Showing posts with label wedding reception songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding reception songs. Show all posts

Monday, December 12, 2011

Wedding Playlist 2012 Music For Your Wedding DJ: Is Old Top 40 New Again?

Looking forward to next year, there are a lot of songs that can be added to your wedding playlist 2012 without the worry of looking "dated."  There are quite a few wedding playlist 2010 songs that will even transfer over!  Still, with all the music I look at from my wedding playlist 2011 I can see so many songs that will last well into even the wedding playlist 2013.  So take a look at this past weekends wedding DJ playlist, and feel free to drag and drop some of this into your wedding playlist for your upcoming 2012 wedding music lists.

Sexy And I Know It                                           Lmfao
Party Rock Anthem                                            Lmfao
I Gotta Feeling                                                   Black Eyed Peas

Normally, I would have stuck with this top 40 wedding playlist, but believe it or not, the reactions weren't so great.  It's funny, I came out of the special dances, and you would never think going from mother son wedding songs to LMFAO would ever be a good idea.  Alas, I did what the client wanted.  I sold it, and it worked but died off quickly which is why I hit the Latin music right away, another client request.

La Carcacha                                                      Selena
La Vida Es Un Carnaval                                     Celia Cruz
Suavemente                                                        Elvis Crespo

(Oldies Motown Set of three songs here! You can get the full list at Wedding Songs Timeline Planner.  These are some standard wedding playlists tunes that I love using at just about every event...since they work so well!)

Look At Me Now(Extreme Warning Content)    Chris Brown F Lil Wayne And Busta Rhymes
Yeah (Clean)Warning                                         Usher F Ludacris & Lil Jon
Way I Are                                                          Timbaland F Keri Hilson
Boogie Shoes                                                     Kc & The Sunshine Band
Let's Groove Tonight                                          Earth, Wind & Fire
You Dropped A Bomb On Me                           Gap Band
We No Speak Americano                                  Yolanda Be Cool And Dcup
Latin Song 1
Latin Song 2
Latin Song 3

Some more Latin music was filled in here, three songs that rocked!  

Brick House                                                       Commodores
Play That Funky Music                                       Wild Cherry
Get Down Tonight                                              Kc & The Sunshine Band

An old classic disco wedding music set that just about every single wedding dj has put on their wedding dj setlist at one time or another.  These disco wedding reception songs simply mix right into each other, keeping the flow going strong!

6 Top 40 Dance Hits That Rock The Dance Floor The Entire Time!  Featuring Pit Bull, Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta and more!  NOW was the best time in the night to hit up the new dance stuff. And it worked.  Get the list at weddingsongstimelineplanner.com!

Kiss                                                                   Prince
Billie Jean                                                           Michael Jackson
Pump Up The Jam                                              Technotronic
Push It                                                               Salt-N-Pepa
When I Hear Music                                            Debbie Deb
Look Out Weekend                                           Debbie Deb

The above is a very cool 80's dance mix and filled the floor.  I did not include any 80s alternative playlist songs since this wasn't the crowd.  I will add an awesome Christmas Party playlist I recently used that really worked well, including the use of many 80's new wave tunes.

Only Girl (In The World)                                    Rihanna
Club Can't Handle Me                                        Flo Rida F David Guetta
Higher                                                                Taio Cruz F Travie Mccoy
Memories                                                           David Guetta F Kid Cudi
Fire Burning                                                       Sean Kingston
On The Floor                                                     Jennifer Lopez F Pitbull
Tonight                                                               Enrique Iglesias F Ludacris
My Way                                                            Frank Sinatra

Again, many of the above songs will translate well on a wedding playlist 2012 and I consider this to be one of the best dj playlist for wedding sets that I've come up with.  I didn't have too many love songs on this dj playlist and this is because I met with the couple long before the wedding day.  When we got together to do some wedding planning, we went over what wedding songs they wanted to include for their wedding reception.  We didn't just focus on their special dances like their father daughter wedding songs, but we looked at what would make the best wedding playlist for their particular wedding guest list. I refer back to that Christmas party list I will drop down here in a couple of days, because it was a completely different environment and would not be the best dj playlist for wedding success.  It worked for that party, but would not translate well into a wedding environment, even though many songs came right off of my wedding playlists 2010 and 2011. 

