I sincerely doubt most of those were actually played at a wedding anywhere. Let’s stick to the OP folks, what’s wanted here are inappropriate songs you actually heard at a wedding.
My vote goes to a friend of mine who wanted to have Sting’s Fields of Gold played at her wedding. She didn’t listen too closely to the lyrics, I guess, and thought it was about a relationship that started passionately and was still going strong many years later, with kids and all.
I had to explain that it’s about a brief affair that DIDN’T work out, and the man is looking in from outside at the happy life she made with someone ELSE. JUST the sort of omen you want at your nuptials.
I forget the title and performer for this one but it goes:
“If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life
Never make a pretty woman your wife
Take it from my personal point of view
Get an ugly girl to marry you”
Well, one of the first songs played at my sister’s wedding was “White Wedding”. I’ve also heard REM’s “the one I love” at weddings - uh, listen to the lyrics first, people.
At my sister’s wedding the first song the band played was “The Break Up Song” by Greg Kihn. It turned out that it was the bands last gig and they wanted to point that out, they didn’t realize that the song was rather inappropriate to be the first song at a wedding.
Keith
I got married to the widow next door
She’s been married seven times before
And every one was an 'Enery
She wouldn’t have a Willy or a Sam
I’m her eighth old man named 'Enery
'Enery the eighth I am, I am
'Enery the eighth I am
Missing - everything but the girl
Hell Is For Children/Treat Me Right/Sex As A Weapon - Pat Benatar
I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
Twist In My Sobriety - Tanita Tikaram
Break It To Me Gently - Juice Newton
Physical - Olivia Fig Newton Porta John
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This/Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
The DJ at my cousin’s wedding played “Bad Touch” by Bloodhound Gang and I just thought it was inappropriate. There’s something unsettling about watching your relatives dance to that song.
Other bad wedding songs:
“Beat It” Michael Jackson
“Go Away Little Girl” Donnie Osmond(?)
“She’s Havin’ My Baby” (oops–shotgun wedding)
“Until the Real Thing Comes Along” Dean Martin
“Give it Away Now” Red Hot Chili Peppers
“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” Neil Diamond
“Please Release Me (Let me go…)” Engelbert Humperdinck (?)
“You Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
“These Boots are Made for Walkin’” Nancy Sinatra
“Jessie’s Girl” Rich Springfield
“Separate Lives” Phil Collins
(?) = I know they recorded it, but I’m not sure if they’re the original artists
