DJ Paul Patrick Play List 2017
Any music that is available anywhere is eligible to be added to your play lists. I made a “survey” song list, even though many more selections are brought along to every event on my laptops and hard drives. Requests are often able to be purchased on the spot during a dance as well.
Recent Hits:
____"Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake ___"One Dance" by Drake ____"Perfect Illusion" by Lady GaGa
____"Handclap" by Fitz and the Tantrums ____"Cake By the Ocean" by DNCE ____"Me Too" by Meghan Trainor
____"Dear Future Husband" by Meghan Trainor
____ "My House" by Flo Rida____"Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon
____"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars ____"Timber" by Ke$ha/Pitbull
____"Shake it Off" by Taylor Swift ______"Party Train" by Redfoo
____"Cheap Thrills" by Sia and Sean Paul _____"24K Magic" by Bruno Mars
LMFAO: ___Party Rock Anthem ___Sexy and I Know It ___Shots ___Miami
Ke$ha: ___Die Young ___TikTok
Miley: ___Party in the USA ____23 ____We Can't Stop
____Pink: Raise Your Glass ____Beyonce: Crazy In Love ____Usher: Yeah!
____Andy Grammer: "Honey I'm Good"
UPBEAT PRINCE: ____Baby I'm a Star ____Let's Go Crazy ____ Kiss ___DMSR ___ E City ____P Control
___Wanna Be Your Lover ___U Got the Look ___Horny Pony ____7 ____Gett Off _____Get Wild ___Le Grind
___Cream ___Controversy ____Delerious____Partyman____Housequake____The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
___Partyup___Let's Pretend We're Married
SLOW DANCE IDEAS:
___Tenerife Sea by Ed Sheeran ____Piano Man by Billy Joel
___Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers ____Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley
___Open Arms by Journey ___What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
___Could I Have This Dance by Anne Murray ___The Last Waltz by Engelbert Humperdinck
___All My Life by KC and JoJo___Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden
___ "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Haley Reinhart ___"Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran
___"From The Ground Up" by Dan + Shay ____"Die a Happy Man" by Thomas Rhett
___"Adore" by Prince ____ "H.O.L.Y." by Florida-Georgia Line
BOY BANDS:____"I Want it That Way" by Backstreet Boys ___"Bye ByeBye" by 'Nsync
___"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)by Backstreet Boys _____"Step By Step" by New Kids on the Block
___"MMM Bop" by Hanson _____Spice Girls "Wannabe"
SWING: ____Jump Jive 'n Wail by Brian Setzer ___Zoot Suit Riot by Cherry Poppin' Daddies
LATIN: ___Celia Cruz "La Vida Es Un Carnival" for Salsa Dancing ____"Suavamente" for Merengue
___"Stand By Me" by Prince Royce for Bachata (Many more available)
___"Limbo" by Daddy Yankee for Reggaton____BailaEs Cumbia by Kumbia Kings w/ Selena for Cumbia
Pitbull: ____El Taxi ____Time of Our Lives ___F.U.N. Fun with Chris Brown ____1,2,3,4 CalleOcho
____Don't Stop the Party____Fireball ____International Love ____Give Me Everything Tonight ____Bon Bon
Daddy Yankee: ____Limbo ____Rompe ____Gasolina
Don Omar: ___DanzaKuduro____Deorro and Elvis Crespo - Bailar
MOTOWN, SOUL and OTHER UPBEAT 50's 60's "ROCK OLDIES":
___Shout! by Otis Day and the Knights (Animal House); ___Twist and Shout by the Beatles
___Respect by Aretha Franklin, ____Mustang Sally by the Commitments
___Build Me up Buttercup by the Foundations ____Proud Mary by Ike and Tina Turner
___Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) by the Four Tops, ___MonyMony by Tommy James
___Runaround Sue by Dion ___The Wanderer by Dion ___Do You Love Me by the Contours
___Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison; ___Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker
___Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison; ___Honky Tonk Women by the Rolling Stones
___Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys ; ___Wipe Out by the Surfaris; ____Tequila by the Champs
___Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley ; ___Barbara Ann by the Beach Boys
COUNTRY:
