Wedding Music 101: Processionals to Last Dance

Hey lovebirds,

When it comes to planning a wedding, live music can be just as crucial as the flowers, the dress, and the vows. Your wedding soundtrack sets the tone, creates the vibe, and becomes the backdrop to some of your most cherished memories. We have collaborated with Gilbert, Owner of Geunine DJs in Phoenix, Arizona, to bring you what is trending, popular, and most common with his couples on wedding day! So, if you’re in the midst of planning and looking for inspiration, let’s dive into some top picks by event to make your day absolutely unforgettable.

As a wedding DJ, Gilbert’s has some of the best insight on the top hits that couples are requesting and playing on their wedding day! Here is his breakdown of the top picks per wedding event for the upcoming Fall 2024 season with his couples:

The Wedding Party Processional: Bloom by The Paper Kites

Bride’s Bridal March: Turning Page by Sleeping at Last

Ceremony Recessional: Born To Be Yours by Kygo & Imagine Dragons

Current Favorite Cocktail Hour Track: You Don’t Know by Leon Bridges

Grand Entrance: You and Me by Disclosure (Flume Remix)

First Dance: All You’n by Tyler Childers

Current Favorite Dinner Track: Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves

Father + Daughter Dance: When God Made you My Father by Riley Roth

Mother + Daughter Dance: In My Daughter’s Eyes by Martina McBride

Mother + Son: Can She Have This Dance by Drew Baldridge

Opening Dance Floor Track: Until I Found You by Stephen Sanchez

Lady Anthem: Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani

BRO Anthem: Creed – Higher

Last Dance: For Life by Kygo & Nile Rogers

Gilbert has also seen requests during open dancing for these trending – special edits and remixes of:

1. Love Story by Taylor Swift

2. Murder on the Dance Floor Sophie Ellis-Bextor

3. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! By ABBA

4. Gasolina by Daddy Yankee

5. Take It Off by FISHER

6. No Hands by Waka Flocka Flame

7. Pepas by Farruko

8. Where You Are by John Summit

9. Lovin’ on You by Luke Combs

10. Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar

Gilbert is so excited to share his 2024-2025 Predictions for wedding playlists/ins and outs/throwbacks from the past:

• General consensous; LINE dances are OUT; Novelty Hits are definitely OUT. 
• There was a funny short lived resurgence of 2000’s Dad Rock anthems: Creed, Nickelback, etc. but it’s looking to be tamed up. This is definitely more for the niche audience.
• Here’s one that I truly hate to admit but I have seen Lil Jon’s Get Low, Salt Shaker, YEAH) on the DO NOT PLAY lists more and more often. UM, now, this one I cannot get behind because Lil Jon only makes hits, and I still have fomo from being in Vegas and not seeing him, haha!
• Currently: EDM Remixes / Timeless Throwbacks are all the rage and here to stay.
• People love DISCO. Decor, music, vibes.

In summary, the 2024-2025 couples really know how to GET DOWN on the dance floor and their playlist requests track record speaks to that. A BIG Thank you to Gilbert at Genuine DJs for collaborating with us and bringing our readers this insider report on what is hot and what is not in the DJ wedding world. You can find Gilbert and his team on instagram at @genuinedjs or online at www.genuinedjs.com.

Happy planning!

Until next time,

The Bash Blvd Team

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