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16 must-have songs to play at your Wedding reception


One of the Bride and Groom’s biggest goals during the Wedding reception is to make sure the dance floor is packed with guests grooving to the tunes – and to ensure this happens, you’ll need a killer playlist

Wedded Wonderland has come to the rescue! We’ve compiled 16 must-have songs that will have the dance-floor full in no time.

1. Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars

2. Macarena, Los del Rio

3. I Want to Dance with Somebody, Whitney Houston

4. Happy, Pharrell Williams

5. Single Ladies, Beyonce

6. Celebration, Kool & The Gang

7. Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper

8. Nutbush City Limits, Tina Turner & Ike

9. Moves Like Jagger, Maroon ft Christina Aguilera

10. DJ Got us Falling in Love Again, Usher

11. I Know you Want Me, Pitbull

12. Teach Me How to Dougie, California Swag District

13. Let’s Go, Calvin Harris

14. I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas

15. Sexy and I Know it, LMFAO

16. Y.M.C.A – The Village People

Main image from Sarah and Liam’s Wedding. Photography by Siempre.

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