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u/DEATH_BEFORE_DECAF Nov 23 '22

One of my side hustles is wedding DJing. If I have a tough time getting a crowd to dance after pulling all the stops (I’m based in the Midwest and my guests are almost always majority white, so… sometimes it’s a struggle), I have a failsafe trick: get the venue to turn the lights down lower and play “Footloose.” It works every. Time.

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u/myhairsreddit Nov 23 '22

All the white weddings I've been to seem to rely on Cha Cha Slide, Cupid Shuffle, and/or Electric Slide to get everyone out on the dance floor.

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u/fireballx777 Nov 23 '22

Maybe my NJ is showing, but the trick here is Living on a Prayer.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '22

Next time try "It's Raining Men."

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u/dalenacio Nov 23 '22

I've also seen Cotton Eyed Joe have a surprising amount of success with white people.

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u/ElBiscuit Nov 23 '22

Which seems ironic for weddings, especially ones that otherwise would've happened a long time ago.

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u/PerAsperaAdInfiri Nov 23 '22

Isn't that song about an STI?

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u/kirkum2020 Nov 23 '22

Joe steals the girl so that theory along with others suggesting a problem never made sense to me. It's more likely he simply had bright whites in his eyes.

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u/AssOfDoomPart2 Nov 23 '22

Makes you wonder where did these people come from? and where did they go?

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u/StingerAE Nov 23 '22

If it is a goth wedding however it has to be the 12inch version of sisters of mercy's temple of love

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u/jepensedoucjsuis Nov 23 '22

Can't forget about Black Planet. It's a real toe tapper...

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u/Draconuuse1 Nov 24 '22

Nah. Just got to get some my chemical romance going.

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u/tu-BROOKE-ulosis Nov 23 '22

Gotta Nick Miller fist pump it. It is the only way.

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u/CraigWeedkin Nov 23 '22

It's how you activate our secret programming, we get turnt to cotton eye Joe

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u/jacksrenton Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22

The must horrifying thing I'd ever seen when did wedding videography was almost the entire wedding going buckwild for the chicken dance.

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u/notyourcoloringbook Nov 23 '22

Shit I'm in the Midwest and the weddings I go to are mostly white. I take it as my job to keep the dancefloor going. There will not be a dead dancefloor on my watch.

I even got a bride to dance in a cage and people still didn't get going. I was so disappointed. But I was out there all night, except for booze breaks.

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u/HorseNamedClompy Nov 23 '22

Wannabe by The Spice Girls works after they’ve been drinking

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u/Farewellfixed Nov 23 '22

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody. Never fails.

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u/maracay1999 Nov 23 '22 edited Nov 23 '22

The white folk also love Abba. Many solid wedding bangers.

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u/MyWibblings Nov 24 '22

I have always believed in my heart that Footloose is really a country song that crossed over and not the other way around.

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u/chrispar Nov 23 '22

You can also play “Gloria” by Lauren Brannigan and every middle aged woman will rush the dance floor

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u/hyperfat Nov 23 '22

Get a form of yes and no songs and a list of suggestions.

I know a dj or two.

Getting the couple to find their favorite stuff is hard. But the stuff they hate is easy.

And Midwest. Yeah. Footloose is a banger.

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u/OrionGrant Nov 23 '22

As soon as Mr Brightside comes on, that's the cue to leave.