# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/21 "2012-07-27T15:44:23Z")
Motley Crue: [You’re All I Need](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4935yaK-FM) Kanye West: [Gold Digger](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59qR4kRdhLE) G’n’R: [Used to Love Her](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXIuAz7aryo) Pearl Jam: [Better Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWzLgWWu5wU) The Smiths: [Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkvPnjb9hs) ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/22 "2012-07-27T15:46:07Z")
YMCA ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/23 "2012-07-27T15:48:29Z")
CeeLo Green - Fuck You ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/24 "2012-07-27T15:51:01Z")
I suppose “Delilah” by Tom Jones would be pretty tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/25 "2012-07-27T15:52:17Z")
Guns n Roses - November Rain Nickelback - Something in Your Mouth NOFX - Monosyllabic Girl ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/26 "2012-07-27T15:57:54Z")
Theory of a Deadman - Bitch Came Back Another Theory of a Deadman - Hate My Life And one last Theory of a Deadman - Bad Girlfriend ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/27 "2012-07-27T15:59:12Z")
This is a special kind of inappropriate, but at my stepbrother’s wedding, the song his mother picked for the mother-son dance was incubus’ “Steller”. You know, the one that goes “Meet me in outer space / … / It might be the only way / that I can show you how / it feels to be inside you.” cue the gagging from everyone who knows the song! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/28 "2012-07-27T16:03:08Z")
[My Dick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJl4ED8glQU&feature=fvst) ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/29 "2012-07-27T16:14:06Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > 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. He Stopped Loving Her Today may be the best country song of all time, but it is anything but lighthearted. I would say it is totally inappropriate even if everyone knows your sense of humor. How about some Hank Williams instead? First Year Blues, Tonight We’re Setting the Woods On Fire, You’re Gonna Change Or I’m Gonna Leave, Move It On Over. Jimmy Soul: Never Make a Pretty Woman Your Wife Pinkard and Bowden: Mama She’s Lazy Ray Charles: Night Time is the Right Time Joe Tex: Show Me Louis Armstrong: Makin’ Whoopee Amazing Rhythm Aces: Who Will the Next Fool Be Righteous Brothers: Try to Find Another Man ---
**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, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/30 "2012-07-27T16:18:25Z")
George Jones [Burn Your Playhouse Down.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZUCEhtaSQ) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/31 "2012-07-27T16:20:17Z")
Billy Idol, “[White Wedding](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9j6DE6RnSk)” Key lines include “Hey little sister who’s the one you want? Hey little sister-shot gun!” ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/32 "2012-07-27T16:21:13Z")
Social Distortion: Ball and Chain ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/33 "2012-07-27T16:29:02Z")
Guns n Roses “[Used to Love Her](http://youtu.be/zXIuAz7aryo).” And oddly, a lot of Motown songs aren’t appropriate for weddings. My wife and I wanted Motown songs at the cocktail mingle portion of our reception and we ended up having a heck of a time finding enough appropriate songs that people would actually know. ---
**Author:** ![Uglystick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/87869e/32.png) [@Uglystick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uglystick)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/34 "2012-07-27T17:23:35Z")
Johnny Cash, “Cocaine Blues” ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/35 "2012-07-27T17:47:48Z")
Meatloaf -Paradise by the Dashboard Light ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/36 "2012-07-27T17:53:17Z")
If the names happened to be correct, I don’t see how you _couldn’t_ play _[Scotty Doesn’t Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tj8zn3X0xA)_. ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/37 "2012-07-27T18:25:43Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > If the names happened to be correct, I don’t see how you _couldn’t_ play _[Scotty Doesn’t Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tj8zn3X0xA)_. Actually, the groom’s name _is_ Scott. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/38 "2012-07-27T18:25:44Z")
I attended a wedding where they danced to Hearts and Bones by Paul Simon. Someone didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/39 "2012-07-27T18:51:37Z")
Heh, reminds me of someone I knew who had a group of friends, all of whom sang “I Will Survive” at each others’ weddings as a sort of tongue-in-cheek “we’ll always be there for you” sort of song. (Everyone in the group, except one, is still happily married…) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569/40 "2012-07-27T18:57:46Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > [Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R20f-TPKjzc&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLXHnfJ29iH_Sow_wV57MRYg). I put this one on my first draft wedding CD that I presented to my wife. She wasn’t as amused as I was. Other songs that were on the list included: “I Hate Myself for Loving You” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” Paul Simon “Shot Through the Heart” Bon Jovi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-wedding-reception-songs/629569.md?page=3)