How to Incorporate Pop Punk & Emo Vibes into Your Wedding

As an experienced wedding DJ, I’ve assembled a list of popular indie songs to get people on the dance floor and for romance at your wedding! The list is grouped by moments and vibes to match your wedding experience.

Emo could even be considered a style of pop-punk and alternative rock music. Popular artists of the Emo/Pop-Punk genre include My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World, Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Brand New, and Paramore.

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Song Ideas by Moment & Vibe

Entrance Songs

Songs to play as the newlyweds or the wedding party enter the wedding venue.

  • I Write Sins Not Tragedies – Panic! At The Disco
  • The Anthem – Good Charlotte
  • The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
  • Welcome To The Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

Background Songs (Cocktail Hour, Dinner)

Song ideas for when guests arrive at the reception, enjoying appetizers, and throughout the meal.

  • Complicated – Avril Lavigne
  • If It Means A Lot To You – A Day To Remember
  • Island In The Sun – Weezer
  • Perfect – Simple Plan
  • Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
  • Your Guardian Angel – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Last Dance Songs

Song suggestions to close our your big day.

  • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
  • My Friends Over You – New Found Glory
  • The Great Escape – Boys Like Girls
  • Thnks fr th Mmrs – Fall Out Boy

Party Dance Songs

These songs are tried-and-true party hits to get everyone dancing.

  • 1985 – Bowling For Soup
  • All the Small Things – blink-182
  • Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
  • Basket Case – Green Day
  • Be My Escape – Relient K
  • Beverly Hills – Weezer
  • Check Yes, Juliet – We the Kings
  • Dear Maria, Count Me In – All Time Low
  • Dirty Little Secret – The All-American Rejects
  • Face Down – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
  • Fat Lip – Sum 41
  • First Date – blink-182
  • Flavor Of The Weak – American Hi-Fi
  • Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects
  • Holiday – Green Day
  • I’d Do Anything – Simple Plan
  • I’m Just A Kid – Simple Plan
  • Last Resort – Papa Roach
  • Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous – Good Charlotte
  • Misery Business – Paramore
  • Mr. Brightside – The Killers
  • My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
  • Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard
  • Shake It – Metro Station
  • Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne
  • Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm
  • Somebody Told Me – The Killers
  • Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
  • Sugar, We’re Goin Down – Fall Out Boy
  • Teenagers – My Chemical Romance
  • The Boys of Summer – The Ataris
  • The Kids Aren’t Alright – The Offspring
  • The Taste of Ink – The Used
  • What’s My Age Again? – blink-182

Die-hard pop-punk fans could enjoy these too later in the night.

  • 5 Seconds of Summer – She Looks So Perfect
  • Black Veil Brides – In The End
  • Black Veil Brides – Knives and Pens
  • Brand New – The Quiet Things No One Knows
  • Breaking Benjamin – The Diary of Jane
  • Bring Me The Horizon – Can You Feel My Heart
  • Escape The Fate – Situations
  • Evanescence – Bring Me To Life
  • Falling in Reverse – The Drug in Me Is You
  • Green Day – American Idiot
  • Hawthorne Heights – Ohio Is for Lovers
  • Linkin Park – In the End
  • Linkin Park – Numb
  • Midtown – Give It Up
  • Motion City Soundtrack – Everything Is Alright
  • My Chemical Romance – Helena
  • Papa Roach – Scars
  • Paramore – Still Into You
  • Paramore – That’s What You Get
  • Pierce The Veil – King for a Day featuring Kellin Quinn
  • Plain White T’s – Our Time Now
  • Rise Against – Savior
  • Simple Plan – Welcome to My Life
  • Sleeping With Sirens featuring MGK – Alone
  • Sleeping With Sirens – Do It Now Remember It Later
  • Slipknot – Duality
  • System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
  • Taking Back Sunday – MakeDamnSure
  • The All-American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret
  • The All-American Rejects – Move Along
  • The Used – All That I’ve Got
  • Thirty Seconds to Mars – The Kill
  • We The Kings – Check Yes Juliet
  • Weezer – El Scorcho
  • Yellowcard – Only One

A few slow dance songs too!

  • Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  • Hinder – Lips of an Angel
  • Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You

DJs! Plan Pop-Punk Wedding Songs by BPM and Key

(Click on the Song, Artist, Key and BPM table columns for sorting)

SongArtistKeyBPM
Basket CaseGreen Day5B85
Beverly HillsWeezer7B88
Last ResortPapa Roach9A91
Face DownThe Red Jumpsuit Apparatus6A93
Teenage DirtbagWheatus12B95
ComplicatedAvril Lavigne7A95
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)Green Day9B95
Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet11B96
First Dateblink-1828B96
Welcome to the Black ParadeMy Chemical Romance10B97
The Taste of InkThe Used9B98
Gives You HellThe All-American Rejects12B100
The Kids Aren't AlrightThe Offspring3B100
My Own Worst EnemyLit12B103
Thnks fr th MmrsFall Out Boy2A105
Wake Me up When September EndsGreen Day9B105
Lifestyles of the Rich & FamousGood Charlotte3B106
I'm Just a KidSimple Plan3B110
TeenagersMy Chemical Romance12B112
Be My EscapeRelient K11B113
Your Guardian AngelThe Red Jumpsuit Apparatus7B113
Island In The SunWeezer9A115
In Too DeepSum 4111B116
Stacy's MomFountains Of Wayne10A118
Mr. BrightsideThe Killers8B119
1985Bowling For Soup12B120
Ocean AvenueYellowcard11B126
If It Means A Lot To YouA Day To Remember6B127
Smooth CriminalAlien Ant Farm8A127
Still into YouParamore7B136
Somebody Told MeThe Killers3A138
Dirty Little SecretThe All-American Rejects6B144
HolidayGreen Day4B147
All The Small Thingsblink-1828B149
The Great EscapeBOYS LIKE GIRLS12A150
Shake ItMetro Station12B150
Sk8er BoiAvril Lavigne8B150
Flavor Of The WeakAmerican Hi-Fi6B151
PerfectSimple Plan5B156
What's My Age Again?blink-1822B158
The MiddleJimmy Eat World10B162
Sugar, We're Goin DownFall Out Boy9B162
Check Yes, JulietWe The Kings9B167
I'd Do AnythingSimple Plan4B169
I Write Sins Not TragediesPanic! At The Disco8A170
Misery BusinessParamore3B173
My Friends Over YouNew Found Glory10B178
The AnthemGood Charlotte8B178
Dear Maria, Count Me InAll Time Low10B181
The Boys of SummerThe Ataris2B191
Fat LipSum 4111B197

*BPM and key pulled from SongData.io

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Do you have a favorite Emo or Pop-Punk song? Please share your song below in the comments!

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