Tag: Fun Wedding Music

  • Emily & Mike’s Wedding 9-1-24

    Emily & Mike’s Wedding 9-1-24

    I DJ’ed yesterday at the Rose Haven Event Venue, in Dripping Springs, Texas. It’s a great place for a wedding DJ, as the load-in is quick and easy, the room has good acoustics, and in general, everything is easy. The wedding was great, too. The couple were laid-back and friendly, and they, and their guests, were polite and seemed to have a lot of fun.

    The music was a big hit, and I had people dancing for the duration of the wedding. I’ve listed below what I played, but I don’t have the entire cocktail hour listed, as I wasn’t able to save a list of some of the tracks I played. Other than that, this is a complete list of what was played, and in what order.

    Cocktail Music

    Whiskey On You – Nate Smith
    So Good – Halsey
    Shivers – Ed Sheeran
    Wishful Drinking [feat. Sam Hunt] – Ingrid Andress
    Stay [feat. Justin Bieber, Juice WRLD, Post Malone & Ariana Grande] [remix] – The Kid LAROI
    (I Just) Died In Your Arms – Cutting Crew
    Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
    Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) – Kate Bush
    About Damn Time – Lizzo
    Numb – Marshmello/Khalid
    You Proof – Morgan Wallen
    Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
    A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay

    Introduction of the Wedding Party: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher – Jackie Wilson

    Dinner Music

    Give Life Back to Music – Daft Punk
    You Make My Dreams – Hall & Oates
    Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) – The Detroit Emeralds
    Hey Jude – The Beatles
    Billionaire [feat. Bruno Mars – Travie McCoy
    More Than Words – Extreme
    Far, Far Away – Wilco
    You Belong to My Heart – Old 97’s
    Spirits – The Strumbellas
    Have You Ever Loved a Woman – Freddie King
    Beyond – Leon Bridges
    What You Won’t Do For Love – Bobby Caldwell
    How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees
    Dreams – The Cranberries
    Hook – Blues Traveler
    I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
    Latch [Acoustic] – Sam Smith
    Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
    Balinese – ZZ Top
    Spirit In the Sky – Norman Greenbaum
    Two Princes – Spin Doctors
    Summer Girls – LFO
    I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis
    MmmBop – Hanson
    Just Like Honey – The Jesus and Mary Chain
    Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – The Beatles
    Laid – James
    Connection – Elastica
    Around the World – Daft Punk
    Good Vibrations – Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
    Sugar, Sugar – The Archies
    I Can’t Help Myself – The Four Tops
    The Loco-Motion – Kylie Minogue
    Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go-Go’s
    Your Love – Outfield
    Two of Hearts – Stacey Q

    Father/Daughter Dance: The Old Man & His Daughter – Kaitlin Huwe
    Mother/Son Dance: Mother Like Mine – The Band Perry
    First Dance: Loving You – Seafret

    Dance Music

    Cha Cha Slide – DJ Casper
    September – Earth Wind & Fire
    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
    Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
    Celebration – Kool & The Gang
    Lady Marmalade – Christina Aguilera and Pink, Mya and Lil’ Kim
    Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
    Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – The Backstreet Boys
    Dancing Queen – ABBA
    Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
    December 1963 (Oh What a Night) – The Four Seasons
    This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
    Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C.
    Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
    Jump Around – House of Pain
    Low [feat. T-Pain] – Flo Rida
    Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
    Pursuit of Happiness [Steve Aoki Remix] – Kid Cudi
    I Love It [feat. Charli XCX] – Icona Pop
    Only Girl (In the World) – Rihanna
    Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
    You Spin Me ‘Round (Like a Record) – Dead Or Alive
    I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Kiss
    Moves Like Jagger [feat. Christina Aguilera] – Maroon 5
    Pepas – Farruko
    Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
    Timber [feat. Ke$ha] – Pitbull
    Until I Found You – Stephen Sanchez
    Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
    Toxic – Britney Spears
    All the Small Things – Blink-182
    Mr. Brightside – The Killers
    Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
    Closing Time – Semisonic

  • Michelle & Robert’s Wedding 7-5-24

    Michelle & Robert’s Wedding 7-5-24

    Yesterday I DJ’ed again at Villa Antonia. By sheer coincidence I had two consecutive weddings at the same venue. I’m sure that’s happened at some point in the past, but not recently. As with last month’s wedding, I was all over the property. First I was set up in the back of the chapel to provide music and microphones for the wedding ceremony, then the guests moved outdoors for cocktails, and music from a second sound system, while I moved my DJ console and sound from the back to the front of the chapel.

