{"id":35646,"date":"2015-03-17T03:03:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T16:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/five-songs-guaranteed-fill-dancefloor\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T08:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:56:25","slug":"five-songs-guaranteed-fill-dancefloor","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/five-songs-guaranteed-fill-dancefloor\/","title":{"rendered":"The five songs guaranteed to fill the dancefloor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The dancefloor is prime real estate at a wedding reception, so you want to keep it moving all night. But creating a song list that caters to everyone is a tricky beast. Here are five types of song you should throw into the mix to help encourage all ages to get up and Blame it on the Boogie (sorry).<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lcOxhH8N3Bo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>The power ballad<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing says \u201cI love you\u201d quite like a power ballad &#8211; preferably one that originates from the movies or a 1980s hair metal band. Whereas a normal slow song will really only draw couples to the floor, a full-on power ballad will also draw groups of friends more than willing to sing their heart out as they deliver an interpretive dance routine to such gems as <a title=\"Total Eclipse of the Heart\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Total Eclipse of the Heart<\/a> by Bonnie Tyler, <a title=\"Don&#039;t Stop Believing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Don\u2019t Stop Believing<\/a> by Journey, <a title=\"You&#039;re the Voice\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tbkOZTSvrHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">You\u2019re the Voice<\/a> by John Farnham, <a title=\"Nothing&#039;s Gonna Stop Us Now\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3wxyN3z9PL4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nothing\u2019s Gonna Stop Us Now<\/a> by Starship and, of course, the first among equals \u2013 <a title=\"(I&#039;ve Had the) Time of My Life\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4BQLE_RrTSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">(I\u2019ve Had)The Time of My Life<\/a> from Dirty Dancing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Something that\u2019s on the charts now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard people say there\u2019s no music now, only noise, but that\u2019s patently untrue. Yes, the top 40 charts showcase plenty of songs that would be pretty hard to bust a move to \u2013 yes rappers, we are looking at you &#8211; but that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re non-existent. Just think Katy Perry, Beyonce, Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars, or our own Guy Sebastian or Jess Mauboy \u2013 all of whom have a great track record with upbeat anthems. And for the ultimate proof you only need to turn to Taylor Swift, who set the dance floor alight with the catchy <a title=\"Shake It Off\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Shake It Off<\/a>. We defy anyone to hear that and not immediately take to the dancefloor.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The cheesy song with built-in steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For the most part, the Macarena has been consigned to history, but there\u2019s one occasion guaranteed to drag it back out &#8211; and that\u2019s a wedding. There\u2019s just something about a day of \u201cI Do\u201d that reinvigorates songs, which come with a readymade dance routine. Think <a title=\"YMCA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YMCA<\/a> by the Village People, <a title=\"Nut bush City Limits\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ALAWxatDoD0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nutbush City Limits<\/a> by Ike and Tina Turner, <a title=\"Blame it on the Boogie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mkBS4zUjJZo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Blame it on the Boogie<\/a> by the Jackson 5 or even the Rocky Horror Picture Show\u2019s <a title=\"Time Warp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sg-vgGuTD8A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Time Warp<\/a>. The best bit is that you\u2019re guaranteed to get good photos or video footage, be it a new generation trying to learn the steps or a groomsman who just can\u2019t seem to keep up with everyone else.[ew-supplier-carousel]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Something sentimental<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>People often mistake sentimental for sappy, but nothing could be further from truth. This is about picking a song that has special meaning for you, whether it\u2019s the Foo Fighters, Fergie or Fleetwood Mac. For your second dance of the night, you could feature a tune your parents used at their own wedding. Alternatively, you could enter the reception to your grandma\u2019s favourite Frank Sinatra hit. Another idea for just after dessert is to play a song from the first concert you went to together. The main thing is to have your DJ or band leader announce the significance of each tune first so your guests can fully appreciate the moment.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>One for the oldies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Wedding musicians and bands will tell you the first people on the dancefloor are almost always the older guests, so make a point of catering to them. You could play a rock anthem by Bon Jovi (surprisingly very danceable), something sexy from the Rolling Stones or Bryan Ferry or a tried and true favourite such as Abba\u2019s <a title=\"Dancing Queen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dancing Queen<\/a>. Other categories to consider include big hair bands (Def Leppard or Guns N Roses), dynamic duos (Hall &amp; Oates, the Eurythmics or Wham), homegrown hit machines (Icehouse or INXS), dynamic divas (Kylie Minogue or Olivia Newton John) or enduring stars such as Elvis or the Beatles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14111,"template":"","au_article_tag":[884,634,41,40],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292500,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/35646\/revisions\/292500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=35646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}