Digital Music News recently published an article “Brides are Telling Wedding DJs Not to Play These Songs” and it seems it’s finally time to put the “Chicken Dance” to bed.
According to the report that’s not the only mainstay song that should get the ol’ “shift + delete”. Quite a few wedding DJs will need to re-arrange their wedding playlists after viewing this list!
“Hickey surveyed 182 wedding playlists submitted between May 31st and June 10th. He collected the testimonies of over two dozen professional wedding DJs on nearly 200 weddings.”
In my personal opinion this is welcomed news, albeit a couple years late — If I have to play the Cupid Shuffle of do the Hokey Pokey one more time I may melt my laptop.
Of course, there are a few tracks on this list that’ll have to stay put. As much as it’s cliche, “You Shook Me All Night Long” will always have a home in my library.
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According To Brides You Should No Longer Play These Tracks At Weddings
- Chicken Dance – [No Artist Listed] – 23.1%
- Cha-Cha Slide – DJ Casper – 22.5%
- Macarena – Los Del Rio – 17.6%
- Cupid Shuffle – Cupid – 16.5%
- YMCA – Village People – 15.4%
- Electric Boogie (Electric Slide) – Marcia Griffiths – 12.6%
- Hokey Pokey – [No Artist Listed] – 10.4%
- Wobble – V.I.C. – 7.1%
- Happy – Pharrell Williams – 5.5%
- Shout – Isley Brothers – 5.5%
- Love Shack – The B-52’s – 49.5%
- We Are Family – Sister Sledge – 4.4%
- Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke – 3.8%
- Celebration – Kool & The Gang – 3.8%
- Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex – 3.8%
- Dancing Queen – ABBA – 3.8%
- Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey – 3.8%
- Single Ladies – Beyonce – 3.8%
- Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond – 3.8%
- Turn Down for What – DJ Snake and Lil Jon – 3.8%
- Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) – Silento – 3.8%
- Hot In Here – Nelly – 2.7%
- Mony Mony – Billy Idol – 2.7%
- All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor – 2.2%
- Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot – 2.2%
- Booti Call – Blackstreet – 2.2%
- Gangnam Style – Psy – 2.2%
- Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich – 2.2%
- Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees – 2.2%
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd – 2.2%
- Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars – 2.2%
- Wagon Wheel – Nathan Carter – 2.2%
- What Do You Mean? – Justin Bieber – 2.2%
- All of Me – John Legend – 1.6%
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen – 1.6%
- Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison – 1.6%
- Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen – 1.6%
- Footloose – Kenny Loggins – 1.6%
- Get Low – Lil Jon – 1.6%
- Hey Ya! – Outkast – 1.6%
- Hotline Bling – Drake – 1.6%
- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor – 1.6%
- My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion – 1.6%
- SexyBack – Justin Timberlake – 1.6%
- Shake It Off – Taylor Swift – 1.6%
- Sugar – Maroon 5 – 1.6%
- Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler – 1.6%
- You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC – 1.6%
What do you think of the no-play list of wedding DJ songs? Have any songs to add? Please leave your comments in the section below!
