Do You Agree With These Banned Wedding Songs?
You got an invitation to your cousin or friend's wedding. You're excited to see old family and friends. You get to buy a new outfit, and maybe even travel. But you know at the reception, there will be dancing. Dancing is great, but you know there are those songs that play at EVERY WEDDING that you will have to suffer through. Love Shack, the Macarena, Celebration, We Are Family... the list of songs goes on and grows each year!
Well, a website site called fivethirtyeight found out what the songs most banned from wedding playlists are. And some may shock you! Take a look at the top 10 below and see if your agree, or if some of your faves made the list. And maybe this should be a guide for those getting married. PLAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT! Or, or these classics? You decide!
SONG | MOST COMMON ARTIST* | SHARE OF WEDDINGS | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Chicken Dance | 23.1% | |
2 | Cha-Cha Slide | DJ Casper | 22.5 |
3 | Macarena | Los Del Rio | 17.6 |
4 | Cupid Shuffle | Cupid | 16.5 |
5 | YMCA | Village People | 15.4 |
6 | Electric Boogie (Electric Slide) | Marcia Griffiths | 12.6 |
7 | Hokey Pokey | 10.4 | |
8 | Wobble | V.I.C. | 7.1 |
9 | Happy | Pharrell Williams | 5.5 |
Shout | Isley Brothers | 5.5 |