Thomas Rhett: ____Vacation Locash: ___I Love This Life
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: ____Fishing In The Dark
Big N' Rich: ____ Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy
Shania Twain: ___Man I Feel Like a Woman ____Any Man of Mine ___Party For Two
Gretchen Wilson: ___Redneck Woman ____Here for the Party Sugarland: ____It Happens
George Strait: ____Check Yes or No ____All My Ex's Live in Texas ____Here For a Good Time
Luke Bryan: ____That's My Kind of Night ____Country Girl (Shake it For Me) ___Kick the Dust Up
Jason Aldean: ___Crazy Town ____Hicktown____Big Green Tractor ____Take a Little Ride ____Lights Come On
Johnny Cash: ____Ring of Fire ___Folsom Prison Blues ____I Walk the Line
Zac Brown Band: ___Toes ___Chicken Fried ___Beautiful Drug
Eric Church: ___Drink in My Hand
Florida Georgia Line: ___Cruise ____Round Here ____This is How We Roll __Get Your Shine On
Alabama: ____Mountain Music ____I'm in a Hurry
Chris Young: ____Aw NawDierks Bentley _____5-1-5-0
Blake Shelton: ___Footloose ___Honeybee
Kenny Chesney: ____She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy
Justin Moore: ____Redneck Side John Pardi: _____Head Over Boots
Garth Brooks: ____Friends in Low Places ___Ain't Going Down ___2 Pina Coladas ___Callin' Baton Rouge
Old Crow Medicine Show: ____Wagon Wheel
Taylor Swift: ___22 ___Stay ___Mean OTHER:______
FUN RAP/ HIP HOP PARTY CLASSICS
___No Diggity (Blackstreet) ___Regulators (Warren G) ____Boombastic (Shaggy)
___All I Do is Win (DJ Khaled) ___Lip Gloss (Lil Mama) ___Shoop (Salt N'Pepa) ____Baby Got Back by Sir Mix A-lot
___Let Me Clear My Throat (DJ Kool) ___It's Tricky (Run DMC) ___Jump Around (House of Pain) ____Jump (KrissKross)
___Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) ___Bust A Move (Young MC) ___Rapper's Delight ___Jump On It (Sugar Hill Gang)
___Get Back (Ludacris) ___Can't Touch This (MC Hammer) ____Here Comes the Hot Stepper (IniKamoze)
___This is How We Do It (Montell Jordan) ____Whoomp! There it Is (Tag Team) ____Motown Philly (Boyz II Men)
___I'm Different (2 Chainz) ____Wop (J Dash) ____Put On (Young Jeezy)
Notorious B.I.G.: ___Hypnotize ___Juicy ___Mo Money ___Going Back to Cali
Snoop Dogg: ____Who am I? (What's My Name?) ___Gin N Juice ____America's Most Wanted ____Drop It
Eminem: ___My Name Is ___Forgot About Dre ____Shake That * For Me ___Lose Yourself
Beastie Boys: ____Brass Monkey ____Fight For Your Right ___Girls ____Sabotage
Macklemore: ____And We Danced ___Thrift Shop ____Can't Hold Us ___Downtown
2 Pac: ____Keep Ya Head Up ___Thug Passion ___California Love
Jay Z: ___Big Pimpin____Dirt off Your Shoulder ___Show Me What You Got ____On to the Next One
Wiz Khalifa: ___We Dem Boyz___Black and Yellow
R Kelly: ___Ignition (remix) ___Step in the Name of Love ___Happy People ____Bump N Grind
Nelly: ____Country Grammar ____Shake YaTailfeather____Ride Wit Me ____Hot in Herrre
Missy Elliot: _____Work It ___We Run This ____Pass the Dutch ____Get UR Freak On
Lil Jon: ___Get Low ____Turn Down For What ____Snap Ya Fingers ____Outta Your Mind
Flo Rida: ____Low ___My House ____GDFR ____Right Round ____Good Feeling ___Wild One
50 Cent: ____Candy Shop ____In Da Club ____Fire
Rob Base: ____It Takes Two ____Joy and Pain ... Petey Pablo: ____Raise Up ____Freek a Leek
DMX: _____Rough Rider Anthem ____Party Up in Here
Drake: ____Started From the Bottom ____Hotline Bling ____Jumpman
Kanye West: ___Good Life OTHER:______
DISCO and FUNK 70's - 90's :
