How to build your wedding playlist with your guests
To build the playlist with your guests, ask them to suggest their favourites from the wedding website and review the suggestions before they go in: you decide which ones stay. Then give the DJ or band the final list along with the songs for the key moments (entrance, first dance, cake) and any you don't want played.
Why ask for them
Guests dance more when they hear songs they know, and they love hearing their own. It also gives you ideas you might not have thought of.
Collect them in one place
Asking by message ends in lost lists. A space on the wedding website where each guest suggests their songs is better. In Nupzy they arrive as pending and only the ones you approve are published; discarded ones can be recovered.
What you decide
- The songs for the key moments: entrance, exit, first dance, cake.
- The ones you don't want played.
- The overall style of the night and when the pace changes.
For the DJ or band
Send them the final list in good time, separating the must-plays from the guests' suggestions. A good DJ will know when to play each one; trust their judgement to read the dance floor.