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iPod Wedding Playlist

Yes, it’s true!  You can have an awesome wedding without a DJ (despite what you read on the Interwebs)!  We lucked out because our venue, Prairie Productions, had an amazing sound system.  All we had to do was show-up, plug in our iPod or computer and turn the volume up.  Some quick tips we would recommend following:

1. Ask someone to be your MC. We asked our very outgoing friend to announce us, introduce special speakers and organize the anniversary dance. Send them directions two weeks before hand and make sure they are comfortable with everything.  Our day of wedding coordinator helped with this!
2. Ask for song suggestions and fit them in where necessary. People will come to the floor when they hear their song!
3. Group your playlist into genres.  If someone is on the floor busting a move to an 80’s song, they’ll likely stay on the floor if you play two more too!
4. You and your groom/bride should stay on the floor for a majority of the night. If people see you cutting a rug, they’ll follow suit.

We broke our playlist into eight smaller playlists.  That way, if our MC heard a pregnant pause he knew that he was supposed to announce something.  Our playlists were ordered exactly as follows:

1. Cocktail&Dinner
2. Announcement Song
3. First Dance
4. First Dance II (first dances with mom and dad/brother)
5. Anniversary Dance
6. Reception 1
7. GarterandBouquet Toss
8. Reception 2

Here are our reception songs in order:

Oldies Set

• Uptight (Everything’s Alright)
• Jailhouse Rock
• God Only Knows
• Stand By Me

80’s Set

• Vogue
• PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
• I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Contemporary Mix

• Say Hey (I Love You)
• Get Me Bodied
• Out of My Head
• I’m Yours

Oldies Swing Set (swing was big for us in jr. high and high school)

• Unchained Melody
• Jump, Jive an’ Wail
• Go Daddy-O
• In My Life

College Fight Song

• Missouri Every True Son

Rock (Highly recommend this set!)

• Bohemian Rhapsody
• You Shook Me All Night Long
• God Gave Me You

90’s and Fun Mix (this got a lot of people on the dance floor!)

• Wannabe
• ….Baby One More Time
• Macarena
• California Gurls
• Walking on Broken Glass

Mini Oldies Set

• Can’t Help Falling in Love
• Respect
• Let’s Stay Together

Mega Hip Hop Mix (our friends stayed until the end and besides the more people drink the more likely they are to break it down on the dance floor)

• Telephone
• Where Them Girls At
• Super Bass
• Glitter in the Air
• Valerie
• MoneyGrabber
• Hey Ya!
• I Gotta Feeling
• London Bridge
• We Found Love
• You are the Best Thing

Last Song

• This Will be Our Year, by The Zombies

The timing worked out perfectly! Hope this helps!