# What is the worst song you can think of to be played at a Wedding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563 "2004-04-17T20:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/21 "2004-04-17T23:11:06Z")
Oh, and Led Zeppelin’s _Babe I’m Gonna Leave You_. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/22 "2004-04-17T23:19:41Z")
Gilbert O’Sullivan’s _Alone Again Naturally_ > [@](#): > > In a little while from now, > If I’m not feeling any less sour. > I promised myself, to treat myself, > And visit a nearby tower … > And climbing to the top, > Would throw myself off, > In an effort to, make clear to whoever, > What it’s like when your shattered … > Left standing in a lurch, > In a church with people saying … > My God, that’s tough, she stood him up, > No point in us remaining … > I may as well go home, > As I did on my own, > Alone again, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/23 "2004-04-17T23:26:39Z")
_Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw_ by Jimmy Buffett ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/24 "2004-04-17T23:58:16Z")
Jason Boland: Rich Young Dumb Nymphomaniac ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/25 "2004-04-18T00:13:34Z")
I was at a wedding where the bride demanded that the groom enter to Pearl Jam’s _Better Man_ - he felt it was easier to go along with it than to explain. The first song played at the reception was also Meat Loaf’s _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_. I’d also point out that their waltz was to the only-marginally-less-inappropriate _Enter Sandman_ ---
**Author:** ![Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercury)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/26 "2004-04-18T00:15:39Z")
My best friend and I were huge Guns 'N Roses fans, so we wanted _November Rain_ played at our weddings. Mr Mercury has selected Ben Folds’s _The Luckiest_, though if I had my way, it’d be Pig’s _Sweet Child_. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/27 "2004-04-18T00:28:28Z")
**Gorsnak** , my first thought was “I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You” as well. My brother-in-law was our wedding DJ and at my request, he played “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.” He did not, however, play “Tainted Love,” even though I asked. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/28 "2004-04-18T00:31:56Z")
> [@bittersweet](#): > > _Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw_ by Jimmy Buffett Okay, now I really want to add that to our wedding songlist:D. Our first dance song, in context, probably isn’t really the best choice. But it’s a beautiful song - As Long As You’re Mine from **Wicked**. It’s a gorgeous love song between the Wicked Witch of the West and her lover Fiyero (who also happens to be Glinda the Good Witch’s fiance - not in the book, if anyone’s wondering), but when their lovemaking session is over, Fiyero gets caught and killed by angry Oz-ians, and Elphaba gets killed by Dorothy (a little later). But luckily, no one at the wedding will have any idea of the backstory aside from several other musical theatre friends - and I’m not going to tell anyone. Ava ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/29 "2004-04-18T00:46:10Z")
There’s not much that’s worse at a wedding than Swans’ _Raping a Slave_. Or any other Swans song, for that matter. Foreigner’s _Cold as Ice_ would be nice. Add RZA’s _Domestic Violence_ to the playlist, and you’ve got yourself some entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/30 "2004-04-18T00:59:05Z")
_Separate Ways_ by Journey. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/31 "2004-04-18T01:08:04Z")
Chopin’s _Funeral March._ I win. 😃 Failing that… Too sad: •_The Highland Widow’s Lament_. (Beautiful song, though.) •_He Stopped Loving Her Today_ by George Jones. •_I Will Wait for You_ performed by Connie Francis. (Futurama fans…you know this’in.) •_Un Bel Di Vedremo_ from _Madama Butterfly_ •_If I Didn’t Care_ by The Ink Spots. (Movie buffs will know this one.) •_Hylas’ Song_ from _Les Troyens_. (About three people will get this one. “Good” for when the Groom enters.) •_Gravedigger_ by Dave Matthews. Too mad: •_The Fight Song_ by Marilyn Manson. (Try this at a big, old-fashioned, Catholic wedding) •Anything by Black Sabbath. •Almost anything by Nick Cave. (e.g. _Where the Wild Roses Grow_) Misc. •_The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_ or _Sink the Bismark_. (Not sad, just…completely non-wedding related. •The theme song to any Sid & Marty Kroft show. (I don’t know if I spelled their names right. And I don’t care.) ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/32 "2004-04-18T01:15:22Z")
Amateurs. Lessee: _Cunt Sucking Cannibal_ by GG Allin. Matter of fact, anything by GG Allin. _A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying_, _Three Point One Four_, and _Shut Up_ by Bloodhound Gang _Did You Ever Wonder_ by Pig Vomit _Cemetery Girls_ by Barnes and Barnes _Nocturnal_ by Edgard Varese (lyrics for this piece were taken from _House of Incest_ by Anais Nin) _Piss Up A Rope_ by Ween _Tainted Love_ by Soft Cell (although Marilyn Manson’s version would work well) _Toccata and Fugue_ by Bach Anything from any of David Allan Coe’s x-rated albums, although _Little Susie Shallow Throat_ stands out _Du Hast_ by Rammstein _One More Minute_ by Weird Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/33 "2004-04-18T01:23:39Z")
My Friend had Limp Bizkits “I did it all for the nookie” played at his reception. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/34 "2004-04-18T01:50:11Z")
Well, there’s a song by Wayne/Jayne County & The Electric Chairs that I heard once in passing, that goes: “If you don’t want to \*\*\*\* me, baby, baby \*\*\*\* off…” I think that’d empty a reception hall in seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/35 "2004-04-18T01:58:10Z")
OK… let’s see if anyone’s heard of: [The Rodeo Song](http://www.sunlyrics.com/viewsong/59761) Other optimistic candidates: _Camarillo Brillo by FZ_ _Last Kiss_ (I forget who did it) _Honey_ by Bobby Goldsboro _Seasons in the Sun_ by Terry Jacks and the Poppy Family ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/36 "2004-04-18T02:24:20Z")
Richard Thompson’s _Cold Kisses_ “Alone in your room Going through your stuff Said you’d be gone five minutes That’s time enough.” ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/37 "2004-04-18T02:35:39Z")
Four little diamonds, by ELO. > [@](#): > > I used to think she was the greatest thing > I really cared, gave her a diamond ring > She said she’d rather die than ever leave me > Well I never saw her face since then > And if the law don’t get her then I will- > Four little diamonds Eddie Vedder, by Wierd Al Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/38 "2004-04-18T02:53:43Z")
One More Minute with You - Weird Al ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/39 "2004-04-18T03:41:01Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > One More Minute with You - Weird Al We’re actually playing this at the wedding:). We both love Weird Al (saw him in concert a couple of weeks ago), and at the concert, we realized that we HAD to have this song to dance to:). And our friends will enjoy it - they know we have black senses of humor. My grandparents and parents are going to sh\*t at the reception - I have a feeling the song list will put them all in therapy. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563/40 "2004-04-18T03:42:12Z")
I told my wife that our reception dance would be to _She’s my Cherry Pie_ by Warrant, but she wouldn’t have it. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-song-you-can-think-of-to-be-played-at-a-wedding/240563.md?page=3)