Who among us has n’t attended a wedding and cringed at the play list ? In 2017 , stats / polling siteFiveThirtyEightasked more than two dozen professional DJs who had DJ’d around 200 weddings what song couplesban from their weddingsand , after appraise 182 wedding ceremony playlist , came up with a list of 48 songs . They gave each song a percentage , which represents the portion of wedding that banned the song .
The first 10 on the lean symbolize silly dances people like to do but should n’t do , like The Chicken Dance , The Macarena , and The Electric Slide . After that , the tilt start to see overplayed song like “ Do n’t Stop Believin ' , ’ ” “ Total Eclipse of the Heart , ” “ Dancing Queen , ” and “ Sweet Caroline , ” and call - and - response Sung dynasty like “ Shout . ” The list contains a mix of new and old rose hip - hop , R&B , and soda hitting , and several Song finish up tied .
Interestingly , a few Song from FiveThirtyEight ’s 2016ultimate wedding playlistalso appear on the banned list , include “ Hey Ya ! , ” “ Uptown Funk , ” “ Sweet Caroline , ” and “ Call Me Maybe . ”
You may or may not agree with this leaning , but do n’t feel bad if you determine to ban any of these birdcall from your own wedding playlist — chances are , someone out there agrees with you .
“The Chicken Dance”#
“Cha-Cha Slide” // DJ Casper#
“Macarena” // Los Del Rio#
“Cupid Shuffle” // Cupid#
“YMCA” // Village People#
“Electric Boogie (Electric Slide)” // Marcia Griffiths#
“Hokey Pokey”#
“Wobble” // V.I.C.#
“Happy” // Pharrell Williams#
“Shout” // Isley Brothers#
“Love Shack” // The B-52’s#
“We Are Family” // Sister Sledge#
“Blurred Lines” // Robin Thicke#
“Celebration” // Kool & The Gang#
“Cotton Eye Joe” // Rednex#
“Dancing Queen” // ABBA#
“Don’t Stop Believin’” // Journey#
“Single Ladies” // BeyoncÉ#
“Sweet Caroline” // Neil Diamond#
“Turn Down for What” // DJ Snake & Lil Jon#
“Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” // SilentÓ#
“Hot in Herre” // Nelly#
“Mony Mony” // Billy Idol#
“All About That Bass” // Meghan Trainor#
“Baby Got Back” // Sir Mix-a-Lot#
“Booti Call” // Blackstreet#
“Gangnam Style” // Psy#
“Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” // Big & Rich#
“Stayin’ Alive” // Bee Gees#
“Sweet Home Alabama” // Lynyrd Skynyrd#
“Uptown Funk” // Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars#
“Wagon Wheel” // Nathan Carter#
“What Do You Mean?” // Justin Bieber#
“All of Me” // John Legend#
“Bohemian Rhapsody” // Queen#
“Brown Eyed Girl” // Van Morrison#
“Call Me Maybe” // Carly Rae Jepsen#
“Get Low” // Lil Jon#
“Hey Ya!” // Outkast#
“Hotline Bling” // Drake#
“I Will Survive” // Gloria Gaynor#
“My Heart Will Go On” // CÉline Dion#
“SexyBack” // Justin Timberlake#
“Shake It Off” // Taylor Swift#
“Sugar” // Maroon 5#
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” // Bonnie Tyler#
“You Shook Me All Night Long” // AC/DC#
