Group dance songs and line dance songs are played at wedding receptions to get people on the dance floor in a group dance. Group or line dance songs are also known as audience participation songs. Group songs played can invoke a conga line, a train line, rows of line dancing, circles of the Hokey Pokey, hand signaling Y.M.C.A. and much more. Bridal couples must decide the mood they want at their wedding reception. Some bridal couples may see group dance songs as cheesy or overplayed at wedding receptions.
There are many country songs music entertainers can play at weddings that the guests at wedding receptions would know as line dance songs. However, our most popular country line dance songs are Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus, Boot Scootin’ Boogie by Brooks & Dunn, Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson and Watermelon Crawl by Tracy Bird. Popular pop radio songs have created dance crazes also. These songs include Macarena by Los Del Rio, Cha Cha Slide by Mr C, Electric Slide by Marcia Griffiths and the The Twist by Chubby Checker.
Songs that will entice a group conga line or train line include C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train) by Quad City DJ’s, Conga by Miami Sound Machine, The Loco-motion by Grand Funk Railroad, and The Locomotion by Little Eva. Another activity at more casual or upbeat wedding receptions is the limbo. We added the most popular limbo song, Limbo Rock by Chubby Checker, below. However, if the bridal couple wants a lengthy limbo line at their wedding reception, be sure to check out our long list of best limbo songs.
Line Dance Songs
69 Boyz – Tootsee Roll
1994, Hip Hop
Alan Jackson – Chattahoochee
1993, Country
Alan Jackson – Good Time
2008, Country
Baauer – Harlem Shake
2012, Hip Hop
Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
1977, Disco
Billy Idol – Mony Mony
1981, Rock
Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
1992, Country
Brooks & Dunn – Boot Scootin’ Boogie
1992, Country
B.T.O. Bachman Turner Overdrive – Taking Care of Business
1973, Rock
Cali Swag District – Teach Me How to Dougie
2010, Hip Hop
Chris Brown – Forever
2008, Dance
Chubby Checker – Limbo Rock
1962, Rock
Chubby Checker – The Twist
1960, Rock
Cupid – Cupid Shuffle
2007, Dance
Darius Rucker – Wagon Wheel
2013, Country
Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
1989, Rock
DJ Maestro – Turbo Hustle
2015, Dance
E.U. – Da’ Butt
1988, R&B
Emeralds – Chicken Dance/Bird Dance
1982, Polka
Ent Distrikt – Same Ole 2step
2011 – Hip Hop
Grand Funk Railroad – The Loco-motion
1974, Rock
Johnny Otis – Willie & The Hand Jive
1958, Rock
Little Eva – The Loco-Motion
1962, Pop
Los Del Rio – Macarena
1995, Dance
Marcia Griffiths – Electric Boogie
1983, Dance
Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan – Conga
1985, Dance
Michael Jackson – Thriller
1983, Disco
Mr. C (DJ Casper) – Cha Cha Slide
2000, Dance
Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
1969, Rock
Psy – Gangnam Style
2012, Pop
Quad City DJ’s – C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)
1996, Hip Hop
Ray Anthony – Bunny Hop
1952, Big Band
Ray Anthony – The Hokey Pokey
1953, Big Band
Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
1994, Dance
Rocky Horror Picture Show Cast – Time Warp
1975, Rock
Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em – Crank That
2007, Hip Hop
Steps – 5, 6, 7, 8
1997, Pop
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
1988, Country
Stevie Wonder – My Eyes Don’t Cry
1987, R&B
The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
1979, Pop Rock
The Beatles – Twist & Shout
1963, Rock
The Diamonds – The Stroll
1957, Vocal
The Gap Band – Party Train
1983, Funk
The Grid – Swamp Thing
1994, Techno
The Isley Brothers – Shout
1959, Rock
The Tractors – Baby Likes to Rock It
1994, Country
Tracy Byrd – I’m From The Country
1998, Country
Tracy Byrd – Watermelon Crawl
1994, Country
Van McCoy – The Hustle
1975, Disco
V.I.C. – Wobble
2008, Hip Hop
Village People – Y.M.C.A.
1978, Disco
Vince Gill – What the Cowgirls Do
1994, Country
Certain popular songs fill dance floors as they promote group activities. Example songs would be the Y.M.C.A. by the Village People – hand gesturing the letters YMCA, Shout by the Isley Brothers – shouting and raising hands, Willie & The Hand Jive by Johnny Otis – a routine hand jive. Lastly, we would recommend a group line with men on one side and women on the other. Then, each couple goes through the line under everyone’s hands. This activity is done to the song The Stroll by The Diamonds.
A current popular thing to do at weddings is to have a choreographed dance with a group of people. For this you would select your own songs. However, we have seen routine dances to Forever by Chris Brown and Thriller by Michael Jackson on YouTube. Old-time kid songs are also very popular to fill the dance floor at wedding receptions. These songs include the Hokey Pokey, the Chicken Dance and the Bunny Hop.
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