___Brick House by the Commodores ___Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry
___She's a Bad Mamma Jamma by Carl Carlton ____Atomic Dog by George Clinton
___James Brown Medley
Earth Wind and Fire: ___September ___Groove Tonight _____Marvin Gaye: Got to Give it Up
Kool and the Gang: ___Celebration ___Get Down On It ___Jungle Boogie ____Spirit of the Boogie
Michael Jackson: ___Beat It ___Billie Jean ___Thriller ___Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
___The Way You Make Me Feel __Black or White ___PYT ___Rock With You
___We Are Family by Sister Sledge ____Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees ____I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
___Get it Right Back by Maxine Nightengale___Y.M.C.A by the Village People
___Just Got Paid by Johnny Kemp ____I Want Her by Keith Sweat
Abba: ___Dancing Queen ___Take a Chance on Me
Donna Summer: ___Hot Stuff ___Last Dance
KC & the Sunshine Band: ____ Boogie Shoes ___Get Down Tonight ___That's The Way ___Keep it Coming Love
Stevie Wonder: ____ I Wish ___Superstition ___Higher Ground ____Reggae Woman
OTHER______
ARENA ROCK and POP PUNK
Journey: ____Don't Stop Believing ____Open Arms ____Faithfully ____Any Way You Want It
AC/DC: ___You Shook Me All Night Long ___Back in Black ___T.N.T. ___Thunderstruck ___Hells Bells
Bon Jovi: ____Living on a Prayer ___You Give Love a Bad Name ___Bad Medicine
Def Leppard: ____Pour Some Sugar on Me ____Photograph
Bob Seger: _____Old Time Rock and Roll
Poison: ___Talk Dirty to Me ___Nothin' But a Good Time
G N'R: ____Welcome to the Jungle ___Paradise City ____Sweet Child O' Mine
Billy Idol: ____Dancing with Myself _____Rebel Yell ____MonyMony____Hot in the City
Blink 182: ____All the Small Things ____What's My Age Again?
Sum 41: ____Hell Song ____Fat Lip
Reel Big Fish: ____Take on Me ____Beer ____Harvey Danger "Flagpole Sitta"
Simple Plan: ____I'd Do Anything ____Can't Keep My Hands off of You
MISC:
____"Sweet Caroline" by Neil Diamond ____"Jesse's Girl" by Rick Springfield
____"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen ____"Dragonitsa/NumaNuma" by Ozone
____"The Fox" by Ylvis___"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen ___"Take on Me" by A-Ha
____"Country Roads Dance Mix" by Hermes House Band ____"All I Ever Wanted" by Basshunter
____"Sandstorm" by Darude_____"Satisfaction" by BenniBenassi ____"Harder Better Faster Stronger" by Daft Punk
____"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell ____"Rattle My Bones" by Suburbs ____ "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oates
____"Everything is Awesome" from the Lego Movie ______"Hey Baby" by DJ Otzi
____"Ballroom Blitz" by Sweet ____"My Sharona" by the Knack
____"Grease MegaMix" ___"Footloose" by Kenny Loggins
____"Groove is in the Heart" by Deee Lite "Jump in the Line- Shake Senora" by Harry Belafonte
____"Cecelia" by Simon and Garfunkel ___"Alice" by Smokie
____ "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by Meatloaf
____"Pretty Fly for a White Guy" by Offspring ____"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by the Darkness
____"American Pie" by Don McLean
IRISH FEEL: "Shipping up to Boston" by Dropkick Murphies _____"Drunken Lullabies" by Flogging Molly
____"Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners ____"500 Miles" by the Proclaimers
OTHER WORLD MUSIC: (I have done Bollywood, Mexican, Polish, French, German and more)______
____Birdie Dance (A.K.A. Chicken Dance) ____Polka ___EinProsit Sing Along
___"I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock and Roll" by Nick Lowe (form a circle around the bride)
___Group Line Dances (Macarena, Cha Cha Slide, Cupid Shuffle, Wobble, Electric Slide, Whip, Quan, Dab....)
___Will explicit lyrics by OK after a certain time, such as 11PM? Comment:______
At what time will guests arrive?
