# Need an upbeat song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809 "2007-08-24T19:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@Flea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flea)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/1 "2007-08-24T19:25:02Z")
So I’m getting married in about a month, and the reception site is including something called a ‘champagne parade’ in my package. From the description, the waiters come out and do some sort of show-tune-like presentation while they pour champagne. I’m supposed to pick a song for it, and I haven’t a clue. 😕 In the past, they’ve used \*\*Hot, Hot, Hot \*\* and Pink’s \*\*Get the Party Started \*\*, or \*\*Celebration \*\* almost exclusively. They say something upbeat works best, which I’m fine with, but the fiancé hates all those tunes and I’m blanking. Anyone know what this is who can recommend a good tune? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/2 "2007-08-24T19:37:00Z")
Bryan Ferry: _I wear my heart on my sleeve I’m not afraid To say what I mean Mean what I say…_ ---
**Author:** ![Flea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@Flea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flea)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/3 "2007-08-24T19:56:54Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Bryan Ferry: _I wear my heart on my sleeve I’m not afraid To say what I mean Mean what I say…_ [/QUOTE] Never heard of him. Is it old? New? I can google it when I get home, I suppose. Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/4 "2007-08-24T20:03:48Z")
Old – 20 years +. Don’t recall the album offhand. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/5 "2007-08-24T23:53:07Z")
Sounds absolutely dreadful, but some suggestions: Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves Love Shack - B-52s Love Train - The O’Jays Ray of Light - Madonna ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/6 "2007-08-25T01:24:20Z")
_Housequake_ by Prince \* Roller Coaster of Love\* by the Red Hot Chili Peppers _Dance Little Sister_ by Terrence Trent D’Arby ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/7 "2007-08-25T02:02:07Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves [/QUOTE] This is the song I came in the thread to recommend. VERY upbeat. It was on my wedding playlist. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/8 "2007-08-25T03:14:26Z")
I DO I DO I DO by ABBA Teen Age Wedding by Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction) A Love Song from a Different Point of View by Jimmy Buffet Saber Dance is pretty up beat as well. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/9 "2007-08-25T03:19:25Z")
**You Never Can Tell** - Chuck Berry (perfect upbeat wedding song) _It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished 'em well You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle…_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/10 "2007-08-25T03:45:52Z")
Well, what goes with champagne better than a Cole Porter classic? I’d go with “From This Moment On” or “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. As much as I love the ebullience of “You’re the Top!”, there’s a couple of lyrics in it that are unfortunately on-the-nose ironic right now (comparing one’s love to the G.O.P. nominee and Lady Astor – who just died at the age of 105). There’s contemporary covers of the first two on the compilation disk **Red, Hot & Blue** (1990), with Jimmy Sommerville doing “Moment” and The Thompson Twins doing “Millionaire”. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/11 "2007-08-25T03:56:59Z")
I came in the thread to recommend Walking on Sunshine too! I think this is a third vote for it. It is definitely a feel good tune, and very upbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/12 "2007-08-28T20:14:42Z")
Light and Day by the Polyphonic Spree would be pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/13 "2007-08-28T20:25:26Z")
How about _Crazy Little Thing Called Love_ by Queen? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/14 "2007-08-28T20:27:06Z")
_Where The Wild Roses Grow_, Nick Cave. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/15 "2007-08-28T20:39:26Z")
“Roam” by the B-52s. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/16 "2007-08-28T20:53:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Ray of Light - Madonna I’m pretty sure Ray of Light is about being overwhelmed by and missing out on life due to the constant stress and distraction of modern living. Upbeat music, sure, but not the most appropriate theme for a wedding. \*Zephyr in the sky at night, I wonder Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun? Faster than a speeding light she’s flying Trying to remember where it all began And I feel like I just got home, And I feel like I just got home, etc.\* The music video lends a lot of credence to this theory. Oh, and so I’m not just being a nitpicky jackass, I’ll nominate something else by Madonna that’s really upbeat, but not depressing. _Deeper and Deeper._ Very fast tempo, happy dance song about romance and family. \*When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything That’s what my Mama told me Every little thing you do will end up coming back to you I let my father mold me \ That’s why I can’t help falling in love I fall deeper and deeper the further I go Kisses sent from heaven above They get sweeter and sweeter the more that I know The deeper I go \ Someone said that romance was dead And I believed it instead of remembering What my mama told me Let my father mold me Then you tried to hold me You remind me what they said This feeling inside I can’t explain But my love is alive And I’m never gonna hide it again\* ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/17 "2007-08-28T21:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] I’m pretty sure Ray of Light is about being overwhelmed by and missing out on life due to the constant stress and distraction of modern living. Upbeat music, sure, but not the most appropriate theme for a wedding. [/QUOTE] Well, it wasn’t my first choice. Could’ve been worse though. Yonks ago I was in a record store behind someone looking for a song to be the first dance at her daughter’s wedding. I was able to figure out she was looking for “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips and felt it important to point out that lyrics like “I know this pain / Why do you lock yourself up in these chains?” and “You’ve got no one to blame for your unhappiness / You got yourself into your own mess.” not to mention the entire chorus weren’t really the sort of sentiments to start a bride and groom off on a life together. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/18 "2007-08-28T22:25:02Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] _Where The Wild Roses Grow_, Nick Cave. [/QUOTE] There’s one in every crowd. :dubious: my contribution: The Communards - Don’t Leave Me This Way I think it’s very catchy, and the lyrics would be appropriate > [@](#): > > Refrain: > Oh, baby, my heart is full of love and desire for you > So come on down and do what you’ve got to do > You started this fire down in my soul > Now can’t you see it’s burning out of control > So come on down and satisfy the need in me > 'Cos only your good loving can set me free ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/19 "2007-08-28T23:12:09Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] _Where The Wild Roses Grow_, Nick Cave. [/QUOTE] You’re sick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-upbeat-song/416809/20 "2007-08-29T01:25:45Z")
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