music (and some for general dancing):

As Time Goes By, Jimmy Durante

Because of You, Tony Bennett

Betcha By Golly Wow, Stylistics

Better Together, Jack Johnson

Best of My Love, the Eagles

Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin

Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Elton John

Crazy Love, Van Morrison, Aaron Neville, or Michael Buble

Come Away with Me, Norah Jones

Crush, Dave Matthews Band

Ebb Tide, the Righteous Brothers, the Platters, or Frank Sinatra

Fly Me To the Moon, Frank Sinatra

Georgia on my Mind, Willie Nelson or Ray Charles

Heaven, Bryan Adams

How Deep is Your Love, Bee Gees

I Do (Cherish You), 98 Degrees

I’m Yours, Jason Mraz

Into the Mystic, Van Morrison

It Had to be You, Harry Connick, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, or Michael Buble

Just the Way You Are, Billy Joel

La Vie En Rose, Louis Armstrong

Let’s  Fall in Love, Diana Krall

Let’s Stay Together, Al Green

L.O.V.E., Nat King Cole

Lucky, Colby Callait/Jason Mraz

Love Can Build a Bridge, the Judds

Make Someone Happy, Jimmy Durante

Makin’ Memories of Us, Keith Urban

Marry Me, Train …  and/or…   Marry You, Bruno Mars

Misty, Johnny Mathis

Moondance, Van Morrison

My Cherie Amour,  Stevie Wonder

My Love, Paul McCartney and Wings

Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship

Over the Rainbow/What A Wonderful World, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Shower the People, James Taylor

Steppin’ Out With My Baby, Tony Bennett

Summer Wind, Frank Sinatra

That’s Amore, Dean Martin

The Way You Look Tonight, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, or Michael Buble

What a Wonderful World, Thomas Newman (great instrumental version)

When I Said I Do, Clint Black with Lisa Hartman

 

Swing, Reggae, Polka, Big Band, Novelty, Jewish, Italian, etc.

Alley Cat, Bunny Hop, Chicken Dance, Hokey Pokey, Limbo, Charleston (various artists)

Anniversary Waltz, Bing Crosby or Connie Francis

Beer Barrel Polka and/or Pennsylvania Polka (various artists)

Birthday, Paul McCartney…  or traditional Happy Birthday

Tea for Two, Tommy Dorsey  (good traditional cha cha)

Don’t Worry Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin  (reggae/pop)

Get up Stand Up and/or Jammin’,  Bob Marley  (reggae)

Happy Anniversary Baby, Little River Band

Hava Nigela/the Horah (traditional Jewish song for weddings and mitzvahs)

Tarantella Napolitana  (traditional Italian song, good version from the Godfather movie)

The Stroll, the Diamonds (50’s line dance—like a soul train but slow)

Good traditional songs for a fox trot dance:

You’re Nobody ‘Till Somebody Loves You, Dean Martin

Ain’t That a Kick in the Head, Dean Martin

Pink Panther Theme, Henry Mancini

Cheek to Cheek, Louis Armstrong

Just In Time, Tony Bennett

Good swing dance tunes:

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got that Swing), Duke Ellington

Jump Jive and  Wail, Brian Setzer Orchestra

Zoot Suit Riot, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

Sing Sing Sing, Benny Goodman

String of Pearls, Benny Goodman or Glenn Miller

Swing the Mood, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

In the Mood, Glenn Miller