These songs are not bad songs nor are they all inappropriate to play. As a DJ I like group dance songs. If the dance floor is dead, a good line dance will bring the life back to the party. This list will give you a guideline of the type of songs that do not always go over well at a wedding reception.
| Song | Artist | Reason |
| Dancing Queen | ABBA | |
| Highway To Hell | AC/DC | Inappropriate meaning |
| You Shook Me All Night Long | AC/DC | |
| Dude Looks Like a Lady | Aerosmith | Inappropriate meaning |
| I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing | Aerosmith | |
| I’m In A Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) | Alabama | Wedding stress |
| Love Shack | B-52’s | |
| Who Let The Dogs Out | Baha Men | |
| Eve of Destruction | Barry McGuire | Inappropriate meaning |
| Stayin’ Alive | Bee Gees | |
| Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) | Beyonce | |
| Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy) | Big & Rich | |
| White Wedding | Billy Idol | Song Meaning |
| Boom Boom Pow | Black Eyed Peas | |
| I Got A Feeling | Black Eyed Peas | |
| Let’s Get It Started | Black Eyed Peas | |
| My Humps | Black Eyed Peas | Suggestive |
| Livin’ On A Prayer | Bon Jovi | |
| You Give Love A Bad Name | Bon Jovi | Inappropriate meaning |
| Boot Scootin’ Boogie | Brooks & Dunn | |
| Teach Me How To Dougie | Cali Swag District | Group Dance? |
| Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen | |
| My Heart Will Go On | Celine Dion | About death |
| Brick House | Commodores | |
| Cupid Shuffle | Cupid | Group Dance? |
| Just A Gigolo | David Lee Roth | Inappropriate meaning |
| Pour Some Sugar On Me | Def Leppard | |
| The Humpty Dance | Digital Underground | |
| Goodbye Earl | Dixie Chicks | About death |
| Cha Cha Slide | DJ Casper | Group Dance? |
| American Pie | Don McLean | Song Length |
| Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley | Inappropriate meaning |
| Chicken Dance | Emeralds | Group dance? |
| Tears In Heaven | Eric Clapton | About death |
| Mother-In-Law | Ernie K-Doe | Inappropriate meaning |
| Friends In Low Places | Garth Brooks | |
| All My Ex’s Live In Texas | George Strait | Inappropriate meaning |
| I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor | Song Meaning |
| Electric Slide (Shall We Dance) ’92 | Grandmaster Slice | Group Dance? |
| Jump Around | House Of Pain | |
| Shout | Isley Brothers | |
| Love Stinks | J. Geils Band | Inappropriate meaning |
| Why Don’t We Get Drunk | Jimmy Buffett | Inappropriate meaning |
| Grease Megamix | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | |
| Don’t Stop Belivin’ | Journey | |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | Inappropriate meaning |
| To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before | Julio Iglesias | Inappropriate meaning |
| Boyfriend | Justin Bieber | |
| Gold Digger | Kanye West | Inappropriate meaning |
| Don’t Close Your Eyes | Kix | About suicide |
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | |
| Poker Face | Lady Gaga | |
| Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin | Song Length |
| In The End | Linkin Park | Inappropriate meaning |
| Party Rock Anthem | LMFAO | |
| Sexy And I Know It | LMFAO | |
| Shots | LMFAO | |
| 1-800-273-8255 | Logic f./Alessia Cara & Khalid | About Suicide |
| Macarena | Los Del Rio | Group dance? |
| Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…) | Lou Bega | Past Loves |
| Free Bird | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Song Length |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd | |
| Thriftshop | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | |
| Electric Boogie (Electric Slide) | Marcia Griffiths | Group Dance? |
| Moves Like Jagger | Maroon 5 | |
| Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Meat Loaf | Song Length |
| Party In The USA | Miley Cyrus | |
| Love Hurts | Nazareth | Inappropriate meaning |
| Sweet Caroline | Neil Diamond | |
| Hot In Herre | Nelly | |
| Raise Your Glass | Pink | |
| Gangnam Style | Psy | Group Dance? |
| She Hates Me | Puddle Of Mudd | Inappropriate meaning |
| Hokey Pokey | Ray Anthony | Group dance? |
| Cotton Eye Joe | Rednex or Bayou City Beats | Group Dance? |
| Jessie’s Girl | Rick Springfield | Song Meaning |
| Somebody’s Watching Me | Rockwell | About Stalking |
| It Wasn’t Me | Shaggy | Inappropriate meaning |
| Baby Got Back | Sir Mix-a-Lot | Suggestive |
| We Are Family | Sister Sledge | |
| Tainted Love | Soft Cell | Inappropriate meaning |
| D-I-V-O-R-C-E | Tammy Wynette | Inappropriate meaning |
| My Best Friend’s Girl | The Cars | Inappropriate meaning |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash | Inappropriate meaning |
| I Touch Myself | The Divinyls | Suggestive |
| The End | The Doors | Inappropriate meaning |
| Lyin’ Eyes | The Eagles | Inappropriate meaning |
| Every Breath You Take | The Police | About Stalking |
| You Can’t Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones | Inappropriate meaning |
| Jumper | Third Eye Blind | About suicide |
| I Hate Everything About You | Three Days Grace | Inappropriate meaning |
| Red Solo Cup | Toby Keith | |
| Wild Thing | Tone-Loc | Suggestive |
| I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For | U2 | Inappropriate meaning |
| Everything About You | Ugly Kid Joe | Inappropriate meaning |
| Wobble | V.I.C. | Group Dance? |
| Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice | |
| Y.M.C.A | Village People | Group Dance? |
| Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry |