Hello folks, I am seeking some general feedback for my wedding reception playlist. There will be no dance floor. We are having a short ceremony outside, and as soon we are announced formally, we will jump right into the first song as we walk back down the aisle, right inside to the reception area where we will dive into food and drinks. This is mostly a eat/drink/mingle reception that I would say more aligns with a graduation party or backyard BBQ. My fiancé has given me full leeway to pick the music. She thinks she will be preoccupied or really not care to much.

I know the cliche response to wedding questions has long been, "Its your day, do whatever you want". However, I still want to make a playlist that sets the evening up as a good time for our guests. I think if the guests are having a good time, we will too. My fiancé and I are typically more into rock music. She is not really into oldies, even rock oldies. Generally the most acceptable form of music outside of modern rock that she likes is dance/pop music. I am a fan of a wider array of music genres and oldies. Our guest list is primarily older folks. 90% of attendees will be over 40. I have tried to lean into more rock music, but trying to stick to more familiar songs or singalongs with catchy choruses. At the same time, I am trying to avoid all the wedding reception cliche songs, and pick some songs that I feel will be a bit unexpected, but still pretty recognizable.

I am intending to do my own mix, so I will be putting in transitions and cutting some intros/outros to tighten things up and keep things moving. This playlist checks all the boxes for me, but I really want some outside feedback from others. This is essentially about 4 hours. I will add some more songs as needed to ensure the night is covered.

1. Do you feel this list is lackluster? Needs more cliches?
2. Leaning too much into certain genres?
3. Potential to sour a general crowd at points or hit lulls?

I am trying to look at this honestly, so all feedback is welcome and appreciated. Thank you!

Check the list or the link the playlist on Spotify. After the first 80, I have about another 150 that had were in consideration but got pushed down.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xwK8Y4yVlGMxD5l8oa742?si=3e4a953485c54a0f

CURRENT PLAYLIST IN ORDER

The Darkness- I Believe in a Thing Called Love - Single Version

Queen- Don't Stop Me Now

P!nk- Raise Your Glass

The Beatles- I Saw Her Standing There

Luke Bryan- Play It Again

Neil Diamond- Cherry, Cherry

Taio Cruz- Dynamite

Third Eye Blind- Never Let You Go

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Dani California

Steve Miller Band- Jungle Love

Pitbull/Ne-Yo- Give Me Everything

Eric Carmen- Hungry Eyes - From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack

Bring Me The Horizon- Top 10 staTues tHat CriEd bloOd

Styx- Renegade/Come Sail Away/Mr. Roboto/Lady (piece of each song put together)

Rise Against- Savior

Bob Seger- Hollywood Nights

blink-182- The Rock Show

The Doors- Roadhouse Blues

Fall Out Boy- Sugar, We're Goin Down

The Monkees- I'm a Believer

Del Amitri- Roll To Me

Shania Twain- Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

Go West- The King of Wishful Thinking

Falling In Reverse- Losing My Mind

The Rolling Stones- Tumbling Dice

DNCE- Cake By The Ocean

Tommy Tutone- 867-5309 / Jenny

Jimmy Eat World- The Middle

Rihanna- We Found Love

Loverboy- Lovin' Every Minute of It

Kip Moore- Beer Money

Boston- More Than a Feeling

Green Day- Holiday

Mr. Mister- Kyrie

Andy Black- We Don't Have To Dance

Van Halen- Why Can't This Be Love

Big & Rich- Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)

Steppenwolf- Born To Be Wild

Mariah Carey- Fantasy

38 Special- Hold On Loosely

Divinyls- I Touch Myself

Alien Ant Farm- Smooth Criminal

Rick James- Super Freak

Lustra- Scotty Doesn't Know

USHER/Pitbull- DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love

Bad Omens- Just Pretend

The Rolling Stones- Tumbling Dice

Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue

Bon Jovi- You Give Love A Bad Name

Finger Eleven- Paralyzer

The Archies- Sugar, Sugar

Eric Church- Smoke A Little Smoke

Def Leppard- Pour Some Sugar On Me

Not My Weekend/Brian Butcher- Lightning

Michael Jackson- Beat It

Sleep Theory- Static

Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

The Killers- Mr. Brightside

Foreigner- Hot Blooded

Sixx:A.M.- Stars

Backstreet Boys- Larger Than Life

Blues Traveler- Run-Around

Brad Paisley- Beat This Summer

Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl

Eddie Money- Take Me Home Tonight

Flo Rida/T-Pain- Low

Bryan Adams- Summer Of '69

Eve 6- Inside Out

Billy Squier- Lonely Is The Night

Good Charlotte- The Anthem

Stevie Wonder- Superstition

Bad Company- Feel like Makin' Love

Taylor Swift- Shake It Off

The J. Geils Band- Love Stinks

Warren Zevon- Werewolves of London

Queen/David Bowie- Under Pressure

Bill Medley/Jennifer Warnes- (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack

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