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Released a list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. However, we would like to take that list and provide our favorite wedding songs by those artists.
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From VH1’s list of greatest artists, we revamped the list to each artist’s wedding songs. If the artist does not have any popular wedding songs, they were left off the list!
#1 The Beatles – Being former wedding DJs, the 2 most popular Beatles songs that were most commonly requested were “When I’m Sixty-Four” and “In My Life”. If you want a Beatles’ party song, play “Twist & Shout”.
#2 Michael Jackson – You could select “Thriller” as a fantastic group line dance. For a love song, we select “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”.
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#3 Led Zeppelin – This is a coin flip for our favorite Led Zeppelin wedding song between “Thank You” and “All Of My Love”.
#4 The Rolling Stones – If you want an entrance song, football games commonly began with “Start Me Up”. To get people on the dance floor, we suggest “Brown Sugar”.
#6 Jimi Hendrix – A great song all about ladies for the bouquet toss and all about the ladies present at a wedding reception is “Foxey Lady”.
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#7 Prince – What a great way to have the bride and groom kiss is every time Prince sings “Kiss”, the bride and groom must kiss. This is better than tinging on glasses and ringing bells.
#8 Elvis Presley – One of the most romantic songs of all time sung in acapella is “Can’t Help Falling In Love”.
#10 Stevie Wonder – Our favorite wedding song by Stevie Wonder is “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life”. However, a great song just about the bride is “Isn’t She Lovely”.
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#14 Nirvana – The most mainstream song by Nirvana was “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. However, for the Nirvana fan, we would select “Heart-Shaped Box”.
#15 The Beach Boys – If you are a slower tempo song, we select “Kokomo”. For a more upbeat song, we select “Good Vibrations”.
#16 Madonna – We could easily select “Vogue” as an iconic dance party song. However, our pick is the love song “Crazy For You”. This song also played in two scenes in the movie
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#17 Queen – “You’re My Best Friend” can be played in so many scenarios during a wedding reception. Play it for parent dances, for friends, or even a first dance.
#18 Pink Floyd – We could choose “Money” for the dollar dance but many brides feel the dollar dance is asking for money. Therefore, we’ll select “Mother” for the Mother-Son dance.
#19 U2 – One of the best rock bands of all time. A great way to start the wedding festivities is “Beautiful Day”.
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#20 Marvin Gaye – Marvin Gaye was one of the best male R&B artists of all time. Too bad his life ended too early. There are many songs Marvin created that are suitable for a wedding. However, our favorite is “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” sung by Gaye with Tammi Terrell.
#22 The Clash – On your wedding day I hope you are not deciding if you should stay or go. Rather get people on the dance floor with “Rock the Casbah”.
#23 AC/DC – One of the best songs to fill the dance floor is “You Shook Me All Night Long”. However, “Thunderstruck” makes for a great entrance song.
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#26 Neil Young – The most popular choice for a wedding song would be “Harvest Moon”. However, “Old Man” is a great song about a son growing up with a dad.
#27 Aretha Franklin – Aretha Franklin is one of the greatest female R&B artists of all time. From all of her great songs, “Respect” will fill the dance floor.
#28 Elton John – We can feel the love for Elton John and for a great first dance song and wedding song – “Your Song”.
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#30 Aerosmith – “Sweet Emotion” makes for a great cake-cutting song but “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” is Aerosmith’s best love song.
#32 Black Sabbath – We really don’t have a wedding song by Black Sabbath. However, their most recognized songs are “Paranoid” and “Iron Man”.
#33 Guns ‘N’ Roses – We could easily select “November Rain” as our GNR song for weddings. However, we really like “Welcome To The Jungle” as an entrance song.
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#34 Tina Turner – You could play “Better Be Good To Me” as a funny take as the bride and groom start their new life together. However, our favorite wedding song by Tina is “Simply The Best”.
#35 Johnny Cash – We’ll pass on the popular selections “I Walk The Line” and “Ring Of Fire”. It’s a coin toss between “Darlin’ Companion” sung with Emmylou Harris and the song “In My Life” originally done by the Beatles.
#36 Paul McCartney – Paul McCartney was a member of the band Wings. While with Wings, “Maybe I’m Amazed” was produced and makes a great first dance song.
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#40 The Police – No, we will not select a stalking song “Every Breath You Take”. Rather our selection is “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”.
#41 Van Halen – A great song to get people on the dance floor is “Jump”. Who could forget the video with David Lee Roth?
#43 Ray Charles – If you want a closing song, “Hit The Road Jack” would fit the bill. However, we like “If I Could” as a great father-daughter dance.
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#44 Joni Mitchell – One of the best Folk artists of all time. Our song selection for a wedding would be “A Case Of You”.
#46 Ramones – A great love song perfect for weddings is “Baby I Love You”. It can also be used as a first dance song for punk rock song fans.
#48 Rage Against The Machine – Not your stereotypical band to play at a wedding. Do you have any suggestions? “Bulls On Parade” would be our favorite song of theirs.
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#49 Parliament-Funkadelic – Our favorite song by George Clinton is “Atomic Dog”. This song will make you want to put your grooves on the dance floor.
#50 Sade – The smooth soulful sounds of Sade are captured on many hits. However, our favorite is “By Your Side”, which can also be a great first dance song.
#51 Billy Joel – Billy Joel is one of the best singer/songwriters of all time. We select the love song “She’s Got A Way” which also makes a great first dance song.
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#52 Beyoncé – This is an easy one on so many levels. A great wedding song for all the ladies in attendance is “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” as the bouquet toss song.
#53 Little Richard – Little Richard was a great entertainer and got people moving and shaking including the song “Good Golly, Miss Molly”.
#54 Public Enemy – We cannot come up with a Public Enemy song for weddings. However, their most prolific song is “Fight The Power”.
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#56 KISS – Beth I hear you calling and telling me that “Rock and Roll All Nite” is a great part song to fill dance floors.
#57 Iggy Pop & The Stooges – We don’t have a favorite Iggy Pop song for a wedding. Any suggestions? Iggy’s most well-known song is “Lust For Life”.
#58 Cheap Trick – Hands down one of the best pop-rock love songs is “The Flame”. However, a great song to dance to is “I Want You To Want Me”.
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#59 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – We really like the song “Free Fallin'” but for a wedding, our pick is “Built To Last”.
#60 Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston is one of the greatest Pop R&B artists of all time. She has many hits but if we had to choose 1 song for a wedding we would select “Saving All My Love For You”.
#62 Genesis – If you’re looking for a comical dance song, we suggest “I Can’t Dance”. Otherwise, “Follow You, Follow Me” is a great wedding song.
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#64 Talking Heads – If you are looking for the first dance song that is not played at every wedding and is unique to you, we suggest “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)”.
#65 The Doors – If you like the Doors, a great song to play at a wedding is “Light My Fire”. Time to set the night on FIRE!
#68 Otis Redding – One of our favorite classic R&B songs is “These Arms Of Mine”. This would also make a great first dance song.
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#69 Tupac Shakur – “California Love” with Dr. Dre has a great beat to dance to. However, we will take “Dear Mama” as a mother-groom dance song.
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#70 Def Leppard – One of the most popular songs still played to fill dance floors is “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and also as a cake-cutting song.
#71 R.E.M. – There are many great R.E.M.
