A little over 6 months ago, Molly and I had our wedding. Previously, I posted wedding pictures. While Molly was behind the majority of the preparation and planning of our wedding reception, I was responsible for the music.
I hired my friend, Dan, to DJ and gave him two Macs to use for the music. I created a playlist in iTunes that he selected music from, and he used his Rhapsody subscription for requests. Below, you will find the playlist that was used during the Wedding Reception. This list does not include requests.
First Day of My Life was our first official dance song, and Forever Young was the father/bride song. I had requested Foreplay Long Time as the closing song and I thought that worked out pretty well. I was also shocked at how well Dancing in the Dark went over. I think that was probably the biggest hit on the dance floor.
| Name | Artist | Album |
| First Day Of My Life | Bright Eyes | I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning |
| Forever Young | Bob Dylan | The Essential Bob Dylan |
| More Than A Feeling | Boston | Boston |
| Let’s Dance | David Bowie | David Bowie |
| White Wedding, Pt. 1 | Billy Idol | Billy Idol: Greatest Hits |
| Hungry Like The Wolf | Duran Duran | Greatest |
| Moonage Daydream | David Bowie | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars |
| Something | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
| Twist And Shout | The Beatles | Please Please Me |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | The Best Of Neil Diamond – 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection |
| Hey Ya! | Outkast | The Love Below |
| Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere |
| Cecilia | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge over Troubled Water |
| You’re the One that I Want | Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta | Grease |
| Dancing In The Dark | Bruce Springsteen | Born In The U.S.A. |
| Rudie Can’t Fail | The Clash | London Calling |
| 1999 | Prince | 1999 |
| SexyBack | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex / LoveSounds |
| Strange Magic | Electric Light Orchestra | Greatest Hits (ELO) |
| Mr. Blue Sky | Electric Light Orchestra | Greatest Hits (ELO) |
| Jumpin’ Jack Flash | The Rolling Stones | Forty Licks |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | Best Of Van Morrison |
| Jump | Van Halen | 1984 |
| Let’s Go Crazy | Prince | Purple Rain |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | Thriller |
| Dancing Queen | ABBA | Arrival |
| Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey | The Essential Journey |
| Girls Just Want To Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper | She’s So Unusual |
| Do You Realize | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | The Cream Of Clapton |
| Party Hard | Andrew W. K. | I Get Wet |
| Jessie’s Girl | Rick Springfield | Boogie Nights 2 [More Music From The Original Motion Picture] |
| Come On Eileen | Dexy’s Midnight Runners | Too-Rye-Ay |
| Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough | Michael Jackson | Off the Wall |
| Roxanne | The Police | The Police Greatest Hits |
| Panama | Van Halen | 1984 |
| Float On | Modest Mouse | Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| Daft Punk Is Playing At My House | LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem |
| Hips Don’t Lie | Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean | Oral Fixation Vol. 2 |
| Whip It | Devo | Freedom of Choice |
| I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) | Stevie Wonder | Talking Book |
| Stand By Me | John Lennon | Lennon Legend |
| Break on Through (To the Other Side) | The Doors | The Doors |
| One More Time | Daft Punk | Discovery |
| Best Of My Love | The Emotions | Boogie Nights |
| Kiss | Prince | Parade – Music from the Motion Picture “Under The Cherry Moon” |
| Mercy | Duffy | Rockferry |
| Here Comes Your Man | Pixies | Doolittle |
| A-Punk | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend |
| You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb | Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| I Melt With You | Modern English | After the Snow |
| Someday | The Strokes | Is This It? |
| Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Stereo Mix) | The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds |
| Devil’s Haircut | Beck | Odelay |
| Stronger | Kanye West | Graduation |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | Moondance |
| Take On Me | A-ha | Hunting High and Low |
| Funkytown (Single Version) | Lipps, Inc. | Shrek 2 (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) |
| Clint Eastwood | Gorillaz | Gorillaz |
| Burning Down The House | Talking Heads | Speaking In Tongues |
| In My Life | The Beatles | Rubber Soul |
| Pinball Wizard | The Who | Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy |
| Foreplay Long Time | Boston | Boston |
Thanks for posting this. I’m planning our iPod wedding and I’ve already pulled some good nuggets for our playlist.
Thanks, I’m glad you found something useful here. If you have any questions on how some songs “played”, let me know.
super playlist! i got excited before i even got to the playlist when i saw we have the same first dance! this is exactly what i wanted, some fun 80s, plenty of classics, and some great alternative selections. thanks for posting!
I was browsing to get a bunch of music videos for my party and just found out this post. I must say that you have done a wonderful effort. Thanks mate.
Thank you so much for posting this! I am also doing an iPod wedding, and this was a great start to our playlist. =)