I bring this up because you need to know it is CRUCIAL you don't hire a DJ who "specializes" in Xmas parties, Birthday parties, Corporate events, etc.  Who can specialize in everything anyway?  Do doctors specialize in podiatry, proctology, AND general medicine?  Of course not!  Neither should your disc jockey. Hire someone who SPECIALIZES in weddings!  Yes, I do DJ Christmas parties, but I am NOT one that specializes in them.  Weddings is where I excel!  So be cautious of those who will pretend to be the best in everything and go for the wedding professional instead.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Wedding DJ Playlist Goes Overseas!

Wow!  It's been a while since I've posted a new wedding playlist!  Well, it just so happens I had the great opportunity to put together an "overseas" wedding dj playlist!  What the H do I mean by that?!?!  A nice young couple approached me through the Wedding Songs Timeline Planner website and wondered if I would help them put together some wedding songs and wedding music for their nuptials.  They picked up a copy of the wedding planner mentioned above, but needed some additional services regarding their wedding planning and their wedding dj setlist.  I would have been happy to have been their wedding DJ (I make my living as a disc jockey!).  It turns out they are getting married in Vietnam and since they won't fly me out, ha ha, (Yes, I would be totally willing to go!) they wondered if I could put together some wedding reception songs which would include a top 40 wedding playlist (almost all of their songs were newer--an 80s alternative playlist is NOT what they wanted!) and other special wedding reception music, such as their father daughter wedding songs and the mother son wedding songs.

After about 12 hours of editing, I made 4 mixes of their dj playlist songs for their wedding overseas.  These mixes are real dance mixes, with transitions, beat matching, drops and the like.  Yeah, I'm pretty damn proud of my work!

They had a few personal love songs by Train and Nickelback that didn't fit with this wedding playlist 2011, so I pulled those out.  Also, I am not revealing the order of the songs, i.e. which songs go well together and into one another...I will leave that up the YOUR professional DJ that you hired! So, take a look at these songs.  Some come from the wedding playlist 2010, but most are newer and fit in with the wedding playlist 2011.  What is crazy is that we are already needing to get prepped for wedding playlist 2012 songs!  I think the songs below can be put into the best wedding playlist and make it even better.

When putting together your wedding playlists out there, you could do a lot worse than the songs below.  I hope this list helps to make your wedding rock!



Best Friend 50 Cent
If I Had You Adam Lambert
Rolling in the Deep Adele 
Beautiful Akon, Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall
No One Alicia Keys
Cooler Than Me Audiogroove
Don't Stop The Party Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas
Just Can't Get Enough Black Eyed Peas
Meet Me Halfway Black Eyed Peas
The Time (Dirty Bit) Black Eyed Peas
Till the world ends Britney Spears  
With You Chris Brown
Yeah 3X Chris Brown
Boyfriend - Girlfriend (feat. Keyshia Cole) C-Side
All I Do Is Win DJ Kahald
Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) [feat. Ludacris & DJ Frank E] Enrique Iglesias
Club Can't Handle Me (feat. David Guetta) [From 'Step Up 3D'] Flo Rida
In My Head Jason Derulo
Down (feat. Lil Wayne) Jay Sean
Empire State Of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) Jay-Z
Forever Young (feat. Mr Hudson) Jay-Z
giving myself over to you  Jennifer Hudson
On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) Jennifer Lopez
Body Language (feat. T-Pain) Jesse McCartney
California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) Katy Perry
Firework Katy Perry
Hot N Cold Katy Perry
Teenage Dream Katy Perry
TiK ToK Ke$ha
Knock You Down Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
Edge of Glory Lady Gaga
Paparazzi Lady Gaga
Poker Face Lady Gaga
Just Dance Lady Gaga & Colby O'Donis
Somebody Like You Lil Tweety, MC Magic
All the Above (feat. T-Pain) Maino
hello Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Da MVP Mary J. Blige Feat. The Game and 50 Cent
Night Is Young Nelly Furtado
Raise Your Glass Pink
Give me everything Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
Sexy Can I (feat. Yung Berg) Ray J
Push up on me Rihanna
Only Girl Rihanna  
Got Your Back T.I.
Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) T.I.
Dynamite Taio Cruz
Best Love Song (feat. Chris Brown) T-Pain
Bottoms Up (feat. Nicki Minaj) Trey Songz
Say Aah Trey Songz
Love In This Club (feat. Young Jeezy) Usher & Young Jeezy
DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Usher feat. Pitbull
Sway The Pussycat Dolls

