8 Songs to Leave Off Your Wedding Playlist

Music is personal, there's no doubt about that. Your taste could range from Beethoven to Black Eyed Peas, and your wedding day entertainment should always reflect your personal style. But even if you and your sweetie consider "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails your jam, it's important to remember the context, and the audience, on your wedding day. So before you finish on your wedding playlist, here are a few medleys we recommend saving for another occasion.

1. The Hokey Pokey

This just can't be what it's all about. Sure, when you were five years old you loved the instructional lyrics, and dancing with your friends (who were also five)...but let's assume your dance skills have improved since first grade. Show off a little.

2. The Marcarena

Ay, Dios Mio! No. Just no. If the Macarena and the Hokey Pokey were to meet as people, they'd be kids holding hands in search of after school snacks. Really cheese-y snacks.

3. The Cha-Cha Slide

Unless you want your wedding to be the same as everyone’s high school dance, birthday, bar-mitzvah...skip it. (And, really, any other songs wherein the lyrics tell you the dance moves.)

4. The Thong Song

It's highly likely that grandma will choose to sit this one out. Perhaps your flower girls and ring bearers could do without as well. Remember to consider your audience before solidifying that playlist.

5. Cotton Eye Joe

"If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe, I’d been married a long time ago." Not sure what, if any, place this song would have at a wedding. This is one of the many examples of why couples should read the lyrics of a song before blasting it on their wedding day.

6. Stayin’ Alive

An iconic disco song, sure. But do you really want to see Aunt Linda do the disco point for the entire 4 minutes and 3 seconds of this song?

7. The Locomotion

Easy as your ABCs, sure...but not so much a "brand-new dance" these days. Time for something new...and we don't mean Kylie's version.

8. Tequila

Your friends and family are already enjoying cocktail hour, but there is no need to turn your wedding into a full-fledged frat party. Save this jam for the bachelorette party.