wedding dance floor fillers

bobblehat · May 2014

Have been asked to play 30-40 mins at my brothers wedding in November and I'm looking for some song recommendations.

Need to make a bit of an effort with this one and not just roll out our usual set of rock and indy covers.

If you got any guaranteed dance floor fillers please let me know.

We are a three piece (guitar,bass and drums) .

Any help much appreciated.

not_the_dj · May 2014

Sex on Fire, Mustang Sally, 500 Miles, Summer of '69 and all that stuff everyone on here in a covers band loves to play ;-)

bobblehat · May 2014

not_the_dj said:

Sex on Fire, Mustang Sally, 500 Miles, Summer of '69 and all that stuff everyone on here in a covers band loves to play ;-)

Its a sad state of affairs when the only song on that list that I don't hate is Summer of '69!

not_the_dj · May 2014

They're the biggest dance floor fillers in our "party set". I actually love playing them all, it's not about playing "cool" stuff, it's about getting people up and dancing, and they all work.

Town Called Mallice goes down great as well, and Monkey Man (Specials not Stones) is great round here (near Coventry so it's the water)

mudslide73 · May 2014

We did a 50th a few weeks ago - I asked the DJ (40+ year career) what his best floor filler ever was. I went behind the decks later and he said "watch this"... he played "Young hearts run free" by Candi Staton and 80% of the punters came to dance. Like a magic wand for women it was.

EricTheWeary · May 2014

I went to a wedding recently but I have tried to erase the music from my memory. Oh yes, Brown Eyed Girl, Fill Me Up Buttercup ( have I got that right?) - not a song I would choose all night. TBH we didn't have any music at my wedding and it was better that way! But if we did then anything by Seth Lakeman for MrsTheWeary and SIlver Machine five times in a row for me.

I'm no help am I ...
:o3

stickyfiddle · May 2014

EricTheWeary said:

I went to a wedding recently but I have tried to erase the music from my memory. Oh yes, Brown Eyed Girl, Fill Me Up Buttercup ( have I got that right?) - not a song I would choose all night. TBH we didn't have any music at my wedding and it was better that way! But if we did then anything by Seth Lakeman for MrsTheWeary and SIlver Machine five times in a row for me.

I'm no help am I ...
:o3

I think it's "Build" but either way it's the worst song in the entire world. The only thing I'd ever veto for personal taste reasons.

I am another who highly enjoys all the obvious ones (don't forget Mr Brightside...!) The point when you play the first "big" song in the set is brilliant - I've never seen a room you can't turn around with Chelsea Dagger, provided drinks are flowing at least!!

bobblehat · May 2014

EricTheWeary said:

I'm no help am I ...
:o3

No

bobblehat · May 2014

Chelsea Dagger has been on my to do list for a while.

chrisj1602 · May 2014

Jet - Are you gonna be my girl?

EricTheWeary · May 2014

stickyfiddle said:

EricTheWeary said:

I went to a wedding recently but I have tried to erase the music from my memory. Oh yes, Brown Eyed Girl, Fill Me Up Buttercup ( have I got that right?) - not a song I would choose all night. TBH we didn't have any music at my wedding and it was better that way! But if we did then anything by Seth Lakeman for MrsTheWeary and SIlver Machine five times in a row for me.

I'm no help am I ...
:o3

I think it's "Build" but either way it's the worst song in the entire world. The only thing I'd ever veto for personal taste reasons.

I am another who highly enjoys all the obvious ones (don't forget Mr Brightside...!) The point when you play the first "big" song in the set is brilliant - I've never seen a room you can't turn around with Chelsea Dagger, provided drinks are flowing at least!!

ahh, Build, that's right. Makes more sense. It was the one song almost every one got up for though ( including me...the shame...). My youngest son's class went to a recording studio and I have a cd somewhere with that song sung by 9 year olds on it.

ESBlonde · May 2014

Long train running,
Superstition

All the corny stuff, you're not there to get your rocks off you're there for them!
It's just another gig to you but the Brides special day her dad has spent his savings on.

Danny1969 · May 2014

Here's some are tried and tested dancey \ good wedding \ corporate material, as in played em for years and always go down well

Superstition - Stevie

Long Train Running - Doobies

Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis

Mr Brightside - Killers

Parklife - Blur

Love Shack - B52's

Sex on Fire -KOL

Love Man - Otis Reading

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

Saw her standing there - Beatles

Moves like Jagger - Maroon 5

Locked out of Heaven - Bruno Mars

Do you think I'm sexy - Rod Stewart

Dekota - Stereophonics

No Diggity - Backstreet

Kiss - Tom Jones - Art of Noise

Place your hands - Reef

Jump - Van Halen

spacecadet · May 2014

Here's my shortlist for ya.

Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Shackles - Mary Mary
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars
Play That Funky Music - Whoever did that one!

All of em really easy and only 3 or 4 chords each.

