# Inappropriate wedding reception songs. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569 "2012-07-27T14:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/1 "2012-07-27T14:19:00Z")
I’ve been asked to DJ a wedding reception for a girl that is like a niece to me. She knows my sense of humor (dry and sarcastic) and expects me to use it. In addition to the traditional stuff, I’m trying to think of some inappropriate songs to play or at least partially play. I don’t want _really_ dark stuff with topics like child molestation etc but songs that could be considered light-hearted. Candidates so far are: [George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp5Rdb9ncfM) [Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9J7XE-ctMU) [J. Geils Band - Love Stinks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0LAs7X5ybE) [Nazareth - Love Hurts](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDZBW-1P04) “Every Breath You Take” by The Police comes up a lot but I’m not sure the crowd would get it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/2 "2012-07-27T14:35:53Z")
Weird Al- [_Good Enough for Now_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFU6w7q3dQ) ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/3 "2012-07-27T14:37:20Z")
Jimmy Soul’s [Happy for the Rest of Your Life](http://youtu.be/Qh9ZZgDqzAg). You’re Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/4 "2012-07-27T15:02:36Z")
Stephen Stills - Love The One You’re With [Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_EIikdFr8) Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/5 "2012-07-27T15:05:26Z")
Paul Anka - Having My Baby ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/6 "2012-07-27T15:09:18Z")
DiVinyls - I Touch Myself (probably more of a prophecy) Marvin Gaye - Yesterday Vesta - Congratulations The O’Jays - Your Body’s Here With Me Millie Jackson - If Loving You is Wrong (Hell, ANY Millie Jackson song) Gladys Knight and The Pips - Make Me the Woman You Come Home To ZZ Hill - Cheating in the Next Room Joe Tex - At the Dark End of the Street ALL of these songs are one my favorite playlist. Don’t know what that says about me ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/7 "2012-07-27T15:09:53Z")
I just mentioned this song in another thread recently, but “Break Your Heart” by Barenaked Ladies would be a good one. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/8 "2012-07-27T15:10:09Z")
Dusty Springfield - _You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me_ Alanis Morissette - _You Oughta Know_ ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/9 "2012-07-27T15:13:07Z")
“Making Whoopee.” Done by everybody and his brother, but first popularized by [Eddie Cantor.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANRPmTZRqkg) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/10 "2012-07-27T15:18:30Z")
_The Party’s Over_. Too dark? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/11 "2012-07-27T15:19:34Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I just mentioned this song in another thread recently, but “Break Your Heart” by Barenaked Ladies would be a good one. Even better, “Break Your Heart” by Taio Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/12 "2012-07-27T15:22:33Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Weird Al- [_Good Enough for Now_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFU6w7q3dQ) I reeeeeeeally wanted to use this at my wedding, but I knew no one else would think it as funny as I do. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/13 "2012-07-27T15:24:29Z")
[Aaron Lines with Cheaper To Keep Her](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hlMESUnVaw) ---
**Author:** ![Coustralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Coustralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coustralee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/14 "2012-07-27T15:27:05Z")
alice cooper - bed of nails i never promised you a rose garden… some country twang-artist ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/15 "2012-07-27T15:29:42Z")
[Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R20f-TPKjzc&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLXHnfJ29iH_Sow_wV57MRYg). ---
**Author:** ![Mithras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/16 "2012-07-27T15:36:17Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Jimmy Soul’s [Happy for the Rest of Your Life](http://youtu.be/Qh9ZZgDqzAg). > > You’re Welcome. I actually played that at my own wedding. At the time I thought it was hilarious, at least. Another candidate is Outkast’s “Hey Ya”. I think it’s one that would go over everyone’s heads, though. It was the first song at my sister-in-law’s wedding and was picked to get people dancing and not to be funny. I think I was the only one that had a raised eyebrow about it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/17 "2012-07-27T15:36:54Z")
[5 months, 2 weeks, 2 days](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2G7SODHt6k) Lyle Lovett’s [If I had a Boat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evzpIVnMVs) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/18 "2012-07-27T15:39:00Z")
_Crazy Bitch_ by Buck Cherry. The father of the bride will love that one. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/19 "2012-07-27T15:42:56Z")
“Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/20 "2012-07-27T15:43:39Z")
Tom Waits: [Better Off Without A Wife](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV7bxC0UVMM), of course. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569.md?page=2)