You’ve made your vows, cut the wedding cake and laughed and cried at the speeches. There’s only one thing to do next: it’s time to hit the dance floor and celebrate!
Whether you hire a wedding band, book a wedding DJ or decide to go it alone and construct your very own custom wedding playlist, a little thought needs to go into the music that’ll be the soundtrack to your first party as a married couple.
As with many of your wedding day decisions, your wedding reception music is your chance to personalise proceedings to display your personality as a couple. Your first dance song is perhaps your biggest opportunity to individualise your wedding reception. This song will be one that means something special to you, a song that brings back memories of when you first met, your first holiday together, when you first moved in together, your first kiss. After the first dance, your priority is to encourage your guests to join you on the dance floor. Therefore, as well as choosing the music you enjoy, you’ll need to bear your guests’ musical tastes in mind. You may be perfectly happily raving away to some retro synthwave, but if rest of the room is left cold by your chosen music, you’ll be dancing on your own.
To aid you in putting together the perfect wedding reception playlist, we’ve compiled a selection of songs that, in our experience, always go down a treat at weddings. We start with some first dance song inspiration if there isn...