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After toasts are done and dinner has been served, it’s time to party. How can you guarantee your guests will hit the dance floor? It’s simple, really. Treat them to the ultimate wedding reception songs to dance to.

When creating your playlist with your world class wedding DJ, make sure to include a mix of wedding reception songs. Cover various genres, tempos, and songs from different eras to encourage people to shake their tailfeathers—include something for all your guests. We particularly love group dances and songs that provoke spontaneous bursts of singing on the dance floor are also huge hits. From the first dance to the last song of the evening, we’ve rounded up the best wedding music to keep your guests dancing all night long!

Check Out Our Top 10 Wedding Reception Songs:

1. Dancing Queen – ABBA
2. Despacito – Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee
3. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
4. I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston
5. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
6. Havana – Camila Cabello
7. Marry You – Bruno Mars
8. On the Floor – Jennifer Lopez
9. Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
10. Crazy in Love – Beyonce and Jay Z

photo by Eden Strader Photography

More Wedding Music

These songs didn’t make our Top 10 list. Who wants to listen to the same 10 songs throughout a wedding reception, anyway? We added many more songs to the list below. Hopefully, they’ll find their way into the best of the best wedding reception playlists.

• Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
• Get Lucky – Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers
• That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
• Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
• Take On Me – A-Ha
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
• Footloose – Kenny Loggins
• Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
• I Want You Back – Jackson 5

photo by Melissa Marshall

• Sugar – Maroon 5
• Africa – Toto
• Meant to Be – Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line
• Boot-Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn
• Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
• Copperhead Road – Steve Earle
• Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
• I Cross My Heart – George Strait
• Honey Bee – Blake Shelton
• The Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd
• You Had Me From Hello – Kenny Chesney
• Man! I Feel Like a Woman – Shania Twain
• (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
• Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
• Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
• My Girl – The Temptations
• Yeah! – Usher, Lil Jon, Ludacris
• Wannabe – Spice Girls
• Mambo No.. 5 – Lou Bega
• I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
• Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
• Country Girl (Shake It For Me) – Luke Bryan
• Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
• Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks
• Hey Ya! – Outkast
• Mr. Brightside – The Killers
• Once In a Lifetime – Talking Heads
• Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
• Mama Mia – ABBA
• Kokomo – The Beach Boys
• Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
• You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC

photo by Rob August

• This Must Be The Place – Talking Heads
• Send Me On My Way – Rusted Root
• Rich Girl – Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Sugar, We’re Goin Down – Fall Out Boy
• Little Bitty Pretty One – Thurston Harris
• Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
• All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
• I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
• Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
• I Love It – Icona Pop
• We Found Love – Rihanna, Calvin Harris
• It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ EZ Roc
• Good Feeling – Flo Rida
• All of Me – John Legend
• Make You Feel My Love – Adele
• I Choose You – Sara Bareilles
• The Way You Look Tonight – Michael Bublé
• Hello – Martin Solveig, Dragonette
• Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus
• Oops!…I Did It Again – Britney Spears

photo by Alen Karupovic

• Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
• Gonna Make You Sweat – C & C Music Factory
• Pump Up The Jam – Technotronic
• SexyBack – Justin Timberlake
• One More Time – Daft Punk
• Free Ride – The Edgar Winter Group
• Kiss – Prince
• Waiting for Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
• Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
• Dog Days Are Over – Florence + The Machine
• Wild Thing – The Troggs
• All Day and All of The Night – The Kinks
• Twist & Shout – The Beatles
• You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate
• Love Train – The O’Jays
• Canned Heat – Jamiroquai
• I Got You – James Brown
• Shout – The Isley Brothers
• Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
• Boogie Shoes – KC & The Sunshine Band
• September – Earth, Wind & Fire

photo by TJ Stansbury

• Love Shack – The B-52’s
• Everybody – The Backstreet Boys
• Bye, Bye, Bye – *NSYNC
• Best Day of My Life – American Authors
• Single Ladies – Beyonce
• Bang Bang – Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
• You’re the One That I Want – John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
• Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
• 24K Magic – Bruno Mars
• Respect – Aretha Franklin
• Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
• Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
• Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
• Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
• Do You Love Me – The Contours

Now that you’ve got your wedding reception playlist rolling you can focus on the other important musical elements of your wedding like your first dance song. Don’t worry, we’re here to help with that too. Keeping your guests in mind for these important dances will ensure you create a collection of the best wedding reception songs.

If you’ve hired an expert wedding DJ they’ll also help you curate the mood on the dance floor with their extensive knowledge of both popular and classic wedding reception songs. This is one wedding decision—thankfully—you won’t have to handle by yourselves.

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