Will I have access to the room at least 2 hours before guests arrive?
What does your contract with the venue state regarding the time music must end?
Do they have a deadline for having all equipment removed? Will I have access to lighting controls, or is it something only
the venue staff is allowed to do?
Social hour music is usually Sinatra-style jazz standards and big band for a classy, upbeat mood.
Would that be OK? If an outdoor setting, I also have bluegrass versions of classic rock by a band called "Iron Horse"
GRAND ENTRANCE: I'll need to learn how to pronounce all of the names, and gather the music before hand. The timing
of the Grand Entrance should be determined by the catering staff who will tell us when the food will be ready. This might
not be known until the middle of social hour... The best way to time the entrance is 5 minutes before food is served plus
time for any pre-dinner speeches and any prayer.. (not toasts- usually parents do welcome speeches at this time). The
ORDER of appearance starts with the wedding party members furthest out from the bride and groom, moving inward, so
the Best Man and Maid of Honor come in just before the Bride and Groom. One way to help me learn the name
pronunciations is to leave me a voice mail with the list, so I can play it back a few times and transcribe from there -
952.239.4115
GRAND ENTRANCE FOLLOW UP: I usually bring a microphone to someone who says a brief welcome. Will I be instructing
the guests to wait for their tables to be dismissed by a staff person before going to the buffet?
Will I be announcing a special task guests will need to do in order to get you to kiss during dinner?
There are many ways to make dinner time more upbeat and fun with special stunts guests need to do when the glasses
start clinking (For example, when they clink, I pick a table number, and then that table must get up and dance for 20
seconds to a funny song).
Cake Cutting Timing: If the cake needs to be cut by helpers and placed onto plates after you do the cake cutting, it should
be done early, such as right after the Grand Entrance, before the prayer. It takes 3-4 minutes for a photographer to
capture the cake cutting, and sometimes longer. Would you like me to draw attention to it and play a song such as
___"How Sweet it is to be Loved by You" (James Taylor) ___ "Sugar Sugar" (Archies)
___"Sugar" by Maroon 5, ____"Pour Some Sugar On Me" ____ "Yummy YummyYummy" or
___"Sugar (Gimme Some)" (clean version) by Trick Daddy OTHER:______
If the cake will not require prep time to be able to be served, it should be done right after the toasts, followed by 10-15
minutes for guests to get the dessert, then the "Shoe Game" would happen just before the first dance, either on the dance
floor or at the head table.
Toast Timing: It is best to wait for all guests to have food before starting it. If I am served last, then I use that as my cue to
walk up to the head table and ask if they are ready to start. I then bring them my cordless microphone and I go back,
bring down the dinner music, and introduce the person starting the toasts using my second microphone.
Toasting Tips: Will you use my microphone or the one provided by the venue? Will there be person making a video who
will need an audio source from me? I will need to know who will have the last word on the microphone. Usually the groom
says a thank you as the last phase of the toasts. Will you do this? Will any of the people making a toast want to sing a
song with a backing track I play? Will anyone want to do a slide show during their toast? Will you be leaving for sunset
photos at an undetermined time?
Cake and Coffee Time: Will young children be present? Will they have a designated person to entertain them during
dinner and just before the dance beings? Would you want me to play any music for kids to dance to before the dance
begins? Will you be going out to visit with each table before the dance begins?
The Pre-Dance, Stand-Up Shoe Game is usually a 3-4 minute event that I do while you are on your way to the first
dance...see the video demo under the "Routines" tab below in the menu on the right, at the bottom of this page.
Would you like the Shoe Game?
To help customize the Shoe Game, let me know details about the bride and groom in advance, with a list of things the
groom does and a list of things the bride does.
DANCE PLANS: Before the First Dance, I will need a helper to make sure the people involved in the 2nd, 3rd and maybe
4th spot light dance will be standing by on the edge of the dance floor, so we won't need to wait for them to push through a
crowd. Is there a personal attendant or coordinator who will assist with that (and later on for finding the bride for the
bouquet toss and the groom for the garter removal...and the best man and maid of honor for the dollar dance?)