    I finished flipping the chapel in time to transition from outdoor cocktails on the veranda to dinner indoors in what’s called the cellar, but is anything but dank and dark as one imagines a cellar to be.

    Once the guests were seated for dinner I provide my patented hyped-up, energetic introduction for the couple. This time, however, the level of hype increased exponentially after my introduction, for, unbeknownst to the bride or the guests, I had equipped the groom with a microphone of his own, and the couple came into the room to a Jay-Z beat, over which the groom rocked a verse he’d written for the occasion! The place went wild!

    After dinner, the guests made their way back to the now-transformed chapel to dance under an array of lighting effects. We had a long block of time allocated for dancing, and not a moment of it was wasted, as people danced from start to end. I even crafted a mashup in the moment based on the bride and groom’s love for Jay-Z and Taylor Swift, which I dubbed “Izz-tant Karma – Jay-Z & Taylor Swift Mashup.” Fun times!

    Pre-Ceremony Music

    Can’t Take My Eyes Off of you – Lauryn Hill
    Coming Home – Leon Bridges
    Missing Piece – Vance Joy
    Real Love Baby – Father John Misty
    You Are in Love [Taylor’s Version] – Taylor Swift
    Can’t Help Falling in Love – Kacey Musgraves
    My Love Mine All Mine – Mitski
    You Send Me – Aretha Franklin
    Flamingo – Fruit Bats

    Ceremony Music

    I Choose You – Willie Hutch
    La Vie en Rose – Violin and Piano Wedding Version
    Enchanted [Taylor’s Version] – Taylor Swift

    Cocktail Music

    Tongue Tied – GROUPLOVE
    Talk Too Much – COIN
    Cough Syrup – Young the Giant
    Pumped Up Kicks – Foster the People
    Sit Next to Me – Foster the People
    Out of My League – Fitz and the Tantrums
    Electric Love – BØRNS
    Crash My Car – COIN
    Sweet Talk- Saint Motel
    Violet – Bad Suns
    Cold Cold Man – Saint Motel
    Buttercup – Hippo Campus
    Boyfriend – COIN
    Swimming in the Moonlight – Bad Suns
    Televised – HUNNY
    Baseball – Hippo Campus
    Saturday Sun -Vance Joy
    Growing Pains – COIN
    Vowels (And the Importance of Being Me) – HUNNY
    2/14 – The Band Camino

    Dinner Music

    Fool For You – Snoh Aalegra
    Fue Major [feat. SZA] – Kali Uchis
    Go Away – Omar Apollo
    First Flower – Molly Burch
    Frozen – Sabrina Claudio
    Moment – Victoria Monét
    North Face – ODIE
    To Me – Alina Baraz
    Beauty & Essex [feat. Daniel Caesar & ] – Free Nationals
    Endlessly – Alina Baraz
    Pang – Caroline Polachek
    Eleven [feat. Summer Walker] – Khalid
    Want U Around [feat. Ruel] – Omar Apollo
    Summer Girl – HAIM
    Like Me Better – Lauv
    Floating [feat. Khalid] – Alina Baraz

