🎵 Last Dance Songs - Popular & Unique
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.
Closing Time - Semisonic
(I've Had The) Time Of My Life - Medley & Warnes
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Friends In Low Places - Garth Brooks
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
Bye Bye Bye - *NSync
Daft Punk One More Time
Forever - Chris Brown
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Drunk (I Don't Wanna Go Home) - King/Lambert
Save The Last Dance For Me - Michael Buble
At Last - Etta James
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
All The Small Things - Blink-182
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
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)