Okay, there is one really popular song that's not on here and that's LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem, so add that one in this list.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Wedding Playlist for a Ceremony and Reception

Here's my wedding playlist from Friday night's wedding.  I'm starting with their ceremony music and then moving into the wedding reception songs because it was a little different.  The prelude music wasn't boring classical  but a mix of love songs from adult contemporary artists like Jason Mraz and Dave Matthews.  We then start off the ceremony with a typical processional, but then move into more contemporary wedding songs for the bride to walk down to.  The Ben Harper, Jack Johnson duet was a live song, so I had to skip ahead past the crowd going crazy!  When we were doing their wedding planning they played me the track so we could choose the exact spot to start the song. They walked out to Forever for their recessional song and it was a lot of fun.

Canon In D Major (Quartet) - Johann Pachelbel
Over The Rainbow - Jason Castro
High Tide Or Low Tide (Live) - Ben Harper & Jack Johnson
Forever - Chris Brown

This was the wedding music for their ceremony. Some personal touches added to their wedding playlist that highlighted their style.

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
California Gurls - Katy Perry F Snoop Dogg
I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) - Pitbull
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

Sticking to my wedding DJ playlist rule of three songs in each genre, especially early on in the wedding reception. I made a bold jump to Sweet Caroline, a song you wouldn't typically find listed on any top 40 wedding playlist. It was a special request and the crowd loved it, singing along...Sweeeeet Caroline....BUM-BUM-BUM!!!

Tik Tok - Ke$Ha
Dynamite - Taio Cruz
Low Warning - Flo Rida F T Pain

Great little set right there from any standard wedding playlist 2010. Changing it up with some rock.


You Shook Me All Night Long - Ac Dc
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

I have these two songs on a lot of my wedding dj setlist files.  I play these two together all the time. As a wedding dj, they keep most everyone on the floor. They work great back to back.

California Love - Tupac Feat. Dr. Dre
Yeah (Clean)Warning - Usher F Ludacris & Lil Jon
Omg - Usher F Will.I.Am

Went a little crazy with the BPM's here, I know, but I did a double shot of Usher and it went over well. Since OMG is a standard from any wedding playlists 2010 and since it is SO popular, it was a good time to try a new song immediately following on the dj playlist below.


Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida F David Guetta
In Da Club - 50 Cent
All I Do Is Win - Dj Khaled
Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz F Ludacris
Your Love Is My Drug - Ke$Ha

Okay, I know I broke the best wedding playlist rule of only 3 songs from each category, but we were at the end of the night. Any professional disc jockey can tell you that all of these mix well.   Even though I played most of each song, everyone danced to the very end.

Journey With Jean - Dj Sizzahandz

You won't find this song on a lot of wedding playlists because it's a special remix.  Everyone loved ot




Not a lot to add but the couple songs I did try went over great!  Many will bleed into your wedding playlist 2011 sets.  Then again, maybe the open bar had a little to do with it.  One song I played that I bought on iTunes in the middle of one of those sets was Palmdale by Afroman.  Another special request since a lot of the guests either lived there or were from there.

Notice there wasn't much from the 80s alternative playlist because it wasn't that kind of crowd.  Also, for the special dances, instead of trying to pick through all the father daughter wedding songs
and the mother son wedding songs they used one song for both dances.  And I Gotta Feeling was their wedding party dance song.


Coming up, my playlist for Halloween!  No event next week, so look for my next wedding playlist in two!