Popular Wedding Reception Songs: If you’re planning your wedding day, congratulations! Now that you’re working on your wedding reception music, that means that you’ve planned for a little while, already. Clients usually plan their wedding ceremony and reception music in the final month or two before the wedding day! So congrats, you made it this far! 🙂 So now, you may be thinking, I’m not a DJ, so I have no idea what to play! Well, luckily, we are, and we’re here to help! Here are a few tips to plan a fun wedding reception.
Tips for Choosing Great Wedding Songs
- Remember that your friends and family have a variety of musical tastes. So try to play songs from different genres, if possible.
- Keep your vision in mind. What do you envision for your wedding reception? Do you want a packed dance floor, all night? Perhaps you just want a laid-back vibe, where dancing isn’t the focus. Either way, your music will help you achieve this!
- Hire a great DJ! Even with careful planning, a great DJ is an absolute must. You may have created a great playlist, but for some reason, no one is dancing. This is where a great DJ can easily take over and change the mood, quickly. Inexperienced DJs will simply stick to your list and not know what else to play.
- A great DJ will check in with you and find out what you want to do. If you decide to let the DJ play other songs off your list to get the dancing started, he/she should be able to do this, easily! So invest in your entertainment!
These are the top 3 tips to remember when planning your wedding reception/dance. There are numerous other tips, but we’re discussing the dance part, in particular. Now that you’ve got the above info, you may be wondering where to start. What songs are best for everyone? Here is a great list to start with.
Keep in mind that this is based on weddings and events that we do in Austin, San Antonio, and the central Texas area. Some songs may be different, depending on what part of the country (or world) you’re in. For the most part, though, these hits are played at many weddings in the US. Here’s the list of the 60 most popular wedding reception songs for 2023 weddings.
ABDJs’ Top 30 Popular Wedding Reception Songs
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
- Dancing Queen – Abba (everyone loves to sing along to this one)
- Yeah – Usher
- September – Earth, Wind & Fire
- Cupid Shuffle – Cupid
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
- Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
- Mr. Brightside – The Killers
- Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
- Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
- Wobble – VIC
- Cha-Cha Slide – Mr. C The Slide Man
- I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
- Hey Ya! – Outkast
- Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus (this is a fun song to take you back to your school days)
- Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
- Low – Flo Rida
- Wannabe – Spice Girls (this has become a popular bouquet toss song)
- Everybody – Backstreet Boys
- Livin on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Man I Feel Like a Woman – Shania Twain
- Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
- Can’t Stop the Feeling – Justin Timberlake
- Footloose – Kenny Logins (or Blake Shelton)
- 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
- You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
- Hot in Herre – Nelly
- Love Shack – B-52s
- Marry You – Bruno Mars
- Get Low – Lil Jon
More Awesome Reception Songs
- Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
- Ain’t No Mountain – Marvin Gaye
- Shout – Isley Brothers
- Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard (a good cake-cutting song) 🙂
- We Found Love – Rhianna
- Shake it Off – Taylor Swift
- This is How We Do It – Montell Jordan (still a popular 90s throwback song)
- All the Small Things – Blink 182
- Fireball – Pitbull
- Come on Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
- Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO
- Every time We Touch – Cascada
- Baby Got Back – Sir Mix a Lot
- I Want it That Way – Backstreet Boys
- We Are Family – Sister Sledge
- Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
- Timber – Ke$ha, Pitbull
- Beautiful Crazy – Luke Coombs
- Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis (we love the Kina Grannis version, too. Listen, here)
- In da Club – 50 cent
- Despacito – Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Beiber
- Perfect – Ed Sheeran (still a good first dance song)
- My Girl – Temptations (still a great father/daughter or mother/daughter song)
- Crazy in Love – Beyonce
- Bye, Bye, Bye – N’Sync
- Time of Our Lives – Pitbull
- Forever – Chris Brown
- Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
- Higher Love – Kygo & Whitney Houston
- Twist and Shout – The Beatles
More Song Ideas
There you have it. These are the top 60 most popular wedding reception songs that are most often played at weddings in the central Texas area. These are all great songs that keep your guests dancing! There are so many other songs we play, too; however, these are the most popular ones that are requested. For more great wedding song ideas, read our Top 2022/2023 Wedding Songs article! If you’re looking for country wedding songs & song ideas, visit our 50 Awesome Country Wedding Songs article!
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