Category — wedding music

Phew, as awesome as those pre-cana lessons are… let’s not get too carried away with the fun. The real question is: where’s the dance party?

You might not know this, but I like dancing. A lot. I know, it’s a shocker, but sometimes I let my hair down, loosen up my proper, ladylike demeanor and just dance it out. This, for example, will probably happen at the reception:

We’re using Crescent City DJ for our reception, and the company has a pretty sweet Web site where you can search through their huge music database and request songs for three playlists: “Must Play,” “Play if Possible” and “If You Play This, I Will Strangle You With My Bare Hands.” Sweet! Here are some we have so far:

Must Play

1. No Diggity- Blackstreet
2. Twist and Shout- The Beatles
3. SexyBack- Justin Timberlake
4. Shoop (of course)- Salt ‘n’ Pepa
5. Brown Eyed Girl (it’s about me)- Van Morrison
6. Bust a Move- Young MC
7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love- Queen
8. Don’t Stop Believin’- Journey
9. Tainted Love (not a commentary on our relationship)- Soft Cell
10. In Da Club- 50 Cent

Play if Possible

1. Modern Love- David Bowie
2. Kiss- Prince
3. Baby One More Time (what?)- Britney Spears
4. Stagger Lee- Lloyd Price
5. Bonnie & Clyde- Beyonce and Jay-Z
6. California Love- 2Pac & Dr. Dre
7. I Saw Her Standing There- The Beatles
8. Take On Me- a-Ha
9. Build Me Up Buttercup- The Foundations
10. Word Up- Cameo

Play And I Will Cut You

1. Dancing Queen- ABBA
2. Conga- Gloria & the Miami Sound Machine
3. Who Let the Dogs Out- Baha Men
4. Every Breath You Take (creepy stalker song)- The Police
5. I Will Always Love You (totally a break-up song)- Whitney Houston or Dolly Parton
6. Limbo Rock- Chubby Checker
7. Macarena- Los Del Rio
8. Any other group participation dance song you can think of (the chicken dance, conga line, limbo… except perhaps the cha-cha slide and one round of the electric slide)
9. We Are Family- Sister Sledge
10. I’ll Make Love to You (a. awkward lyrics and b. reminds me of 7th grade dances)- Boyz II Men

I would love some input here. We want a good blend of ’80s, top 40/hip-hop, oldies, swing and a few slow songs thrown in there. So tell me this, what three songs would you add to each of those lists?