    Dance Music

    Love On Top – Beyoncé
    All of My Love – Led Zeppelin
    Father Daughter Dance Mix
    I Want You Back – The Jackson Five
    Hotel Room Service – Pitbull
    Dancing Queen – ABBA
    Jump Around – House of Pain
    Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
    Hot In Herre – Nelly
    Dance the Night – Dua Lipa
    Kiss Me More [feat. SZA] – Doja Cat
    1, 2 Step – Ciara
    I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
    September – Earth Wind & Fire
    Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
    Party In the U.S.A. – Miley Cyrus
    …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
    Thrift Shop [feat. Wanz] – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
    Wobble Baby – V.I.C.
    Izz-tant Karma – Jay-Z & Taylor Swift Mashup
    Mr. Brightside – The Killers
    All the Small Things – Blink-182
    Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
    Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You) [feat. Outkast] – UGK
    All I Do Is Win [feat. T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross] – DJ Khaled
    Sicko Mode [feat. Drake] – Travis Scott
    I Don’t F**k With You [feat. E-40] – Big Sean
    The Motto [feat. Lil Wayne] – Drake
    Goin’ Back to Cali – Notorious B.I.G.
    Hip Hop Hooray – Naughty By Nature
    Vivrant Thing [feat. Q-Tip] – Violator
    Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
    Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
    Lovin’ On Me – Jack Harlow
    Bust a Move – Young MC
    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
    Love Story [Taylor’s Version] – Taylor Swift
    Don’t Stop the Music – Rihanna
    I Love It [feat. Charli XCX] – Icona Pop
    Pursuit of Happiness [Steve Aoki Remix] – Kid Cudi
    It’s Tricky – Run-D.M.C.
    Celebration – Kool & The Gang
    Posing For Cars – Japanese Breakfast

  • Robin & Andrew’s Wedding 5-26-24

    Robin & Andrew’s Wedding 5-26-24

    I was back at Camp Lucy yesterday, a venue I adore. The load-in is a breeze, the staff is always polite and friendly, and the food, catered in-house, never misses. The vibe is rustic and posh all at once. I love it.

    Here are the songs I played.

    Ceremony Music

    Wedding Party’s Processional: Can’t Help Falling In Love – Haley Reinhart
    Bride’s Processional: Sea of Love – Cat Power
    Couple’s Recessional: Signed, Sealed & Delivered – Stevie Wonder

    Cocktail Music

    By Your Side – Beachwood Sparks
    Crimson & Clover – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
    I Will – The Beatles
    Somewhere Over the Rainbow/ What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
    Wonderwall – Oasis
    She’s Like Texas – Josh Abbott Band
    Miss Sarajevo – George Michael
    Crystal Frontier [widescreen version] – Calexico
    More Than a Feeling – Boston
    Rock With You – Michael Jackson
    My Girl – The Temptations
    Reach Out (And I’ll Be There) – The Four Tops
    Coming Home – Leon Bridges
    The Longest Time – Billy Joel
    We Belong Together – Richie Valens
    Pump It – The Black Eyed Peas

    Dinner Music

    This Magic Moment – The Drifters
    Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
    Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
    Lovely Day – Bill Withers
    The Girl From Ipanema – Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
    When You Wish Upon a Star – The Dave Brubeck Quartet
    In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
    That’s Amore – Dean Martin
    Piano Man – Billy Joel
    Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
    Fly Like An Eagle – Steve Miller Band
    Paul Revere – Beastie Boys
    AA – Walker Hayes
    Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
    Do You Believe In Magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful
    I Can’t Smile Without You – Barry Manilow
    Jesus, Etc. – Wilco
    You Belong to My Heart – Old 97’s
    Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups
    What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
    Rhythm of the Night – DeBarge

    Dance Music

    First Dance: Ride With Me – Cody Johnson

    Dancing Queen – ABBA
    Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
    Levitating [no rap] – Dua Lipa
    Walk Like an Egyptian – Bangles
    Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn
    All My Ex’s Live In Texas – George Strait
    You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
    Timber [feat. Ke$ha] – Pitbull
    Pepas – Farruko
    Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
    Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
    We Are Family – Sister Sledge
    Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
    Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
    I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
    Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
    Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
    Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
    Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
    Party In the U.S.A. – Miley Cyrus
    Oops!…I Did It Again – Britney Spears
    ‘Till I Collapse [feat. Nate Dogg] – Eminem
    Footloose – Kenny Loggins
    Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of…) – Lou Bega
    As It Was – Harry Styles
    Hey Ya! – Outkast
    Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
    Brick House – Commodores
    Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – The Backstreet Boys
    Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
    Kiss – Prince and the Revolution
    Automatic – The Pointer Sisters
    Strut – Sheena Easton
    Rockit – Herbie Hancock
    Bad – Michael Jackson
    Let the Music Play – Shannon
    Under Pressure [feat. David Bowie] – Queen
    Higher Love [feat. Whitney Houston] – Kygo
    Uptown Funk [feat. Bruno Mars] – Mark Ronson