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Alternatives to play for commonly played last dance songs at a wedding reception.

You are now a married couple! You spent the day with family and friends sharing in your celebration. You partied all night singing your heart out and sweaty from dancing.

It is now time to play one last song to close out your wedding day. What song do you want to play?

Think about if you want to end with excitement and fun with a fast-tempo song.

Think about if you want to end with romance with a floor full of couples dancing to a slow song.

There are no wrong answers. However, if you ask wedding DJs, most DJs will choose to end with a banger if everyone is already dancing. If the event was with guests preferring to talk than dance, then a slow dance would be played.

Here are a few ideas!

27 commonly played for the wedding reception’s last dance songs.

1. Closing Time - Semisonic

2. (I've Had The) Time Of My Life - Medley & Warnes

3. Love Story - Taylor Swift

4. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

5. Mr. Brightside - The Killers

6. Last Dance - Donna Summer

7. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver

8. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond

9. Piano Man - Billy Joel

10. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley

11. Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks

12. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

13. Bye Bye Bye - *NSync

14. Daft Punk One More Time

15. Forever - Chris Brown

16. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

17. Drunk (I Don't Wanna Go Home) - King/Lambert

18. Save The Last Dance For Me - Michael Buble

19. At Last - Etta James

20. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole

21. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra

22. All The Small Things - Blink-182

23. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

24. We Are Family - Sister Sledge

25. Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

26. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

27. Time Of You Life (Good Riddance) - Green Day

Get more last dance songs by genre here.

What if you had substitutions to play for commonly played last dance songs?

Below is a list of alternatives to play NOT on every playlist! You can even download the PDF and listen on Spotify!

Cheers,

Matt Campbell

Founder and editor (My Wedding Songs)

Song Alternatives