Danny1969 · May 2014

Forget you - Ceelo Green, that's a good un

EdGrip · May 2014

Nobody's mentioned "I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor"? Fair enough.

+1 for Parklife; that even gets ME dancing.

Seems to me that if I were doing this, I would find out what scene and musical generation the bride and groom hail from... maybe even find out favourite bands on the sly... just so I could have one or two knockout tracks for them that aren't the usual suspects that I could bring out like BOOM! Didn't see that coming!

bobblehat · May 2014

EdGrip said:

Seems to me that if I were doing this, I would find out what scene and musical generation the bride and groom hail from... maybe even find out favourite bands on the sly... just so I could have one or two knockout tracks for them that aren't the usual suspects that I could bring out like BOOM! Didn't see that coming!

The Grooms my Brother and our bass player , although not on this occasion! Will be getting some info on my future sister in-law to see what she likes.

Some great selections , just need to see which ones we can play after a few pints!

dilbert · May 2014

Well, I'm mighty surprised there are no votes for "Smack my bitch up" by the Prodigy. :-\"

equalsql · May 2014

The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away always used to go down well
Simply the best - Tina Tuner.
The Time Of Life - from Dirty Dancing.

I used to play a lot of big-money weddings and these in particular always used to go down well... although I hated playing them.

Fusionista · May 2014

ESBlonde said:

Long train running,
Superstition

All the corny stuff, you're not there to get your rocks off you're there for them!
It's just another gig to you but the Brides special day her dad has spent his savings on.

I'm with Eric, wedding bands (and gigs) are a total turn off. The taste of the general public has ever been a conundrum for me. Sometimes wonder why mine is so different, but "It's a Mystewy"

The good news is my wife is paying for my daughter's wedding...

EricTheWeary · May 2014

Fusionista said:

ESBlonde said:

Long train running,
Superstition

All the corny stuff, you're not there to get your rocks off you're there for them!
It's just another gig to you but the Brides special day her dad has spent his savings on.

I'm with Eric, wedding bands (and gigs) are a total turn off. The taste of the general public has ever been a conundrum for me. Sometimes wonder why mine is so different, but "It's a Mystewy"

I wouldn't consider myself a musical snob at all and I have no objection to a bit of trashy pop but its the relentlesness of it.

Rocker · May 2014

Almost any Status Quo song. Problem solved.

not_the_dj · May 2014

Wedding gigs are actual all about watching girls dressed up to the nines in their posh frocks dancing.

.....and the buffet.

;-)

Fusionista · May 2014

not_the_dj said:

Wedding gigs are actual all about watching girls dressed up to the nines in their posh frocks dancing.

.....and the buffet.

;-)

Not wrong. So it's their fault the music is naff.

not_the_dj · May 2014

Fusionista said:

not_the_dj said:

Wedding gigs are actual all about watching girls dressed up to the nines in their posh frocks dancing.

.....and the buffet.

;-)

Not wrong. So it's their fault the music is naff.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Fusionista · May 2014

She who sleeps with the piper ?

not_the_dj · May 2014

Fusionista said:

She who sleeps with the piper ?

Look but don't touch for me

|)

EricTheWeary · May 2014

Fusionista;234674" said:
She who sleeps with the piper ?

Billie Piper is a lesbian?

Sex with Chris Evans would no doubt have put her off men.

^#(^

Can't stop humming Build Me Up Buttercup...

ESBlonde · May 2014

OK from my days of weddings the following are floor fillers that are easy(ish) to cover well.

Knock on Wood - Wilson Picket etc.
Everybody - Blue Brothers
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Man I feel like a woman - Shania Twain
Dancing in the Street - Martha Reeves etc.
Ladies Night - Kool and the Gang
Crazy Chick - Charlotte Church
Love Shack - B52s (vocal challenge maybe)
It's in his Kiss - Cheer
River deep Mountain High - Tina Turner
Sisters are Doing it - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin

Now you may have to adapt a few, even do a medley of some to avoid the high chorus/brass bits or whatever, but keeping the Ladies on the floor is very much the key. Playing something that gets 4 blokes flailing about playing air guitar at a wedding is less welcome than a fart in a wet suit (unless the groom is one of them and made the request).

frankus · May 2014

Timewarp
and Ballroom Blitz.

The time warp is easy -- it's just a jump to the left...

ElectroDan · May 2014

Erasure's 'A little respect' awesome for unsticking arses from chairs!

Shake your tail feather. ( Imagine the afore mentioned beautiful ladies bending over and waving their finely formed buttocks in your direction).

Jackson 5 stuff is also cool. Anything that makes you tap your foot. We medley I want you back into ABC into Signed sealed delivered.

One of the keys to packed wedding dance floors is not hanging about in between songs. It's like an automatic response of the audience to turn and walk toward their chairs after a song. But if you can come staright in with a great intro, they will stay.

As someone who has DJ'd and gigged as a musician, I can honestly say the songs that work are not always interchangeable. I have no idea why. Anyway good luck with the gig.

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