SPOTLIGHT DANCE REVERSE ORDER OPTION: Starting with the Father/Daughter, then Mother/Son, then the Bride and
Groom 3rd, in order to build interest and allow the photographer to establish the best angles
-Should I arrange the first 3 dances in this "reverse order?
TRADITIONAL ORDER:
First Spotlight Dance: "Let's welcome______to the dance floor for their first dance as a married couple."
Let me know the song title, artist and version of the song you'd like for your first dance.
Second and Third spotlight dances are usually a Father/Daughter then Mother/Son dance.
The 4th dance is usually a crazy new upbeat hit song where the wedding party starts out then I say "snowball" half way
through so they run out and get seated guests to come back to the dance floor with them. You could also skip the
wedding party dance and go to a slow dance for everyone.
DANCE FLOOR PHOTO OPTION: After the spot light dances, would you like me to gather all guests onto the dance floor
for a group photo and start the dance music immediately so they are all up on the floor?
May I have some info about who I might "pick on" during dinner and dance time? This could be a table number, or a table
with a key name associated with it, or a group of friends from a particular school, job, etc.
TIMING OF THE ANNIVERSARY DANCE / BOUQUET / GARTER / DOLLAR DANCE: Sometimes we need to do these right
away before the photographer leaves. At what time will the photographer leave?
I prefer to play at least 10 dance songs before going into the special routines.
____Anniversary Dance Routine:
I ask all married couples to dance-and gradually eliminate them
until the couple that has been married the longest remains on the floor. I then run out and interview the oldest couple on
the cordless microphone and ask their name, how many years they have been married and what advice they have for the
new couple.
____Bouquet Toss: After the Anniversary Dance, the dance floor is cleared, so the timing is perfect to get the single ladies
out there and toss the bouquet. I usually play Beyonce "Put a Ring on It" as they come out. Your choice:______
I also would like to have the toss bouquet brought to the DJ table before the dance, so it is not misplaced.
(Add that to your check list of things to bring to me early in the day, which might also include the final payment).
Once the bouquet is caught, I will shout out "Who Caught It?" and stop the music to hear what you say the name is. I will
then use that name in a "follow up routine". There are several optional routines, but I prefer to have her lift the bouquet
and start a conga line. Would that be OK?
____Garter Removal: I have a "sexy approach" routine with special music so the groom will need to try out different songs
as he walks toward the new bride so we can see his "sexy walk" - I set this up so the bride is in a chair on one end of the
floor and he starts on the opposite end. Would that be OK?
____Garter Toss: I play a TV Football theme as we gather bachelors to catch the garter. If you prefer to auction it, I can
act as auctioneer as well.
____Dollar Dance Options: I keep it entertaining by keeping the lights changing color and inserting little snippets of funny
songs here and there. Suggestion: Ask the Best Man and Maid of Honor to keep the pace up, and quietly remind each
person going through that they should not start a long conversation...some say the "Turnstyle" approach with 20 seconds
per dance is best. On the other hand, if you want to take time and allow everyone a conversation opportunity, you could
make it more entertaining by showing a "growing up slide show" just during the time the dollar dance is going on.
____Shout outs: Who should I thank at the end of the night (usually parents and wedding party members)?
At what time will I be starting up the "Send off" phase? Sometimes it involves a fast song and a slow song.
Do you have a family tradition for the last songs of the night?
___Will a core group of dancers be staying right up to the end because they are staying somewhere in walking distance or
getting on a shuttle picking them up after the music stops?
Guests will request music that references special things that you might want to think about before the event.
Are there any family traditions done at weddings with any special song, and is there a special version of this song that I will
need to be ready for? Are there any college fight songs I should be ready for? Any deer hunting songs?
EXTRAS: Are you adding any room up lights, monogram projection, gobo projection
(autumn leaves, snowflakes, etc)
video / slide show projection, karaoke, or ceremony services?
VIDEO PROJECTION PLANNING: Time, Place, Length, Audio, Format all need to
be discussed.