When you’re a UCLA radio DJ you think that, “If I ever get married, I’m not going to play boring wedding music, I’m going to play hip, cool stuff…”

Then when the wedding actually happens, you realize you’re playing DJ not just for your friends, but also relatives and your spouse’s relatives.  So things get a little more mainstream.

Okay, so this may not be the best wedding playlist for your wedding, but it’s the music I settled on after days of searching, listening, compromising with the wife. I tried to stack the oldest stuff in the beginning and get newer as the night went along and most of the older guests tricked out.

If you notice repeats, that’s intentional.  There’s something about those songs that called for repetition.  If you have songs that mean something to you, put ‘em in.

We got a lot of positive feedback, so hopefully the list will help anyone out there looking for a cool – but not TOO cool – playlist for their wedding.

Alright, without further a–

—DJ Octoon’s Wedding Playlist—

(Songs were played in the background during appetizers, dinner, and after a brief period of dancing…)

Song – Artist

Blackbird  -  Beatles
True Love Ways  -  Buddy Holly
(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay  – Otis Redding
Carolina In My Mind  -  James Taylor
Angie  -  Rolling Stones
Three Little Birds  -  Bob Marley & The Wailers
Oh Very Young  -  Cat Stevens
brand new day  -  v. morrison
Imagine  -  Beatles
April Come She Will  -  Paul Simon
Comme Moi  -  Edith Piaf
Can’t Help Falling In Love  -  Presley, Elvis
Love Is All Around  -  The Troggs
Turn Me On  -  Norah Jones
The Wind  -  Cat Stevens
Landslide  -  Fleetwood Mac
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long  -  Otis Redding
Wicked Game  -  Chris Isaak
Sea Of Love [Remastered Version]  -  Cat Power

Here Comes the Sun  -  Beatles
If I Ain’t Got You  -  Alicia Keys
Wonderful Tonight  -  Eric Clapton
Save Me  -  Aimee Mann
Careless Whisper  -  George Michael
One Moment in Time  -  Whitney Houston
Who’s Lovin’ You  -  Jackson 5
Don’t Know Why  -  Norah Jones
A Long December  -  Counting Crows
I’ll Be There  -  Mariah Carey
crazy love  -  v. morrison
Between The Bars  -  Elliott Smith
The Only Living Boy In New York –   Simon And Garfunkel
Wise Up  -  Aimee Mann
Society  -  Eddie Vedder
Who Knows How Long I’ve Loved You  -  Beatles
Burn One Down  -  Ben Harper
Every Rose Has Its Thorn  -  Poison
Maybe Not  -  Cat Power
Say Yes  -  Elliott Smith
Tuolumne  -  Eddie Vedder
Signs of Life  -  Andrew Belle
I Dont Blame You  -  Cat Power
The Wind  -  Cat Stevens
Little Tornado  -  Aimee Mann
BubbleToes  -  Jack Johnson
Angeles -   Elliott Smith
Love Is A Losing Game  -  Amy Winehouse
Love Is All Around  -  The Troggs
The Privateers  -  Andrew Bird
I Found A Reason (Velvet Underground)  -  Cat Power
That’s How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart -   Aimee Mann
No Woman No Cry (Live)  -  Bob Marley & The Wailers
Thirteen  -  Ben Kweller
Suburban War  -  Arcade Fire
True Believer  -  Aimee Mann
The Ladder  -  Andrew Belle
Alameda   – Elliott Smith
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key  -  Billy Bragg & Wilco
Something In The Air  -  Clarence Carter
Fix You  -  Coldplay
Rococo  -  Arcade Fire
Karma Police  -  Radiohead
everyone  -  v. morrison

—

Why end the wedding on Van Morrison’s “Everyone?”  If you’re not a script doctor or someone who knows movies, you may not know offhand.

Three word hint: The Royal Tenenbaums

Seriously.

-DJ Octoon