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The Ultimate Wedding Song Guide: From Processional to Last Dance
DJ Trego breaks down essential songs for weddings from processionals to the last dance, highlighting the importance of music choices that tell your unique love story. He shares practical advice for selecting meaningful songs that create the perfect atmosphere while avoiding common pitfalls.
• Processional music should connect to your love story - consider using instrumental versions of your second-choice first dance songs
• Recessional songs should be upbeat and celebratory, kicking off the party atmosphere
• Keep special dances (first dance, parent dances) around two minutes unless you have choreography
• Choose parent dance songs carefully to avoid romantic lyrics that can feel awkward
• For bouquet and garter tosses, use songs from bachelor/bachelorette parties to get the right crowd on the floor
• End with high-energy cross-generational songs, followed by a sing-along encore (Pink Pony Club is the "gold standard")
• Consider a private final dance using a recycled processional or another meaningful song
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Hey Queens, welcome back to another episode of the Daily Buzz. Today we have Trego the DJ here with us, and, trego, can you talk us through the formality, the listings of all of the specialty dances, different song choices that couples need to think through? What is your thoughts?
Speaker 2:We're doing it Lightning round. So you know, it's kind of one of the hardest things about picking the songs for your weddings. As a wedding DJ I can only lead you so far I can give you recommendations. But let me give you a rundown about what it is. So you're going to need some type of processional music. Coming down the aisle I would say, if you're stuck on that, lock in your first dance song first, and then anything that was a second or third choice. Recycle that into the processional song, find a cover, find an instrumental thing, whatever it is, and that way you'll have some type of idea of where you should go. It should be special to your love story. And then your recessional song. I want you to think of it less of connecting to the ceremony and more of kicking off the cocktail party. So it's like the roll credits of your love story, like at the end of Hitch, like it's an upbeat song. It's not like you know something, womp, womp, womp. It's not strings, it's not anything like that. We're trying to kick off the party. It's a celebratory moment. Same with Grand Entrance. That can be even a little bit more energetic.
Speaker 2:I would say First Dance. I would say first dance song obviously needs to be very specific to you guys. I will say, as we've talked about before, those specialty songs. First dance father, daughter, mother, son, anything like that should be about two minutes or so, unless you have special choreography or you don't mind somebody watching you for five minutes or whatever. But for the average couple they kind of want to get off the dance floor at about that two minute mark. Other formalities I would say is like special parent dances.
Speaker 2:Just start with like what? Like what was playing in the house when you were a kid, right? Like what do you associate your mom or your dad with? Right? I got married 7,000 years ago and I started with like the idea of like Stevie Wonder. With my mom. We ended up doing an Earth, wind, fire song, which was really fun. But yeah, just start in that direction, because otherwise you're going to get lost in the sauce.
Speaker 2:The hardest songs to pick for your whole wedding are going to be your parent dance songs, because also, songs are love songs. It's super creepy when it's like the way your hair smells and stuff like that. Get out of here. And then cake cutting song. Yes, there is a song for cake cutting. Don't worry about it, but don't bring it to a screeching halt. Something you know sweetness, sugar is fun, or just something that people will like sing along and vibe to or whatever. Or don't do it.
Speaker 2:Do an unannounced cake cutting, other things, bouquet toss what's going to get the ladies out on the dance floor? Think about what was playing during your bachelorette party. That's always super easy Garter removal, garter toss songs Same. What's going to get the guys out there? Think about your bachelor party and whatnot. Those are definitely the times, because with bachelor parties they always have these random and ratchet songs.
Speaker 2:Do it then. It's not going to bring everybody, but that small set of people to the dance floor. So it can be its own dancing type moment, but not like we don't need grandma out on the dance floor for whatever the song is. And then, final song of the night keep it energetic, high energy, cross-generational is preferred, so you can let everybody on there. Encore song is like the ride along, like don't let the screen door hit you on the way out. More of the sing along stuff. The gold standard right now is Pink Pony Club. Play it at the end it rides. And then, last song of the night if it's just the couple, I would say anything. That was a close second or third choice for your songs. Maybe find another version of like your processional song that you can recycle for the last dance, just the two of you guys, and that's like wedding planning.
Speaker 1:In a nutshell, I absolutely love that. That was gold. That was absolute gold, thank you, and that is your daily buzz.